Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a farmer's hedge
Information and Ideas practice question
The farmer laid the hedge by hand, cutting each stem almost through and bending it sideways so that it kept growing along the ground. The work took the whole winter. A laid hedge, he said, would stand for twenty years against cattle; a fence would rust in ten.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The farmer chose the slow work of laying a hedge because it outlasts a fence.Correct
- B. Fences rust quickly.
- C. The farmer keeps cattle.
- D. Hedges grow along the ground.
Answer: A. The farmer chose the slow work of laying a hedge because it outlasts a fence.
Slow work for a longer life.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Fences rust quickly.
- A supporting detail.
- C. The farmer keeps cattle.
- Implied, not the point.
- D. Hedges grow along the ground.
- A detail of the method.
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