Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a town's shared allotments
Information and Ideas practice question
When the old railway yard was cleared, the town divided it into sixty allotments and let them for a pound a year. Within a season the plots were full of beans and dahlias, and the waiting list was longer than the list of holders. The council now says the yard is the most used land it owns.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Cheap allotments on a cleared railway yard proved far more popular than the town expected.Correct
- B. The allotments cost a pound a year.
- C. Beans grow well on old railway land.
- D. The council owns a great deal of land.
Answer: A. Cheap allotments on a cleared railway yard proved far more popular than the town expected.
Full plots and a long waiting list.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The allotments cost a pound a year.
- A detail.
- C. Beans grow well on old railway land.
- Not a claim in the text.
- D. The council owns a great deal of land.
- Not the point.
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