From the text "The Future of the USPS" What sentence from the passage shows the author's bias? a. As you drop the letter into the mailbox, you'll not only surprise a friend or relative, you'll also help keep an American tradition alive. (paragraph 11) b. By federal law, the USPS must provide mail service to all Americans regardless of cost or location. (paragraph 3) c. For example, in 2012, each of the 80 billion pieces of advertising brought 21 cents in revenue, compared to 42 cents for first-class mail. (paragraph 8) d. In an effort to solve the postal service's problems, the government has conducted numerous studies. (paragraph 9)

From the text "The Future of the USPS" Based on paragraph 8, which sentence best explains what the author thinks about low-cost mailing rates for bulk mail advertisements? a. The author supports banning paper advertisements from being mailed. b. The author considers them a great advantage to consumers. c. The author believes these rates should be lowered even more. d. The author thinks they help businesses but hurt the USPS

Read this excerpt from a passage.     The Post Office Department served Americans until 1970, when it was reorganized as the United States Postal Service. By federal law, the USPS must provide mail service to all Americans regardless of cost or location. For most of its 44-year history, the USPS turned a profit and was financially self-sufficient (Gattuso). Americans relied heavily on the USPS to send and receive invitations, birthday greetings, legal notices, bills, checks, and even love letters.     However, this all changed in 2007. Starting in 2007, a dramatic drop in demand sent the USPS over a financial cliff. Because of the rise of digital communication, Americans were simply no longer mailing cards, letters, flyers, invitations, announcements, bills, statements, and solicitations as they had in the past. The volume of U.S. mail peaked in 2006 at 213 billion pieces, but in 2007 the numbers quickly began to drop. Since 2007, the total volume of all mail has dropped 25 percent and since 2001 the volume of first-class mail has declined by nearly one-third ("Pieces of Mail"). What caused the rapid decline in the volume of first-class mail? In 2007, the economy went over a financial cliff and people stopped using the USPS. The ability to communicate digitally caused a change in people's behavior: they no longer had to send correspondence by mail. Americans decided that they relied too heavily on the USPS to send and receive correspondence, so they stopped using their services. The price of sending a piece of mail became too expensive for most Americans.

Although postage for letters in the early United States was expensive and therefore largely limited to the wealthy, politicians such as James Madison believed that money raised by the postal system could be used to benefit the nation as a whole. Madison proposed that a possible application of these funds towards the purpose of benefitting young Americans was the establishment of a newspaper for the general public, which would therefore _____14Mark for ReviewABCWhich choice most logically completes the text?Adecrease the cost of postage for letters that contain only news and information.Bprovide news and information to everyone, especially those in lower classes.Ctransform the common relationship between wealth and the privilege of postage use.Dencourage members lower classes considering a post office job to apply for a newspaper position instead.

Starting in 2007, a dramatic drop in demand sent the USPS over a financial cliff. Although the sentence appears to be a fact, it also expresses the author's opinion. What is the author's opinion? a. It will take many years for the USPS to bounce back. b. Federal agencies go through many periods of ups and downs. c. The USPS will probably never recover from this loss. d. The USPS could become stable if Congress were to make changes

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