Information and IdeasEasyMain idea about a clock's slow drift
Information and Ideas practice question
The town hall clock has lost about two minutes a year since it was installed in 1890, and no one has ever corrected it. It now runs more than four hours behind, and residents have long since stopped consulting it, though they would object if it were removed.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The clock has drifted so far that it is useless for telling time, yet residents still want it kept.Correct
- B. The clock keeps perfect time.
- C. The clock was installed in 1990.
- D. Residents want the clock removed.
Answer: A. The clock has drifted so far that it is useless for telling time, yet residents still want it kept.
Four hours behind, no longer consulted, but valued: the text's point.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The clock keeps perfect time.
- It loses two minutes a year and is hours behind.
- C. The clock was installed in 1990.
- 1890.
- D. Residents want the clock removed.
- They 'would object if it were removed'.
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