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Information and Ideas practice question
For years the hardware shop kept only a shelf of paint. Last spring it cleared its back room, which had held timber, and filled it with paint of every colour. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. demand for paint had grown while demand for timber had fallen.Correct
- B. the shop had stopped selling paint.
- C. the back room had been damaged.
- D. the shop was about to close.
Answer: A. demand for paint had grown while demand for timber had fallen.
Timber out, paint in.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the shop had stopped selling paint.
- It expanded its paint.
- C. the back room had been damaged.
- Nothing suggests damage.
- D. the shop was about to close.
- Restocking suggests continuing.
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