Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea: a village's shared ladder
Information and Ideas practice question
The village owns one long ladder, kept in the church porch, and anyone may borrow it by writing their name in the book that hangs beside it. In forty years it has never been lost, and the book, now in its sixth volume, is the best record there is of who has lived in the village and when.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. A shared ladder and its borrowing book have become an accidental record of the village's residents.Correct
- B. The ladder is kept in the church porch.
- C. The book is in its sixth volume.
- D. Ladders are often lost.
Answer: A. A shared ladder and its borrowing book have become an accidental record of the village's residents.
A borrowing book as a village record.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The ladder is kept in the church porch.
- A detail.
- C. The book is in its sixth volume.
- A detail.
- D. Ladders are often lost.
- The text says the opposite of this one.
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