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Information and Ideas practice question

The station's lost-property box fills up every week. Umbrellas are the most common item, then gloves, then books. Almost nothing is ever claimed, and at the end of each month the staff give what is left to a charity shop.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

  1. A. Lost items at the station pile up unclaimed and are given to charity.Correct
  2. B. Umbrellas are useful in rain.
  3. C. The station staff read the books.
  4. D. Passengers should be more careful.

Answer: A. Lost items at the station pile up unclaimed and are given to charity.

Filled weekly, unclaimed, donated monthly.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Umbrellas are useful in rain.
Not a claim in the text.
C. The station staff read the books.
Not stated.
D. Passengers should be more careful.
No advice is given.

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