Information and IdeasMediumMain idea: an athlete's slow season
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The runner's coach made her spend a whole season running slowly. No races, no timed sessions, only long easy miles. She hated it and said so. The following year she cut a minute from her best time, and the coach pointed out, mildly, that the easy season had built the base that the fast one stood on.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. A season of deliberately slow training, resented at the time, laid the foundation for the runner's later improvement.Correct
- B. The runner disliked her coach.
- C. Slow running is more enjoyable than racing.
- D. The runner never raced again.
Answer: A. A season of deliberately slow training, resented at the time, laid the foundation for the runner's later improvement.
Slow season, then a faster year.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The runner disliked her coach.
- She hated the training, not the coach.
- C. Slow running is more enjoyable than racing.
- She hated the slow running.
- D. The runner never raced again.
- She cut a minute from her best time the next year.
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