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Question 1

"The urban planning initiative in New Oakhaven has recently shifted its focus toward pedestrian-only zones. City council members argue that these zones will reduce carbon emissions by limiting vehicular traffic in the downtown core. However, local business owners report a decline in foot traffic during the initial trial phase. Despite this, the council remains committed to the long-term vision of a greener city. The primary goal of the initiative is to transform the city center into a sustainable living environment." What is the writer's main idea?

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The council is pursuing a long-term goal of sustainability through pedestrian-only zones, and objections have not moved it.

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The trial phase of the initiative has failed.

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The council has put the trading position of local businesses ahead of everything else.

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Pedestrian-only zones are the most effective way for a city to cut its emissions.

Question 2

"The urban planning initiative in New Oakhaven has recently shifted its focus toward pedestrian-only zones. City council members argue that these zones will reduce carbon emissions by limiting vehicular traffic in the downtown core. However, local business owners report a decline in foot traffic during the initial trial phase. Despite this, the council remains committed to the long-term vision of a greener city. The primary goal of the initiative is to transform the city center into a sustainable living environment." What exactly do the local business owners report?

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That foot traffic has fallen during the trial phase.

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That foot traffic recovered once the trial phase ended.

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That the trial phase has made no measurable difference to them.

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That vehicular traffic past their doors has fallen.

Question 3

"The urban planning initiative in New Oakhaven has recently shifted its focus toward pedestrian-only zones. City council members argue that these zones will reduce carbon emissions by limiting vehicular traffic in the downtown core. However, local business owners report a decline in foot traffic during the initial trial phase. Despite this, the council remains committed to the long-term vision of a greener city. The primary goal of the initiative is to transform the city center into a sustainable living environment." What work does the sentence about the local business owners do in the passage?

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It sets an objection against the council's case, which the next sentence then sets aside.

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It explains what causes carbon emissions downtown.

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It offers evidence that the pedestrian zones are succeeding.

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It shows that the council's plan cannot work.

Question 4

"The urban planning initiative in New Oakhaven has recently shifted its focus toward pedestrian-only zones. City council members argue that these zones will reduce carbon emissions by limiting vehicular traffic in the downtown core. However, local business owners report a decline in foot traffic during the initial trial phase. Despite this, the council remains committed to the long-term vision of a greener city. The primary goal of the initiative is to transform the city center into a sustainable living environment." What can be inferred about how the council weighs the trial results?

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It believes the business owners have misreported what happened.

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It was taken by surprise by the fall in foot traffic.

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It is preparing to abandon the initiative.

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It treats them as less important than the goal it is working toward.

Question 5

"In the years after the Calder Mill closed, the town of Brightwater lost about a fifth of its population. The county recorded a sharp rise in the number of households renting rather than owning, and a smaller rise in the number of adults enrolled in evening courses at the community college. A survey by the county planning office found that most of those who left were under thirty-five. Officials have pointed to the closure of the mill as the reason for the population decline. About the shift toward renting they have been more careful, noting only that the two changes appeared in the same years." What does the writer report the county officials as saying about the shift from owning to renting?

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That it had begun well before the mill closed.

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That the closure of the mill brought it about.

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That it showed up in the same years as the other changes, without saying what produced it.

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That the rise in evening-course enrollment brought it about.