Information and IdeasEasy–MediumMain idea of a passage on lighthouse keepers
Information and Ideas practice question
Lighthouse keepers once lived in the towers for months at a time, cooking on tiny stoves and reading by lamplight. Today every lighthouse in Britain is automatic, and the keepers' rooms stand empty or are let to holidaymakers.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The keepers' way of life has ended, replaced by automatic lights.Correct
- B. Lighthouse keepers still live in the towers.
- C. British lighthouses have been switched off.
- D. Holidaymakers now operate the lighthouses.
Answer: A. The keepers' way of life has ended, replaced by automatic lights.
Then keepers, now automation and empty rooms.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Lighthouse keepers still live in the towers.
- No keepers remain.
- C. British lighthouses have been switched off.
- They are automatic, not off.
- D. Holidaymakers now operate the lighthouses.
- They stay in the rooms; the lights run themselves.
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