Read the following article from a website.
The province is considering a licence for a casino and hotel on an old rail yard beside the Kenora waterfront. Supporters say the project would create about six hundred jobs and bring conventions back to the city. Critics worry about gambling problems, and city council has asked the province to hold a public hearing before any licence is approved. That hearing is set for late November.
Clarisse Rochon, a senior official with the provincial tourism ministry, says the city loses visitors because its evenings are too quiet. “Conventions go where people have something to do after dinner,” she said. “We have watched three big conferences move to other cities in the past two years.” Rochon said the licence itself would require the operator to fund addiction services, “so the money does not depend on anyone’s goodwill.”
Adebowale Rotimi, an addiction physician, warns that the harm would arrive faster than the help. “When a casino opens close to home, problem gambling rises within months, but treatment programs take years to grow,” Rotimi said. “Families will be in crisis long before a single new counsellor is hired,” he added. Rotimi has asked the province to fund ten new counselling positions a full year before any doors open.
Ghislaine Quenneville, the city treasurer, says gaming money has a habit of disappearing. “The last time we received gaming revenue, most of it went into the general budget and paid for road repairs and park benches,” she said. “This time a fixed share must be set aside for treatment, and it has to be written into law,” Quenneville said. Devendra Rana, who counsels people with gambling problems, says the building is only part of the issue. “Many of my clients have banned themselves from casinos, and they still gamble on their phones at three in the morning,” he said. “A promise to stay away has to cover online betting too. Otherwise it is a door with no walls around it,” Rana said.
Using the drop-down menu (▾), choose the best option according to the information given on the website.
Paragraph two mainly presents 2..
Adebowale Rotimi warns that opening the casino too soon would lead to 3..
Everyone quoted in the article wants 4..
According to Quenneville, the last gaming money the city received 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 possible casino on the city’s waterfront
Why this is correct: The province is considering a licence for a casino and hotel beside the waterfront. Every speaker reacts to that idea.
Passage Reference: The province is considering a licence for a casino and hotel on an old rail yard beside the Kenora waterfront.
Tips: Read every quote from Rochon, Rotimi, Quenneville and Rana. Keep the option that each of them is answering, and drop one that names a side detail.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a new convention centre for the province: Conventions are one reason given for the casino. No convention centre is planned.
- a plan to clean up an old rail yard: The rail yard is only the site of the project. Nobody talks about cleaning it up.
- a ban on online betting apps: Rana wants a promise to stay away from casinos to cover online betting too. Nobody proposes banning the apps.
Correct Answer: a tourism official’s case for busier evenings
Passage Reference: the city loses visitors because its evenings are too quiet ... Conventions go where people have something to do after dinner
Why this is correct: Paragraph two belongs to Rochon, a tourism official. She says the city loses visitors because its evenings are too quiet.
Tips: Read “Paragraph two” once more and put its job into a few plain words of your own. Then keep the choice that names that job.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a doctor’s request to hire counsellors first: Rotimi asks for new counsellors in paragraph three, not paragraph two.
- a treasurer’s complaint about past gaming money: Quenneville talks about old gaming money in paragraph four.
- the history of the old rail yard site: The rail yard is only named as the place for the casino. Its history is never told.
Correct Answer: families in trouble before any help is ready
Passage Reference: the harm would arrive faster than the help ... Families will be in crisis long before a single new counsellor is hired
Why this is correct: Rotimi says problem gambling grows quickly, but treatment takes years. Families will be in crisis before a new counsellor is hired.
Tips: Find Rotimi’s quoted sentences and read each one to the end. Keep the option he predicts, and drop any that belongs to someone else.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the province losing more conventions: Lost conventions are Rochon’s point, and she wants the casino to open.
- gaming money paying for road repairs: Road repairs come from Quenneville’s story about past gaming money.
- gamblers betting on their phones at night: Phone betting is Rana’s concern, not something Rotimi predicts.
Correct Answer: people with gambling problems to be protected
Passage Reference: the licence itself would require the operator to fund addiction services ... Rotimi has asked the province to fund ten new counselling positions ... This time a fixed share must be set aside for treatment ... A promise to stay away has to cover online betting too.
Why this is correct: Rochon wants the licence to fund addiction services, and Rotimi wants counsellors. Quenneville wants money for treatment, and Rana wants self-bans to cover phones.
Tips: Take Rochon, Rotimi, Quenneville and Rana one at a time. An option stays only if each of them would say yes to it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the casino licence to be approved quickly: Only Rochon supports the casino. Rotimi wants help in place a year before it opens.
- online betting to be banned for everyone: Rana wants self-bans to cover online betting. Nobody asks to ban it for everyone.
- the hotel to be built before the casino: Nobody talks about building the hotel first.
Correct Answer: went mostly to everyday city costs
Passage Reference: most of it went into the general budget and paid for road repairs and park benches
Why this is correct: Quenneville says most of the last gaming money went into the general budget. It paid for road repairs and park benches.
Tips: Read every sentence of Quenneville’s and test each option against her words alone. Drop any idea that comes from a different speaker.
Why the other options are wrong:
- paid for new addiction counsellors: This is the opposite of her point. She wants treatment money set aside this time.
- was set aside for the waterfront: Quenneville never says the money went to the waterfront.
- brought conventions back to the city: Conventions are what supporters hope the new casino will bring.
Correct Answer: six hundred
Passage Reference: Supporters say the project would create about six hundred jobs
Why this is correct: Supporters say the project would create about six hundred jobs.
Tips: Find what supporters promise in return for the licence. Read the size of that number carefully.
Why the other options are wrong:
- sixty: Sixty is much too small for the number of jobs promised.
- two hundred: Two hundred is not the number of jobs in the article.
- six thousand: Six thousand is far more jobs than supporters promise.
Correct Answer: two years
Passage Reference: We have watched three big conferences move to other cities in the past two years.
Why this is correct: Rochon says three big conferences moved to other cities in the past two years.
Tips: The commenter is talking about lost conferences. Find the period the official gives for those losses.
Why the other options are wrong:
- five years: Rochon gives a shorter period than five years.
- six months: Rochon gives a longer period than six months.
- ten years: No ten-year period is mentioned in the article.
Correct Answer: anyone’s goodwill
Passage Reference: Rochon said the licence itself would require the operator to fund addiction services, “so the money does not depend on anyone’s goodwill.”
Why this is correct: Rochon says the licence would require the operator to fund addiction services, so the money does not depend on anyone’s goodwill.
Tips: The commenter repeats the official’s reason for putting the rule in the licence. Find what she says the money should not rely on.
Why the other options are wrong:
- next year’s budget: Rochon does not mention the budget. The official says the money should not depend on goodwill.
- council votes: Rochon does not talk about council votes.
- casino profits: Rochon wants the operator to pay, but she does not tie the money to profits.
Correct Answer: months
Passage Reference: When a casino opens close to home, problem gambling rises within months, but treatment programs take years to grow
Why this is correct: Rotimi says problem gambling rises within months when a casino opens close to home.
Tips: The doctor’s quote contains two time words. Read the comment sentence again to see which half of his point the commenter is repeating.
Why the other options are wrong:
- hours: Rotimi does not say the rise happens in hours.
- days: Rotimi does not say the rise happens in days.
- weeks: Rotimi does not talk about weeks.
Correct Answer: November
Passage Reference: That hearing is set for late November.
Why this is correct: Council asked the province for a public hearing, and the article says that hearing is set for late November.
Tips: Find the sentence about the public hearing that council asked for. Read the month it gives, and do not confuse it with any other time in the article.
Why the other options are wrong:
- September: September is not mentioned in the article.
- October: October does not appear in the article. The hearing comes a month after that.
- December: December is not in the article. The hearing is set for the month before it.
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