Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. Then explain why you chose your answer on the lines below.

1) Our school should change its policy so that female athletes get their own weight room.
2) My friend's school recently changed their policy and built a separate weight room for the female athletes.
3) At the end of the year, every female athlete who had used the room on a regular basis not only showed tremendous progress in their sport, but they also increased their overall physical health.
4) They are routinely tested to ensure that they are using the machines correctly and are not injuring their muscles.
5) Sometimes the boys in the school have completed similar tests.
6) At the beginning of each semester, every female who takes an athletics class is properly trained on each piece of equipment.

The author is trying to convince their school administrators that female athletes should have their own weight room. How could they revise sentence 1 so that it more clearly states their position? Which of the following could replace the sentence and BEST accomplish this goal?

a. Our school should provide female athletes with their own weight room in order to better serve each and every student who has an interest in becoming more physically.
b. B.School can be a place where students can improve themselves in ways that are not just academic
c. We as a school can help females who want to be stronger get more physically fit and add to their futures.
d. In this paper I will tell you how we can change the policies so that every student can be more responsible for their own health