Question

1. another important thing. never let the man hand you the ice - cream cones for the whole group. 2. no, never let the man hand you the cones of others. make him hand them out to each kid in turn. 3. now, consider for a moment just exactly what it is that you are about to be handed. it is a huge, irregular mass of ice cream, faintly domed at the top from the metal scoop, which has first produced it and then insecurely balanced it on the uneven top edge of a hollow inverted cone made out of the most brittle and fragile of materials. 4. an ice - cream man will pass a cone to you casually, almost carelessly. never accept a cone on this basis! now that youve got your main topic, select a subtopic that best describes the first two paragraphs of this section. a. only take your own cone. a. be careful with the cone. a. cones easily break.

Explanation:

The first two paragraphs (labeled 1 and 2) emphasize not letting the man hand you the ice - cream cones for the whole group or others' cones, and instead making him hand them out to each kid. This is about only taking your own cone (as you should not take others' cones or have the man give you the whole group's cones, implying you should take just your own). The option "Be careful with the cone" is more related to handling the cone carefully, which is not the focus of the first two paragraphs. The option "Cones easily break" is about the cone's fragility, which is also not the focus of the first two paragraphs.

Answer:

A. Only take your own cone.