Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a village's clock winder
Information and Ideas practice question
For forty years Mr Okoye has climbed the church tower every Sunday to wind the clock. The mechanism could be replaced by an electric motor for a few hundred pounds, and the parish council has offered twice. Each time he has declined, saying the clock has been wound by hand since 1780 and he does not intend to be the one who stopped it.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Mr Okoye keeps winding the clock by hand to preserve a tradition, refusing an easier alternative.Correct
- B. An electric motor would cost a few hundred pounds.
- C. The clock was made in 1780.
- D. The parish council wants to replace Mr Okoye.
Answer: A. Mr Okoye keeps winding the clock by hand to preserve a tradition, refusing an easier alternative.
Forty years of Sundays, and a refusal.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. An electric motor would cost a few hundred pounds.
- A detail.
- C. The clock was made in 1780.
- A detail.
- D. The parish council wants to replace Mr Okoye.
- They offered a motor, not a replacement person.
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