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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?

  1. A. demand for paint had grown while demand for timber had fallen.Correct
  2. B. the shop had stopped selling paint.
  3. C. the back room had been damaged.
  4. 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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