ASVAB PREP PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION

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ASVAB PREP (PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION

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Question 1: Most drivers try to drive safely. A major part of safe driving is driving at the right speed. But what is the "right" speed? Is it 20 miles per hour, or 35, or 60? That question may be hard to answer. On some city streets and in heavy traffic, 20 miles per hour could be too fast, even if it's within the posted speed limit. On a superhighway, 35 miles per hour could be too slow. Of course, a good driver must follow the speed limit, but he must also use good judgment. The right speed will vary depending on the number of cars, the road surface and its condition, and the driver's visibility.The general theme of this passage is that a good driver

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Adjusts to different driving conditions.Question 2: Gardening can be an easygoing hobby, a scientific pursuit, an opportunity for exercise and fresh air, a significant source of food to help balance the family budget, a means of expression in art and beauty, an applied experiment in green plant growth, or all of these things together.All of the following are made possible by gardening according to the passage EXCEPT

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Hard work.

Question 3: Nucleic acids are found in all living organisms, from viruses to humans. Their name refers to their discovery in the nuclei of white blood cells and fish sperm by Swiss physiologist Johann Miescher in 1869. However, it is now well established that nucleic acids occur outside the cell nucleus as well.Nucleic acids are found

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In all living cells.Question 4: When you work at a job covered by social security, you and your employer contribute equal amounts. Your portion of the tax is taken fro your wages or paycheck before you receive it. This is called a DEDUCTION.Which of these statements is true according to the passage?

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Money taken from your pay is called a deduction.Question 5: A narcotic is a drug that, in proper doses, relieves pain and induces profound sleep, but which, in poisonous doses, induces stupor, coma, or convulsions. Narcotics tend to be habit-forming and, in many instances, repeated doses lead to addiction.A proper does of narcotic induces

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Deep sleep.Question 6: Early settlers in the United States made the most of the herring fishing season.When spring came, the fish arrived in great numbers in the rivers. No nets or hooks were needed. Men used what was called a PINFOLD, a large circular pen built in shallow water. IT was made by driving stakes closely together in the floor of the river.A pinfold was made with

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Stakes driven into the river bottom.Question 7: From a building designer's standpoint, three things that make a home livable are the client, the building site, and the amount of money the client has to spend.According to the passage, to make a home livable

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The design must fit the owner's income and the site.

Question 8: Because nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are used by plants in large amounts, these nutrients are likely to be deficient in the soil. When you buy a fertilizer, therefore, you generally buy it for content of these materials.Unfertilized soil naturally deficient in nitrogen, phosphoric oxide, and potash probably lacks these nutrients because

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Plants use them up in large quantities.Question 9: Twenty-five percent of all household burglaries can be attributed to be unlocked windows or doors. Crime is the result of opportunity plus desire.To prevent crime, it is each individual's responsibility to

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Prevent the opportunity.Question 10: The powers of the United States government are divided. The Legislative Branch, composed of the two houses of Congress (The House of Representatives and the Senate), makes the laws. The Executive Branch, made up of the president and the heads of the different departments, put the laws into effect. The Judicial Branch, made up of the courts, tries cases when laws are broken. The idea behind this organization is to prevent one part or branch of government from having all the power.As a result of the divided powers of government,

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Power is shared.Question 11: Where does pollution come from? It comes from a wide variety of sources, including furnaces, smokestacks, incinerators, power generating stations, industrial plants, dirt and dust caused by tearing down old buildings and putting up new ones, ordinary street dirt, restaurants that emit smoke and odors, cars, buses, trucks, planes, and coal- or diesel-burning motor ships. Sixty percent of pollution is caused by motor vehicle exhausts, while another thirty percent is due to industry.Most air pollution is caused by

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Cars, trucks, and buses.Question 12: The use of sunglasses as an aid to vision is important. For the most part, the eye is a daytime instrument. It requires light to work properly. However, too much bright light and glare can create discomfort; as a result the eyes blink, squint, get tears, or have trouble seeing well. Sunglasses help by keeping much of this bright light and glare from reaching the eyes.The main purpose of sunglasses is to

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Screen out harmful rays of the sun.Question 13: About three-fourths of the surface of the earth is water. Of the 336 million cubic miles of water, most (97.2%) is found in the oceans and is salty. Glaciers hold another 2% of the total. Less than 1% (0.8%) is available as freshwater for people to use-- and much of that is not near people who need it.The amount of freshwater available for people to use is

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0.8% Question 14: Family camping has been described as the "biggest single growth industry in the booming travel/leisure market." Camping ranges from backpacking to living in motor homes with complete creature comforts. It is both an end in itself and a magic carpet to a wide variety of other forms of outdoor recreation.It can be inferred from the passage that the LEAST luxurious form of camping is

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Backpacking.Question 15: Would you like to be good at a trade? Would like to know a skill that pays well?One sure way to skill, good way and regular work is to train on the job. This is called apprentice training. While it is not the only way to learn, apprentice training has good points. You can earn while you learn. You will know the skill "from the ground up." You can advance on the job.Apprentice training is described by discussing

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The good side.