“Good help is hard to find.” While it may sound cliché, it can certainly be true, as one father recently discovered. After running an ad in a local newspaper, the father of twin toddlers interviewed several potential candidates and narrowed it down to two he thought to be the most qualified. Both women were in their forties and very pleasant, and he thought that either of them would do an excellent job. Undecided, he ran a background check on each of the women and was shocked to find that one of the women had an extensive criminal history and was recently treated in a mental health facility. Obviously, he hired the other woman. A week later, the father was shocked when he picked up a newspaper and read that the woman he did not hire had severely injured a little girl who was under her care.


How does the author support the argument that ‘Good help is hard to find?’

A) by listing the current statistics concerning employment

B) by explaining the procedures for conducting a background check

C) by naming babysitters in the U.S. who have a criminal background

D) by describing an incident involving a father seeking a babysitter

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Which sentence from the passage suggests that the father was struggling to make a decision concerning which babysitter he should hire?

A)Obviously, he hired the other woman.

B)‘Good help is hard to find.’

C)Both women were in their forties and very pleasant, and he thought that either of them would do an excellent job.

D)A week later, the father read in a newspaper that the woman he did not hire had severely injured a little girl she was babysitting.

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" Good help is hard to find." While it may sound cliche, it can certainly be true.


From the first line of the passage, what does the word cliche mean?

A)silly

B)repetitive

C)a phrase or opinion that would not actually make sense in the context unless explained by the author.

D)a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought