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Information and Ideas practice question

The village's three benches all face the same way, towards the war memorial, and none of them faces the view over the valley that visitors come to see. They were given by three families in 1920. ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. The benches were placed for mourning rather than for the view.Correct
  2. B. The view over the valley did not exist in 1920.
  3. C. The families disliked the valley.
  4. D. The benches were moved recently.

Answer: A. The benches were placed for mourning rather than for the view.

Facing the memorial, given in 1920: grief, not scenery.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The view over the valley did not exist in 1920.
Not suggested.
C. The families disliked the valley.
Not suggested.
D. The benches were moved recently.
Not stated.

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