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.