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Read the following passages and choose the best answer to each question. Passage 1 To the Editor: I pay a good amount of my income in taxes. I think I have a right to be able to get out of my driveway the day after a snowstorm. Why pay taxes if you can’t depend on getting satisfactory service from them? 1. The author's tone would be best described as ( ).