Question

Read the following passage and then select the correct answer to the question below:

THE WORLD WITH A THOUSAND MOONS
From CHAPTER 1: Thrill Cruise
By Edmond Hamilton

The big Jovian scratched his head. In the shifting moonlight his battered green face expressed ignorant perplexity as he stared across the busy spaceport.

"That shiny little cruiser there would be just the thing," Holk Or muttered, looking at the gleaming, torpedo-shaped craft nearby. "It would hold all the stuff we've got to take; and with robot controls we two could run it."

"We haven't a chance to get that craft," Kenniston told him. "I found out that it's under charter to a bunch of rich Earth youngsters who came out here in it for a pleasure cruise. A girl named Loring, heiress to Loring Radium, is the head of the party."


Which sentence provides the best summary of this excerpt?

A. Lance Kenniston’s companion Holk Or was a type of alien called a Jovian, and his face was green.

B. Lance Kenniston and Holk Or needed a little cruiser to carry their things to the asteroid off of Mars.

C. The perfect cruiser for Lance Kenniston and Hold Or was being used as a pleasure cruiser for rich Earth kids.

D. Loring was a girl from Earth who had a lot of money and liked to take pleasure cruises to other planets in space.

Answer 1

The answer is option C

Their motivation is to get to the cruiser but it is used and that is the challenge that they have to face in order to accomplish their goal.

Answer 2

I believe the best option to be letter C. The perfect cruiser for Lance Kenniston and Hold Or was being used as a pleasure cruiser for rich Earth kids.

Step-by-step explanation:

A summary is a short overview of a paragraph, an excerpt, an essay, a book etc. It is supposed to filter the important information through, leaving out any accessory details that won't affect the reader's knowledge of the main facts.

After reading the excerpt in the question, we have to choose the best summary for it. All options presented do summarize the information learned through the excerpt, however options A, B, and D focus on the accessory details, the ones that are less important.

The excerpt does not revolve around Hold Or's origin and color, or where he and Kenniston were taking their things, or even Loring's being a rich girl. Those are mentioned to add up extra information onto the main one, which is: Kenninston and Hold Or need a cruiser to transport something, but the perfect cruiser for them is already being used by some rich kids from Earth. All the other facts may have some impact in the story later on but, right now, in this excerpt, that's what readers need to know.