Question

Walking is not the most exciting form of exercise a person can take on for fitness. Yet it is low impact and requires no fancy equipment. That makes walking a simple activity for those new to exercise. Walking is less likely than other exercises to cause injury to leg tendons and muscles. All it requires is a good pair of sneakers—no cables, stylish outfits, or weights required. Of course, a person could increase the benefit of a workout by adding weights or speed walking.

Which of the following sentences comes closest to stating the main idea in this paragraph?

Yet it is low impact and requires no fancy equipment.
That makes walking a simple activity for those new to exercise.
Walking is less likely than other exercises to cause injury to leg tendons and muscles.
Of course, a person could increase the benefit of a workout by adding weights or speed walking.

Answer 1

Of the following sentences which come closest to stating the main ideas in this paragraph are:

That makes walking a simple activity for those new to exercise.

Walking is less likely than other exercises to cause injury to leg tendons and muscles.

The paragraph inserts the points about the benefits of walking and being the simple exercise.

It emphasizes walking being the simplest activity and harmless. Further, through its main points, it inserts that the people new to exercise can adapt to it easily without causing any kind of injury to themselves.

Answer 2

Answer:

The sentence that distracts the reader from the main idea and should be removed from the paragraph is "That makes walking a simple activity for those new to exercise."

Explanation:

The excerpt has as a communicative objective gives a definition of walking as a sport, the line "That makes walking a simple activity for those new to exercise." is not really necessary to accomplish this goal since it does not give any new information of elemental description about the activity or de details around it.