Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a shop that sells one thing
Information and Ideas practice question
The shop on Bridge Street sells only umbrellas. It has done so since 1897, through wars, a flood, and the arrival of cheap folding umbrellas from abroad, and it repairs any umbrella it has ever sold, free, for as long as the owner keeps the receipt. Some customers bring in umbrellas their grandparents bought.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. A single-product shop has lasted more than a century by standing behind everything it sells.Correct
- B. Folding umbrellas are cheap.
- C. The shop opened in 1897.
- D. Customers must keep their receipts.
Answer: A. A single-product shop has lasted more than a century by standing behind everything it sells.
One product, free repair, generations of customers.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Folding umbrellas are cheap.
- A detail about competition.
- C. The shop opened in 1897.
- A detail.
- D. Customers must keep their receipts.
- A condition, not the point.
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