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""Why do they pull down and do away with crooked streets, I wonder, which are my delight, and hurt no man living? Every day the wealthier nations are pulling down one or another in their capitals and their great towns: they do not know why they do it; neither do I. It ought to be enough, surely, to drive the great broad ways which commerce needs and which are the life-channels of a modern city, without destroying all history and all the humanity in between: the islands of the past.""
(From Hilaire Belloc's ""The Crooked Streets"")
Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?
A
The author of the passage takes delight in wondering.
B
The wealthier nations are pulling down the crooked streets in their capitals.
C
In the past, crooked streets were only built on islands.
D
Great broad ways are needed to protect commerce and history.

Correct : b

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