Question

Sally, a student at Lincoln High School, gives the following speech to her city council.

"Thank you all for inviting me to speak today. Lincoln needs a soccer field. I hope you will all see the benefit of granting a permit to build one. Soccer is an important sport to the students at Lincoln. Soccer is the bomb. Thirty-five kids have said that they would sign up for a team if they had the chance. I am one of them. The money for regular upkeep has been raised. Please vote in favor of the permit. Thank you."

What would be a good way to change the sentence "Soccer is the bomb," so that everyone will understand what Sally means?
A.
Soccer is a great game.
B.
Soccer is not very fun.
C.
Soccer is violent.
D.
Soccer is good exercise.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A.) Soccer is a great game.

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Answer 2

Option A.) “Soccer is a great game” would be the way to change the sentence so everyone will understand what Sally means.

Using context clues in the passage, we can take the following quotes:

• “Lincoln needs a soccer field. I hope you will all see the benefit of granting a permit to build one.” (Sentences 2-3)

• “Thirty-five kids have said that they would sign up for a team if they had the chance.” (Sentence 6)

• “Soccer is an important sport to the students at Lincoln.” (Sentence 4)

With these quotes, we can imply the author of this message is attempting to persuade a crowd of people to vote in favor of the construction of a soccer field. From these quotes, we can eliminate options B, C, and D because the passage doesn’t explicitly mention or elaborate on bad characteristics of soccer, nor does it promote the general idea that soccer is a good exercise. For this reason, we know Sally is in support of the idea that soccer is a great game.