Read the following article from a website.
Manitoba’s health department wants more family doctors to see patients after the working day ends. Under a proposal released last week, clinics that stay open until eight o’clock on at least two evenings a week would receive an extra payment of thirty thousand dollars a year. About one in four adults in the province say they have skipped a medical visit because it clashed with their job. Doctors’ groups have until March to respond, and patients can send comments online.
Florentin Uzelac, who works day shifts at a meat-packing plant in Brandon, says the change cannot come soon enough. “Every appointment costs me half a day of pay, because the clinic only opens while I am on the line,” he said. “Last year I waited until a small infection became a big one. If the doors had been open at six, I would have gone in the first week.” Eulalia Wynter, who manages a grocery store with forty employees, says she sees the same problem from the other side. “I lose a worker for a whole afternoon every time someone needs a ten-minute checkup,” Wynter said.
Isolde Varga, a family doctor in Brandon, says evening hours would come at a price. “Most of us already work fifty-five hours a week, including the paperwork we finish at night,” she explained. “If you add two evenings, some doctors will simply retire early. Then nobody gets an appointment at any hour.” Varga also has a personal worry. “I already miss too many dinners with my family,” Varga said.
Maximo Valderrama, who studies primary care at a university in Winnipeg, says the answer is a team, not a longer day for each doctor. “Nurse practitioners could run the evening shifts, with a doctor on call by phone. Nobody has to work a fourteen-hour day,” he said. “Clinics that tried this in other provinces also cut their daytime waiting lists, because some patients moved to the evenings,” Valderrama added.
Using the drop-down menu (▾), choose the best option according to the information given on the website.
Most likely, Isolde Varga feels 2..
Florentin Uzelac would likely say that later clinic hours 3..
Everyone quoted in the article wants 4..
The readers this article is most likely written for are 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 to keep family clinics open in the evening
Why this is correct: Manitoba’s health department wants family doctors to see patients after the working day ends. Every speaker reacts to that plan.
Passage Reference: Manitoba’s health department wants more family doctors to see patients after the working day ends.
Tips: Ask what Uzelac, Wynter, Varga and Valderrama are all talking about. Drop any option that adds something the text never gives.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a strike by doctors over higher fees: Nobody in the article is on strike.
- a new hospital opening in Brandon: Brandon is where Uzelac and Varga live. No hospital is opening.
- a program to train more nurses in Winnipeg: Valderrama mentions nurse practitioners, but no training program is planned.
Correct Answer: worn down by the long hours she already puts in
Passage Reference: Most of us already work fifty-five hours a week, including the paperwork we finish at night ... I already miss too many dinners with my family
Why this is correct: Varga says most doctors already work fifty-five hours a week, with paperwork at night. She also misses too many dinners with her family.
Tips: Read every line about Varga, from her quotes and from the reporter. Drop any option that her words do not show.
Why the other options are wrong:
- eager to open her clinic in the evening: Varga says evening hours would come at a price.
- unhappy with the nurses in her clinic: Varga never talks about nurses. Valderrama is the one who mentions them.
- sure that the payment is far too small: Varga never discusses the size of the payment.
Correct Answer: would get an illness treated before it grows
Passage Reference: Last year I waited until a small infection became a big one. ... If the doors had been open at six, I would have gone in the first week.
Why this is correct: Uzelac waited until a small infection became a big one. He says that if the clinic had opened at six, he would have gone in the first week.
Tips: Go through Uzelac’s quoted sentences slowly. Keep the option that follows from what he says, and drop one that belongs to another speaker.
Why the other options are wrong:
- should be paid for by his employer: Uzelac loses pay for each visit, but he never asks his employer to pay.
- would mostly help people who work in offices: Uzelac works at a meat-packing plant, and he never mentions office workers.
- would make doctors work far too many hours: This is Varga’s worry, not Uzelac’s.
Correct Answer: people to be able to get medical appointments
Passage Reference: If the doors had been open at six, I would have gone in the first week. ... she sees the same problem from the other side ... Then nobody gets an appointment at any hour. ... Clinics that tried this in other provinces also cut their daytime waiting lists
Why this is correct: Uzelac wants visits that fit around his work, and Wynter sees the same problem from the employer’s side. Varga fears nobody will get an appointment, and Valderrama wants shorter waiting lists.
Tips: Ask Uzelac, Wynter, Varga and Valderrama about each option in turn. If even one of them would disagree, cross the option out.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the province to pay clinics a larger bonus: Nobody asks for a bigger payment than the one proposed.
- doctors to be paid more for each visit: Nobody in the article asks for higher pay for each visit.
- nurse practitioners to run the evening shifts: Only Valderrama suggests this idea.
Correct Answer: people across the province
Passage Reference: Manitoba’s health department wants more family doctors to see patients after the working day ends. ... Doctors’ groups have until March to respond, and patients can send comments online.
Why this is correct: The article reports a Manitoba health proposal. It tells patients in the province that they can send comments online.
Tips: Think about which readers this news is meant to reach. Check each kind of reader against the facts the article reports.
Why the other options are wrong:
- doctors training in another country: The plan is for one Canadian province, not for doctors abroad.
- owners of meat-packing plants: A meat-packing plant is only where Uzelac works.
- children learning about health: The article reports adult views on a proposal. It is not written for children.
Correct Answer: two evenings
Passage Reference: on at least two evenings a week
Why this is correct: The proposal pays clinics that stay open until eight o’clock on at least two evenings a week. So two is the number a clinic needs.
Tips: The commenter is describing what a clinic must do to earn the money. Find the rule the proposal sets.
Why the other options are wrong:
- one evening: The proposal asks for at least two evenings, so one is not enough.
- three evenings: Three evenings would be more than the proposal requires.
- every evening: The article never asks clinics to open every evening.
Correct Answer: thirty thousand dollars
Passage Reference: an extra payment of thirty thousand dollars a year
Why this is correct: Clinics would receive an extra payment of thirty thousand dollars a year.
Tips: The commenter is talking about the yearly payment to clinics. Find the amount the proposal offers.
Why the other options are wrong:
- twenty thousand dollars: This amount is not in the article.
- forty thousand dollars: This amount is not in the article.
- fifty thousand dollars: This amount is not in the article.
Correct Answer: one in four
Passage Reference: About one in four adults in the province say they have skipped a medical visit because it clashed with their job.
Why this is correct: About one in four adults in the province say they have skipped a medical visit because of their job.
Tips: The commenter is talking about people who missed visits for work. Find the share of adults the article reports.
Why the other options are wrong:
- one in three: This is a larger share than the article gives.
- one in five: This is a smaller share than the article gives.
- one in six: This is a smaller share than the article gives.
Correct Answer: ten-minute
Passage Reference: I lose a worker for a whole afternoon every time someone needs a ten-minute checkup
Why this is correct: Wynter says she loses a worker for a whole afternoon every time someone needs a ten-minute checkup.
Tips: The commenter means the grocery manager, so find how long she says the medical visit itself takes.
Why the other options are wrong:
- fifteen-minute: Wynter describes a shorter checkup than this.
- twenty-minute: Wynter describes a shorter checkup than this.
- thirty-minute: Wynter describes a much shorter checkup.
Correct Answer: fourteen-hour
Passage Reference: Nobody has to work a fourteen-hour day
Why this is correct: Valderrama says that with a team, nobody has to work a fourteen-hour day.
Tips: The commenter is repeating the researcher’s point about workdays. Find the length of day he says a team avoids.
Why the other options are wrong:
- ten-hour: This length is not in the article.
- twelve-hour: This length is not in the article.
- sixteen-hour: This length is not in the article.
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