Passage 1
Look at the picture: What fish is it? What do you know about this fish? Have you ever seen such a fish? Here is a short paragraph on this fish, but the sentences are not arranged in the proper order. Your task is to arrange the sentences correctly and number the sentences: Write 1 over the most important sentence, 2 over a supporting detail or subordinate idea, 3 over an illustration and 4 over any unrelated idea.
1. Are you afraid of sharks?
2. My uncle says that sharks have a bad reputation just because people think that all sharks are killers.
3. I haven’t taken a seaside holiday for the last three years.
4. The largest sharks like the whale shark and the basking shark are not killers.
5. There are, of course, several other types of sharks that use their rows of sharp teeth to tear apart everything, including human beings!
6. But the next time you see a shark, try not to be scared. Even if you fall into the water, it may not attack you.
(Correct sequence: 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6)
Main idea (1): 2
Subordinate idea (2): 1, 5, 6
Illustration (3): 4
Digression (4): 3