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On the roof of a city office block, Dara keeps four beehives. The bees forage in parks and window boxes for a mile around, and the honey they make tastes faintly of lime trees. Dara sells it in the lobby every autumn, and the whole crop is gone within a week.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

  1. A. A rooftop beekeeper in the city produces distinctive honey that sells out quickly.Correct
  2. B. Bees can fly about a mile from their hive.
  3. C. Honey should be sold in autumn.
  4. D. City bees make more honey than country bees.

Answer: A. A rooftop beekeeper in the city produces distinctive honey that sells out quickly.

Rooftop hives, lime-flavoured honey, sold in a week.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Bees can fly about a mile from their hive.
A detail.
C. Honey should be sold in autumn.
Not a claim the text makes.
D. City bees make more honey than country bees.
No comparison is made.

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