Reading Detail

Respuesta correcta: A) The inspection found corrosion in two of the eight steel cables.

• A) The inspection found corrosion in two of the eight steel cables.Correct. The passage states exactly that: two of the eight cables showed corrosion.
• B) The inspection was carried out annually for the previous ten years.Wrong. The inspection is now scheduled twice a year, implying that one annual inspection was the previous practice, not ten.
• C) The inspection found that the bridge had to be closed for a month.Wrong. The bridge remained open and the cables were replaced within a fortnight.
• D) The inspection found corrosion in all eight steel cables.Wrong. The passage says two of the eight, not all eight.

Respuesta correcta: B) Only holders of a plot may use the tool shed.

• A) The tool shed is open to anyone who works in the garden, including people without a plot.Wrong. The passage says the opposite: the shed is open to people who do not hold a plot.
• B) Only holders of a plot may use the tool shed.Correct. The passage states that the tool shed is open to anyone who works there, regardless of whether they hold a plot.
• C) Plots are assigned by lottery in the autumn rather than in the spring.Wrong. The passage states that plots are assigned each spring.
• D) The garden has thirty-six plots and all of them belong to families.Wrong. Twenty plots belong to retired residents and sixteen to families.

Respuesta correcta: C) The current system resets the streak to zero after a single missed day.

• A) The certificate is awarded after ten days of practice with no requirement at all.Wrong. The certificate requires ten consecutive days.
• B) The current system forgives one missed day every month.Wrong. Forgiving one missed day is the proposed future change, not the current system.
• C) The current system resets the streak to zero after a single missed day.Correct. The passage states that skipping even one day returns the counter to zero.
• D) The company has already replaced the streak system with a monthly allowance.Wrong. The monthly allowance is still only being considered.

Respuesta correcta: D) Output per worker has fallen by eight per cent since the shorter working day began.

• A) The factory eliminated its night shift in June.Wrong. The passage mentions eliminating overtime, not a night shift.
• B) The factory cut wages when it shortened the working day.Wrong. Pay was explicitly not reduced when the day was shortened.
• C) Output per worker has risen by eight per cent since the change.Wrong. The figure is a fall, not a rise.
• D) Output per worker has fallen by eight per cent since the shorter working day began.Correct. The passage states that output per worker fell by eight per cent.

Respuesta correcta: A) No weather readings exist for the period when the station was closed for repairs.

• A) No weather readings exist for the period when the station was closed for repairs.Correct. The passage states that no readings exist for the closure period.
• B) The archive treats the gap in readings as zero rainfall.Wrong. The passage instructs researchers to treat the gap as missing data, not as zero rainfall.
• C) The station recorded data every hour rather than every ten minutes.Wrong. The station records every ten minutes, not every hour.
• D) The station charged a fee for publishing its data before the repairs.Wrong. The data are published online without charge, both before and after the repairs.

Respuesta correcta: B) The five-month figure covers routine cases only, because complications can move an elective patient up the list.

• A) The waiting list fell because the hospital hired more doctors in the second year.Wrong. The passage states that staffing did not increase.
• B) The five-month figure covers routine cases only, because complications can move an elective patient up the list.Correct. This identifies the limitation the passage explicitly attaches to the headline figure.
• C) The hospital introduced two operating theatres before the waiting list started to fall.Wrong. The passage attributes the fall to the new theatres and does not fix a date before the fall.
• D) The five-month figure includes every patient treated by the hospital, including emergencies.Wrong. The passage says the figure reflects routine cases only.

Respuesta correcta: C) Attendance rose after the documentary aired, but the rise in attendance did not guarantee a rise in profit.

• A) The festival has doubled in size every year since it was founded.Wrong. The passage gives a six-year total, not an annual doubling.
• B) Attendance rose because the organisers raised ticket prices substantially each year.Wrong. Ticket prices were kept low, not raised.
• C) Attendance rose after the documentary aired, but the rise in attendance did not guarantee a rise in profit.Correct. This states the detail about the timing of the rise and the caution about profit that the passage supplies.
• D) The documentary was funded entirely by the television channel at no cost to the organisers.Wrong. The documentary carried a production cost, so it was not free of charge.

Respuesta correcta: D) A parent objected specifically about the loss of a quiet reading hour, and the school agreed to review it.

• A) No parent raised any objection, and the school intends to extend the change further.Wrong. A parent did object and only that specific complaint is under review.
• B) One teacher objected to the loss of a quiet reading hour and the school ignored the complaint.Wrong. The objection came from a parent rather than a teacher.
• C) A parent objected to the early start time and the school has already reversed the change.Wrong. The parent objected to the reading hour, and no reversal has occurred.
• D) A parent objected specifically about the loss of a quiet reading hour, and the school agreed to review it.Correct. This matches the passage: one parent objected about the reading hour and the school agreed to review it.

Respuesta correcta: A) The survey did not measure diet or income, and the researchers identify both as possible additional influences on stress.

• A) The survey did not measure diet or income, and the researchers identify both as possible additional influences on stress.Correct. This states the unmeasured factors and the researchers' caution about them, exactly as the passage does.
• B) Bus commuters reported lower stress levels than drivers in every category examined.Wrong. Bus commuters reported higher stress, not lower.
• C) The survey found that bus commuters exercise more because they eat a better diet.Wrong. Exercise was not linked to diet in the passage, and diet was not measured.
• D) The survey proved that driving is the only reliable way to reduce stress at work.Wrong. The passage does not prove that driving reduces stress; it reports a correlation with a suggested explanation.

Respuesta correcta: B) About forty pieces a year require conservation work.

• A) About four hundred pieces a year require conservation work.Wrong. The figure is forty, not four hundred.
• B) About forty pieces a year require conservation work.Correct. The passage states that roughly forty pieces a year need conservation.
• C) The museum does not publish which pieces are in conservation.Wrong. The museum does publish the list on its website.
• D) Six hundred pieces require conservation work every year.Wrong. Six hundred is the number of pieces acquired before nineteen hundred.

Respuesta correcta: C) Residents asked for the inland diversion to become permanent because they consider that route safer.

• A) The project was completed four months ahead of schedule and below budget.Wrong. The project took longer than expected and cost more than the estimate.
• B) Residents complained that the widened road added twenty minutes to the journey every day.Wrong. The twenty minutes applied during the works, and residents do not complain about the new road.
• C) Residents asked for the inland diversion to become permanent because they consider that route safer.Correct. The passage states that residents asked for the diversion to continue because they now consider the inland route safer.
• D) The four widened sections were chosen because the cliff had already collapsed there.Wrong. The passage attributes the extra cost to rockfalls, not to any collapse.

Respuesta correcta: D) About one per cent of transactions fail because a shop's internet connection drops.

• A) The provider expects the failure rate to rise as shops install backup lines.Wrong. The provider expects the failure rate to fall, not rise.
• B) The paper process took about three seconds, compared with three days online.Wrong. The comparison is reversed: the paper process took three days.
• C) About one per cent of transactions fail because users enter the wrong amount.Wrong. User error is not mentioned as a cause of failure.
• D) About one per cent of transactions fail because a shop's internet connection drops.Correct. The passage states that about one per cent of transactions fail because of a dropped connection at the shop.

Respuesta correcta: A) The biggest gains came from students who sent a written message before each session, a habit few participants follow.

• A) The biggest gains came from students who sent a written message before each session, a habit few participants follow.Correct. This matches the passage, including the observation that only about a third of participants adopted the habit.
• B) The oral test scores fell by half a mark while attendance remained stable.Wrong. The oral score improved by half a mark rather than falling.
• C) All participants adopted the habit of writing a message before each session.Wrong. Only about a third adopted the habit, so it is not universal.
• D) The biggest gains came from students who attended the sessions without preparing anything in advance.Wrong. The passage identifies preparation by message, not its absence, as the factor behind the gains.

Respuesta correcta: B) Because all the plots were close together on similar soil, the trial cannot show whether the method transfers to other soils.

• A) The trial proved that the drip method saves thirty per cent of water on every type of soil.Wrong. The passage explicitly says the opposite: the trial cannot show transfer to other soils.
• B) Because all the plots were close together on similar soil, the trial cannot show whether the method transfers to other soils.Correct. This states the limitation the passage draws from the plots' proximity and shared soil type.
• C) The larger trial has already been carried out and confirmed the results.Wrong. The larger trial is planned for next year.
• D) The trial used forty plots spread across three different regions of the country.Wrong. All forty plots were within one kilometre, in a single area.

Respuesta correcta: C) The author's commercial interest in recording low prices means his figures are trustworthy only for the towns where he had no dealings.

• A) The diary's author was an independent farmer with no interest in grain prices.Wrong. The author was a grain dealer, not an independent farmer.
• B) The diary is complete and unbiased, because a single source eliminates the need for corroboration.Wrong. A single surviving source increases the need for caution rather than removing it.
• C) The author's commercial interest in recording low prices means his figures are trustworthy only for the towns where he had no dealings.Correct. This connects the author's bias to a specific limit on his reliability, which is the caution the historian expresses.
• D) The historian used the diary for all three towns because it is the only surviving source for the whole region.Wrong. The diary covers three towns but is the only surviving source for one of them.

Respuesta correcta: D) Because the programme has no comparison group and has run for less than five years, the earlier detection cannot be attributed to it.

• A) Researchers concluded that the programme caused the rise in early detection.Wrong. The researchers say the opposite: causation cannot be shown.
• B) The programme examined fewer than half of the adults in the region.Wrong. The programme reached eighty per cent, which is a large share.
• C) Because eighty per cent of adults were reached, the programme's success has been conclusively demonstrated.Wrong. The researchers explicitly say causation has not been shown.
• D) Because the programme has no comparison group and has run for less than five years, the earlier detection cannot be attributed to it.Correct. This states the two design weaknesses that limit the causal claim, as the researchers do.

Respuesta correcta: A) Two of the eight representatives were deputies, and three of those two schools later failed to respond.

• A) Two of the eight representatives were deputies, and three of those two schools later failed to respond.Correct. This correctly tracks that only two representatives were deputies and that no further response came from three of those schools.
• B) Two of the twelve schools sent both a representative and a written apology.Wrong. No school both attended and apologised; the two groups are disjoint.
• C) Three of the eight schools that attended failed to respond to a later contact.Wrong. Only two of the eight attending schools sent deputies, so three of the eight is impossible.
• D) Three of the four schools that did not attend failed to respond to a later contact.Wrong. The three non-responses came from schools that had sent deputies, not from schools that had apologised instead of attending.

Respuesta correcta: B) The four remaining old buses belong to the fleet used on short rural routes, which the replacement target did not cover.

• A) The operator failed to meet its promise, because the target clearly applied to all forty buses.Wrong. The operator gives a reason consistent with its stated promise, so this reads it as a breach.
• B) The four remaining old buses belong to the fleet used on short rural routes, which the replacement target did not cover.Correct. This resolves the apparent contradiction by restricting the promise to the city-route fleet, leaving the rural buses outside it.
• C) The twenty-two city-route buses are the ones still waiting to be replaced.Wrong. The twenty-two city-route buses were the ones already replaced.
• D) The operator replaced all forty buses, and four additional buses were bought later.Wrong. Four original buses remain, so not all forty were replaced.

Respuesta correcta: C) Seventy-eight per cent were satisfied with services but only thirty-four per cent with cost, and written comments drew disproportionately from the dissatisfied.

• A) The written comments were a reliable sample of public opinion because respondents who wrote were more representative.Wrong. The report says the opposite: written comments attract complaints rather than representing a wider mood.
• B) Seventy-eight per cent were satisfied with the cost of services and thirty-four per cent with the services themselves.Wrong. The two figures are attached to the wrong items.
• C) Seventy-eight per cent were satisfied with services but only thirty-four per cent with cost, and written comments drew disproportionately from the dissatisfied.Correct. This pairs the two correct figures with the report's caution about the written comments.
• D) Respondents who only ticked the box were more likely to be dissatisfied than those who wrote comments.Wrong. It was the writers, not the tick-box respondents, who were disproportionately dissatisfied.

Respuesta correcta: D) The longer waits occurred in clinics with stable patient numbers, because growing populations were absorbed by shorter waits elsewhere.

• A) The audit found no connection between patient numbers and waiting times in any clinic.Wrong. The audit explains the connection directly by linking stable numbers with longer waits.
• B) Overall patient numbers fell sharply, which is why the waits became longer in six clinics.Wrong. The audit states that overall patient numbers were unchanged.
• C) Waiting times rose in every clinic in the region, including the three with growing populations.Wrong. Six clinics had longer waits and the three with growing populations were the exception.
• D) The longer waits occurred in clinics with stable patient numbers, because growing populations were absorbed by shorter waits elsewhere.Correct. This states the auditor's explanation, which is what resolves the apparent inconsistency in the figures.