Question

Excerpt from Sacramento Valley Agriculture

Sacramento History Online

13 By 1929, fifty-one irrigation districts were organized into systems that delivered water to 282,000 acres. Twenty-two areas were direct products of the Wright Act, public districts organized under the state irrigation law; 19 were mutual irrigation companies organized to deliver water to stockholders at cost; 10 consisted of public utility water systems.
Reread paragraph 13. Which clause BEST replaces the clause entitled "Twenty-two areas were direct products of the Wright Act"
A) The Wright Act enabled twenty-two areas of land to be designated irrigation districts
B) Twenty-two areas were able to directly deliver their products because of the Wright Act
C) Twenty-two areas then had become the products of an irrigation act known as the Wright Act
D) When the Wright Act was finished with twenty-two areas, they were the direct products of the act

Answer 1

A. I did it on USATP and got it correct. They said:

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find the most appropriate replacement, the substituted clause must fit with the remainder of the sentence (…public districts organized under the state irrigation law;) Only one works smoothly: The Wright Act enabled twenty-two areas of land to be designated irrigation districts, public districts organized under the state irrigation law. All other replacements seem awkward.

Answer 2

A) The Wright Act enabled twenty-two areas of land to be designated irrigation districts

This clause presents the information in a much more active and direct way. The Wright Act is highlighted and the clause contains an active verb by saying "enabled", rather than the original clause which was in passive voice.