Author Purpose Tone

Respuesta correcta: C) To give practical instructions to new students

• A) To criticise the registration systemNo complaint about the system is expressed anywhere in the text.
• B) To compare two universitiesOnly one institution is mentioned, so no comparison is possible.
• C) To give practical instructions to new studentsThe text announces who it is for and lists the tasks it covers, which is the definition of a practical guide.
• D) To persuade students to choose this universityPersuasion would require praise or a recommendation, and none appears.

Respuesta correcta: D) Sarcastic and dismissive

• A) Enthusiastic and promotionalPromotion would use positive words, and every term here is negative.
• B) Neutral and descriptiveA neutral description would not attach a dismissive phrase to the venue.
• C) Indifferent and unemotionalThe language is engaged and pointed, which is the opposite of indifference.
• D) Sarcastic and dismissiveCalling a restaurant 'predictable' and 'beside the point' while stating it is expensive conveys contempt in place of praise.

Respuesta correcta: C) To persuade the reader to enrol before places run out

• A) To warn readers against enrollingNothing discourages the reader; every stated fact encourages enrolment.
• B) To report enrolment figures from last yearFigures from previous years are not given.
• C) To persuade the reader to enrol before places run outA claim of uniqueness, a removal of cost and a reminder of scarcity are the standard moves of a recruitment message.
• D) To explain the academic content of the programmeNo subject matter is described, so the text is not an academic description.

Respuesta correcta: B) The claim rests entirely on the manufacturer's own interest in reassuring buyers

• A) The report was written to criticise the manufacturerThe text reports a claim without attacking it, so it is not a critique.
• B) The claim rests entirely on the manufacturer's own interest in reassuring buyersWith no external verification cited, the supporting evidence is the statement of the party that benefits from the claim.
• C) The product has been tested by official laboratoriesAn independent test would have to be mentioned, and none is.
• D) Independent testing was performed and found no problemsNothing in the text indicates that testing occurred.

Respuesta correcta: D) A historian describing a building's past function

• A) A tourist brochure promoting a museumA brochure would invite a visit and recommend the museum, and no invitation appears.
• B) An architect describing a designNo architectural feature is described anywhere in the text.
• C) A novelist inventing a sceneThe sentence reports a fact about the past rather than narrating a fictional scene.
• D) A historian describing a building's past functionThe reference to what happened for many years in the past describes a documented function.

Respuesta correcta: B) A celebratory and promotional tone

• A) A purely technical toneThe formula is a social convention and carries an attitude, not merely technical information.
• B) A celebratory and promotional toneThe formula announces good news with visible satisfaction and is standard promotional language.
• C) A cautious and tentative toneA cautious text would qualify and hedge rather than celebrate.
• D) A regretful and apologetic toneNo apology or regret appears anywhere in the sentence.

Respuesta correcta: C) It concedes a fact that runs against what follows

• A) It gives a reason for the objectionsA reason would be introduced by 'because', and the objections are not presented as a reason for the approval.
• B) It introduces an example of a general ruleAn example would be introduced by 'for example' or 'such as'.
• C) It concedes a fact that runs against what followsA concessive connector sets up an expectation that the following clause will contrast with it.
• D) It introduces a consequence of the approvalA consequence would be introduced by 'so' or 'as a result'.

Respuesta correcta: B) To contrast the official figure with information that undermines it

• A) To explain why the repairs are neededThe text does not address the necessity of the repairs.
• B) To contrast the official figure with information that undermines itThe order sets the official account first and then introduces a competing figure that contradicts it.
• C) To show that the official estimate is the correct oneA private statement contradicting the official figure does not confirm it.
• D) To give two sources that agree with each otherThe two accounts differ, so they are in tension rather than in agreement.

Respuesta correcta: A) It presents a fall in participation as a positive outcome

• A) It presents a fall in participation as a positive outcomeCalling a decline a sign of success reverses the ordinary meaning of the figure, which is a rhetorical move rather than an error of fact.
• B) It acknowledges that the scheme is underperformingThe text presents the result positively, so it does not acknowledge difficulty.
• C) It explains the fall as a result of funding changesNo cause is offered for the fall.
• D) It compares the scheme with another programmeA comparison with another programme is never mentioned.

Respuesta correcta: D) It attributes human feeling to the museum, making the disappointment the reader feels stronger

• A) It describes a legal action the museum could takeBetrayal is a figurative use of the word and describes no legal step.
• B) It explains why visitors damage the exhibitsThe word expresses a reaction, not a cause of the damage.
• C) It introduces a new policy for visitorsNo policy is announced after the word appears.
• D) It attributes human feeling to the museum, making the disappointment the reader feels strongerPersonifying the museum turns a complaint into an emotional appeal, which is why the word lands more heavily than a neutral one would.

Respuesta correcta: A) The author supports the measures cautiously while declining to present them as complete

• A) The author supports the measures cautiously while declining to present them as completeThe phrase 'in our opinion' marks the sentence as a personal judgement and the concessive clause limits it, which is support qualified by caution.
• B) The author rejects the measures but is unwilling to explain whyA rejection would not describe the measures as a reasonable first step.
• C) The author claims to be an expert on the subjectNo claim of expertise appears in the sentence.
• D) The author has no opinion on the matterThe author clearly holds an opinion, since one is stated.

Respuesta correcta: D) Because that column is less reliable than the others and could be mistaken for confirmed data

• A) Because that column is the most important one for the argumentImportance is not what the note describes; reliability is the point being flagged.
• B) Because the figures in the other columns have been removedThe table is presented as complete, so no column has been removed.
• C) Because the author wants to correct a calculation in that columnNo correction to any calculation appears anywhere in the text.
• D) Because that column is less reliable than the others and could be mistaken for confirmed dataA warning that figures are provisional tells the reader not to treat them with the same confidence as the rest.

Respuesta correcta: D) It has been assembled from sources with different levels of neutrality

• A) It was written by a single author in a consistent toneA single author would not be expected to shift register so sharply between the opening and the close.
• B) The last paragraph should be removed as irrelevantRemoving a position would defeat the purpose of presenting a dispute.
• C) The two paragraphs report the same factsThe two paragraphs take opposite positions, so they cannot report identical facts.
• D) It has been assembled from sources with different levels of neutralityThe shift in language between the two paragraphs shows that the document brings together material of different quality.

Respuesta correcta: A) It treats a common belief as established fact and presses a conclusion the reader is expected to accept

• A) It treats a common belief as established fact and presses a conclusion the reader is expected to acceptPresenting a widely held belief as common knowledge lets the writer avoid justifying the recommendation.
• B) It uses technical vocabulary that only specialists can followThe sentence is plain in vocabulary and contains no specialist terminology.
• C) It gives too many examples to be clearA single example is given, so the problem is not an excess of examples.
• D) It is written in the past tense throughoutThe sentence is in the present tense, and tense is not the issue raised.

Respuesta correcta: A) The author separates the record of events from their interpretation

• A) The author separates the record of events from their interpretationTwo labelled sections with distinct functions show deliberate organisation rather than uncertainty.
• B) The author has not decided how to organise the materialThe announcement of purpose demonstrates planning, not indecision.
• C) The author repeats the same content in two sectionsDescribing and interpreting are different activities, so the content is not repeated.
• D) The author is uncertain about the factsCertainty about the facts is not what the labels reveal.

Respuesta correcta: B) It is a fundraising appeal that establishes urgency without accounting for the money

• A) It is a news report that gives an impartial accountAn impartial account would not open with an image designed to prompt a donation.
• B) It is a fundraising appeal that establishes urgency without accounting for the moneyAn emotional opening, statistics about need and a request for payment form an appeal, and the absence of information about spending is a genuine gap in it.
• C) It is an informational report that compares two charitiesNo comparison with another organisation appears in the text.
• D) It is a scientific paper that presents original dataNo research question, method or data are presented.

Respuesta correcta: C) To distance the writer from a judgement the writer does not want to own outright

• A) To show that the observers are mistakenNaming observers signals their existence and credibility, not their error.
• B) To establish that the promises were keptThe judgement is a question about delivery rather than a statement that promises were kept.
• C) To distance the writer from a judgement the writer does not want to own outrightAttribution lets the writer introduce a criticism without asserting it, which is a distancing move.
• D) To name the people who wrote the articleNo names appear in the sentence, so the observers cannot be identified from it.

Respuesta correcta: B) It concedes the reader's right not to engage while implying that doing so avoids an unwelcome conclusion

• A) It warns that the report contains upsetting imagesA warning would state that content is upsetting; the sentence asks the reader to avoid thinking instead.
• B) It concedes the reader's right not to engage while implying that doing so avoids an unwelcome conclusionThe conditional framing accepts an alternative while implying that avoiding it is a way of not confronting the findings.
• C) It invites the reader to skip the report entirelySkipping the whole report is a stronger suggestion than the one the sentence makes.
• D) It praises the photographs as the best part of the reportThe photographs are described as striking, which is attention rather than praise of quality.

Respuesta correcta: A) To warn the reader against looking for one cause and to prepare for a multi-causal discussion

• A) To warn the reader against looking for one cause and to prepare for a multi-causal discussionRejecting a single explanation and then listing several factors is the standard opening of a multi-causal discussion.
• B) To deny that any cause existsA denial of all causation would not be followed by three factors being discussed.
• C) To announce that the research failedNo failure is reported; the study proceeds to discuss three factors.
• D) To introduce a single explanation that followsThe sentence explicitly says there is no single explanation.

Respuesta correcta: C) The visual presentation encourages a reading that the detailed text does not support

• A) The bold type is used to make the side effects easier to readThe bold applies to the claim of safety, not to the list of effects.
• B) The leaflet shows that the vaccine has no side effectsA list of reported side effects contradicts a claim that none exist.
• C) The visual presentation encourages a reading that the detailed text does not supportTypography steers attention, so an absolute claim in bold and qualifications in small type produces a distorted overall impression.
• D) The leaflet is internally consistent because side effects are listedListing side effects while claiming complete safety is a tension, not a consistency.