Information and IdeasEasyMain idea: a rescued cat
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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?
- A. The verger rescued a cat from the church tower when the fire brigade could not.Correct
- B. Cats like fish.
- C. The church tower is tall.
- 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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