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The town's Christmas tree is not bought but borrowed: a nursery lends a living spruce in a tub each December and takes it back in January to grow on for another year. The same tree has now come to the square nine times.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

  1. A. The town reuses a living tree each year instead of buying a cut one.Correct
  2. B. The tree is nine feet tall.
  3. C. The nursery sells the tree each January.
  4. D. The town has no Christmas tree.

Answer: A. The town reuses a living tree each year instead of buying a cut one.

Borrowed, grown on, returned nine times.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The tree is nine feet tall.
Nine visits, not nine feet.
C. The nursery sells the tree each January.
It takes it back.
D. The town has no Christmas tree.
It has one each December.

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