Question

the first libraries
grade 3, 650l
the first libraries were built over 2,500 years ago—a long time ago. back then, cars didn’t exist. planes didn’t exist. pencils didn’t exist. back then, people wrote on clay tablets. instead of using pencils to write, they used rocks, sharp sticks, or even pieces of grass. that made writing tedious. it took hours to write a sentence, days to write a page, and years to write a book. for this reason, books were rare. most people had never seen a book before. if you owned a book, you were probably pretty special.
since then, books have gotten more popular. likewise, libraries have gotten bigger. (many libraries today contain more than 100,000 books.) but aside from these changes, libraries have remained much the same. they are still quiet places people go to study. they are still places people go to read and learn. but some people think libraries aren’t
as used in paragraph 1, the word tedious is closest in meaning to
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a easy
b simple
c long
d quick

Explanation:

To determine the meaning of "tedious", we analyze the context. The text says "It took hours to write a sentence, days to write a page" which shows writing was time - consuming and not quick. Option A "easy" is the opposite. Option B "simple" doesn't match the time - consuming nature. Option D "quick" is also the opposite. Option C "long" fits as the time taken for writing shows it was a long (tedious) process.

Answer:

C. long