Read the following article from a website.
The Riverbend Library in Saskatoon is considering a virtual reality room for teenagers at its downtown branch. The proposal would set aside a small room with five headsets, open after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The library board will vote on the $48,000 plan at its November meeting, after a public discussion last week drew parents, students and staff.
Kristof Eliasson, the library’s teen services librarian, says the room would bring in teenagers who never borrow a book. “We lose most of our readers around the age of fourteen,” Eliasson said. “If a headset gets them through the door, we have a chance to show them everything else we offer.” He says the games would be chosen for history and science, such as a walk through a rebuilt fur-trade fort, and staff would run guided sessions instead of open play.
Mariam Fadel, a child psychologist who spoke at the public discussion, is worried about how some games are built. “Some games are designed with no natural place to stop,” Fadel said. “Every time you finish something, a new reward appears. A teenager who stays inside a headset for two hours is not learning history. He is chasing the next level.” She wants every session limited to forty minutes, with a break outside the room between turns.
Gordon Fitzpatrick, a father of three, says the library should not spend money on screens. “At home we already fight about screen time every night,” Fitzpatrick said. “I would rather see the money pay for longer opening hours on weekends, when families can actually come. Teenagers need fewer reasons to stare at a screen, not more,” he added. Paloma Galeano, a Grade 11 student on the city’s youth council, disagrees. “Most teenagers at my school could never afford a headset of their own,” Galeano said. “This would be the only place they could try one.” She will support the room only if teens help choose the games it offers.
Using the drop-down menu (▾), choose the best option according to the information given on the website.
At the moment, Fitzpatrick has 2..
The reporter treats the proposal as 3..
Fadel’s concerns would likely be supported by 4..
This article would most likely appear in 5..
The following is a comment by a visitor to the website page. Complete the comment by choosing the best option to fill in each blank.
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Correct Answer: a plan for a teen virtual reality room
Why this is correct: The library is considering a virtual reality room for teenagers. Every speaker gives a view on this plan.
Passage Reference: The Riverbend Library in Saskatoon is considering a virtual reality room for teenagers at its downtown branch.
Tips: Ask what the library board will vote on. Pick the answer that names that proposal.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a new history course for high schools: History games are mentioned, but no school course is planned.
- longer opening hours at the library: Fitzpatrick suggests longer opening hours as another use of the money. It is not the main subject.
- a study of how teenagers choose books: Teenagers and books come up, but nobody reports on a study.
Correct Answer: nightly arguments at home over screen time
Passage Reference: At home we already fight about screen time every night
Why this is correct: Fitzpatrick says that at home his family already fights about screen time every night.
Tips: Read Fitzpatrick’s quotes and test each option against what he says is true for him today. Cross out any that fits Eliasson, Fadel or Galeano instead.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a seat on the city’s youth council: Galeano is the student on the city’s youth council, not Fitzpatrick.
- a job running programs for teenagers: Eliasson is the teen services librarian. Fitzpatrick is a father of three.
- children who visit the library every day: Fitzpatrick never says how often his children visit. He says families can come mainly on certain days.
Correct Answer: an idea that is still up for a vote
Passage Reference: The Riverbend Library in Saskatoon is considering a virtual reality room ... The library board will vote on the $48,000 plan at its November meeting
Why this is correct: In the reporter’s own words, the library is considering the room, and the board will vote on it in November. So it has not been decided.
Tips: Read only the sentences the reporter writes outside the quotation marks. Check each option against them, and cross out any feeling or opinion they never show.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a plan that is already paid for: The board has not voted yet. Nothing in the article says the money has been spent.
- a waste of the library’s money: Fitzpatrick thinks this, but the reporter never says it. The reporter gives no opinion.
- an exciting gift for every teenager: The reporter does not praise the room. Any praise comes from the speakers.
Correct Answer: a study showing reward-based games make players lose track of time
Passage Reference: Some games are designed with no natural place to stop ... Every time you finish something, a new reward appears.
Why this is correct: Fadel says some games have no natural place to stop, and a new reward keeps appearing. A study showing players lose track of time would back her warning.
Tips: Read all of Fadel’s quoted sentences and the line about what she wants. Imagine each option is true and decide whose case it helps, hers or someone else’s.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a survey showing few teens can afford a headset: This would back Galeano, who says most teens could never afford one. It does not touch Fadel’s point.
- figures showing teens stop borrowing books at fourteen: This would back Eliasson’s case for the room. Fadel does not talk about borrowing.
- a poll showing parents want longer opening hours: This would help Fitzpatrick, who wants the money spent on opening hours. Fadel does not mention hours.
Correct Answer: a local news site for people in the city
Passage Reference: The Riverbend Library in Saskatoon is considering a virtual reality room ... after a public discussion last week drew parents, students and staff
Why this is correct: The article reports a plan at a Saskatoon library and a public discussion with local people. That kind of story suits local news for the city.
Tips: Read the article as a whole once more. For each place in the options, ask whether its readers would expect a text exactly like this one.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a gaming magazine that reviews headsets: The headsets are not reviewed or compared. The article reports a debate about a library room.
- a guide for parents on limiting screen time: Fitzpatrick talks about screen time, but the article gives parents no advice.
- a journal of research on child psychology: Fadel is a psychologist, but she gives a view, not a study. A research journal would need one.
Correct Answer: five
Passage Reference: The proposal would set aside a small room with five headsets
Why this is correct: The proposal would set aside a small room with five headsets.
Tips: Count the devices the proposed room would hold.
Why the other options are wrong:
- two: The room would have more than two headsets.
- four: The room would have more than four headsets.
- eight: The room would have fewer than eight headsets.
Correct Answer: fur-trade fort
Passage Reference: such as a walk through a rebuilt fur-trade fort
Why this is correct: Eliasson gives the example of a walk through a rebuilt fur-trade fort.
Tips: Find the example the librarian gives of a history game.
Why the other options are wrong:
- railway station: Eliasson does not mention a railway station.
- fishing village: A fishing village is not mentioned in the article.
- gold mine: A gold mine is not mentioned in the article.
Correct Answer: open play
Passage Reference: staff would run guided sessions instead of open play
Why this is correct: Eliasson says staff would run guided sessions instead of open play.
Tips: Read the librarian’s description of how sessions in the room would work. Find what the guided sessions replace.
Why the other options are wrong:
- group games: Eliasson does not mention group games.
- free time: Eliasson does not use the words free time.
- online play: Eliasson does not mention online play.
Correct Answer: forty minutes
Passage Reference: She wants every session limited to forty minutes, with a break outside the room between turns.
Why this is correct: Fadel wants every session limited to forty minutes.
Tips: Find the time limit the psychologist wants for each turn in the room.
Why the other options are wrong:
- twenty minutes: Fadel’s limit is longer than twenty minutes.
- one hour: Fadel’s limit is shorter than one hour.
- two hours: Two hours is Fadel’s example of a session that is too long.
Correct Answer: weekends
Passage Reference: I would rather see the money pay for longer opening hours on weekends, when families can actually come.
Why this is correct: Fitzpatrick would rather see the money pay for longer opening hours on weekends.
Tips: Find Fitzpatrick’s quote about how he would rather spend the money and take the exact time he names.
Why the other options are wrong:
- weekday mornings: Fitzpatrick does not mention weekday mornings.
- holidays: Holidays are not mentioned in the article.
- summer evenings: Summer evenings are not mentioned in the article.
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