Part 2: Summarizing an Author’s Viewpoint in an Informational Text
Question 1 of 6 • EAP-English 12 B
Which detail from the text presents MacGregor’s viewpoint?“So our tea set is really a three-piece social history of nineteenth-century Britain.” “It does underline how much empire, consciously or not, eventually impacts on everybody in this country.”“If in the nineteenth century you are sitting at a mahogany table drinking tea with sugar, you are linked to virtually every continent on the globe.”“You are linked with the Royal Navy, which is guarding the sea routes between these continents . . .”
Answer
A
“So our tea set is really a three-piece social history of nineteenth-century Britain.”
B
“It does underline how much empire, consciously or not, eventually impacts on everybody in this country.”
C
“If in the nineteenth century you are sitting at a mahogany table drinking tea with sugar, you are linked to virtually every continent on the globe.”
D
“You are linked with the Royal Navy, which is guarding the sea routes between these continents . . .”