Like Ito and several other first graders who did not know English, I received private lessons from Miss Ryan in the closet, a narrow hall off the classroom with a door at each end. Next to one of those doors Miss Ryan placed a large chair for herself and a small one for me. Keeping an eye on the class through the open door she read with me about sheep in the meadow and a frightened chicken going to see the king, coaching me out of my phonetic ruts in words like pasture, bow-wow-wow, hay, and pretty, which to my Mexican ear and eye had so many unnecessary sounds and letters. She made me watch her lips and then close my eyes as she repeated words I found hard to read. When we came to know each other better, I tried interrupting to tell Miss Ryan how we said it in Spanish. It didn’t work. She only said “oh” and went on with pasture, bow-wow-wow, and pretty. It was as if in that closet we were both discovering together the secrets of the English language and grieving together over the tragedies of Bo-Peep. The main reason I was graduated with honors from the first grade was that I had fallen in love with Miss Ryan. Her radiant, no-nonsense character made us either afraid not to love her or love her so we would not be afraid, I am not sure which. It was not only that we sensed she was with it, but also that she was with us.
Part A
Which of these sentences from the section BEST conveys the central idea of the passage?
“Next to one of those doors Miss Ryan placed a large chair for herself and a small one for me.”
“It was not only that we sensed she was with it, but also that she was with us.”
“The main reason I was graduated with honors from the first grade was that I had fallen in love with Miss Ryan.”
“Keeping an eye on the class through the open door she read with me about sheep in the meadow and a frightened chicken going to see the king, coaching me out of my phonetic ruts in words like pasture, bow-wow-wow, hay, and pretty, which to my Mexican ear and eye had so many unnecessary sounds and letters.”
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Part B
Which of the following provides the strongest evidence in the passage to support the central idea in Part A?
“It was as if in that closet we were both discovering the secrets of the English language and grieving together over the tragedies of Bo-Peep.”
“She made me watch her lips and then close my eyes as she repeated words I found hard to read.”
“When we came to know each other better, I tried interrupting to tell Miss Ryan how we said it in Spanish.”
“Her radiant, no-nonsense character made us either afraid not to love her or love her so we would not be afraid.”
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