Correct Answer: whether drones should deliver to homes in town
Passage Reference: two retailers asked our town council for permission to fly small delivery drones
Why this is correct: The blogger explains that two retailers asked the town council for permission to fly delivery drones. The rest of the post weighs views on that request.
Tips: For a “mainly about” question, look for the request in the first paragraph. Then check that each speaker is responding to it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- how to care for a parent after hip surgery: The mother’s surgery explains why the blogger cares about fast prescriptions, but the blog post gives no advice on caring for her.
- why retailers are building new pharmacies: The retailers want to fly drones from existing stores. No new pharmacies are mentioned.
- how insurance companies set their prices: Pedersen is an insurance analyst, but he talks about flight risks, not about how prices are set.
Correct Answer: Kalinda Rinaldi
Passage Reference: video recorded to prove a package landed could become an archive of every back yard in the neighbourhood if nothing limits how long it is kept
Why this is correct: Kalinda Rinaldi warns that video recorded to prove a package landed could become an archive of every back yard. This could happen if nothing limits how long it is kept.
Tips: The question uses different words from the passage. Read each speaker’s worry and match it to the idea of keeping footage with no time limit.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Tamar Wilkes: Tamar Wilkes wants drones kept to routes above main roads. She says nothing about video or how long it is stored.
- Mads Pedersen: Mads Pedersen worries about crashes near trees, wires and children, not about recorded video.
- Conrad Emerson: Conrad Emerson wants a public record of incidents and complaints. His concern is openness about problems, not stored video.
Correct Answer: patients who saved hours waiting for their medicine
Passage Reference: those diaries showed hours saved every week on essential items
Why this is correct: Wilkes supports drone corridors because of diaries kept during a pilot. People who could not drive after surgery saved hours every week on essential items. So patients who saved time would back her.
Tips: First find Wilkes’s reason for her view. Then pick the proof that would make that reason stronger.
Why the other options are wrong:
- reports of drones hitting trees and power lines: Crashes into trees and power lines are the risks Pedersen warns about. These reports would support his caution, not Wilkes’s case.
- neighbours who complain about the buzzing overhead: Noise complaints would support Rinaldi’s call for noise limits rather than Wilkes’s case for corridors.
- parents who keep children indoors when drones pass: Fear for children at play is Pedersen’s point about safety. It does not show that drones help people who cannot drive.
Correct Answer: drones would stay clear of schools and yards
Passage Reference: he wants a minimum flying height and no-fly zones around schools and yards
Why this is correct: Before any large commercial service, Pedersen wants a minimum flying height and no-fly zones around schools and yards.
Tips: Find Pedersen’s condition in his lines. Put it in your own words, then match it to a choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- only medical deliveries would ever be allowed: Pedersen would allow medical deliveries now, but he accepts a larger commercial service later once his safety rules are in place.
- every drone would carry a camera: Pedersen never asks for cameras. Video is Rinaldi’s concern, and she wants limits on it.
- flights would stop at sunset each day: Pedersen’s condition is about height and no-fly zones, not about the time of day.
Correct Answer: open to a trial limited to medicine
Passage Reference: What I would support is a one-year trial for medicine only
Why this is correct: The blogger says “What I would support is a one-year trial for medicine only” and wants groceries and takeout to wait.
Tips: Read the last paragraph closely. Say in your own words how the writer feels about drones, then pick the matching choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- eager to see drones carry every kind of order: The writer says groceries and takeout can wait, so every kind of order is more than the writer wants.
- opposed to any drones over homes: In the last paragraph, the writer supports a one-year trial, so the writer is not against all drones.
- uninterested, since it will not affect the family: The family is directly affected: the mother needed prescriptions, and the trampoline sits under a proposed route.
Correct Answer: fenced-in routes above main roads
Passage Reference: she wants drones held to fenced-in routes above main roads, not roaming freely over every cul-de-sac
Why this is correct: Wilkes, the researcher, wants drones held to fenced-in routes above main roads, not roaming freely over every cul-de-sac.
Tips: The comment calls her the researcher, so go back to her lines. Look for where she says drones should be kept, after the word “But”.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the hours between noon and six: Wilkes limits where drones fly, not when they fly. No hours are mentioned.
- open fields at the edge of town: Wilkes never mentions fields. She wants routes above main roads.
- one test route along the river: No river is mentioned, and Wilkes talks about routes above main roads, not a single route.
Correct Answer: a lawsuit waiting to happen
Passage Reference: “It is a lawsuit waiting to happen.”
Why this is correct: Pedersen says a battery that fails over a playground is not a customer-service problem but “a lawsuit waiting to happen.”
Tips: The comment quotes the insurance analyst. Find his quoted words about a failed battery and read the second sentence.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a customer-service problem: Pedersen says the opposite: a failed battery “is not a customer-service problem”.
- a problem for the retailer: Pedersen does not say who must deal with it. He calls it a lawsuit waiting to happen.
- a matter for the police: The police are never mentioned in the blog post.
Correct Answer: a public record of incidents each week
Passage Reference: He wants a public online record of incidents and of how fast complaints get answered, refreshed every week.
Why this is correct: Emerson leads the residents’ association. He wants a public online record of incidents and of how fast complaints get answered, refreshed every week.
Tips: The comment calls him the residents’ leader, so find his lines at the end of the third paragraph. Match his request in other words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a vote before each new route opens: Emerson never asks for votes on routes. He wants people to see what goes wrong.
- a hotline run by the retailers: Emerson wants a public record that residents can read, not a phone line run by the stores.
- free delivery for every resident: Delivery prices are never discussed in the blog post.
Correct Answer: waited hours for each prescription
Passage Reference: every prescription meant a three-hour wait while my brother drove across Airdrie after work
Why this is correct: The blogger writes that during the mother’s first week at home every prescription meant a three-hour wait.
Tips: The comment is about the writer’s mother. Read the opening sentence of the post and match what it says about her to a choice.
Why the other options are wrong:
- was sent home the same day: The blog post never says when the mother left hospital. It describes her first week at home.
- had to take a taxi to the pharmacy: The writer’s brother drove across Airdrie for her prescriptions. No taxi is mentioned.
- stayed in hospital for a month: The mother was at home when she waited for her prescriptions, and no hospital stay is described.
Correct Answer: pharmacy drops within an hour
Passage Reference: promising pharmacy drops within an hour
Why this is correct: In the first paragraph, two retailers ask for permission to fly drones. They promise pharmacy drops within an hour.
Tips: The comment is about what the stores are promising. Look for the retailers’ promise in the first paragraph.
Why the other options are wrong:
- takeout by air on weekends: Takeout is something the blogger wants to wait. The retailers’ promise is about pharmacy drops.
- free drones for every household: Nobody offers drones to households. The retailers want to fly their own.
- groceries at half the price: Prices are never mentioned. The retailers promise speed, not lower prices.
