Read the following article from a website.
The board of the Prairie Heritage Museum in Brandon will vote next month on a plan to open its doors for free on the first Thursday evening of every month. An adult ticket now costs twenty-two dollars, and a family of four pays more than sixty. Museum staff say evening visitors are mostly members and tourists, while many local families have never been inside. The free nights would run from five to nine o’clock for one year as a trial.
Oksana Melnyk, who manages public programs, has pushed for the idea for two years. “People who come once for free very often come back and pay,” she said. “When a museum in Regina tried free nights, its gift shop sold more on those evenings than on any Saturday.” Melnyk says the trial would also show the board who its visitors really are. “Right now we only know the people who already love us,” she added.
Alistair Mortimer, who chairs the board’s finance committee, is worried about the money. “Members pay ninety dollars a year, partly so they can skip the line on busy nights,” Mortimer said. “If every first Thursday is free, some of them will not renew. Those memberships pay for the travelling exhibits that bring crowds in the first place.” He wants the board to set a limit of four hundred visitors per free night.
Wanjiru Njoroge, who works with local schools, supports the plan for a different reason. “Many of our students have parents who work during the day, so a weekday school trip is the only visit they ever get,” Njoroge said. “A free evening lets the whole family come together. Some of these children have never seen the bison gallery with a parent,” she added. Stavros Nikolaidis, who supervises the front desk and the guards, says the plan will only work with more staff. “On a crowded night I need at least six extra people on the floor,” Nikolaidis said. “Without them, I cannot keep visitors or the collection safe,” he explained.
Using the drop-down menu (▾), choose the best option according to the information given on the website.
Paragraph three mainly presents 2..
Stavros Nikolaidis warns that a crowded night without more staff would mean 3..
This article would most likely be published in 4..
Oksana Melnyk would likely say that the free nights 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: free entry to the museum one night a month
Why this is correct: The board will vote on opening the museum for free on one Thursday evening every month. All four speakers talk about that plan.
Passage Reference: a plan to open its doors for free on the first Thursday evening of every month
Tips: Ask what the board is getting ready to vote on. Pick the option that says the same thing in other words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a new travelling exhibit coming to Brandon: Travelling exhibits come up in Mortimer’s view, but no new one is announced.
- the rising cost of school trips: School trips are part of Njoroge’s point. Their cost is not discussed.
- a shortage of guards at the museum: Nikolaidis wants extra staff for the trial. This is one detail, not the main topic.
Correct Answer: a finance leader’s concern about lost income
Passage Reference: Alistair Mortimer, who chairs the board’s finance committee, is worried about the money. ... Those memberships pay for the travelling exhibits that bring crowds in the first place.
Why this is correct: Paragraph three belongs to Mortimer, who chairs the finance committee. He fears some members will not renew, and their fees pay for exhibits.
Tips: Go back to “Paragraph three” and ask what that block of text is doing in the story. Choose the description that fits those lines and nothing else.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a staff member’s plan to learn who visits: Melnyk’s wish to learn who the visitors are comes in her own paragraph, not this one.
- the needs of children whose parents work days: Njoroge talks about students and working parents in paragraph four.
- the number of guards needed on busy nights: Nikolaidis asks for more people on the floor in paragraph four, not paragraph three.
Correct Answer: danger to visitors and the objects on display
Passage Reference: On a crowded night I need at least six extra people on the floor ... Without them, I cannot keep visitors or the collection safe
Why this is correct: Nikolaidis says he needs at least six extra people on a crowded night. Without them, he cannot keep visitors or the collection safe.
Tips: Look at what Nikolaidis says would happen on a crowded night. Keep the option his own words back up, not one that nobody mentions.
Why the other options are wrong:
- long lines forming at the front desk: Nikolaidis supervises the front desk, but he never mentions lines there.
- the museum having to close its doors early: Closing early is never mentioned by Nikolaidis or anyone else.
- guards having to work many extra hours: Nikolaidis wants more people on the floor, not longer shifts for the guards he has.
Correct Answer: a local paper read by families in the area
Passage Reference: The board of the Prairie Heritage Museum in Brandon will vote next month
Why this is correct: The article reports a local board vote and what people in the city think of it. A local paper for families in the area fits it.
Tips: Think about who the people in this story are and what the article does with their views. Then ask which publication would carry a story like this one.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a handbook that teaches guards their duties: The article reports views on a plan. It does not teach guards how to do their work.
- a travel guide for tourists visiting Regina: Regina comes up only as an example of free nights. The article is not a guide for travellers.
- a magazine for people who collect rare art: The article is about entry prices and a vote, not about collecting art.
Correct Answer: would bring in visitors who do not come now
Passage Reference: Melnyk says the trial would also show the board who its visitors really are. ... Right now we only know the people who already love us
Why this is correct: Melnyk says the museum only knows the people who already love it. She expects the free nights to show who else would come.
Tips: Go through Melnyk’s quoted lines about the free nights. Drop any option that is really the view of Mortimer, Njoroge or Nikolaidis.
Why the other options are wrong:
- should be capped at a set number of visitors: A cap on visitors is what Mortimer wants. Melnyk never asks for one.
- should begin only once more staff are hired: More staff is what Nikolaidis asks for. Melnyk does not set that condition.
- matter most for children with working parents: Children with working parents are Njoroge’s point, not Melnyk’s.
Correct Answer: twenty-two dollars
Passage Reference: An adult ticket now costs twenty-two dollars
Why this is correct: An adult ticket now costs twenty-two dollars.
Tips: This blank needs the price for one grown-up. Do not mix it up with the price for a whole family.
Why the other options are wrong:
- fifteen dollars: One adult ticket costs more than this.
- twenty dollars: One adult ticket costs a little more than this.
- twenty-five dollars: One adult ticket costs a little less than this.
Correct Answer: nine o’clock
Passage Reference: The free nights would run from five to nine o’clock for one year as a trial.
Why this is correct: The free nights would run from five to nine o’clock.
Tips: Look for the hours of the trial nights. Notice when they would close.
Why the other options are wrong:
- seven o’clock: The nights would run later than this.
- eight o’clock: The nights would run one hour later than this.
- ten o’clock: The nights would close one hour before this.
Correct Answer: two
Passage Reference: Oksana Melnyk, who manages public programs, has pushed for the idea for two years.
Why this is correct: The article says Melnyk has pushed for the idea for two years.
Tips: The commenter means the programs manager. Find how long she has wanted these nights.
Why the other options are wrong:
- four: Melnyk has pushed for the idea for less time than this.
- three: Melnyk has pushed for the idea for less time than this.
- five: Melnyk has pushed for the idea for much less time than this.
Correct Answer: four hundred
Passage Reference: He wants the board to set a limit of four hundred visitors per free night.
Why this is correct: Mortimer wants the board to set a limit of four hundred visitors per free night.
Tips: Here the writer is thinking of the finance chair. Find the cap he would like on each of those nights.
Why the other options are wrong:
- three hundred: Mortimer asks for a higher limit than this.
- five hundred: Mortimer asks for a lower limit than this.
- six hundred: Mortimer asks for a lower limit than this.
Correct Answer: bison gallery
Passage Reference: Some of these children have never seen the bison gallery with a parent
Why this is correct: Njoroge says some of these children have never seen the bison gallery with a parent.
Tips: The commenter is echoing the speaker who works with schools. Find the room she hopes students could visit with family.
Why the other options are wrong:
- dinosaur hall: No dinosaur hall is mentioned in the article.
- train exhibit: No train exhibit is mentioned in the article.
- pioneer village: No pioneer village is mentioned in the article.
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