Read the following passage.
A. Peggy's Cove is a small fishing village about 43 kilometres from Halifax, with houses set around a narrow inlet. Only a few dozen people live there all year, yet in 2019 more than 700,000 visitors came to the area. Many of them walk out to the lighthouse on Peggy's Point, a white and red concrete tower that stands on bare granite. The smooth rock turns dark and slippery when salt spray from the ocean covers it, and large waves have swept people into the sea. The village is not a park, and visitors are asked to respect the private property of residents.
B. The granite under the village is about 375 million years old. It formed from melted rock that cooled deep inside the Earth and was later brought to the surface by erosion. Glaciers covered the area until about 12,000 years ago, and when they melted they left smooth rock and large boulders behind. The land lies in the ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq. European settlement at the cove began with fishermen: in 1811 land was granted to five men who had fished there since 1804, and by 1827 seven families lived around the inlet.
C. The first lighthouse on Peggy's Point was built after a contract was given in 1867. It was a wooden house with a lantern on its roof, where the keeper lived. It was replaced in 1915 by the present concrete tower, which gave a stronger light for the fishing boats of the local communities. The old building was torn down in 1954 after Hurricane Edna damaged it. The lighthouse was open to visitors very early in its history and became the focus of the village's tourism. From 1975 to 2009 it even held a summer post office, where visitors could mail letters and postcards.
D. Much of the land around the village is protected. The Peggy's Cove Commission Act, passed in 1962, bans development in a preservation area of about 2,000 acres and limits building in the village itself. In 2021 an accessible viewing deck costing $3.1 million opened near the lighthouse, partly to keep people off the rocks when storms roll in, although some residents had complained that it was too big. In 2024 the province approved a new land use bylaw after more than two years of consultation. It aims to keep the character of a traditional fishing village, but some property owners said the process was unfair.
E. Not given in any of the above paragraphs.
Decide which paragraph, A to D, has the information given in each statement below. Select E if the information is not given in any of the paragraphs.
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Correct Answer: B
Why this is correct: Paragraph B says that in 1811 land was granted to five men who had fished there since 1804. The year 1811 falls in the 1810s, and a grant of land means the land went to them.
Passage Reference: European settlement at the cove began with fishermen: in 1811 land was granted to five men who had fished there since 1804, and by 1827 seven families lived around the inlet.
Tips: Land is mentioned in Paragraph D as well. Look for the paragraph where land is handed to people.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A: The first paragraph says a few dozen people live in the village now. It does not say how anyone first got land there.
- C: Paragraph C is about the lighthouses and their history from 1867 onward, not about the first settlers.
- D: Paragraph D talks about land too, but about protecting it with an Act in 1962 and a bylaw in 2024. It is not about giving land to settlers.
- E: The grant is in Paragraph B, which names the year 1811 and the five men who fished at the cove.
Correct Answer: B
Passage Reference: Glaciers covered the area until about 12,000 years ago, and when they melted they left smooth rock and large boulders behind.
Why this is correct: Paragraph B says glaciers covered the area until about 12,000 years ago. When they melted, they left smooth rock and large boulders behind. Glaciers are ice, and boulders are huge stones.
Tips: Find where the writer explains how the land got its shape long ago. Check what the ice left when it went, and how big the stones were.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A: Paragraph A describes the smooth rock around the lighthouse today, but it does not say what made the rock smooth.
- C: Paragraph C mentions Hurricane Edna damaging a building in 1954. Ice and boulders are not in it.
- D: Paragraph D mentions the rocks near the lighthouse, but only to explain why a viewing deck was built.
- E: Look at paragraph B: it explains the work of the glaciers, which left the boulders behind when they melted.
Correct Answer: C
Passage Reference: It was replaced in 1915 by the present concrete tower, which gave a stronger light for the fishing boats of the local communities.
Why this is correct: Paragraph C says the first lighthouse was replaced in 1915 by the present concrete tower. The present tower is the one that stands today, and 1915 is in the 1910s.
Tips: The tower is described in Paragraph A, but only one paragraph tells you when it was built.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A: Notice that paragraph A describes the lighthouse as a white and red concrete tower. But it gives no date for when it was built.
- B: The second paragraph is about the age of the granite and the first settlers. No lighthouse is mentioned.
- D: The fourth paragraph mentions a viewing deck that opened near the lighthouse in 2021, which is a different structure.
- E: The year 1915 is in paragraph C, where the present tower replaces the first lighthouse.
Correct Answer: A
Passage Reference: Only a few dozen people live there all year, yet in 2019 more than 700,000 visitors came to the area.
Why this is correct: Paragraph A says only a few dozen people live there all year. A few dozen is a small group, and all year matches every season.
Tips: The passage counts people at different times. Decide which count is about people who stay in every season today, not in the past.
Why the other options are wrong:
- B: Notice that paragraph B says seven families lived around the inlet by 1827. That is the past, not the number living there now.
- C: Notice that paragraph C talks about the lighthouse keeper and visitors, but it gives no number of residents.
- D: The fourth paragraph mentions residents and property owners who complained, but it does not say how many people live there.
- E: You can find this in the second sentence of paragraph A. Only a few dozen people live in the village all year.
Correct Answer: C
Passage Reference: From 1975 to 2009 it even held a summer post office, where visitors could mail letters and postcards.
Why this is correct: Notice that paragraph C says that from 1975 to 2009 the lighthouse held a summer post office. That is thirty four years, so more than thirty years, and a post office is a postal service.
Tips: Count the years from 1975 to 2009 to check 'more than thirty'.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A: The first paragraph says visitors walk out to the lighthouse, but it does not say anything is inside it.
- B: Paragraph B covers the rock and the first settlers, long before the lighthouse existed.
- D: Rules and a viewing deck near the lighthouse fill paragraph D. A post office is not mentioned.
- E: The third paragraph ends with the post office and its years, 1975 to 2009.
Correct Answer: E
Passage Reference: In 2021 an accessible viewing deck costing $3.1 million opened near the lighthouse, partly to keep people off the rocks when storms roll in, although some residents had complained that it was too big.
Why this is correct: Paragraph D tells us the viewing deck cost $3.1 million and opened in 2021. It mentions the province only for the bylaw. It never says who paid for the deck, so this statement is not given.
Tips: A cost is not the same as a payer. Check whether the text says who gave the money.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A: The first paragraph describes the lighthouse and the visitors. There is no viewing deck in it, and no money.
- B: Granite, glaciers and early settlement are the subjects of paragraph B. Government spending is not mentioned.
- C: In paragraph C, the writer says a contract was given for the first lighthouse in 1867. But that is not the modern lookout.
- D: Paragraph D does give the price of the deck, so it looks close. But it does not name who paid, and the province appears only with the bylaw.
Correct Answer: A
Passage Reference: The smooth rock turns dark and slippery when salt spray from the ocean covers it, and large waves have swept people into the sea.
Why this is correct: Notice that paragraph A says the smooth rock turns dark and slippery when salt spray from the ocean covers it. Turning dark is a change of colour, and slippery means slick.
Tips: Notice that paragraph D also mentions the rocks. Look for the paragraph that describes what happens to them when they get wet.
Why the other options are wrong:
- B: How did the granite form, and how did glaciers make it smooth? That is what paragraph B explains. It says nothing about wet rock.
- C: Notice that paragraph C gives the history of the lighthouse buildings. The rock around them is not described.
- D: The fourth paragraph says the deck keeps people off the rocks in storms. But it does not describe how the rock looks or feels.
- E: The colour change and the slippery surface are both in one sentence of Paragraph A.
Correct Answer: A
Passage Reference: Only a few dozen people live there all year, yet in 2019 more than 700,000 visitors came to the area.
Why this is correct: The second sentence of paragraph A gives the visitor count: in 2019, more than 700,000 visitors came to the area. Seven hundred thousand is 700,000, and more than means above.
Tips: Many numbers appear in the passage. Match the one that counts visitors.
Why the other options are wrong:
- B: In paragraph B, the writer gives large numbers too, such as 375 million years, but those are ages, not visitors.
- C: The third paragraph says the lighthouse became the focus of tourism, but it gives no count of visitors.
- D: The fourth paragraph says the deck cost $3.1 million and the preservation area covers about 2,000 acres. These numbers are about money and land, not visitors.
- E: The visitor number is in the second sentence of Paragraph A, next to the number of residents.
Correct Answer: D
Passage Reference: It aims to keep the character of a traditional fishing village, but some property owners said the process was unfair.
Why this is correct: In 2024 the province approved a new land use bylaw, as paragraph D explains. But some property owners said the process was unfair. Property owners own land, and calling the process unfair is a complaint about how the rules were made.
Tips: Two different groups complain about changes in the village. Match this statement to the group and the rule it names.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A: The first paragraph asks visitors to respect private property, but no owner complains about anything there.
- B: Notice that paragraph B says land was granted to five fishermen in 1811. That is not a complaint about rules.
- C: Notice that paragraph C mentions a contract for the first lighthouse. It has no rules and no complaints.
- E: The fourth paragraph ends with this point: property owners said the process behind the new bylaw was unfair.
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