Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks

Which of these is NOT a main quality that the tech-training programs help develop in the young tutors?

• patience

• confidence

• sympathy

• decisiveness

Why do the young tutors sometimes wear special glasses?

• to protect their eyes from the glaring light in retirement homes

• to ease the eye strain that comes from working long hours on computers

• to help them better understand the vision problems that many seniors face

• to help them read large-print computer screens used by their elderly pupils

Which sentence best expresses the central idea of “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks”?

• Teenagers are being recruited and trained to teach the elderly how to use computers and other electronic equipment.

• Teens make great tech tutors because they know more about computers and electronic equipment than most other people do.

• College students who love computers are taking special courses to learn how to teach the elderly to love computers too.

• Both young and old people who need tutoring in how to use a computer are getting help from computer science students.

What is the author’s opinion of the tutoring programs?

• useful but expensive

• interesting but ineffective

• creative and economical

• helpful and worthwhile

Which of these results of the tutoring program was mainly explained in the story?

• Some teen tutors have developed friendships with their senior pupils.

• Companies have started to develop more senior-friendly computers.

• Many senior pupils have become incredibly skilled on computers.

• Some senior pupils have begun teaching computer skills to other seniors.

If a person can correctly be described as struggling to solve a math

problem, which of the following must be true?

• The person is able to easily solve the math problem.

• The person is familiar with the type of math problem.

• The person is having difficulty solving the problem.

Which of the following could best be used to illustrate the meaning of impairments?

• long hair

• blue eyes

• strong arms

• poor hearing

What is the most likely meaning of the word frustrated in the following sentence?

Makayla was frustrated because she could not see the play from the back of the theater.

• pleased

• annoyed

• confused

• surprised

What part of speech does the suffix -ment create when added to the end of a word?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

The base word achieve means “to accomplish.” Use this information and your knowledge of the suffix -ment to select the correct definition of achievement.

• the process of accomplishing a task

• the result of accomplishing a task

• the beginning of accomplishing a task