Read the passage and answer the question.
Garden Club Meeting Minutes, April
Attendance: 14 members. Treasurer's report: opening balance $1,240; plant sale income $860; expenses (seeds $95, mulch $210, tool repair $40); closing balance $1,755.
Old business: The spring plant sale raised less than last year's $1,100 because of rain on the second day. Members agreed to hold next year's sale under the pavilion.
New business: A motion to spend up to $500 on a drip irrigation system for the community beds passed 11 to 3. Members opposed said the money should go toward a new shed. The president will collect three quotes and report in May.
Which statement in the minutes is an opinion?
A. The motion passed 11 to 3.
B. The money should go toward a new shed.
C. Attendance was 14 members.
D. Plant sale income was $860.
Show answer and reasoning
Correct answer: B. The money should go toward a new shed.
Correct. This is the view of the opposing members about how money should be spent.
- A: The vote tally is a recorded fact.
- C: Attendance is a count.
- D: Income is a recorded figure.
Source: ATI TEAS 7 Reading: Integration of knowledge & ideas
Read the passage and answer the question.
The Bike Repair Workshop
Every second Saturday, a group of volunteers sets up folding tables behind the community center and runs a free bicycle repair workshop. The idea began three years ago when a retired mechanic noticed how many neighborhood children rode bikes with flat tires and loose chains. He brought his tools to the park one weekend and fixed eleven bikes before lunch.
Today the workshop has a dozen regular volunteers and a small shed of donated parts. Visitors are not simply handed a repaired bike. Instead, a volunteer stands beside each person and walks them through the repair, so that the next flat tire can be fixed at home. Children under twelve must come with an adult. The workshop keeps a sign-in sheet, and last year it logged more than four hundred repairs.
The organizers say the hardest part is not finding volunteers but finding parts. Inner tubes and brake cables run out quickly, and the group relies on a bin at the hardware store where customers can drop off spare parts. A local bike shop also donates tires it can no longer sell.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Children should not ride bikes with flat tires.
B. A volunteer-run workshop repairs bikes for free and teaches people to fix their own.
C. Bike shops should donate more parts to community groups.
D. A retired mechanic fixed eleven bikes in one morning.
Show answer and reasoning
Correct answer: B. A volunteer-run workshop repairs bikes for free and teaches people to fix their own.
Correct. Every paragraph supports this central point: the workshop's history, its teaching approach, and its supply challenges.
- A: The passage never makes this claim.
- C: Donations are mentioned, but the passage does not argue that shops should give more.
- D: This is a supporting detail about how the workshop began.
Source: ATI TEAS 7 Reading: Key ideas and details
Read the passage and answer the question.
The Bike Repair Workshop
Every second Saturday, a group of volunteers sets up folding tables behind the community center and runs a free bicycle repair workshop. The idea began three years ago when a retired mechanic noticed how many neighborhood children rode bikes with flat tires and loose chains. He brought his tools to the park one weekend and fixed eleven bikes before lunch.
Today the workshop has a dozen regular volunteers and a small shed of donated parts. Visitors are not simply handed a repaired bike. Instead, a volunteer stands beside each person and walks them through the repair, so that the next flat tire can be fixed at home. Children under twelve must come with an adult. The workshop keeps a sign-in sheet, and last year it logged more than four hundred repairs.
The organizers say the hardest part is not finding volunteers but finding parts. Inner tubes and brake cables run out quickly, and the group relies on a bin at the hardware store where customers can drop off spare parts. A local bike shop also donates tires it can no longer sell.
According to the passage, why does a volunteer stand beside each visitor during a repair?
A. To record the repair on the sign-in sheet
B. To keep children away from sharp tools
C. To make sure the visitor does not steal tools
D. To teach the visitor how to do the repair independently next time
Show answer and reasoning
Correct answer: D. To teach the visitor how to do the repair independently next time
Correct. The passage says the volunteer walks the visitor through the repair 'so that the next flat tire can be fixed at home'.
- A: The sign-in sheet is mentioned, but that is not why the volunteer stands beside the visitor.
- B: The rule about children coming with an adult is separate from the teaching approach.
- C: Nothing in the passage suggests concern about theft.
Source: ATI TEAS 7 Reading: Key ideas and details
Read the passage and answer the question.
The Bike Repair Workshop
Every second Saturday, a group of volunteers sets up folding tables behind the community center and runs a free bicycle repair workshop. The idea began three years ago when a retired mechanic noticed how many neighborhood children rode bikes with flat tires and loose chains. He brought his tools to the park one weekend and fixed eleven bikes before lunch.
Today the workshop has a dozen regular volunteers and a small shed of donated parts. Visitors are not simply handed a repaired bike. Instead, a volunteer stands beside each person and walks them through the repair, so that the next flat tire can be fixed at home. Children under twelve must come with an adult. The workshop keeps a sign-in sheet, and last year it logged more than four hundred repairs.
The organizers say the hardest part is not finding volunteers but finding parts. Inner tubes and brake cables run out quickly, and the group relies on a bin at the hardware store where customers can drop off spare parts. A local bike shop also donates tires it can no longer sell.
What can be inferred about the parts shortage?
A. Some parts are used up faster than others.
B. Volunteers refuse to buy parts with their own money.
C. The workshop will close soon because of it.
D. The hardware store charges the workshop for the parts bin.
Show answer and reasoning
Correct answer: A. Some parts are used up faster than others.
Correct. The passage names inner tubes and brake cables as parts that 'run out quickly', implying other parts last longer.
- B: The passage says nothing about volunteers' spending.
- C: The passage describes a challenge, not a plan to close.
- D: The bin is described as a drop-off point, with no mention of a charge.
Source: ATI TEAS 7 Reading: Key ideas and details
Read the passage and answer the question.
The Bike Repair Workshop
Every second Saturday, a group of volunteers sets up folding tables behind the community center and runs a free bicycle repair workshop. The idea began three years ago when a retired mechanic noticed how many neighborhood children rode bikes with flat tires and loose chains. He brought his tools to the park one weekend and fixed eleven bikes before lunch.
Today the workshop has a dozen regular volunteers and a small shed of donated parts. Visitors are not simply handed a repaired bike. Instead, a volunteer stands beside each person and walks them through the repair, so that the next flat tire can be fixed at home. Children under twelve must come with an adult. The workshop keeps a sign-in sheet, and last year it logged more than four hundred repairs.
The organizers say the hardest part is not finding volunteers but finding parts. Inner tubes and brake cables run out quickly, and the group relies on a bin at the hardware store where customers can drop off spare parts. A local bike shop also donates tires it can no longer sell.
Which sentence best summarizes the third paragraph?
A. Brake cables are the most expensive part to replace.
B. The hardware store runs the workshop's donation program.
C. A bike shop donates tires, which solves the supply problem.
D. The workshop has many volunteers but struggles to keep enough parts, relying on donations.
Show answer and reasoning
Correct answer: D. The workshop has many volunteers but struggles to keep enough parts, relying on donations.
Correct. The paragraph states that parts, not volunteers, are the hard part, and describes the two donation sources.
- A: Cost of parts is never discussed.
- B: The store hosts a bin; the workshop organizes the effort.
- C: The tire donation is one source; the paragraph does not say the problem is solved.
Source: ATI TEAS 7 Reading: Key ideas and details
