Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) We rarely get tired when we are doing something interesting and exciting. (2) For example, I recently took a vacation in the Canadian Rockies up around Lake Louise. (3) I spent several days trout fishing along Coral Creek, fighting my way through brush higher than my head, stumbling over logs, struggling through fallen timber ⎯ yet after eight hours of this, I was not exhausted. (4) Why? (5) Because I was excited, exhilarated. (6) I had a sense of high achievement: six cutthroat trout.
- Chapter 4, "How to Banish the Boredom that Produces Fatigue, Worry, and Resentment," from Dale Carnegie's How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job , Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3

Question

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) We rarely get tired when we are doing something interesting and exciting. (2) For example, I recently took a vacation in the Canadian Rockies up around Lake Louise. (3) I spent several days trout fishing along Coral Creek, fighting my way through brush higher than my head, stumbling over logs, struggling through fallen timber ⎯ yet after eight hours of this, I was not exhausted. (4) Why? (5) Because I was excited, exhilarated. (6) I had a sense of high achievement: six cutthroat trout.
- Chapter 4, "How to Banish the Boredom that Produces Fatigue, Worry, and  Resentment," from Dale Carnegie's How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job , Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The topic sentence presents the main idea of the paragraph, which is that we are less likely to get tired when doing something interesting and exciting. Sentence 1 clearly states this idea, making it the topic sentence.

Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow