UPDATED TEAS 7 READING 2024/2025
ACCURATE & GRADED A+
Which of the following best identifies the author's purpose in the passage?
B. To describe how to train a puppy
Research shows that tipping in a restaurant has little to no effect on service. What
tipping does do is enable restaurateurs to pay less than the federal minimum wage
to servers and depend on customers to make up the difference between servers'
salaries and the minimum wage. The U.S. federal minimum wage for servers is
$2.13 per hour. Although minimum wage varies from state to state, it is safe to say
that customers are paying the lion's share of servers' salaries. This practice leads to
resentment on the part of customers, and it devalues servers. It's time to abolish
tipping and pay employees a living wage. The result may well be happy servers who
provide excellent service to grateful customers.
Which of the following is the writer's main argument?
A. The custom of tipping should be abolished, and servers should be paid a living
wage.
g
Research shows that tipping in a restaurant has little to no effect on service. What
tipping does do is enable restaurateurs to pay less than the federal minimum wage
to servers and depend on customers to make up the difference between servers'
salaries and the minimum wage. The U.S. federal minimum wage for servers is
$2.13 per hour. Although minimum wage varies from state to state, it is safe to say
that customers are paying the lion's share of servers' salaries. This practice leads to
resentment on the part of customers, and it devalues servers. It's time to abolish
tipping and pay employees a living wage. The result may well be happy servers who
provide excellent service to grateful customers.
Which of the following is evidence the writer provides to support the main
argument?
C. The minimum wage varies from state to state.
,UPDATED TEAS 7 READING 2024/2025
ACCURATE & GRADED A+
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
B. Shia is working late, he hears mysterious noises, and he is frightened enough to
leave work
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
B. A mysterious experience at work
, UPDATED TEAS 7 READING 2024/2025
ACCURATE & GRADED A+
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
D. Tense
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
C. "He sent his boss a single text message before turning over and trying to force
himself to sleep: 1 don't think I can work late anymore."
ACCURATE & GRADED A+
Which of the following best identifies the author's purpose in the passage?
B. To describe how to train a puppy
Research shows that tipping in a restaurant has little to no effect on service. What
tipping does do is enable restaurateurs to pay less than the federal minimum wage
to servers and depend on customers to make up the difference between servers'
salaries and the minimum wage. The U.S. federal minimum wage for servers is
$2.13 per hour. Although minimum wage varies from state to state, it is safe to say
that customers are paying the lion's share of servers' salaries. This practice leads to
resentment on the part of customers, and it devalues servers. It's time to abolish
tipping and pay employees a living wage. The result may well be happy servers who
provide excellent service to grateful customers.
Which of the following is the writer's main argument?
A. The custom of tipping should be abolished, and servers should be paid a living
wage.
g
Research shows that tipping in a restaurant has little to no effect on service. What
tipping does do is enable restaurateurs to pay less than the federal minimum wage
to servers and depend on customers to make up the difference between servers'
salaries and the minimum wage. The U.S. federal minimum wage for servers is
$2.13 per hour. Although minimum wage varies from state to state, it is safe to say
that customers are paying the lion's share of servers' salaries. This practice leads to
resentment on the part of customers, and it devalues servers. It's time to abolish
tipping and pay employees a living wage. The result may well be happy servers who
provide excellent service to grateful customers.
Which of the following is evidence the writer provides to support the main
argument?
C. The minimum wage varies from state to state.
,UPDATED TEAS 7 READING 2024/2025
ACCURATE & GRADED A+
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
B. Shia is working late, he hears mysterious noises, and he is frightened enough to
leave work
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
B. A mysterious experience at work
, UPDATED TEAS 7 READING 2024/2025
ACCURATE & GRADED A+
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
D. Tense
Shia looked up from his monitor, rubbed his eyes, and stared down the dark hallway
toward the CFO's office. He was certain a sound had come from behind the closed
door. It was a heavy thump, like someone had dropped a bowling ball.
There shouldn't be anyone else here at this hour, Shia thought to himself as he
looked at his watch. The only illumination came from Shia's computer monitor. His
office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow
from the street lights below. Shia slowly stood up before reaching down to turn off
the computer screen, hoping to hide in the darkness. He considered turning on his
phone's flashlight, but his thoughts were cut short by a loud crash followed by the
unmistakable tinkling of shattered glass.
She froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa. The initial doubt that he
would actually find someone snooping around the CFO's office had turned to an
C. "He sent his boss a single text message before turning over and trying to force
himself to sleep: 1 don't think I can work late anymore."
