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Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from an overflowing returns box

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On Monday morning the library's returns box was overflowing, even though the library had been closed all weekend. ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. Many people had returned books over the weekend while the library was shut.Correct
  2. B. The library had been open all weekend.
  3. C. Nobody had borrowed books recently.
  4. D. The returns box had been removed.

Answer: A. Many people had returned books over the weekend while the library was shut.

Books arrived while the doors were closed.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The library had been open all weekend.
The text says it was closed.
C. Nobody had borrowed books recently.
Returned books had been borrowed.
D. The returns box had been removed.
The box was overflowing, so it was there.

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