Read the passage. fram Impressions of America 1 The first thing that struck me on landing In America was that if the Americans are not the most well-cressed people in the world. they are the most comfortably dressed. Mer are seen there with the dreadful chimney-pot hat, but there are very few hadess men; men wear the shocking swallow-tail coat.but few are to be seen with no coot at all. There is an air of comfort in the appearance of the people. __ The next thing particularly noticeable is that everybody seems in a hurry to catch a train.This is a state of things which is not lavourable to poetry or romance. Had Romeo or Juliet been in e constant state of anxiety about trains. or had their minds been agitated by the question of return-Jushets, Shakespeare could not have given us those lovely balcony scenes which are so full of poetry and pathos. a America is the noisiest country that ever existed One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale. but by the steam whistie. It is surprising that the sound practical sense of the Americans does not reduce this intolerable noise.All Art depends upon exquisite and delicate sensibility, and such continual turnal must ultimately be destructive of the musical faculty This question has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B. Part A Which inferred claim is most fully developed in the passage? 1. Americans dress os they wish to dress. 2. Life in America is unsuitable for creating art. 3. Americans have difficulty managing their time. 4. Ufein America prioritizes commerce over nature. Part B Which excerpt from the passage best supports the correct answer from Part A? 1. There is an air of comfort in the appearance of the people." (Paragraph 1) 2. "particularly noticeable is that everybody seems in hurry (Paragraph 2) 3. "One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale" (Paragraph 3) A. "Such continual turmoil must ultimately be destructive Growth Reading

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Read the passage. fram Impressions of America 1 The first thing that struck me on landing In America was that if the Americans are not the most well-cressed people in the world. they are the most comfortably dressed. Mer are seen there with the dreadful chimney-pot hat, but there are very few hadess men; men wear the shocking swallow-tail coat.but few are to be seen with no coot at all. There is an air of comfort in the appearance of the people. __ The next thing particularly noticeable is that everybody seems in a hurry to catch a train.This is a state of things which is not lavourable to poetry or romance. Had Romeo or Juliet been in e constant state of anxiety about trains. or had their minds been agitated by the question of return-Jushets, Shakespeare could not have given us those lovely balcony scenes which are so full of poetry and pathos. a America is the noisiest country that ever existed One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale. but by the steam whistie. It is surprising that the sound practical sense of the Americans does not reduce this intolerable noise.All Art depends upon exquisite and delicate sensibility, and such continual turnal must ultimately be destructive of the musical faculty This question has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B. Part A Which inferred claim is most fully developed in the passage? 1. Americans dress os they wish to dress. 2. Life in America is unsuitable for creating art. 3. Americans have difficulty managing their time. 4. Ufein America prioritizes commerce over nature. Part B Which excerpt from the passage best supports the correct answer from Part A? 1. There is an air of comfort in the appearance of the people." (Paragraph 1) 2. "particularly noticeable is that everybody seems in hurry (Paragraph 2) 3. "One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale" (Paragraph 3) A. "Such continual turmoil must ultimately be destructive Growth Reading

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**Parte A**La afirmación inferida que se desarrolla más completamente en el pasaje es la 2. *La vida en Estados Unidos no es adecuada para crear arte.***Parte B**El extracto del pasaje que mejor respalda la respuesta correcta de la Parte A es la 4. *"Tal tumulto continuo debe ser, en última instancia, destructivo de la facultad musical."* El autor argumenta que el ruido constante en Estados Unidos, simbolizado por el silbato de vapor en lugar del canto del ruiseñor, destruye la sensibilidad necesaria para el arte, incluyendo la música. Esto apoya la idea de que el ambiente estadounidense no es propicio para la creación artística.

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