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HSPT Reading Comprehension focuses on identifying main ideas, supporting details, and logical inferences from short passages. The passage offers evidence that the native-plant garden reduced puddles after storms and that soil absorbed water more quickly with deep-rooted species. Those details directly support “better stormwater absorption,” making B correct. Option A (attractive campus) is plausible but not supported; there is no statement about appearance. Option C (higher test scores) misreads the mention of “Earth science” as an academic outcome rather than a context for measurement. Option D (larger overall budget) overgeneralizes from “maintenance costs fell.” Reduced maintenance suggests savings, but the passage does not claim an overall budget increase; savings could be reallocated or be marginal. On HSPT items, carefully match answers to explicit textual evidence or reasonable inferences constrained by that evidence. Avoid choices that introduce new claims or extend beyond what the text supports. Scanning for repeated concepts (puddles, absorption) often signals the central idea.