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Unit 3 Out of Step Key to the Exercises Text comprehension Decide which of the fol lowing best states the author1s purpose of v/r iting. A (The aut hor br i ngs the attention of Americans to the fac t t hat t hey walk too little by citing many of his persona I exper i ences as v/e I I as ot hers* ? He does not wr i te out any solution to the problem; he simply sounds the siren as the last sentence of the passage shows: And if that isnt sad, I don*t know what is.) Judge, according to the t ext, whe ther the fol lowing stat emen ts are t rue or 1 ? T (Refer to Paragraph 1 ? The author and h i s wi fe wan ted to live i n a sma I I, compact, and sedate town where they can go about their business on foot when they moved back tot he Uni ted S tates. As a resu It, t hey se ttl ed down in Hanover, a typical New E ng I and town.) T (Refer to Paragraph 6. Though it was convenient to go about ones business on foot in the town, the author could hard Iy f ind anyone eIse who did so. His acqua intances in the early days would depart reluctantly, even guiltily” when failing to persuade the author to accept a ride as if they escaped the scene of an accident without giving thei r names?) F (People Iike the man who drove his car to do the chores and the woman who comp I ai ned about the difficulty of parking outside the gymnas i um make a clear distinet ion between exercise and walking for business? They Mjog extravagant d i stances or v/aIk on the treadmiI I, but they never take walking on the s idewaIk as a form of exercise?) T (Refer to Paragraphs 18 and 19. The pedestrian ma I I construeted in the ear Iy 1970s in Laconia proved to be a commercial disaster simply because people had to wa I k one whole block to the ma I I from the nearest parking place? When the shopping ma I I was reconstrueted so that people could park thei r cars immediately before the stores, downtown Laconia thrived again? That suggests how re Iiant Amer icans are on thei r cars?) Answer the foI Iow ing questi