Read the following article from a website.
Drivers in northern Manitoba will see many road signs change over the next five years. The province plans to restore the original names of lakes, rivers and highway exits, many of which were renamed by surveyors more than a century ago on top of names the local First Nation had used for far longer. A draft schedule released last week would replace about two hundred signs, and the public can comment on it until the end of November.
Marlene Okimaw, who leads the First Nation’s language program, wants the change to move quickly. “Right now our young people can name every fast-food chain in the city but hardly a lake in their own language,” Okimaw said. “If children see the original names every day, they will start using them without being told.” She wants the original names to be the main names on signs within three years.
Gaspard Pichette, the province’s director of highway maintenance, supports the change but not that pace. “If we replace every sign in one summer, we will have nothing left for snow clearing in January,” Pichette said. “Start with the main highways and the emergency routes, and do the smaller roads as the old signs wear out.” He also wants a public record of what each phase costs. “Taxpayers should see where every dollar goes,” he said.
Tess Ouellette, who runs a fishing lodge three hours north of Thompson, worries about visitors. “Half my guests still drive in with paper maps their parents bought,” she said. “If the sign at the turnoff changes and the map does not, they end up an hour down the wrong road.” Ouellette said she would support the plan if both names appear on major signs for the first few years. Joseph Paskwa, an Elder who advises the band council, cares less about speed than about spelling. “Outsiders have spelled our words five different ways on souvenirs and menus,” Paskwa said. “The community must decide how each name is written, and the province must use only that spelling. Otherwise we are just trading one mistake for another,” he added.
Using the drop-down menu (▾), choose the best option according to the information given on the website.
All of the people quoted in the article seem to agree that 2..
At present, Tess Ouellette has 3..
Joseph Paskwa would likely say that spellings made up by outsiders 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: bringing back older names for places in the north
Why this is correct: The province plans to restore the original names of lakes, rivers and highway exits. The four speakers discuss how that should happen.
Passage Reference: The province plans to restore the original names of lakes, rivers and highway exits
Tips: Read the quotes from Okimaw, Pichette, Ouellette and Paskwa and check each option with them. A topic links the speakers together, while a detail sits inside one speaker’s part.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a new travel app for northern tourists: No new app is described in the article.
- a plan to sell old road signs to collectors: Old signs come up, but nobody plans to sell them.
- a school program teaching a local language: Okimaw leads a language program, but the article does not describe a school program.
Correct Answer: the change is worth making in some way
Passage Reference: If children see the original names every day, they will start using them without being told. ... supports the change but not that pace ... she would support the plan if both names appear on major signs for the first few years ... The community must decide how each name is written, and the province must use only that spelling.
Why this is correct: Okimaw, Pichette, Ouellette and Paskwa all accept the change. They disagree only on speed, on showing both names, and on who controls spelling.
Tips: Go speaker by speaker through Okimaw, Pichette, Ouellette and Paskwa. An option survives only if each of them would accept it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the change should move as quickly as possible: Only Okimaw wants it to move quickly. Pichette wants the work done in stages.
- both versions should share the main signs: Only Ouellette asks for both names on major signs.
- the cost of each stage should stay private: Pichette wants the opposite, a public record of each phase. Nobody wants costs kept private.
Correct Answer: guests who often travel with paper maps
Passage Reference: Half my guests still drive in with paper maps their parents bought
Why this is correct: Ouellette runs a fishing lodge. She says half her guests still drive in using paper maps their parents bought.
Tips: Read the lines where Ouellette talks about her lodge. Test each option against them and remove what she does not say.
Why the other options are wrong:
- guests who mostly arrive by plane: Ouellette says her guests drive in.
- a job teaching the local language: Okimaw leads the language program. Ouellette runs a lodge.
- a seat on the band council: Paskwa advises the band council. Ouellette is not on it.
Correct Answer: should be left out of the province’s work
Passage Reference: The community must decide how each name is written, and the province must use only that spelling.
Why this is correct: Paskwa says outsiders have spelled the words in many ways. He wants the province to use only the spelling the community chooses.
Tips: Stay with Paskwa’s quoted sentences. Pick what they point to, and leave out what comes from someone else or from no one.
Why the other options are wrong:
- should be kept as they are for visitors: Paskwa says using them would be trading one mistake for another.
- should appear beside the community’s spelling: Paskwa wants only the community’s spelling. Showing two versions is closer to Ouellette’s idea.
- should be decided by a vote of travellers: Paskwa says the community must decide, not visitors.
Correct Answer: a news site for people in the province
Passage Reference: many of which were renamed by surveyors more than a century ago on top of names the local First Nation had used for far longer
Why this is correct: It reports a plan by the province and quotes people affected by it. That is news for people who live in the province.
Tips: Ask who would want to read this report. Then picture each publication in the options printing it as written.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a guidebook for anglers visiting lodges: A fishing lodge is mentioned, but there is no advice for anglers.
- a dictionary of First Nations languages: It does not list or define any words.
- a magazine about road building machines: Road work is mentioned, but nothing about machines.
Correct Answer: two hundred
Passage Reference: A draft schedule released last week would replace about two hundred signs
Why this is correct: The draft schedule would replace about two hundred signs.
Tips: The commenter needs a count of signs. Find what the draft schedule would do.
Why the other options are wrong:
- one hundred: The number in the article is twice as large.
- three hundred: The number in the article is smaller than this.
- four hundred: The number in the article is half of this.
Correct Answer: fast-food chain
Passage Reference: Right now our young people can name every fast-food chain in the city but hardly a lake in their own language
Why this is correct: Okimaw says young people can name every fast-food chain in the city but hardly a lake in their own language.
Tips: The commenter repeats the language leader’s comparison. Find what she says young people know well in the city.
Why the other options are wrong:
- hockey team: Okimaw does not mention hockey.
- shopping mall: Malls are not mentioned in the article.
- movie star: Movie stars are not mentioned in the article.
Correct Answer: snow clearing
Passage Reference: If we replace every sign in one summer, we will have nothing left for snow clearing in January
Why this is correct: Pichette says that replacing every sign in one summer would leave nothing for snow clearing in January.
Tips: The commenter means the highway director. Find what he says would lose its money if all the signs changed at once.
Why the other options are wrong:
- road repair: Pichette does not name road repair.
- bridge painting: Bridges are not mentioned in the article.
- traffic lights: Traffic lights are not mentioned in the article.
Correct Answer: five years
Passage Reference: Drivers in northern Manitoba will see many road signs change over the next five years.
Why this is correct: The article says the road signs will change over the next five years.
Tips: The commenter is talking about the province’s timetable. Find how long the article says the sign changes will take.
Why the other options are wrong:
- three years: Three years is the language leader’s wish for the main names, not the province’s schedule.
- seven years: This period is not in the article.
- ten years: This period is not in the article.
Correct Answer: November
Passage Reference: the public can comment on it until the end of November
Why this is correct: The public can comment on the draft schedule until the end of November.
Tips: The commenter needs the deadline for public comments. Look for when the draft was released and how long people have.
Why the other options are wrong:
- September: September is not mentioned in the article.
- October: October is not mentioned in the article.
- December: December is not mentioned in the article.
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