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Information and Ideas practice question
The abbey's fishponds, dry since the 1600s, still show as three rectangles of greener grass in the field below the ruins every August, when the rest of the field has browned. The old pond silt holds water long after the surrounding soil has dried.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The vanished fishponds remain visible in dry summers because their silt keeps the grass green.Correct
- B. The abbey still keeps fish.
- C. The field is always green.
- D. The ponds were filled in 2000.
Answer: A. The vanished fishponds remain visible in dry summers because their silt keeps the grass green.
Silt holds water; grass shows the ponds.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The abbey still keeps fish.
- Dry since the 1600s.
- C. The field is always green.
- The rest browns.
- D. The ponds were filled in 2000.
- Dry since the 1600s.
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