Information and IdeasEasyMain idea of an accidental invention
Information and Ideas practice question
The tea bag began as an accident. In 1908 a New York tea merchant sent out samples in small silk pouches, expecting customers to empty the leaves into a pot. Instead they dropped the pouches into hot water whole — and wrote back asking for more.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The tea bag came about because customers used a sample pouch in a way its sender never intended.Correct
- B. Silk pouches were designed as a new way of brewing tea.
- C. The merchant invented the tea bag after careful experiments.
- D. Customers disliked the samples they were sent.
Answer: A. The tea bag came about because customers used a sample pouch in a way its sender never intended.
The merchant expected one use; customers found another; the tea bag was born. Choice A states that.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Silk pouches were designed as a new way of brewing tea.
- The pouches were meant to be emptied, not brewed.
- C. The merchant invented the tea bag after careful experiments.
- The text calls it an accident; no experiments are mentioned.
- D. Customers disliked the samples they were sent.
- They 'wrote back asking for more'.
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