Question 166·Easy·Central Ideas and Details
Lena Chen started a community garden in her neighborhood. She wanted to give residents access to fresh produce and teach them about healthy eating. Since the garden opened, volunteers have held workshops on cooking with vegetables grown there.
According to the text, what is one purpose of the community garden?
For questions that ask about a purpose "according to the text," first locate the sentence that explains why something was done (look for phrases like "wanted to," "so that," or "in order to"). Underline or mentally note the key purpose words, then scan the answer choices for the one that closely restates that idea. Quickly eliminate any choices that introduce topics or goals that are not mentioned in the passage at all—those are almost always wrong on detail questions.
Hints
Focus on the reason for starting the garden
Look for the sentence that explains why Lena Chen started the community garden, not what happens there later.
Pay attention to the phrase after "She wanted"
In the second sentence, read carefully after the words "She wanted." That part tells you her goals for the garden.
Eliminate choices not mentioned in the text
Check each answer choice against the passage. If the idea (like schools, playgrounds, or technology) is never mentioned, that choice cannot be correct.
Step-by-step Explanation
Identify what the question is asking
The question asks: "According to the text, what is one purpose of the community garden?" This means you are looking for a purpose that is explicitly stated in the passage, not something you guess or infer.
Find where the passage states the purpose
Look for sentence(s) that explain why Lena Chen started the community garden. In the second sentence, it says: "She wanted to give residents access to fresh produce and teach them about healthy eating." These are the clearly stated purposes of the garden.
Match the stated purpose to an answer choice
Now compare the stated purposes in the passage to the answer options. Only one choice matches what the text says: the garden was started "to provide residents with fresh produce", which directly matches "give residents access to fresh produce." Therefore, the correct answer is "To provide residents with fresh produce."