A) The first author holds that repair information helps visitors distinguish original material from later work, and should be offered without assuming that historical context inevitably distracts, while the second limits immediate disclosure while retaining repair information.

"The first author holds that repair information helps visitors distinguish original material from later work, and should be offered without assuming that historical context inevitably distracts, while the second limits immediate disclosure while retaining repair information." matches the authors' positions. The first author holds that repair information helps visitors distinguish original material from later work, and should be offered without assuming that historical context inevitably distracts. The second author limits immediate disclosure while retaining repair information. The reading that the first author holds that repair information helps visitors distinguish original material from later work, and should be offered because visitors prefer unlabeled objects asserts a reason Text 1 does not give: it recommends explanation to support attention to the object rather than assuming historical context inevitably distracts, not because visitors prefer unlabeled objects. The reading that the first author holds that repair information helps visitors distinguish original material from later work, and should be offered because repairs are rare in old vases asserts a reason Text 1 does not give: it recommends explanation to support attention to the object rather than assuming historical context inevitably distracts, not because repairs are rare. The reading that the first author holds that repair information helps visitors distinguish original material from later work, and should be offered because specialists already know the history asserts a reason Text 1 does not give: it recommends explanation to support attention to the object rather than assuming historical context inevitably distracts, not because specialists already know the history. Text 2 is described compatibly in all choices, so it alone cannot eliminate the alternative readings of Text 1.

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