Information and IdeasHardMain idea about a craft's survival
Information and Ideas practice question
The last commercial rope-walk in the country closed in 1985, and the trade was expected to vanish. It survived instead in a form no one predicted: as a hobby. Weekend rope-makers now number in the thousands, and the tools and techniques are better documented than they ever were when the trade was a livelihood.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Rope-making outlived its commercial death by becoming a hobby, and is now better recorded than before.Correct
- B. Rope-making has disappeared entirely.
- C. Commercial rope-walks are opening again.
- D. Hobbyists make worse rope than professionals did.
Answer: A. Rope-making outlived its commercial death by becoming a hobby, and is now better recorded than before.
Expected to vanish, survived as a hobby, better documented: the whole passage.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Rope-making has disappeared entirely.
- Thousands of weekend rope-makers exist.
- C. Commercial rope-walks are opening again.
- No commercial revival is mentioned.
- D. Hobbyists make worse rope than professionals did.
- Quality is not compared.
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