Correct Answer: whether and how to bring free Wi-Fi to city parks
Passage Reference: Guelph council is now considering free Wi-Fi for its major parks
Why this is correct: The editorial explains that council is considering free Wi-Fi for its major parks. Every speaker gives a view on whether and how to do it.
Tips: Read the second sentence of the first paragraph for what council is considering. Then check that every later paragraph comes back to it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- how to cut the price of mobile phone plans: Phone plans are never discussed. The question is free Wi-Fi in parks.
- whether parks should close earlier in winter: Winter comes up only because of crews and cold-weather failures. No one suggests closing parks early.
- why the city should build more playgrounds: Playgrounds are mentioned only as places where homework happens, not as something to build.
Correct Answer: Seamus Lozano
Passage Reference: He says stolen equipment and cold-weather failures could wipe out those savings
Why this is correct: Seamus Lozano is not convinced by the savings. He says stolen equipment and cold-weather failures could wipe them out.
Tips: Read each speaker’s lines and look for someone who is “not convinced”. Then check what that person thinks could go wrong.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Viola Drummond: Viola Drummond is the one who says park Wi-Fi would be cheaper than longer library hours.
- Ramona Bhullar: Ramona Bhullar talks about families without internet and theft-resistant mounts, not about whether the costs are too low.
- Cedric Voss: Cedric Voss worries about busy winter crews and wants a public dashboard. He does not question the savings.
Correct Answer: data showing many newcomer teens lack home internet
Passage Reference: many of the families she meets have no reliable internet at home
Why this is correct: Bhullar says many of the newcomer families she meets have no reliable internet at home. So park Wi-Fi is like a public service. Data showing this would support her view.
Tips: First find Bhullar’s reason for her view. Then pick the evidence that would prove that reason.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a record of routers stolen from parks: Stolen routers would support Lozano’s warning about costs, not Bhullar’s point about families without internet.
- complaints about noise near picnic shelters: Noise is never mentioned, and complaints about it would not show that families lack internet at home.
- a study showing most teens prefer mobile data: If most teens preferred mobile data, park Wi-Fi would matter less, which weakens Bhullar’s view.
Correct Answer: residents would see online when a hotspot is down
Passage Reference: He will support a pilot only if an outage dashboard is public, so residents can check online whether a hotspot is working
Why this is correct: Voss will support a pilot only if an outage dashboard is public, so residents can check online whether a hotspot is working.
Tips: Find Voss’s condition in his lines. Put it in your own words, then match it to a choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the city would hire a private Wi-Fi company: Voss never mentions a private company. His condition is a public outage dashboard.
- every park would get Wi-Fi this winter: Voss supports only a pilot, and he worries about winter work, so he is not asking for every park this winter.
- hotspots would shut off at sunset: Nobody suggests turning hotspots off at sunset. The students in the editorial use them after dark.
Correct Answer: hopeful but careful
Passage Reference: We think the plan is a good one, but we also think the city should learn to run it in two parks before it promises it in twenty.
Why this is correct: The writers call the plan a good one, which is hopeful. But they want the city to learn in two parks before promising twenty, which is careful.
Tips: Tone comes from how the writers state their own view. Read the last sentence of the first paragraph closely.
Why the other options are wrong:
- angry and alarmed: Nothing here sounds angry. The writers calmly weigh each speaker’s point.
- dismissive and cold: The students’ needs are taken seriously and the writers want to help them, so the tone is not dismissive.
- playful and joking: The editorial makes a serious recommendation to council, with no jokes.
Correct Answer: cost less than longer library hours
Passage Reference: In her view, routers and locked equipment boxes would cost less than keeping every library branch open longer.
Why this is correct: Drummond’s view is that routers and locked equipment boxes would cost less than keeping every library branch open longer.
Tips: The comment names Drummond, so go to her lines. Find what she says about routers and lockboxes.
Why the other options are wrong:
- pay for themselves through ads: Drummond never mentions ads. She compares the cost with longer library hours.
- be paid for by local businesses: Drummond never says businesses would pay. She compares the cost with longer library hours.
- cost as much as a new playground: Drummond compares the plan with longer library hours, not with a playground.
Correct Answer: a set budget for replacement parts
Passage Reference: He wants a pilot in two parks, public uptime figures and a set budget for replacement parts.
Why this is correct: Lozano, the IT analyst, wants a pilot in two parks, public uptime figures and a set budget for replacement parts.
Tips: The comment calls him the IT analyst. His last sentence lists three things, and only one fits this blank.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a ban on phones in parks: Lozano never suggests banning phones. He worries about the cost of equipment.
- free laptops for every teen: Laptops are never mentioned in the editorial.
- a new tower in each park: Lozano asks for a small pilot, not a new tower in every park.
Correct Answer: theft-resistant mounts before any expansion
Passage Reference: she wants theft-resistant mounts installed before coverage spreads beyond the first sites
Why this is correct: Bhullar wants theft-resistant mounts installed before coverage spreads beyond the first sites.
Tips: The comment names Bhullar, so go to her lines. Find what she insists on and match it to a choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- fees for anyone using the signal: Bhullar wants free access for families without internet, not fees.
- police patrols at every hotspot: Bhullar asks for secure mounts, not police patrols.
- a ban on streaming video: Streaming video is never mentioned in the editorial.
Correct Answer: park crews are already stretched in winter
Passage Reference: Councillor Cedric Voss points out that park crews are already stretched in winter
Why this is correct: Voss points out that park crews are already stretched in winter, clearing paths and repairing play equipment.
Tips: The comment names Voss, so go to his lines. Look at the first thing he points out.
Why the other options are wrong:
- most routers work fine in the cold: Voss says nothing about routers in the cold, and Lozano actually warns about cold-weather failures.
- crews refuse to work in heavy snow: Voss says crews are busy clearing paths in winter, not that they refuse to work.
- winter brings more visitors to parks: Voss talks about the crews’ workload, not the number of winter visitors.
Correct Answer: eleven students doing homework on phones
Passage Reference: counted eleven students doing homework on their phones at the picnic tables in Exhibition Park after dark
Why this is correct: A reporter’s count is in the first paragraph. Eleven students were doing homework on their phones at the picnic tables in Exhibition Park after dark.
Tips: The blank is about a count in the editorial. Look at the very first sentence.
Why the other options are wrong:
- eleven routers stolen in one winter: The count is of students, not stolen routers. Lozano warns about theft but gives no number.
- three parks with no power at all: Lozano mentions weak power lines in older parks, but no count of parks without power is given.
- forty benches along the river paths: No benches are counted. The only count is of students doing homework.
