The best part about going to the theatre is the feeling of being transported into story. As soon
as the curtains rises, you can forget about the chairs that make you feel like you’ve been
squished into a sardine can and embrace whenever the story takes you., if only for a short while.
The emotions in the play become your emotions. The lives of the characters become your life.
From a drama about a financial crisis to a comedy about a play gone wrong, there is no limit
where the theatre can take you.
1. From the passage, which of the following statements represents a logic conclusion
about the author
The author loves to attend theatrical productions
The author prefers musical comedies
The author also enjoys concerts and movie
The author finds theatre seating comfortable.
2. Which of the following best describes the authors experience in the theatre?
o Like you’re in an emotionless state
o No limit to where the theatre can take you
o The theatre can transport you onto the stage
o Like you’ve been squished into a sardine can.
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, 3. Using evidence from the passage which of the following conclusions about the author
can the reader make
o They are overly emotional and …..
o They would rather be at a concert
o They go to the theatre as often as possible
o They enjoy the decor of most theatres
Passage: Tipping in Restaurants
Research shows that tipping in a restaurant has little to no effect on service. What tipping does
do is enable restauranteurs to pay less than the federal minimum wage to servers and depend
on customers to make up the difference between servers’ salaries and the minimum wage. The
U.S federal minimum wage for servers is $2.13 per hour. Although minimum wage varies from
state to state, it is safe to say that customers are paying the lion’s share of servers’ salaries. This
practice leads to resentment on the part of customers and it devalues servers. It’s time to abolish
tipping and pay employees a living wage. The result may well be happy servers who provide
excellent service to grateful customers.
4. Which of the following is the writer’s main argument?
o The custom of tipping should be abolished and servers paid a living wage
o Customers are resentful of having to help pay the salaries of servers
o The federal rate for servers is too low
o Servers should provide excellent service no matter how much they make.
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, 5. Which of the following is evidence the writer provide to support the main argument?
o Customers pay a large percentage of server’s salaries
o Minimum wage varies from state to state
o Customers are grateful for excellent service
o Servers do not provide good service because of their low pay.
Passage: Clara Barton Timeline.
1821: Clara Barton is born in North Oxford, Massachusetts
1831: Barton cares for her brother David after he falls from a roof and is severely
injured.
1855: Barton moves to Washington D.C to work as the first female federal patent clerk
1861: Barton begins gathering and distributing food, clothing, and medical supplies to
wounded soldiers during the Civil War
1862: Barton works on the front lines as a self-taught nurse
1865: after the war, Barton begins identifying anonymous soldiers to be properly buried
through the Office of Missing Soldiers
1869: Barton travels to Europe, assisting with preparing military hospitals and
supplying aid to the poor
1881: Barton petitions President A. Arthur to open an American branch of the
international Red Cross Organization.
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