Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 19

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) A first glance at Benny tells you that he is an attractive young man. (2) The riveting feature is the contrast between his close-cropped black hair and his light skin. (3) There are two slight scars on his left cheek, but they add to instead of detract from his appearance. (4) His eyelashes are not prominent, but dark brown eyes gaze at you from under a canopy of thick, black eyebrows. (5) His nose is short and straight, befitting his oval face. (6) The cheekbones are high but not prominent, and the well-kept mustache gives a promise of luxuriant growth if given free reign. (7) Benny's mouth is small and full, and though the braces are off-putting, that shy smile will someday break a lot of hearts. (8) All of these factors put together with a mischievous gleam in his eyes draw the picture of an intelligent, quite personable young man.
⎯ Carmen Crawford, student
Select the number of the topic sentence that states the overall impression of the subject.

• A) Sentence 1
• B) Sentence 2
• C) Sentence 7

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Definitions:

Variable Costs

Variable costs are expenses that change in proportion to the activity of a business.

Financial Break-Even

The point at which total revenues are equal to total fixed and variable costs, resulting in a net income of zero.

Soft Rationing

Internal limitations set by a company on the amount of funds allocated for new investments or projects.

Operating Leverage

A measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income, demonstrating the proportion of fixed versus variable costs a company has.