Question 7 • Expository Reading and Writing - ELA3013 A
Read this excerpt from We Beat the Street."But I don’t want to teach—I want to be a doctor or nurse or something medical.""I don’t even know what you have to do to become something like that," Sampson said honestly."I don’t know either," George said. "But I figure you need big piles of money and about a million years to spend in college.""Hassan and Ahi are going to Howard University in D.C.," Rameck commented, "but their folks have a little cash." He fell silent. . . .Sampson drove the other two home then, their hopes and dreams left in the starlight.What central idea do the details in this passage support?
Answer
A
Having little money often makes the friends think that their goals are impossible to achieve.
B
The friends wish they had more time to dedicate to college classes and studies.
C
The world is filled with opportunities as long as the friends are determined to find them.
D
School plays an important role in helping the friends decide what they want to accomplish.