Question 1 Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) (MC)
Read the following passage and then answer the question:
According to some sources, there are more than 80 million cats living in American houses as pets today, Cats offer companionship and relaxation, but they also have specific needs that require pet owners'
attention. Just as a human being must clean his dishes and his bathroom, a cat needs to have a bacteria-free food dish and litter box With these facts in mind, Americans need to begin working on ways to
improve the cleanliness of home areas for their cats.
Which line provides support for the author's claim?
According to some sources, there are more than 80 million cats living in American houses as pets today
O Cats offer companionship and relaxation, but they also have specific needs that require pet owners' attention
Just as a human being must clean his dishes and his bathroom, a cat needs to have a bacteria-free food dish and litter box
O With these facts in mind Americans need to begin working on ways to improve the cleanliness of home areas for their cats.

I think the question asks for which of the sentences in the text state the specific opinion of the author, rather than repeating facts from elsewhere. This sentence is this one:  

With these facts in mind, Americans need to begin working on ways to improve the cleanliness of home areas for their cats

You can see that it's a recommendation through the verb "need to".

C. Just as a human being must clean his dishes and his bathroom, a car needs to have a bacteria-free food dish and litter box.

Explanation:

summary - a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

main idea - the main idea is defined as the main point of a speech or piece of writing.

paragraph - a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.