Read the passage from Gulliver's Travels.There was a most ingenious architect, who had contrived a new method for building houses, by beginning at the roof, and working downward to the foundation.
Answer
A
In his travels, Gulliver is fooled by a silly architect he meets.
B
When he meets a ridiculous architect, Gulliver is oddly impressed.
C
Gulliver encounters an architect who builds houses from the top down.
D
Gulliver meets an architect who has a crazy way of building houses.
Explanation
The passage says the architect builds houses by starting at the roof and working down to the foundation. Choice C restates that specific method: the architect builds houses from the top down. The other choices add ideas—such as Gulliver being fooled or impressed—that the passage does not mention.
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