11th grade Answer the other side fairly, for this reader worksheet

Answer the other side fairly, for this reader

Grade 11 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Reserved Parking at the Tanner Falls Overlook (letter to a parks commission about an invented county)

   [1] The overlook at Tanner Falls has a gravel lot with thirty-eight spaces, and on summer weekends the cars that cannot fit park along both sides of Ridge Road, where they have twice blocked the fire lane since June. [2] I ask the commission to require a free online reservation for each car on weekends and holidays between June and September, while the weekday lot stays open. [3] Reservations would cover two-hour blocks, and drivers who arrive without one could enter whenever a space was left empty.

   [4] The Colby Falls overlook, in the next county, draws about the same crowds and began a similar system two summers ago, and its weekend roadside parking fell from an average of sixty-one cars to four. [5] Colby's system runs on the county's existing booking platform at $1,800 a year, and about twelve percent of its visitors needed help by phone to book. [6] Our parks office could add the service to the county platform in a week, and the commission could end the trial with sixty days' notice. [7] The commission's records show that the 2019 shuttle to the falls was cancelled after six weeks for carrying nine riders a day, and that the $9,000 parking app bought in 2022 was dropped within a year.

   [8] At the commission's August meeting, Ms. Lund, who chaired the shuttle committee in 2019, asked what would happen to Ridge Road if the new system stopped working in July. [9] Mr. Peck, who owns the Falls Café below the overlook and belongs to the Tanner Falls Business Association, said that about forty percent of his summer weekend sales come from visitors who arrive without planning and would turn away if they needed a booking. [10] Ms. Orr asked how visitors without a smartphone would manage, and the commission received twenty-three one-line letters saying that the falls should stay free of charge. [11] Mr. Reyes asked what the county platform would cost.

   [12] The commission meets again on September 14 and will vote on a trial for next summer. [13] I have attached Colby's parking counts, its booking records and the parks office's estimate. [14] I ask the commission to adopt the reservation trial for next summer.

2. 1.

   Esme wants a sentence that meets the doubt this commission is likely to bring before reading. Which sentence does that fairly?

   • Colby Falls cut its weekend roadside parking from sixty-one cars to four, a result that speaks for itself and should settle the matter.
   • Commissioners still smarting over the shuttle and the $9,000 app should not punish each new idea for failures that are long behind them and were not this plan.
   • The commission has reason to be wary after the shuttle and the app, so this plan uses the county platform at $1,800 a year and ends on sixty days' notice.
   • The commission is right to expect another failure, since the shuttle and the app both collapsed, and I can hope this plan is different.
3. 2.

   Luz is answering Ms. Lund's question in sentence [8]. Which two sentences grant what is true in it and then answer it?

   • Drivers without a reservation could still enter whenever a space is empty, so the worst case is today's parking. Even so, Ms. Lund is right that a failure in July could leave Ridge Road as crowded as it is now.
   • Ms. Lund is right that a booking system that failed in July could leave Ridge Road as crowded as it is now. But drivers without a reservation could still enter whenever a space is empty, so the worst case is today's parking.
   • Ms. Lund is right that a booking system that failed in July could leave Ridge Road as crowded as it is now. She is also right that the 2019 shuttle and the 2022 app were both dropped after poor results.
   • Ms. Lund is right that a booking system that failed in July could leave Ridge Road as crowded as it is now. But about twelve percent of Colby's visitors needed phone help, so most drivers would book without trouble and the lot would run as planned.
4. 3.

   A short version goes to the Tanner Falls Business Association, whose members sell food and gifts to visitors. Tala asks: which objection in [8]–[11] should it answer at length?

   • The twenty-three one-line letters in [10] saying that the falls should stay free of charge, the largest number of any objection.
   • Mr. Peck's, in [9]: about forty percent of his summer weekend sales come from unplanned visitors who might turn away.
   • Mr. Reyes's, in [11]: what the county platform would cost, which the draft already puts at $1,800 a year in sentence [5].
   • Ms. Lund's, in [8]: what would happen to Ridge Road if the booking system stopped working in July, when the crowds are largest.

5. Posted Timetables for the Wexley Harbor Ferry (letter to a ferry authority about an invented city)

   [1] The Wexley Harbor Ferry prints about 40,000 paper timetables a year, and a typical rider takes one from the rack at the terminal, glances at it and leaves it on a bench. [2] I ask the Ferry Authority to stop printing the full timetable and to post the times on large signs at all six terminals, with a code on each sign that opens the schedule on a phone. [3] The Authority would keep large-print cards at the ticket window for riders who prefer paper, and its printing bill of $14,200 a year would fall to about $1,700.

   [4] The Dover Bay ferry, which carries roughly the same number of riders, ended its paper timetables two years ago and saved $11,900 in its first year, and it received seventeen complaints that year and three the next. [5] About nine percent of Dover Bay's riders asked for a paper copy at the window, and the large-print cards met all of those requests. [6] The Authority's own survey last spring found that thirty-one percent of Wexley riders are over sixty-five and that about half of those riders carry a phone that cannot open a web page. [7] The Authority removed the ticket-window clerk in 2020 to save $38,000 and restored the post eight months later, after riders complained at three consecutive meetings.

   [8] At the Authority's May meeting, Ms. Brandt, who chaired the complaints committee in 2020, asked how the Authority would know in time if riders were being left without a schedule. [9] Mr. Ito, the president of the Wexley Seniors' Council, said that many of his members have no smartphone and plan their errands around the printed card they keep in a wallet. [10] Eighteen commuters signed a petition asking the Authority to keep the paper timetable, but the petition gave no reason beyond a preference for it. [11] Mr. Lyle asked what riders would do at a terminal where phones get no signal.

   [12] The Authority will vote at its June meeting, and the signs could be installed by August. [13] I have attached the Dover Bay records, the Authority's survey and the printing invoices. [14] I ask the Authority to approve the change as a one-year trial.

6. 4.

   Zee wants a sentence that meets the doubt this Authority is likely to bring before reading. Which sentence does that fairly?

   • Board members who still wince at the 2020 clerk episode should not treat each cost-saving idea as another disaster in the making.
   • The Authority is right to expect trouble, since cutting a service in 2020 brought eight months of complaints, and this change may do the same.
   • The Authority learned in 2020 what a cut service costs, so this plan keeps large-print cards at the window for riders who ask.
   • Dover Bay saved $11,900 in its first year, and Wexley's printing bill of $14,200 would fall to about $1,700 if the signs go up.
7. 5.

   Ren is answering Ms. Brandt's question in sentence [8]. Which two sentences grant what is true in it and then answer it?

   • Ms. Brandt is right that the Authority could not tell at once whether a rider had been left without a schedule. But the Authority would know the moment a rider was left without one, because the signs stand at the six terminals.
   • Ms. Brandt is right that the Authority could not tell at once whether a rider had been left without a schedule. But Dover Bay counted its complaints and its window requests, so this trial can be judged on the same two counts.
   • Ms. Brandt is right that the Authority could not tell at once whether a rider had been left without a schedule. She is also right that the Authority learned in 2020 what happens when a service is cut too quickly and riders are left to cope.
   • Ms. Brandt is right that the Authority could not tell at once whether a rider had been left without a schedule. But the printing bill of $14,200 would fall to about $1,700, a saving the Authority could spend on other services.
8. 6.

   A short version goes to the Wexley Seniors' Council, whose members ride the ferry to appointments and shops. Milo asks: which objection in [8]–[11] should it answer at length?

   • Mr. Ito's, in [9]: many of his members have no smartphone and plan their errands around a printed card.
   • Mr. Lyle's, in [11]: what riders would do at a terminal where phones get no signal.
   • Ms. Brandt's, in [8]: how the Authority would know in time if riders were being left without a schedule.
   • The petition in [10], signed by eighteen commuters who want to keep the paper timetable.
9. 7.

   Pia is answering Mr. Ito in sentence [9]. Which two sentences grant what is true in it and then answer it?

   • Mr. Ito is right that many of his members have no smartphone and plan around a printed card. But large-print cards would stay at the ticket window, and at Dover Bay they met the nine percent who asked for paper.
   • Large-print cards would stay at the ticket window, and Dover Bay found they met the nine percent of riders who asked for paper. Even so, Mr. Ito is right that many of his members have no smartphone.
   • Mr. Ito is right that many of his members have no smartphone and plan around a printed card. But Dover Bay's complaints fell from seventeen to three in its second year, so riders adapt to the change and the worry fades.
   • Mr. Ito is right that many of his members have no smartphone and plan around a printed card. But no member would lack a schedule, because most older riders carry a phone that opens a web page and the signs add a code.

10. Wednesday Evenings at the Orrin Transfer Station (letter to a select board about an invented town)

    [1] The Orrin Transfer Station accepts household trash, metal and yard waste from Tuesday to Saturday between eight and four, which means that a resident who works a day shift can reach it only on Saturday. [2] On Saturdays the line of cars regularly reaches the road, and last month the wait averaged forty minutes. [3] I propose that the select board keep the station open until seven on Wednesdays, with two attendants on duty, from May through October.

    [4] The town of Kellan, which has a similar station, added Wednesday evenings two years ago, and the evening sessions now draw an average of 112 visitors, about 14 percent of the station's weekly traffic. [5] Kellan's Saturday wait fell from thirty-eight minutes to nineteen, and it reports no accidents at the gate. [6] The extra three hours cost Kellan $7,300 a year in wages, and Orrin's evening wages would come to about $7,800 for the season. [7] The select board's records show that in 2021 it approved extra weekend hours at the highway department, that the overtime ran $12,000 over its estimate, and that it has since asked for a written limit on the cost of any new schedule.

    [8] At the board's April meeting, the chair, Mr. Vance, asked what would stop the evening hours from growing into a standing expense. [9] Ms. Pruitt, who lives on Pine Lane directly beside the station, said that the drone of compactors and backing alarms until seven would reach her kitchen at suppertime on a street that is otherwise quiet at that hour. [10] Thirty-eight residents signed a petition against any change, and most of them added only that the station should be left as it is. [11] Mr. Dray asked how much the evening shift would cost in wages.

    [12] The board will take up the proposal at its May meeting, and the first evening session would fall on the first Wednesday in June. [13] I have attached Kellan's visitor counts, its wage records and a map of the station and its neighbors. [14] I ask the board to approve the schedule for one season, with the wage figure written in as a limit on its cost.

11. 8.

    Kira wants a sentence that meets the doubt this select board is likely to bring before reading. Which sentence does that fairly?

    • Kellan's Saturday wait fell from thirty-eight minutes to nineteen, which shows that evening hours make a real difference to residents who work days.
    • The board has reason to guard against open-ended costs after the 2021 overrun, so this plan writes the season's wages, about $7,800, in as a limit.
    • Neighbors of the station may fear noise at suppertime, so the attendants will keep engines off between visits and close the gate at seven sharp.
    • The board is right to fear that evening hours will grow into a standing expense beyond the $7,800 estimate, and I cannot promise they will not.
12. 9.

    Jun is answering Mr. Vance in sentence [8]. Which two sentences grant what is true in it and then answer it?

    • Mr. Vance is right that evening hours could grow into a standing expense if nothing limited them. But the hours cannot grow into an expense, because Kellan's wage bill has stayed at $7,300 a year.
    • This plan covers one season, from May through October, with the $7,800 wage figure written in as a limit. Even so, Mr. Vance is right that evening hours could grow into a standing expense.
    • Mr. Vance is right that evening hours could grow into a standing expense if nothing limited them. He is also right that the 2021 overtime ran $12,000 over its estimate and that the board asked for limits afterward.
    • Mr. Vance is right that evening hours could grow into a standing expense if nothing limited them. But this plan covers one season, from May through October, with the $7,800 wage figure written in as a limit.
13. 10.

    Bo returns to the letter's first readers, the select board. Which objection in [8]–[11] should the letter answer at length for them?

    • The petition in [10], signed by thirty-eight residents against any change, the largest number of any objection.
    • Ms. Pruitt's, in [9]: compactors and backing alarms running until seven would reach her kitchen at suppertime on Pine Lane.
    • Mr. Dray's, in [11]: what the evening shift would cost in wages, which the draft already puts at $7,800 in sentence [6].
    • Mr. Vance's, in [8]: what would stop the evening hours from growing into a standing expense, a worry the 2021 overrun makes real.