Part 3
Now, fifteen years later, I’ve moved past writing about (12) broken playground equipment. But whatever I write, whenever I write, my grandmother’s voice still guides me. “Anthony,” she says, “tell them something they need to know.” (13)
12.
F. NO CHANGE
G. passed writing about
H. passed writing for
J. past writing for、
13.
The essay writer is considering deleting the underlined portion. Should the underlined portion be kept or deleted?
A. Kept, because it introduces the grandmother’s voice to the narrative.
B. Kept, because it reiterates the main theme of the narrative.
C. Deleted, because it fails to explain how the grandmother is qualified to give the narrator advice.
D. Deleted, because it takes the focus away from the narrator’s writing technique.
Questions 14 and 15 ask about the preceding passage as a whole.
14.
The essay writer is considering adding the following sentence to the essay:
“This is a good start, Anthony,” she said.
The sentence would most logically be placed at:
F. Point A in Paragraph 1.
G. Point B in Paragraph 2.
H. Point C in Paragraph 2.
J. Point D in Paragraph 3.
15.
Suppose the essay writer’s primary purpose had been to provide a brief overview of the narrator’s fifteenyear career as a news writer. Would this essay accomplish that purpose?
A. Yes, because it describes the narrator’s most significant news stories and how they shaped him as a writer.
B. Yes, because it focuses on the news stories the nar- rator wrote when he was nine years old.
C. No, because it instead focuses on the narrator’s grandmother’s experiences as a news writer and how those experiences shaped her career.
D. No, because it instead describes a single story that marked the beginning of the narrator’s interest in news writing.