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Information and Ideas practice question

Since the college moved to the edge of town, the number 3 bus, which passes the college, runs every ten minutes in term time and every forty minutes in the holidays. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. students make up a large share of the bus's passengers.Correct
  2. B. the bus company has closed the route.
  3. C. the college is closed in term time.
  4. D. the bus is always empty.

Answer: A. students make up a large share of the bus's passengers.

Frequency follows the college calendar.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the bus company has closed the route.
It still runs.
C. the college is closed in term time.
Term time is when the college is open.
D. the bus is always empty.
An empty bus would not run every ten minutes.

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