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We are told that the village school must close because it has forty pupils and the county's model says a school needs a hundred. But the model was built for towns, where a closed school means a longer walk. Here it means a bus, an hour each way, and a village with no reason for a young family to stay. The number that matters is not forty; it is the number of families who will leave.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The county's model ignores what closing a village school does to the village, which is the real cost.Correct
- B. Forty pupils is enough for a school.
- C. The bus journey is too long.
- D. The county should build a bigger school.
Answer: A. The county's model ignores what closing a village school does to the village, which is the real cost.
The model measures the wrong thing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Forty pupils is enough for a school.
- The text doesn't dispute the model's arithmetic, only its relevance.
- C. The bus journey is too long.
- One detail, not the main idea.
- D. The county should build a bigger school.
- Not proposed.
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