Correct Answer: different work hours make meeting hard
Passage Reference: You work at night, while I work during the day
Why this is correct: Jessie works nights and Green works days, so they are rarely at home and free at the same time. That is why Green writes a letter instead of talking in person.
Tips: Find where Green explains why he chose to write instead of talking. Read the reason he gives.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Jessie has refused a request for a meeting: Green does not mention a refused meeting. He points to their different schedules.
- the building requires all contact by letter: No building rule requires letters. Green chose to write because meeting is hard.
- Green wants to avoid Jessie's reply: Green asks Jessie to help resolve the problem.
Correct Answer: frequent evening parties lasting into early morning
Passage Reference: Your son has been holding parties on most evenings. The music is loud enough to hear clearly in our bedrooms, and it often continues into the early morning.
Why this is correct: Green says the son holds parties most evenings and the music continues into early morning.
Tips: Find where Green describes the disturbance. Compare his words with each option, one by one.
Why the other options are wrong:
- occasional daytime gatherings in school holidays: The parties happen most evenings and continue late.
- noise mainly from Jessie leaving for work: Green names the son's parties as the noise source.
- arguments only while Green is away at work: Green's household hears the arguments. They do not happen only when he is away.
Correct Answer: noise makes it hard to focus on schoolwork
Passage Reference: She finds it difficult to concentrate while the music is playing.
Why this is correct: The daughter finds it difficult to concentrate while the music plays.
Tips: Keep difficulty studying separate from attendance or a school change.
Why the other options are wrong:
- she cannot attend her daytime classes: The problem is concentration at home, not missing classes.
- she has been asked to help organize parties: She is disturbed by the parties, not organizing them.
- she has had to change schools: No change of school is mentioned.
Correct Answer: it enters upstairs and makes his mother cough
Passage Reference: Smoke from the gatherings enters our flat and makes her cough
Why this is correct: Smoke enters Green's flat and makes his mother cough even in another room.
Tips: Go to the part of Green's letter about the smoke. Test each option against what he says there.
Why the other options are wrong:
- it stays outside and affects no one indoors: The smoke enters Green's flat and affects his mother.
- it comes mainly from daytime cooking upstairs: Green links the smoke to the gatherings, not to cooking in his flat.
- it has damaged guests' belongings downstairs: The reported effect is his mother's coughing.
Correct Answer: Jessie may not know how disruptive the parties are
Passage Reference: you may not know how much we can hear upstairs, particularly while you are at work
Why this is correct: Green mentions Jessie's night work to explain that she is away when the parties happen. He says she may not know how much the family upstairs can hear.
Tips: Ask why a writer would mention the reader's job at all. Find the other place where Green talks about that job.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Jessie should change jobs before discussing this: Green does not ask Jessie to change jobs.
- Green thinks Jessie attends the parties each night: Night work may keep her away from the gatherings.
- Green wants Jessie to supervise his daughter's study: He wants Jessie to speak to her son.
Correct Answer: ending late nights while keeping good relations
Passage Reference: remain on good terms with our neighbours than let the problem continue
Why this is correct: Green asks Jessie to talk to her son about ending the late-night gatherings. He says he would much rather stay on good terms with his neighbours. So his letter mainly asks for an end to the late nights while keeping good relations.
Tips: Find where Mr. Green writes I would like. Read that sentence and the two that follow it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a ban on all ordinary daytime activity downstairs: Green says he is not asking ordinary daytime activities to stop.
- Jessie deciding at once to leave the building: He wants a practical agreement, not Jessie's departure.
- changing his daughter's schoolwork, not the parties: He asks for the late-night gatherings to end.
Correct Answer: into the early morning
Passage Reference: often continues into the early morning
Why this is correct: Green says the music often continues into early morning.
Tips: Match the reply's time reference to how late Green says the parties continue.
Why the other options are wrong:
- only while you were at work: Green works during the day. The problem happens at night and goes on into the early morning.
- only during the afternoon: The parties take place on most evenings.
- until the start of my daytime shift: Jessie works at night, so a daytime shift does not match.
Correct Answer: ability to concentrate on her studies
Passage Reference: She finds it difficult to concentrate while the music is playing.
Why this is correct: The daughter's stated problem is concentrating on late-night study.
Tips: Use the words about studying and concentration.
Why the other options are wrong:
- plans to organize a gathering: The daughter is trying to study, not planning a gathering.
- journey to school in the morning: Green describes concentration at home, not her morning journey.
- attendance at a different school: Her schoolwork is disturbed. No different school is mentioned.
Correct Answer: smoke from our flat does not enter yours
Passage Reference: preventing smoke from reaching our home
Why this is correct: Green asks Jessie to prevent smoke reaching his home.
Tips: Ask which problem was still there when his mother moved to another room. Find that part of Green's letter.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the music is moved closer to your mother's room: That would add disturbance, not solve the smoke problem.
- your daughter stops studying in the evening: The daughter should not have to stop studying.
- the gatherings are held in the upstairs flat: Moving the gatherings upstairs would not protect Green's household.
Correct Answer: the disturbance occurs again
Passage Reference: told him to stop the late-night gatherings
Why this is correct: Jessie asks for prompt contact if the reported disturbance happens again.
Tips: Read the invitation to contact Jessie as follow-up if the problem returns.
Why the other options are wrong:
- you hear ordinary daytime activity: Green accepts ordinary daytime activity.
- you decide to change your working hours: Changing Green's hours is not needed.
- your daughter finishes her school year: School-year end is unrelated to reporting another disturbance.
Correct Answer: our different working hours
Passage Reference: we rarely seem to be at home and available at the same time
Why this is correct: Exchanging phone numbers addresses the mismatched night and day schedules.
Tips: Read what Mr. Green says before he starts describing the parties. Check each option against those sentences.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the distance between our buildings: They live in the same building, with Green above Jessie.
- a rule against written complaints: No such rule appears. This exchange is in writing.
- your request to avoid all contact: Green seeks discussion and a direct agreement.
