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The town's museum was once its railway station. When the line closed in 1965 the building stood empty for ten years, until a group of volunteers persuaded the council to let them fill it with the town's old tools, photographs and maps. The ticket office is now the museum shop.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

  1. A. Volunteers turned the town's empty station into its museum.Correct
  2. B. The railway line closed in 1965.
  3. C. The ticket office is now a shop.
  4. D. The council owns the museum.

Answer: A. Volunteers turned the town's empty station into its museum.

Empty station, volunteers, museum.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The railway line closed in 1965.
A detail.
C. The ticket office is now a shop.
A detail.
D. The council owns the museum.
Not stated as the point.

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