Reading –Heading style question

In Germany, availability of food derived from allotment gardens became particularly crucial during
World Wars I and II. The socio-economic situation was dire, many cities were isolated from rural
areas and often the only agricultural products to reach the city were sold at extortionate rates on the
black market. As a result, self-sufficient food production within the city, in the form of fruit and
vegetable production in home and allotment gardens, became essential for survival. 

i. Isolation of major cities

ii. The importance of the black market in the economy

iii. Motivation for garden-based production

ans:iii

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Narration: 

Now let’s look back at the paragraph from the previous exercise, starting from Step 3. When
skimming you should have noted that the main message was something connected availability of
food, food production, survival, home and garden. Now we have these ideas in mind, we look at the
headings. The first heading refers to the isolation in major cities. Although this is in the paragraph, it
is only supporting information – it is not the theme of the whole paragraph. The words in the second
heading can also be matched in the paragraph, but this is not correct because the importance of the
black market is not mentioned, and this is again not the main message of the paragraph. These are
examples of how scanning for keywords can lead you to select the wrong answer for this type of
question. The third heading refers to motivation of garden based production. This matches the main
message of the paragraph - the motivation is survival and food production, and garden based
production matches the references to home and garden.