We need to accept flooding as a regular occurrence in the UK. Statistics show that days of ‘extreme rain’ (very heavy rainfall) have become more common since 1960, moving from one in a hundred days on average in the 1960s to one in seventy days in 2015. T

Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument in the above passage? A The UK has been underprepared for the effects of flooding. B The UK could learn from countries such as India and China about flood defences. C Global warming could be halted if there was political will. D The UK must plan its infrastructure to deal with a high risk of flooding. E The world temperature will continue to rise in the future Answer: D - Through a process of elimination we can see that both B and E are supporting facts instead of main conclusions. C is clearly irrelevant and isn't mentioned in the given material at all. This leaves us with the only two plausible answers, A and D. In order to find the final answer, since it asks for the main conslusion, we ought to ask ourselves which one best supports the other? It clearly makes more sense to argue that given the UK has been underprepared for risks of flooding, we must plan infrastructure with the risk in mind than the other way around - to say that we must plan infrastructure to better deal with the risk of flooding, therefore the UK has been underprepared for the risks of flooding makes little sense.