Questions 3 through 6 refer to the following article.

Making Life Easier in the Home

This month in Golden Age Magazine we would like to share some tips for making life easier as you get older. These tips are all quick and easy, and most importantly, they won’t cost you a lot of money. Here are a few ways that senior citizens can make their homes more comfortable and less dangerous places to live: 

1)         When lining your garbage can with plastic bags, put 6 or so extra in the bottom. When you fill one, you will have another at your fingertips to replace it. 

2)         Store heavy items on center cabinet shelves, light objects on high or low shelves. This way you won’t risk straining your back to pick up heavy objects. 

3)         Put a night safety light in your hallway or bathroom. Installing a light can help reduce night-time accidents. If you use a glow-in-the-dark light switch, even better! 

4)         Sticking traction strips on slippery surfaces is essential, especially on tiled surfaces such as bathrooms. Traction strips are available from most major retailers. 

5)         Be sure to remove clothes from the dryer with a reacher. This will help you protect your back. These are just a few ways that you can help make your daily living more enjoyable. 

3. Who is this article intended for?

5. What is a reacher?

6. What does the article NOT suggest?

Questions 7 through 10 refer to the following letter. 

Hi George,

How are you doing? Sorry I haven’t written lately. I keep meaning to, but then I get too busy. I’ve had no available time at all recently. Soccer try-outs have been keeping me pretty busy. I’ve had no time to do anything except practice, practice, practice all day long. The weather is a little rainy and it keeps the grass wet. That makes it very difficult to run and stop well. A lot of the players get their soccer boots stuck in the mud. I’d really like to get another pair of soccer boots because mine are ruined from the mud, but I don’t have any money at the moment. I wanted to get a part-time job to make some money to buy boots, but I don’t have the time. So for now, a new pair of boots is just a dream.

I think I have a good chance of being selected for the team. They need to get rid of two more players, and I think that I am better than they are. You know how badly I have always wanted to play professional soccer. If I get chosen for the team, I’ll send you free tickets to every game I play!

Well, gotta go practice some more.

Your brother, Bill.

 

7. What does Bill want to be?