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When the church clock stopped, the parish could not afford a clockmaker, so a retired engineer and two teenagers took the mechanism apart on the vestry table, cleaned every wheel, and had it running again in a fortnight. It has kept better time since than in living memory.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Volunteers repaired the church clock themselves, and it now runs better than before.Correct
- B. The parish hired a clockmaker.
- C. The clock has never worked properly.
- D. The clock was replaced with a new one.
Answer: A. Volunteers repaired the church clock themselves, and it now runs better than before.
No clockmaker; volunteers; better time than ever.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The parish hired a clockmaker.
- They could not afford one.
- C. The clock has never worked properly.
- It keeps better time than in living memory.
- D. The clock was replaced with a new one.
- The same mechanism was cleaned and reassembled.
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