[Vocabulary] Areas where no new buildings can be built.

[Son Ho]

I don't understand this question which is in a book titled "TOEFL iBT e Reading" - Linguaforum. There are two paragraphs. This is the second one for the question:

To fix this problem, many cities are now making green zones. The green zones are like giant parks. No new roads or buildings can be built in them. Usually the green zones are just outside of the city. This causes another problem; cities need room to grow, but they cannot spread into the green zones. Finding the correct balance between allowing a city to grow and keeping enough trees is very difficult.

2. Which is the following best explains the term GREEN ZONES?
A. Large parks in the city.
B. Areas where no new buildings can be built.
C. Areas with many trees.
D. Areas where a city cannot grow.

The key to the question is B.

 

[tedmc]

I thought the answer is obvious. Read again the first and third sentences in the paragraph.

 

[Tdol]

B states what is in sentence 3.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I don't understand this question, which is in a book entitled [STRIKE]"[/STRIKE]TOEFL iBT e Reading[STRIKE]"[/STRIKE] - Linguaforum.

Put book titles in italics, not quotation marks.

There are two paragraphs. This is the second one for the question:

To fix this problem, many cities are now making green zones. The green zones are like giant parks. No new roads or buildings can be built in them. Usually the green zones are just outside of the city. This causes another problem; cities need room to grow, but they cannot spread into the green zones. Finding the correct balance between allowing a city to grow and keeping enough trees is very difficult.

2. Which of the following best explains the term GREEN ZONES?

It had a typo. Do you understand it now? It asks for the best definition.

A. Large parks in the city.
B. Areas where no new buildings can be built.
C. Areas with many trees.
D. Areas where a city cannot grow.

The answer to the question is B.

Look up the definition of key.

 

[Son Ho]

I thought the answer is obvious. Read again the first and third sentences in the paragraph.

Why don't we choose A? The second sentence in the paragraph says The green zones are like giant parks.

 

[tedmc]

Why don't we choose A? The second sentence in the paragraph says The green zones are like giant parks.

That is not the key point which "best explains" the term.