Part 7: READING COMPREHENSION

153. (A) The company type is stated in the first sentence.
Choice (B) is confused with the previous tenant of the office.
Choice (C) is confused with the type of company that owns the office building.
Choice (D) is confused with the other company that opened recently nearby.

154. (A) The article says The new Park and Smith office was open for business as of yesterday.
Choice (B) is when the stock brokerage office opened.
Choice (C) is when the company closed other branch offices.
Choice (D) is confused with how long the office space had been vacant.

155. (C) The company president says It is just the type of community where services
such as ours are needed.
Choice (A) is true but not the reason they opened an office in Salem.
Choice (B) is confused with the reason why the other branch offices were closed.
Choice (D) is associated with renting a new office but not mentioned.

156. (B) The word facilitate means to make something happen more easily.
Choices (A) , (C), and (D) don't fit the meaning of the sentence.

Part 6: TEXT COMPLETION

141. (A) We know that sales are decreasing, or going down, because fewer customers
are coming into the store.
Choice (B) is the opposite meaning.
Choice (C) means staying the same.
Choice (D) is related to sales but doesn't fit the context.

142. (B) The store has had to lay off, or fire, employees because business has been
so bad.
Choice (A) and (D) are things they might do with new employees.
Choice (C) means hire, the opposite of the correct answer.

143. (D) Unemployed people might seek benefits, or assistance, from the government.
Choice (A) refers to people who receive benefits.
Choice (B) refers to people who help others.
Choice (C) is an adjective describing things that are good or helpful.

144. (B) This is a simple past tense verb used to describe an action that was completed
in the past, two years age.
Choice (A) is simple present.
Choice (C) is present perfect.
Choice (D) is part perfect.

145. (C) We know that Mr.Richardson is reliable because the next sentence says
We could always count on him.
Choices (A) ,(B) and (D) are also good qualities for an employee but do not fit the context.

146. (D) Him refers to Mr.Richardson. It is an object pronoun after a preposition.
Choice (A) is a subject pronoun.
Choice (B) is an object pronoun, but it is first person plural.
Choice (C) refers to a woman.

147. (A) A refund is a return of money, which is what customers hope for when
they return purchases.
Choices (B),(C) and (D) look similar to the correct answer but don't fit the context.

148. (C) Their refers to the third person plural noun items.
Choices (A) and (B) refer to a third person singular noun.
Choice (D) is second person.

149. (D) The subject of the sentence, questions, receives the action(presumably it
is the customers who perform it) , so passive voice is required.
Choices (A),(B), and (C) are all active voice.

150. (C) The adverb form is used to modify the adjective located.
Choice (A) is an adjective.
Choice (B) is is a noun.
Choice (D) is an adverb but belongs to a different word family and has a completely different meaning.

151. (B) Ample means plentiful.
Choice (A) is opposite in meaning, so it isn't logical her.
Choices (C) and (D) could be used to describe parking but don't fit the context.

152. (C) This is an imperative verb form telling readers what to do.
Choice (A) could be imperative but is affirmative, so it isn't logical her.
Choice (B) is a gerund.
Choice (D) isn't imperative, so it requires mention of the subject.