The main idea of the second paragraph is that ______. A. visitors to England think the British policemen are wonderful B. the English policemen have become a joke to the visitors C. visitors to Britain are very grateful to the policemen for their much help D. the British policemen tell the time to the visitors
A musical-hall song of some years ago was called, "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman." Nowadays, most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the police- man. In London, the policemen spend so much of their time directing visitors about city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else!