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arrive at 7: 00 a.m. or later. Moreover, it is not unusual for a bus driver to
pass by groups of people waiting for the bus because he wants to make up
for the lost time. Unfortunately, people often end up going to work late
or missing important appointments. In order to help people get to their
destinations on time, people must allow for waiting time at the bus stops.

a. Which is the topic sentence or main idea of the paragraph? Where is
it stated?

b. What details does the writer use to support the main idea?

c. Underline the conclusion of the paragraph.

d. What ought to be the topic of this paragraph?

B. Write similar paragraphs on the following topics in about 100 words.

a. Deforestation b. Endangered Animals

Reading II

Look at the picture below and answer these questions.

a. What do you think the man is doing?

b. Why do you think he is doing so?

The Resistant Moths

“First they told us to buy the poisons to help us kill the pests,” says Mahendra
bitterly. “Then they said we need poisons to combat the problems caused
by the first pesticides. Now they say we shouldn’t have used so much of
those pesticides. My God, I think these insects will eat us alive.”

MahendraYadav is a farmer whose fields have been swamped by a strange
new plague of moths that nothing will shift. His main crop is potatoes.
Back in the early 1990s government officials told farmers about amazing

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