Information and IdeasVery hardMain idea: a fanciful map proves accurate
Information and Ideas practice question
The town's oldest map, from 1620, shows a street that no longer exists, running from the church to the river. In 2015 archaeologists found it under a car park, complete with cobbles and a gutter. The map, long dismissed as fanciful because of its sea monsters and mermaids, has since been used to find two more lost streets.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. A map once dismissed as fanciful has proved accurate and useful.Correct
- B. The town had many streets in 1620.
- C. Archaeologists dug under a car park in 2015.
- D. Old maps often show mermaids.
Answer: A. A map once dismissed as fanciful has proved accurate and useful.
Dismissed, then proved right.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The town had many streets in 1620.
- Not stated.
- C. Archaeologists dug under a car park in 2015.
- A detail.
- D. Old maps often show mermaids.
- Not stated.
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