Answer Explanations

1. (D) The Counseling Office is in Room 109 and has assistance for people

searching for employment.

2. (C) Tickets for the Friday night lecture series are available in Room 107, the

Student Activities Office.

3. (A) Students who want to withdraw from a class and get a tuition refund

^ should visit the Registrar’s Office in Room 103.

4. (D) Class change forms are available in the Counseling Office, Room 109.

5. (B) Books are for sale in the Main Office, Room 105.

6. (C) Information on field trips is available in the Student Activities Office,

Room 107.

7. (D) The Counseling Office, Room 109, provides assistance with choosing

classes.

8. (G) Paragraph 1: Friday is the one day of the week that the office is open until

8:30 in the evening.

9. (B) Paragraph 2: “If you fail the written test, a thirty-day wait is required

before taking the test again.”

10. (J) Paragraph 2: “If you fail the road test, you must show a certificate of

completion of a driver’s education course. . . . ”

11. (E) Paragraph 3: “Citizens of other countries are asked to present a current

visa. . . .»

12. (H) Paragraph 4: “License renewals can also be made online at the DMV

website.”

13. (K) Paragraph 2: “The fee for a first-time drivers license is $100. . .

14. (F) Paragraph 4: “You must renew a license no more than six months after the

expiration date to avoid having to retake the written and road tests.”

15. iii. Section A suggests removing everything from desktop and drawers.

16. vii. Section B discusses grouping, or categorizing, desk supplies and paperwork.

17. i. Section C discusses creating a place for each group of items.

18. viii. Section D discusses a “routine” and “regular practices,” that is, habits.

19. iv. Section E discusses developing a schedule for reorganizing.

20. vi. Section F explains why it is worth the time and effort to keep an organized

desk.

21. (A) Paragraph 1: “Working from home can mean significant savings in time

and money that was formerly spent on daily travel.”

22. (D ) Paragraph 1: There can also be a similar positive effect on the telecommuter’s

personal life, as there will be more energy and time left to devote to family.”

23. (E) Paragraph 1: “Not having to deal with traffic, bus schedules, or other

logistics of travel also saves the telecommuter a good deal of unnecessary

stress.”

24. (G) Paragraph 1: “As a result, the telecommuter can approach work with

more energy and more positive feelings.”

25. (A) Paragraph 2: “Unfortunately, even the most independent worker can start

to feel isolated over time.”

26. (C) Paragraph 2: “It can be hard to concentrate on work when family members

are demanding attention.”

27. (E) Paragraph 2: “In addition, some telecommuters find that spending their

workday at home results in higher costs for electricity and heating. They may

also have new expenses, such as paying for an Internet connection. . .

28. (B) Paragraph 1: “scientists have developed sophisticated equipment to measure,

record, and even begin to predict future earthquakes.” Choice (A) is contradicted

by the discussion of the theory of plate tectonics. Choice (C) is

incorrect because there is nothing in the paragraph to suggest that any one

group of people is more curious than another.

29. (A) Paragraph 1: “ancient peoples used myths to explain earthquakes.” Myths

are stories. Choice (B) is how earthquakes are explained in modern times.

Choice (C) is not mentioned.

30. (C) According to paragraph 2, Kashima is a deity, that is, a god. Choice (A)

is plausible but is not mentioned. Choice (B) is the animal that appears in the

myth of Kashima.

31. (A) Paragraph 2: “The Greeks believed that the shaking of the Earth was the

rumbling of the god Poseidon’s horses. . . .” Choices (B) and (C) are other animals

mentioned in the discussion of myths.

32. (B) Paragraph 2: “The number and variety of these mythological explanations.

. .show how important it has always been to people everywhere to

understand what causes the mysterious shakings of the Earth.” Choices (A)

and (C) are not mentioned.

33. (C) Paragraph 3: “the Caribbean Plate, which is mostly underwater in the

Caribbean Sea.” Choices (A) and (B) refer to other geological features mentioned

in the passage.

34. (A) Paragraph 4: “The third type is a transform boundary, where the edges of

two plates slide in opposite directions parallel to each other.”

35. (H) Paragraph 3: “These plates float on the Earth’s mantle, a bed of molten

rock called magma.”

36. (G) Paragraph 5: “an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0, which would be

easily felt at the Earth’s surface, is ten times more powerful than a magnitude

3.0 quake. . . .”

37. (I) Paragraph 4: “The Himalayas, for example, were formed by the Indian

Plate crashing into the Eurasian Plate.”

38. (F) Paragraph 4: “The second type of boundary is where two plates move

apart from each other. This is known as a divergent boundary. An example of

this is the Mid-Atlantic Rift, found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.”

39. (J) Paragraph 3: “the surface of the Earth, the crust, is broken into many

pieces, called tectonic plates”

40. (B) Paragraph 5: “Seismologists, the scientists who study earthquakes, use a

device called a seismograph to measure the force of earthquakes and tremors.”