Correct Answer: organize their display for a food fair
Passage Reference: The organizers have approved our spice display for the neighbourhood food fair. We will focus on how spices add flavour and colour to food, rather than make claims about treating illnesses.
Why this is correct: The display has been approved. Every paragraph after that is about getting it ready. It covers the focus, the table and jars, Nora's labels, the equipment list and the deadline. So Adrian is writing mainly to organize their display for the food fair.
Tips: For a question about why someone writes, ask what all the paragraphs have in common. Do not choose one small detail.
Why the other options are wrong:
- ask for help cooking food at the fair: The venue does not allow cooking at the tables, so no food will be served.
- explain the health benefits of spices: Adrian asks Nora to remove the section promising health benefits. The display is about flavour and colour.
- say that the organizers rejected their display: The organizers approved the display. That is the good news in the first line.
Correct Answer: smell them in separate containers
Passage Reference: The jars will be closed, but visitors can smell small samples in the separate scent containers.
Why this is correct: Visitors may smell them in separate containers made for scent samples. The labelled jars must remain closed, and nothing may be tasted.
Tips: Find what Adrian says visitors can and cannot do. Test each option against his exact words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- open the six labelled jars: Those jars will remain closed.
- cook with the samples: Cooking is not allowed at tables.
- taste the contents of the labelled jars: Visitors must not taste anything.
Correct Answer: a name and a common cooking use
Passage Reference: Could you prepare labels showing each spice's name and one common cooking use? Keep the text large enough to read while standing.
Why this is correct: Each label needs a name and a common cooking use. This gives visitors clear, useful information they can read while standing.
Tips: For a detail question, find the sentence that lists the exact required label contents.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the name and a promised medical benefit: Medical claims are excluded.
- a complete history of the spice: The requested label is brief and practical.
- the price and scientific classification: Neither is requested.
Correct Answer: the venue prohibits cooking at individual tables
Passage Reference: The venue does not allow cooking at individual tables, so we will not serve food.
Why this is correct: No food will be served because the venue prohibits cooking at individual tables. This rule also removes the need for plates and heating equipment.
Tips: Find where Adrian says food will not be served. Read the whole sentence to find the reason.
Why the other options are wrong:
- visitors may not browse cookbooks: Cookbooks will be available.
- the display has no spices: Six spices will be brought.
- the organizers rejected the display: They approved it.
Correct Answer: Wednesday evening
Passage Reference: Please email me the labels by Wednesday evening so I can print and laminate them on Thursday.
Why this is correct: Nora must send the labels by Wednesday evening. Adrian needs them then so he can print and laminate them on Thursday.
Tips: Separate the submission deadline from the printing day and the event day.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Saturday at eleven: That is the event start, after preparation.
- Thursday evening: Printing and laminating happen Thursday.
- Saturday at two: That is the end of the display.
Correct Answer: send completed labels and identify the rest
Passage Reference: If you are short of time, send the completed ones first and tell me which remain unfinished; I can help with the rest.
Why this is correct: If time is short, Nora should send completed labels and identify the rest. Adrian can then help finish only the missing work.
Tips: When a task may be incomplete, find the backup plan rather than assuming the whole event stops.
Why the other options are wrong:
- send all labels after the fair: They are needed for preparation beforehand.
- wait until every label is complete before sending anything: Completed labels should be sent first.
- omit the unfinished spices without telling Adrian: Adrian offers to help with those labels.
Correct Answer: cooking uses
Passage Reference: Could you prepare labels showing each spice's name and one common cooking use?
Why this is correct: Nora will focus the labels on cooking uses for each spice. This follows Adrian's request to keep the display about food instead of treatment claims.
Tips: Use the phrase after 'focused on' to summarize the main subject, not a minor event detail.
Why the other options are wrong:
- botanical classifications: Detailed classifications are unnecessary.
- medical benefits: Those claims must be removed.
- equipment specifications: The labels concern spices.
Correct Answer: smell
Passage Reference: The jars will be closed, but visitors can smell small samples in the separate scent containers.
Why this is correct: Visitors may smell the separate spice samples. Adrian forbids tasting and cooking at the table. He does not offer samples to take home.
Tips: Choose the sense action that the safety instructions clearly allow.
Why the other options are wrong:
- cook with: Cooking is prohibited.
- taste: Tasting is prohibited.
- remove: Taking samples away is not offered.
Correct Answer: plates and a heating unit
Passage Reference: That also means we will not need plates or a heating unit.
Why this is correct: Nora will remove plates and a heating unit from the equipment list. Neither item is needed because the table cannot cook or serve food.
Tips: Connect the equipment removed from the list with the cooking and food service that the venue does not allow.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the borrowed cookbooks: Visitors will browse these.
- the labels and laminate sheets: These support the labels.
- the spice jars and scent containers: These are needed for the display.
Correct Answer: Wednesday evening
Passage Reference: Please email me the labels by Wednesday evening so I can print and laminate them on Thursday.
Why this is correct: Nora confirms that she will send the labels by Wednesday evening. Sending them then leaves Thursday for Adrian to prepare the printed copies.
Tips: A reply should repeat the original deadline exactly unless it asks to change it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Saturday afternoon: That is when the display ends.
- Thursday evening: That is after planned printing.
- Saturday morning: That is the event day.
Correct Answer: tell you which ones need help
Passage Reference: If you are short of time, send the completed ones first and tell me which remain unfinished; I can help with the rest.
Why this is correct: Nora will tell Adrian which ones need help if some labels remain unfinished. This lets him complete the rest before printing.
Tips: Find Adrian's backup plan for labels that are not ready. Match Nora's promise to what he asked.
Why the other options are wrong:
- wait until Saturday to mention them: Adrian needs time to help.
- send nothing until all are ready: Completed labels should be sent first.
- leave out the spices without telling you: He asks to be told which remain.
