Answer Explanations

• 1. (D) This hotel has suites with small kitchens and special weekly and
• monthly rates.
• 2. (B) This hotel has a playground, recreation room, and babysitting service.
• 3. (E) This hotel welcomes pets.
• 4. (C) This hotel is near theaters, restaurants, and clubs.
• 5. (D) This hotel is near the business district.
• 6. (A) This hotel has a large swimming pool and a fitness room.
• 7. (C) This hotel has reception and banquet rooms for rent.
• 8. (D) This hotel has suites with kitchenettes.
• 9. v. Section A explains what is and is not allowed, in other words, rules.
• 10. Hi. Section B tells the months and the hours the pool is open.
• 11. viii. Section C talks about the garage and where to leave cars.
• 12. i. Section D explains how much it costs to use the pool.
• 13. ix. Section E talks about lessons, or classes, and swim meets.
• 14. vii. Section F explains what snacks are for sale and where the food can be eaten.
• 15. (C) Paragraph 1 explains that all employees have “a minimum of two weeks.”
• Minimum means at least. Choices (A) and (B) are incorrect because they do
• not correctly interpret the meaning of minimum.
• 16. (B) Paragraph 2: “All employees are eligible for any of the health insurance
• plans offered by the college . . . . This benefit is extended to members of
• the employee’s immediate family.” Choice (A) is incorrect because the benefit
• is for “all employees.” This includes part-time employees. Choice (C) is
• incorrect because the benefit is also for “members of the employee’s immediate
• family.”
• 17. (A) Paragraph 3: “Immediate family members are also entitled to this
• benefit, but must obtain an ID card from Human Resources . . . .” Choice
• (B) is confused with the mention of Human Resources, where the ID cards
• are available. Choice (C) is incorrect because use of college facilities is “free
• of charge.”
• 18. (C) Paragraph 4 explains that the parking sticker is valid in employee and
• visitor parking areas but not in student parking areas. Choices (A) and (B)
• are contradicted by the information in the paragraph.
• 19. (A) Paragraph 5: “up to three classes per year free of charge.” Choices (B)
• and (C) are contradicted by the information in the paragraph.
• 20. (B) Paragraph 5: “In addition, any employee wishing to pursue a degree
• must apply for and be accepted into the program of his or her . . . .” Choice
• (A) is not mentioned. Choice (C) is incorrect because an employee in a
• degree program might choose to take only three classes per year, which
• would be free of charge.
• 21. (F) Course F is about writing research papers and is for students who will
• enter college.
• 22. (A) Course A is about writing letters of friendship, condolence, and congratulations,
• which are examples of personal letters.
• 23. (E) Course E is about words, that is, vocabulary.
• 24. (I) Course I is about rewriting traditional tales (stories) for youngsters (children).
• 25. (H) Course H is about writing news articles for newspapers and magazines,
• which is journalism.
• 26. (C) Course C is about commas, periods, semicolons, and so on, that is,
• punctuation.
• 27. (J) Course J is about writing advertisements for businesses.
• 28. v. Paragraph A is about James Hoban, the man who won the design contest.
• 29. u Paragraph B discusses the influence of neoclassical architecture on
• eighteenth-century design.
• 30. x. Paragraph C describes how the building was completed during the term
• of Thomas Jefferson.
• 31. vii. Paragraph D describes the burning of the president’s house during the
• War of 1812.
• 32. vi. Paragraph E describes the rebuilding of the president’s house.
• 33. ix. Paragraph F talks about improvements made to the building over the
• years.
• 34. Hi. Paragraph G tells how the building came to be called the “White
• House.”
• 35. (B) Paragraph A: “engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant had worked with
• President Washington to design the capital city.” Choice (A) refers to the
• material used to build the White House. Choice (C) is James Hoban, not
• Pierre L’Enfant.
• 36. (B) Paragraph B: “James Hoban’s design was a near copy of a residence
• in James Gibbs’s Book o f Architecture, published in 1728.” Choice (A) is
• the person who was inspired by the book. Choice (C) is mentioned as a
• person who influenced European architecture.
• 37. (A) Paragraph C: “The house that James Hoban designed was not completed
• until after the second president of the United States took office.”
• Choice (B) is the man who was president when the interior of the building
• was completed. Choice (C) is the president who oversaw the original
• construction, but he did not live in the building.
• 38. (C) Paragraph D: “After British troops torched the house on August 25,
• 1814. . . .” Choice (A) is the year John Adams moved into the house.
• Choice (B) refers to the name of the war.
• 39. (A) Paragraph F: “The president’s Oval office was added to the West
• Wing at the order of President Taft in 1909.” Choices (B) and (C) refer
• to other presidents mentioned in the passage.
• 40. (C) Paragraph G: “Theodore Roosevelt formally established it as the
• White House soon after taking office in 1901.” Choices (A) and (B) refer
• to improvements that were done at different times over the years.