Question

1.1.9 write: prepare an outline

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 pick a detail from either of the first two paragraphs that can go under subtopic a.
○ 1. dont be tricked into taking a cone too early.
○ 1. dont take the cones of others.
○ 1. kids should take their own cones.

Explanation:

The first two paragraphs emphasize not letting the man hand you the cones for the whole group and making him hand them out to each kid. The option "Kids should take their own cones" aligns with the idea of each kid receiving their cone directly (instead of one person taking for the whole group), as the man is to hand them out to each kid in turn, implying kids take their own. The other options: "Don't be tricked into taking a cone too early" isn't supported by the first two paragraphs, and "Don't take the cones of others" is about not taking others' cones, but the key is the man handing out to each kid (so kids take their own).

Answer:

1. Kids should take their own cones.