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Information and Ideas practice question
The old footpath across the field is still marked on maps, but its stile has rotted through and the grass along the path is knee-high. It is reasonable to infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. few people have walked the path recently.Correct
- B. the path has just been repaired.
- C. the maps are new.
- D. the field has been ploughed.
Answer: A. few people have walked the path recently.
A rotten stile and long grass: little use.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the path has just been repaired.
- A repaired path would have a sound stile.
- C. the maps are new.
- The maps show an old path; their age is not indicated.
- D. the field has been ploughed.
- Knee-high grass is not a ploughed field.
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