1. B
1. b (par. 2: Most people think of shopping as something we do when we
need to buy things . . .)
2. a (par.3: Éople get into the dangerous habit of spending money to try
to
feel good.)
3. b (pír. 5:'. . . of strongly deny them. Compulsive spenders prefer to avoid
thá issues that force them to shop . . .)
4. a (par.6: Some spontaneous spending is natural ' ' ')
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This reading looks at the ways ordinary people become millionaires'
Understanding main ideas
Students often find it difficult to understand the difference between a main idea
and adetail. Explain that a main idea is more than just a topic or subject'.It
includes the topic and an idea about that topic that the writer supports_with
details. The máin idea is often (although not always) contained in the first
paragraph of the reading. Sometimes it appears at the very beginning of the
intro-duitory pangraph, and sometimes at the end'
I
STRATEGY: Encourage srudents to get into the habit of finding and underlining
the main idea sentence of every reading passage'
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