Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a mountain hut's visitors' book
Information and Ideas practice question
The hut at the top of the pass has kept a visitors' book since 1931. Walkers write the date, the weather, and a line or two. Read in order, the books record eighty years of storms, lost dogs, proposals of marriage, and one night in 1963 when forty people sheltered in a room built for twelve.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The hut's visitors' books have become an informal record of decades of life on the pass.Correct
- B. The hut was built for twelve people.
- C. Walkers should always write in visitors' books.
- D. The weather on the pass is usually stormy.
Answer: A. The hut's visitors' books have become an informal record of decades of life on the pass.
Eighty years of entries.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The hut was built for twelve people.
- A detail.
- C. Walkers should always write in visitors' books.
- No advice is given.
- D. The weather on the pass is usually stormy.
- Storms are one thing recorded.
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