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The village bread oven, built into the wall of the old bakehouse, was lit every Saturday for three centuries and then, when the bakery closed in 1962, not at all. In 2019 a group of neighbours relit it. They bake once a month now, and the smell of bread on a Saturday morning has brought people out of their houses who had not spoken to each other in years.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Relighting the old communal oven has revived both a tradition and neighbourly contact in the village.Correct
- B. The bakery closed in 1962.
- C. Bread should be baked on Saturdays.
- D. The oven is built into a wall.
Answer: A. Relighting the old communal oven has revived both a tradition and neighbourly contact in the village.
A tradition relit, neighbours talking.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The bakery closed in 1962.
- A detail.
- C. Bread should be baked on Saturdays.
- Not a claim in the text.
- D. The oven is built into a wall.
- A detail.
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