Question

read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. when one door closes 1 “carlos, we are moving to a new neighborhood,” my dad announced. i sobbed. i begged them to change their minds. i stomped my foot in protest. i stayed in my room, hoping that my parents would come knocking to tell me that we were staying put. no such thing. mom had gotten a promotion at work. she wanted to shorten her commute. now, it took her ninety minutes to drive to work. this move would shorten her drive to fifteen...

Explanation:

To determine the phrase that helps understand "commute", we analyze the context. The sentence "Mom had gotten a promotion at work. She wanted to shorten her commute." and the follow - up "Now, it took her ninety minutes to drive to work. This more..." (implied that before the change, the commute time was longer) shows that "commute" is related to the time taken to travel to work. The phrase "It took her ninety minutes to drive to work" provides a clear example of what a commute (the travel to work) entails, helping the reader understand that "commute" here refers to the journey to work.

Answer:

It took her ninety minutes to drive to work