Read the passage.With my backpack full of notes about my essay and borrowed books, I trudged through the slush to the library. After months of note-taking, I was eager to compose my thesis.The library’s fourth floor housed a computer lab, and I could hear the hum of fifty computers as I exited the elevator. Unfortunately, there were no available computers, and among the political posters on the wall, a makeshift list had been added for people awaiting a turn at a computer. I added my name to the list and considered returning to the typewriter in my dorm room.
Answer
A
Textbooks were too expensive for students to afford.
B
College students were expected to publish their writing.
C
College libraries were gathering places for student activists.
D
Personal computers were not the norm among students.
Explanation
The narrator finds all fifty computers in the library lab occupied and sees a list of students waiting to use one. The narrator even considers going back to a typewriter in the dorm room. These details suggest that students generally did not have personal computers of their own, so the best answer is “Personal computers were not the norm among students.”
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