Question

Which of these inferences about paragraph 71 is best supported by the passage below?

With lipreading, each day brings a moment in which I literally cannot do it anymore. I grow too tired of the guessing game that I can never quite
win. The muscles behind my eyes ache from the strain. (Hearing is very different from sight, in that it does not involve muscular tension. I think c
ears as very passive, whereas eyes are continuously moving to focus and see.) Often my corneas go dry; my vision gets blurry. The words on
people's lips melt away, sliding down their faces like condensation on glass. I am back in the blind spot again.
A. Lipreading is very frustrating for the author.
B. Lipreading is exhausting for the author.
C. Lipreading makes the author want to give up on communication.
D. Lipreading makes it easy for the author to communicate with hearing people.

Answer 1

The passage indicates that lipreading is physically and mentally exhausting for the author, best supporting the inference that lipreading is exhausting (option B).

Step-by-step explanation:

• The best-supported inference about paragraph 71, based on the provided passage, is B. Lipreading is exhausting for the author. The passage clearly states the physical and mental strain the author experiences during the process of lipreading.
• Terms such as "grow too tired," "muscles behind my eyes ache," and "my corneas go dry; my vision gets blurry" indicate the extent to which lipreading tires the author.
• The description of the guessing game the author can never quite win, and the visual of the words melting away also underline the exhaustion and difficulties associated with this form of communication.