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The council says the town cannot afford a lifeguard on the beach. The beach draws forty thousand visitors a summer, each of whom parks, eats, and shops in the town. One drowning, reported in the national papers, will cost the town more visitors than a lifeguard costs in wages. The question is not whether the town can afford a lifeguard but whether it can afford not to have one.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

  1. A. A lifeguard is cheap compared with what the town stands to lose if a drowning drives visitors away.Correct
  2. B. The beach is dangerous.
  3. C. Visitors should pay for the lifeguard.
  4. D. The council has too much money.

Answer: A. A lifeguard is cheap compared with what the town stands to lose if a drowning drives visitors away.

Wages against lost visitors.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The beach is dangerous.
Not claimed.
C. Visitors should pay for the lifeguard.
Not proposed.
D. The council has too much money.
Not claimed.

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