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A cat was stuck up the church tower for two days. The fire brigade could not reach it, so the verger climbed the inside of the tower with a basket of fish and coaxed it down. The cat now sleeps in the vestry.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

  1. A. The verger rescued a cat from the church tower when the fire brigade could not.Correct
  2. B. Cats like fish.
  3. C. The church tower is tall.
  4. D. The fire brigade refused to help.

Answer: A. The verger rescued a cat from the church tower when the fire brigade could not.

Two days, a basket of fish, the verger.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Cats like fish.
A detail.
C. The church tower is tall.
Implied, not the point.
D. The fire brigade refused to help.
They could not reach it, not refused.

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