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The argument for felling the avenue is that the limes are 'over-mature', which is the forester's word for old. But an avenue is not a crop. Its value is exactly that it is old: the trees were planted so that people who would never see them grown could walk beneath them, and we are those people. To fell them because they have reached the age they were planted to reach is to mistake the point.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The avenue's age is its purpose, not a fault, and felling it for being old misunderstands why it was planted.Correct
- B. The limes are diseased.
- C. The avenue should be replanted with a crop.
- D. Foresters should not use jargon.
Answer: A. The avenue's age is its purpose, not a fault, and felling it for being old misunderstands why it was planted.
Planted to be old; we are its intended walkers.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The limes are diseased.
- Not stated.
- C. The avenue should be replanted with a crop.
- 'An avenue is not a crop.'
- D. Foresters should not use jargon.
- A passing point, not the main one.
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