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This lesson explains how to answer the part. It is not a timed practice set. Read the article and every comment once. Tag each speaker's position before the questions.
Note the author's claim and one supporting reason. You need that frame to place the comments.
One short label per speaker before any question: for, against, mixed, and whether they attack a reason or the conclusion.
Match the question to a tag. If two speakers share a conclusion, the question may test the reason instead.
Blanks rest on the article and on the commenter's already-tagged stance, not on your opinion.
Prompt
Article: The city should convert one parking lane on Birch Street to a protected bike lane. Parking can move to the side streets. Comment A: "I cycle this corridor. A barrier would finally make the school run possible." Comment B: "Shop owners on Birch already lose customers when parking is scarce. Moving spots around the corner will not help deliveries." Comment C: "I support safer cycling, but not if it is this block, put the lane on the parallel avenue instead." Comment D: "The article understates winter maintenance. A painted lane we cannot plough is worse than none." Question: Who most clearly opposes the Birch Street proposal on business grounds?
Model
Comment B: "Shop owners on Birch already lose customers when parking is scarce. Moving spots around the corner will not help deliveries." Answer: Comment B.
Why it works
Skimming comments and answering from a remembered word.
Taking a quote of the article as agreement when the next clause disagrees.
Flag-and-revisit as the default: R4 is already the longest part; a second full read rarely fits.