READING 1 / QUICK QUIZ

Organizing a New Service

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What does carte blanche give the coordinator here?A. Only permission to copy the founders' exact layout without changing it.B. Unlimited authority over every organization and resource in the town.C. A guarantee that every choice she makes will work perfectly.D. Broad freedom to design the exchange within the explicitly stated area and budget.

2A paper alternative that gets around unreliable wireless access can _____ that obstacle.A. document onlyB. intensifyC. reproduceD. circumvent

3Which wording would minimize the delays in the report's sense of downplaying them?A. The trial recorded waiting times from arrival to collection for every borrower.B. A second desk may reduce future waiting if the next trial supports that change.C. Some borrowers waited an hour, and the team needs to address that delay.D. A few tiny inconveniences occurred, used to describe the recorded hour-long waits.

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