Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a rooftop beekeeper
Information and Ideas practice question
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?
- A. A rooftop beekeeper in the city produces distinctive honey that sells out quickly.Correct
- B. Bees can fly about a mile from their hive.
- C. Honey should be sold in autumn.
- 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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