A passage that implies a conclusion without stating it.
A factory has replaced night shifts with an early finish. Within a year, the number of resignations fell by half, and several employees who had planned to leave changed their minds. Production figures were unchanged. The manager concluded that the change had been well received, though no survey of staff opinion was carried out.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: A)The change appears to have been welcomed, since fewer people left, though no direct opinion was collected.
💡 Explicación
An inference must be supported by evidence in the passage while going beyond what the passage states literally.
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Respuesta correcta: A)The change appears to have been welcomed, since fewer people left, though no direct opinion was collected.
A)The change appears to have been welcomed, since fewer people left, though no direct opinion was collected.Correct. This draws a reasonable inference from the reduced resignations while acknowledging that no survey was done.
B)The manager asked staff for their opinion before making the change.Wrong. The passage says no survey was carried out, so no opinion was sought.
C)Production fell after the change, since the figures are described as unchanged.Wrong. Unchanged production figures indicate no fall in output.
D)The change was unpopular, because resignation figures are the only measure of staff opinion.Wrong. A fall in resignations is normally read as improved satisfaction, not as dissatisfaction.
💡 Explicación
An inference must be supported by evidence in the passage while going beyond what the passage states literally.
Pregunta 2
Pregunta 2 · D5Bloom: Understand
A passage that implies a conclusion about money.
A small cinema has cut its ticket prices in half. Attendance more than doubled, so the cinema now sells many more tickets than before. The manager reports that total revenue is slightly lower than it was last year, since the extra customers did not buy any refreshments.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: B)The cinema is busier but earning marginally less, because the extra customers spend nothing extra.
💡 Explicación
Inference questions often require combining two statements in the passage to reach a conclusion neither states on its own.
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Respuesta correcta: B)The cinema is busier but earning marginally less, because the extra customers spend nothing extra.
A)The cinema is earning more, because twice as many tickets were sold.Wrong. More tickets at half the price yields less revenue, which the passage confirms.
B)The cinema is busier but earning marginally less, because the extra customers spend nothing extra.Correct. This combines the two facts given, higher attendance and slightly lower revenue, and explains the reason provided.
C)Refreshments have become more popular, since revenue stayed about the same.Wrong. Refreshment spending did not rise, which is exactly why revenue fell.
D)The cinema has lost customers, since attendance doubled only after the price cut.Wrong. Attendance doubled, so the cinema gained customers.
💡 Explicación
Inference questions often require combining two statements in the passage to reach a conclusion neither states on its own.
Pregunta 3
Pregunta 3 · D5Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies an attitude.
The author notes that the report was 'rigorous', 'long-awaited' and 'the most thorough to date'. The author also writes that it runs to four hundred pages and that three of its appendices reproduce earlier surveys in full.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: C)The author is probably positive about the report but mildly frustrated by its length.
💡 Explicación
Attitude is inferred from evaluative wording and from the pairing of praise with criticism.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: C)The author is probably positive about the report but mildly frustrated by its length.
A)The author is hostile to the report, since the length is presented as a criticism.Wrong. Praise followed by a remark on length is qualified approval, not hostility.
B)The author is entirely neutral, because all the comments are factual.Wrong. Words such as rigorous and long-awaited carry clear positive evaluation.
C)The author is probably positive about the report but mildly frustrated by its length.Correct. Praise plus attention to excessive length suggests qualified approval rather than outright enthusiasm.
D)The author has not read the report, because the comments are only about presentation.Wrong. The author comments on the substance by calling it the most thorough to date.
💡 Explicación
Attitude is inferred from evaluative wording and from the pairing of praise with criticism.
Pregunta 4
Pregunta 4 · D5Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies a causal link.
After the new lighting was installed in the workshop, workers reported fewer headaches. The workshop also introduced two short breaks in the morning at about the same time. The safety officer reports that both changes were introduced together, so it is not possible to say which produced the improvement.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: D)The reduction in headaches cannot be attributed to the lighting alone, because a second change was introduced at the same time.
💡 Explicación
When a passage reports two simultaneous changes, it blocks a single-cause inference, and recognising that is the point.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: D)The reduction in headaches cannot be attributed to the lighting alone, because a second change was introduced at the same time.
A)The safety officer deliberately hid the second change from the workers.Wrong. Nothing suggests concealment; the officer reports both changes openly.
B)The breaks had no effect on the workers' symptoms.Wrong. The officer says it is not possible to say which change produced the effect, rather than that the breaks had none.
C)The lighting was the sole cause of the improvement, since the breaks were introduced later.Wrong. The breaks were introduced at about the same time, not later.
D)The reduction in headaches cannot be attributed to the lighting alone, because a second change was introduced at the same time.Correct. This is the conclusion the passage supports: two simultaneous changes prevent a single-cause attribution.
💡 Explicación
When a passage reports two simultaneous changes, it blocks a single-cause inference, and recognising that is the point.
Pregunta 5
Pregunta 5 · D6Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies a motive.
A newspaper repeated a photograph it had already published two years earlier, adding no new caption. The editor defended the decision by saying the photograph had been requested many times by readers. Readers who noticed the repetition described it as lazy journalism.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: A)The editor's stated reason and the readers' reaction point in opposite directions, suggesting the real motive was to save effort.
💡 Explicación
An inference about motive draws on the gap between what a speaker says and what the surrounding evidence suggests.
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Respuesta correcta: A)The editor's stated reason and the readers' reaction point in opposite directions, suggesting the real motive was to save effort.
A)The editor's stated reason and the readers' reaction point in opposite directions, suggesting the real motive was to save effort.Correct. This infers a mismatch between the stated motive and the reactions, which is what the passage sets up.
B)The editor published the photograph twice by accident and admitted it in the defence.Wrong. The editor defended the decision with reader demand rather than admitting an accident.
C)The readers who noticed were mistaken, since the photograph had never been published before.Wrong. The passage states that the photograph had been published two years earlier.
D)The editor repeated the photograph because readers requested it, and the readers who noticed agreed.Wrong. The readers who noticed the repetition disagreed with the editor's defence.
💡 Explicación
An inference about motive draws on the gap between what a speaker says and what the surrounding evidence suggests.
Pregunta 6
Pregunta 6 · D6Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies a likely future development.
Attendance at evening classes has fallen each year for three years. The centre has responded by adding a Saturday morning class, which is currently full. A second Saturday class has been scheduled for the same period next term.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: B)A further Saturday class is likely to be needed, since demand has grown while supply has only partly kept pace.
💡 Explicación
A well-supported inference stays within the direction the evidence points and does not invent a reversal.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: B)A further Saturday class is likely to be needed, since demand has grown while supply has only partly kept pace.
A)Evening classes will recover soon, because the centre has added a Saturday morning class.Wrong. Nothing in the passage suggests evening numbers will recover.
B)A further Saturday class is likely to be needed, since demand has grown while supply has only partly kept pace.Correct. This is the most reasonable inference from three years of falling evening numbers and a full Saturday class.
C)The Saturday morning class is likely to become empty as evening numbers fall.Wrong. The Saturday class is currently full, so it is more likely to need a second than to empty.
D)The centre plans to close its evening programme entirely by the end of the year.Wrong. The centre is expanding capacity, not closing the evening programme.
💡 Explicación
A well-supported inference stays within the direction the evidence points and does not invent a reversal.
Pregunta 7
Pregunta 7 · D6Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies a character's awareness.
In the novel, the guide explains at length how to prepare for the climb. The reader learns later that the guide has not climbed the mountain in ten years. The novel never comments on this, and the guide's advice is accurate throughout.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: C)The guide knows the mountain well enough to advise correctly despite not having climbed it recently.
💡 Explicación
Inference about a character must stay within what the passage establishes, and here it establishes that the guide's knowledge is genuine.
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Respuesta correcta: C)The guide knows the mountain well enough to advise correctly despite not having climbed it recently.
A)The novel criticises the guide for pretending to have climbed the mountain recently.Wrong. The novel never comments on the ten years, so there is no criticism in the text.
B)The guide gives poor advice because he has not climbed the mountain for a long time.Wrong. The passage states that the advice is accurate, which contradicts poor advice.
C)The guide knows the mountain well enough to advise correctly despite not having climbed it recently.Correct. This is what the passage supports: the advice is accurate, so experience clearly underlies it.
D)The guide's advice is based entirely on written material with no practical experience behind it.Wrong. Ten years is not 'entirely no experience', and the accuracy of the advice points to real knowledge.
💡 Explicación
Inference about a character must stay within what the passage establishes, and here it establishes that the guide's knowledge is genuine.
Pregunta 8
Pregunta 8 · D6Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies a constraint on a decision.
The council wants to widen the road but has not acted. A survey shows that two-thirds of the houses affected are listed buildings. Planning officers have stated that any change affecting a listed facade requires approval from the heritage authority, a process that takes about a year.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: D)The approval process is likely to be a significant obstacle, since most affected buildings cannot be altered without it.
💡 Explicación
An inference about feasibility follows from a stated requirement and its timescale rather than from any explicit prediction.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: D)The approval process is likely to be a significant obstacle, since most affected buildings cannot be altered without it.
A)The survey shows that owners of listed buildings opposed the road in a formal vote.Wrong. No formal vote is mentioned in the passage.
B)The council has already received the required heritage approval.Wrong. The passage says approval is required and has not yet been obtained.
C)Widening the road will be completed next year without difficulty.Wrong. Nothing in the passage indicates the work will be completed or that it is easy.
D)The approval process is likely to be a significant obstacle, since most affected buildings cannot be altered without it.Correct. This is a reasonable inference from the proportion of listed buildings and the length of the approval process.
💡 Explicación
An inference about feasibility follows from a stated requirement and its timescale rather than from any explicit prediction.
Pregunta 9
Pregunta 9 · D6Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies an unstated purpose.
The notice in the library asks readers not to leave bags unattended. It does not say why. The building has three CCTV cameras, one at each entrance, installed two years ago, and the library manager mentions that theft from reading rooms has not occurred since.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: A)The notice is part of a broader effort to deter theft, since cameras were installed and theft stopped afterwards.
💡 Explicación
When a passage supplies unexplained context around an item, the inference connects them without asserting anything the text omits.
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Respuesta correcta: A)The notice is part of a broader effort to deter theft, since cameras were installed and theft stopped afterwards.
A)The notice is part of a broader effort to deter theft, since cameras were installed and theft stopped afterwards.Correct. This connects the unexplained notice to the surrounding evidence about cameras and the absence of theft.
B)The notice was written after a theft in a reading room that the manager has not yet mentioned.Wrong. The passage states that no theft has occurred since the cameras were installed.
C)The cameras were installed to monitor readers' reading habits rather than to prevent theft.Wrong. The connection drawn in the passage is between cameras and theft, not reading habits.
D)The notice exists because readers have asked for clearer rules about bags.Wrong. Nothing in the passage reports that readers requested the rule.
💡 Explicación
When a passage supplies unexplained context around an item, the inference connects them without asserting anything the text omits.
Pregunta 10
Pregunta 10 · D7Bloom: Evaluate
A passage that supports a comparative inference.
In two similar-sized schools, the first introduced a reading hour at the start of the day and the second did not. Students in the first school scored higher on reading tests. The report adds that the schools recruit from the same neighbourhood and that the test was administered under identical conditions.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: B)The first school's results suggest the reading hour may help, though the evidence comes from only two schools.
💡 Explicación
A strong inference must be limited by the strength of the evidence offered, and two comparable cases support a cautious claim only.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: B)The first school's results suggest the reading hour may help, though the evidence comes from only two schools.
A)The reading hour has been proven to improve reading scores.Wrong. Two schools cannot constitute proof, and the report does not claim it.
B)The first school's results suggest the reading hour may help, though the evidence comes from only two schools.Correct. This draws a cautious conclusion and correctly notes the very small evidence base.
C)The two schools are so similar that no comparison is possible.Wrong. The passage emphasises the similarity of the schools precisely to make the comparison possible.
D)The second school's lower scores are explained by the quality of its teachers.Wrong. Teacher quality is not mentioned anywhere in the passage.
💡 Explicación
A strong inference must be limited by the strength of the evidence offered, and two comparable cases support a cautious claim only.
Pregunta 11
Pregunta 11 · D7Bloom: Evaluate
A passage that supports an inference about unintended effects.
The shop moved its fruit display closer to the entrance to encourage impulse purchases. Sales of fruit rose. Sales of snacks did not change, but sales of shopping baskets fell, and the manager has now placed a basket stand between the entrance and the display.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: C)Bringing the display closer to the entrance appears to have discouraged some customers from taking a basket at all.
💡 Explicación
Unintended effects are inferred from changes that follow an action without having been aimed at them, and the manager's own adjustment supports the reading.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: C)Bringing the display closer to the entrance appears to have discouraged some customers from taking a basket at all.
A)Snacks became more popular after the fruit display was moved to the entrance.Wrong. Snack sales did not change at all.
B)The manager moved the basket stand because customers complained about the fruit display.Wrong. The basket stand was placed where it would catch customers before they reach the display.
C)Bringing the display closer to the entrance appears to have discouraged some customers from taking a basket at all.Correct. This connects the fall in basket sales to the new location of the display, which the manager's response also suggests.
D)The shop lost money overall because the basket sales fell by more than the fruit gains.Wrong. The passage does not state that the losses outweighed the gains in money.
💡 Explicación
Unintended effects are inferred from changes that follow an action without having been aimed at them, and the manager's own adjustment supports the reading.
Pregunta 12
Pregunta 12 · D7Bloom: Evaluate
A passage that supports an inference about the writer's purpose.
An article begins with the worst figures first: a rising number of complaints and falling satisfaction. It then explains the cause of each problem and ends with what has already been fixed. The author does not mention any remaining problems.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: D)The order of the presentation makes the article read as an improvement story rather than a neutral survey.
💡 Explicación
An author's purpose can be inferred from the shape of a piece, since the order in which material is presented is itself a choice.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: D)The order of the presentation makes the article read as an improvement story rather than a neutral survey.
A)The article was written to promote the organisation, since it ends on what has been fixed.Wrong. Closing with fixes does support a promotional aim, but the passage as a whole omits remaining problems, which the option does not account for.
B)The article is intended to criticise the organisation, since it leaves out the problems still outstanding.Wrong. Beginning with the worst figures would work against a critical purpose.
C)The article is neutral because it presents figures without any recommendation.Wrong. The structure is itself a framing device and cannot be described as neutral presentation.
D)The order of the presentation makes the article read as an improvement story rather than a neutral survey.Correct. Leading with problems and closing with fixes frames the material as progress, which is the inference the structure supports.
💡 Explicación
An author's purpose can be inferred from the shape of a piece, since the order in which material is presented is itself a choice.
Pregunta 13
Pregunta 13 · D7Bloom: Analyze
A passage that supports an inference about reliability.
Two reports give different figures for the same year's exports. The first was compiled by the ministry and gives a total that matches the tax records. The second was compiled by a trade association and gives a considerably higher figure. The association states that it included small exporters that the ministry's method excludes.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: A)The two figures may both be defensible, since they appear to count different groups of exporters.
💡 Explicación
A plausible methodological difference explains a discrepancy without requiring either source to be unreliable.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: A)The two figures may both be defensible, since they appear to count different groups of exporters.
A)The two figures may both be defensible, since they appear to count different groups of exporters.Correct. This infers a difference in coverage rather than an error in either source, which the stated methods support.
B)Neither report can be trusted, because they disagree.Wrong. The passage offers a reason for the discrepancy, so both can be usable with their own coverage noted.
C)The association inflated the figure deliberately in order to strengthen its campaign.Wrong. The association gives a methodological explanation, and no deliberate inflation is claimed.
D)The ministry's figure is wrong because it is lower than the association's.Wrong. A lower total does not by itself make a figure wrong, especially when coverage differs.
💡 Explicación
A plausible methodological difference explains a discrepancy without requiring either source to be unreliable.
Pregunta 14
Pregunta 14 · D8Bloom: Evaluate
A passage that supports an inference about a plan's feasibility.
The programme requires every participating clinic to send monthly data by a fixed format. Of the forty clinics that agreed to take part, twenty-eight sent data on time in the first three months. A further nine sent it late, and three sent nothing. The coordinator notes that the clinic that missed the deadline most often is the one with the fewest administrative staff.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: B)Capacity, rather than willingness, appears to be the main obstacle, since the weakest reporting came from the clinic least staffed.
💡 Explicación
When a passage links a poor outcome to a resource, the inference is that capacity rather than willingness is the constraint.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: B)Capacity, rather than willingness, appears to be the main obstacle, since the weakest reporting came from the clinic least staffed.
A)Most clinics have failed to meet the programme's requirements in the first three months.Wrong. Twenty-eight of forty sent data on time, so a clear majority complied.
B)Capacity, rather than willingness, appears to be the main obstacle, since the weakest reporting came from the clinic least staffed.Correct. This infers that staffing capacity drove the reporting record, which the coordinator's observation supports.
C)The coordinator believes the format should be simplified for every clinic.Wrong. The coordinator identifies a staffing issue rather than calling for a general change of format.
D)The clinic with the fewest staff sent the most complete data of all.Wrong. The clinic with the fewest staff reported worst, not best.
💡 Explicación
When a passage links a poor outcome to a resource, the inference is that capacity rather than willingness is the constraint.
Pregunta 15
Pregunta 15 · D8Bloom: Evaluate
A passage that supports a negative inference.
The article praises the design of the new stadium and describes its cost and capacity in detail. It does not mention attendance figures, ticket prices or transport. It does note that the architect designed two other stadiums that closed within five years.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: C)The absence of any information about who uses the stadium suggests the author chose not to examine that question.
💡 Explicación
A well-hedged inference about omission stays at the level of the author's choice of scope and does not convert silence into proof.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: C)The absence of any information about who uses the stadium suggests the author chose not to examine that question.
A)The article presents the stadium as a failure, since it mentions two closed stadiums.Wrong. The article praises the design and raises the closed stadiums as a reason for caution.
B)The article's silence proves that attendance is low.Wrong. Silence is not proof of low attendance, and the author might simply be out of scope for that question.
C)The absence of any information about who uses the stadium suggests the author chose not to examine that question.Correct. This treats the silence as a deliberate choice about scope rather than as evidence about attendance.
D)The architect designed the closed stadiums in order to show that stadiums always fail.Wrong. The architect is credited with the designs, and no motive is attributed for the closures.
💡 Explicación
A well-hedged inference about omission stays at the level of the author's choice of scope and does not convert silence into proof.
Pregunta 16
Pregunta 16 · D8Bloom: Analyze
A passage with a conclusion the reader must draw across several sentences.
A charity has run a reading programme for volunteers for ten years. Demand from schools has grown faster than the number of volunteers, so applications from schools were refused for the first time last year. The charity now plans to train volunteers rather than recruit them, since training is quicker. It has also begun paying expenses, which it did not do before.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: D)The charity is responding to a shortage of volunteers rather than to a shortage of demand from schools.
💡 Explicación
A multi-sentence inference requires the reader to connect a series of facts into a single explanation rather than to restate any one of them.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: D)The charity is responding to a shortage of volunteers rather than to a shortage of demand from schools.
A)The charity introduced expenses payments because volunteers had complained about them specifically.Wrong. The passage does not say the payment was a response to complaints.
B)The charity has solved its volunteer shortage and will soon accept all school applications again.Wrong. The shortage is not yet solved; training is planned precisely to address it.
C)The charity is responding to a fall in interest from schools over the last ten years.Wrong. Demand grew rather than falling, which is why applications were refused.
D)The charity is responding to a shortage of volunteers rather than to a shortage of demand from schools.Correct. This synthesises the growing demand, the refusals and the shift to training into one conclusion.
💡 Explicación
A multi-sentence inference requires the reader to connect a series of facts into a single explanation rather than to restate any one of them.
Pregunta 17
Pregunta 17 · D8Bloom: Evaluate
A passage about a rule and its exceptions.
Visitors to the site are asked to remain on the marked paths. The notice does not say what happens if they leave the paths. A ranger states that two of the marked paths lead to viewpoints where visitors are usually allowed to step off, and that people stepping off elsewhere have caused erosion.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: A)The rule is applied in practice according to where the visitor goes, rather than enforced uniformly.
💡 Explicación
Inference about how a rule operates in practice follows from the stated exception rather than from the wording of the rule itself.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: A)The rule is applied in practice according to where the visitor goes, rather than enforced uniformly.
A)The rule is applied in practice according to where the visitor goes, rather than enforced uniformly.Correct. This infers that enforcement varies by location from the ranger's distinction between viewpoints and everywhere else.
B)The notice about the paths was written before the viewpoints were added to the route.Wrong. The timing of the two viewpoints relative to the notice is not addressed.
C)Visitors who step off the paths anywhere on the site are fined immediately.Wrong. Nothing in the passage mentions fines at all.
D)The ranger intends to close the viewpoints because stepping off the paths has caused erosion.Wrong. The ranger says stepping off is allowed at viewpoints, so closure of those areas is not the intention.
💡 Explicación
Inference about how a rule operates in practice follows from the stated exception rather than from the wording of the rule itself.
Pregunta 18
Pregunta 18 · D6Bloom: Analyze
A passage that implies a contradiction in the writer's own account.
The committee says the report contains no recommendations at all. Two pages later it lists three measures and describes each of them as something the committee recommends.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: B)The committee's claim that the report has no recommendations appears inconsistent with the later pages.
💡 Explicación
Inference questions sometimes target a tension inside a text, and a contradiction between two claims is a legitimate conclusion.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: B)The committee's claim that the report has no recommendations appears inconsistent with the later pages.
A)The committee is correct, because the three measures are described as observations rather than recommendations.Wrong. The passage states that the measures are things the committee recommends, which makes them recommendations.
B)The committee's claim that the report has no recommendations appears inconsistent with the later pages.Correct. A document with no recommendations cannot also list three measures it recommends, so the account is internally inconsistent.
C)The two pages belong to a different document that was bound in by mistake.Wrong. The passage presents both statements as belonging to the same report.
D)The report was revised after the committee's statement was published.Wrong. No revision or publication sequence is mentioned in the passage.
💡 Explicación
Inference questions sometimes target a tension inside a text, and a contradiction between two claims is a legitimate conclusion.
Pregunta 19
Pregunta 19 · D7Bloom: Evaluate
A passage that supports an inference about who benefits.
The new parking charges are doubled outside the shopping centre but unchanged inside it. The centre says this encourages visitors to stay longer once they have arrived. A residents' group objects that people who only want to park will now avoid the area entirely, and it has collected two thousand signatures.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: C)The change shifts custom towards those who spend longer inside at the expense of short visits and nearby residents.
💡 Explicación
A fair inference identifies who gains and who loses according to the two accounts the passage reports.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: C)The change shifts custom towards those who spend longer inside at the expense of short visits and nearby residents.
A)The residents' group supports the change and collected signatures to thank the centre.Wrong. The group is objecting to the change, which is what collecting signatures against it indicates.
B)The change benefits everyone equally, since the centre's own explanation covers all visitors.Wrong. The residents' objection shows the benefits are not shared equally.
C)The change shifts custom towards those who spend longer inside at the expense of short visits and nearby residents.Correct. This weighs the centre's stated benefit against the group's stated cost, which is what the passage sets out.
D)The centre intends to double all charges, including those inside the centre, within a year.Wrong. The passage states that charges inside the centre are unchanged and gives no intention to alter them.
💡 Explicación
A fair inference identifies who gains and who loses according to the two accounts the passage reports.
Pregunta 20
Pregunta 20 · D8Bloom: Evaluate
A passage where a cautious inference is the only defensible one.
Four of the twenty small businesses in the arcade closed within a year of the building being repainted. The landlord attributes this to the loss of the previous tenant, who had run a laundrette. The traders point out that the two premises that closed were the ones with the highest rents.
Elige una opción para comprobar tu respuesta.
Respuesta correcta: D)Rent appears to be a factor, though the passage does not establish it as the only cause of the closures.
💡 Explicación
The defensible inference from a partial pattern is a contributing factor rather than a proven sole cause.
Ver respuesta
Respuesta correcta: D)Rent appears to be a factor, though the passage does not establish it as the only cause of the closures.
A)The closures were unrelated to the arcade, as the landlord suggests.Wrong. The landlord's explanation concerns one lost tenant, not the other closures.
B)The repainting caused the closures, since every closure followed the works.Wrong. Two of the four businesses remained open, so the works did not cause every closure.
C)Rent is proven to be the only cause of the closures in the arcade.Wrong. The passage links rent to two of the four closures, so it cannot be the only cause.
D)Rent appears to be a factor, though the passage does not establish it as the only cause of the closures.Correct. The pattern the traders point to supports a link with rent without ruling out other factors.
💡 Explicación
The defensible inference from a partial pattern is a contributing factor rather than a proven sole cause.
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