Re: Reading Comprehension

Originally Posted by
asantamariat
I was doing the a reading comprenhension quiz. u Unfortunatelly, the web page doesn't allow me to paste the link here, and arose a question after I read this question appeared/was asked:
Airbus orders unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A350 Airbus planes and ordering three A380 super-jumbos for about $750m.
The question is "Qatar Airways ordered ...", so I chose '83 planes' because there are 80 planes of a one model and 3 of another (that's what I thought), but I got that answer wrong because the page display told me the answer was '3 planes'.
I'm confused because of I don't know whether either the web page result is wrong or not
Qatar Airwats ordered only three planes. They confirmed an order for 80. Personally, I don't like the question. If they confirmed an order for the 80, then I think it is not unreasonable to say that they ordered 83, if the initial order needed confirmation.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.