Read the text and match each task with the correct statement. Text: The museum in the town of Karabulak keeps a small collection of old clocks. Last spring, the director decided to let visitors touch them, although some staff members worried that the clocks might break. To everyone's surprise, visitors became more careful, not less, and the number of repairs fell. The director believes that people respect an object more when they are trusted with it.
1. The best statement of the main idea of the whole text
2. A worry that some people had before the change, according to the text
Жауап пен талдауды көрсетуЖауап пен талдауды жасыру
Дұрыс жауап
- 1CTrust made visitors treat the exhibits more carefully.
- 2CSome staff feared that visitors might break the clocks.
Талдау
Row 1: The text describes a decision to let visitors touch the clocks and its result: visitors became more careful and repairs fell. The director's conclusion is about trust and respect, so the main idea is "Trust made visitors treat the exhibits more carefully." Row 2: The text says some staff members worried that the clocks might break, so the worry is "Some staff feared that visitors might break the clocks." The other statements are not in the text: it does not compare clocks with other exhibits and does not say the museum closed.