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The pump on the green still works, but the water is no longer tested and should not be drunk. It is left in place because the horses at the riding school are watered from it twice a day.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

  1. A. To explain why the pump is kept although its water is not fit for people.Correct
  2. B. To warn that the pump is broken.
  3. C. To describe the riding school.
  4. D. To ask for the water to be tested.

Answer: A. To explain why the pump is kept although its water is not fit for people.

Not for people; kept for the horses.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. To warn that the pump is broken.
It works.
C. To describe the riding school.
Mentioned only as the reason.
D. To ask for the water to be tested.
Not requested.

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