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fast ela reading sample items
now answer numbers 1 through 3. base your answers on the passages \senate - floor speech in favor of an amendment ending government subsidies for honey farmers\ and \senate - floor speech against an amendment ending government subsidies for honey farmers.\

1. in passage 1, the speaker lists the number of commercial beekeepers in the united states. how does this develop his purpose?

a it explains the support that has maintained the honey program.
b it demonstrates the lack of a sufficient supply of domestically made honey.
c it emphasizes that a small group of farmers receives large sums of benefits from the honey program.
d it shows how few businesses are able to produce enough honey to profit without government support.

1. fill in the bubble before the word from passage 1 that comes from a latin root word meaning \settled\ or \still.\

\in a addition, the high price b support led to an c increase in imports of honey from d abroad while domestic honey production e stagnated.\ (paragraph 3)

1. select two ways in which the speaker in passage 1 develops the central idea that the honey program costs more than it is worth.

a by examining the expenses of maintaining different bee colonies
b by detailing the amount of money commercial beekeepers receive
c by explaining how much each taxpayer would save if the program ends
d by identifying programs that need more financial support than beekeepers
e by describing the honey trade activity between america and other countries

Explanation:

1. Listing the number of commercial beekeepers emphasizes that a small group benefits from the honey program, which helps the speaker's purpose.
2. The word "stagnated" comes from a Latin root meaning "settled" or "still".
3. Detailing beekeeper - received money and explaining taxpayer savings show the honey program's high cost.

Answer:

1. C. It emphasizes that a small group of farmers receives large sums of benefits from the honey program.
2. E. stagnated
3. B. by detailing the amount of money commercial beekeepers receive; C. by explaining how much each taxpayer would save if the program ends