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Hi Priya,
I have finished planning our next cooking-club evening. Since several members asked for an affordable lunch they could prepare ahead, we will make a pasta salad on Tuesday. We will offer both whole-wheat and regular pasta. Members can compare the texture and choose the one they prefer; this is a cooking session, not a competition to select the healthiest meal.
The session starts at six, but please arrive twenty minutes early to help me set out the ingredients. There are twelve bookings. I have ordered enough ingredients for sixteen portions because each of the four helpers will need lunch too. The kitchen provides pans and knives, so members only need to bring a container to take their food home.
We cannot use the oven that evening because it is awaiting a replacement part. Fortunately, this recipe only needs the stovetop. We will cook the pasta first and leave it to cool while we prepare the vegetables.
Could you collect the tomatoes from the grocery shop beside the station? They have put our order aside under the club's name. Please keep the receipt so the treasurer can repay you. If you cannot collect them, tell me by Monday afternoon and I will ask another helper.
Thanks,
Ella
Using the drop-down menu (▾), choose the best option according to the information given in the message.
2.Members will have a choice about
3.Priya should arrive
4.Sixteen portions are planned because
5.The main purpose of Ella's message is to
6.Priya should retain the receipt
Here is a response to the message. Complete the response by filling in the blanks. Select the best choice for each blank from the drop-down menu (▾).
I can help on Tuesday and will be there at 7. I will collect the 8. before coming to the kitchen and keep the receipt for 9. I will remind members to bring 10. It is fortunate that the pasta can be prepared on 11.; otherwise, the oven problem might have delayed the session.
See you,
Priya
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Correct Answer: members wanted an inexpensive prepared lunch
Why this is correct: Ella says several members asked for an affordable lunch they could prepare ahead. In other words, members wanted an inexpensive prepared lunch, so she chose a pasta salad.
Passage Reference: Since several members asked for an affordable lunch they could prepare ahead, we will make a pasta salad on Tuesday.
Tips: Look for the request or need that appears just before the writer announces a plan.
Why the other options are wrong:
- helpers wanted a restaurant tasting: It is a cooking session.
- members wanted a formal nutrition contest: The session is not a health competition.
- the club needed an oven-baking lesson: The chosen recipe uses the stovetop.
Correct Answer: which type of pasta to use
Passage Reference: We will offer both whole-wheat and regular pasta.
Why this is correct: Members can compare whole-wheat pasta with regular pasta. Their choice is which type of pasta to use.
Tips: When the passage compares two items, check whether the question is asking about that choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- which day the session runs: Tuesday is fixed.
- which shop supplies the tomatoes: The station shop already has the order.
- whether to use the oven: The oven is unavailable.
Correct Answer: at 5:40
Passage Reference: The session starts at six, but please arrive twenty minutes early to help me set out the ingredients.
Why this is correct: Twenty minutes before six o'clock is 5:40. Priya should arrive at 5:40 to help set out ingredients.
Tips: Turn early into subtraction: start at 6:00, then subtract twenty minutes.
Why the other options are wrong:
- at 6:20: That is twenty minutes late.
- at 5:20: That is forty minutes early.
- at 6:00: That is the session start.
Correct Answer: the helpers will also eat
Passage Reference: I have ordered enough ingredients for sixteen portions because each of the four helpers will need lunch too.
Why this is correct: Twelve members have booked and four helpers also need food. Sixteen portions are planned because the helpers will also eat.
Tips: Check that numbers add up by matching each group of portions to a group of people.
Why the other options are wrong:
- sixteen members have booked: Only twelve have booked.
- four portions are reserved for the shop staff: They are for the helpers.
- each visitor needs two portions: Sixteen would not provide two each.
Correct Answer: share her plans for the next club evening
Passage Reference: I have finished planning our next cooking-club evening. Since several members asked for an affordable lunch they could prepare ahead, we will make a pasta salad on Tuesday.
Why this is correct: Ella says she has finished planning the next cooking-club evening, then gives the recipe, times, numbers and a task for Priya. So the main purpose of her message is to share her plans for the next club evening.
Tips: For the main purpose, ask what every paragraph adds up to. Each one gives a detail about the same event.
Why the other options are wrong:
- cancel the evening because the oven is broken: The recipe only needs the stovetop. So the session goes ahead on Tuesday.
- announce a contest to find the healthiest meal: This is the opposite of what Ella says. The evening is a cooking session, not a competition.
- ask for help choosing a new recipe: Ella has already chosen the pasta salad. The only help she asks for is collecting the tomatoes.
Correct Answer: to recover the money she spends
Passage Reference: Please keep the receipt so the treasurer can repay you.
Why this is correct: The receipt proves how much Priya pays for the tomatoes. She should keep it to recover the money she spends.
Tips: The word so introduces the purpose of keeping the receipt.
Why the other options are wrong:
- to show which pasta she preferred: The receipt supports repayment.
- to prove she booked the kitchen: The receipt is for tomatoes.
- to claim another free order: No free second order is offered.
Correct Answer: 5:40
Passage Reference: The session starts at six, but please arrive twenty minutes early to help me set out the ingredients.
Why this is correct: Ella needs Priya twenty minutes before the six o'clock start. The correct arrival time is 5:40.
Tips: Recalculate repeated time details instead of choosing a number simply because it appeared earlier.
Why the other options are wrong:
- 6:00: That leaves no early setup time.
- 5:20: That is forty, not twenty, minutes early.
- 6:20: That is after the session starts.
Correct Answer: tomatoes
Passage Reference: Could you collect the tomatoes from the grocery shop beside the station?
Why this is correct: Ella asks Priya to pick up an ingredient reserved at the grocery shop. Priya will collect the tomatoes.
Tips: Follow the action verb collect to the specific item that comes directly after it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- regular pasta: The request names tomatoes.
- whole-wheat pasta: The specific collection request is tomatoes.
- salad containers: Members bring their own containers.
Correct Answer: the treasurer
Passage Reference: Please keep the receipt so the treasurer can repay you.
Why this is correct: Ella asks Priya to keep the receipt so the treasurer can repay her. So Priya keeps it for the treasurer.
Tips: Find where Ella talks about the receipt. Test each option against her exact words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the club secretary: Ella never mentions a secretary. She names the person who will pay Priya back.
- the club president: No president is mentioned in the letter. The receipt goes to the person who repays Priya.
- our next meeting: The receipt is not for a meeting. Ella wants it so Priya can get her money back.
Correct Answer: a food container
Passage Reference: The kitchen provides pans and knives, so members only need to bring a container to take their food home.
Why this is correct: Ella says the kitchen provides pans and knives, so members only need to bring a container to take their food home.
Tips: Find where Ella writes about what members should bring. Test each option against her exact words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a saucepan: The kitchen provides pans, so members do not need to bring one.
- an apron: Ella says members only need to bring one thing, and an apron is not it.
- a kitchen knife: Knives are provided by the kitchen.
Correct Answer: the stovetop
Passage Reference: Fortunately, this recipe only needs the stovetop.
Why this is correct: Cooking the pasta does not require the unavailable oven. It can be prepared on the stovetop.
Tips: Choose the cooking surface named as the direct solution to the oven problem.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a replacement microwave: No microwave is required or mentioned.
- an outdoor barbecue: The described session uses the kitchen stovetop.
- the broken oven: It cannot be used.
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