Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful paragraph:
(A) The students, however, knew why the count was low: most of them travelled on monthly passes, which the machines never recorded.
(B) Once a hundred of those passes were shown at a meeting with the depot manager, the route was quietly brought back.
(C) For years, Route 42 was the only bus that ran from our side of the river to the college gate.
(D) Last July the transport office suddenly cut it, saying that too few passengers bought tickets on it.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (D), (A), (B)
Rearranged Parts:
(C) For years, Route 42 was the only bus that ran from our side of the river to the college gate.
(D) Last July the transport office suddenly cut it, saying that too few passengers bought tickets on it.
(A) The students, however, knew why the count was low: most of them travelled on monthly passes, which the machines never recorded.
(B) Once a hundred of those passes were shown at a meeting with the depot manager, the route was quietly brought back.
Complete paragraph: For years, Route 42 was the only bus that ran from our side of the river to the college gate. Last July the transport office suddenly cut it, saying that too few passengers bought tickets on it. The students, however, knew why the count was low: most of them travelled on monthly passes, which the machines never recorded. Once a hundred of those passes were shown at a meeting with the depot manager, the route was quietly brought back.