PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION ???? EXAM QUESTIONS

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PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION ???? EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Argon and neon are

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noble gases Question 2: Flowers should be coming from a garden early in the morning or late in the afternoon. It's better to cut them with a sharp knife or a razor rather than shears because shears compress the stem tissue. The steam of cut flowers should be put in the water immediately.Flowers from wet planets with mildew should never be cut because disease might be transmitted from one plant to another According to this passage you should

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Cut flowers with a sharp knife or razor Question 3: If a label says "one size fits all," there's one thing you can count on: that one size fits no one. Store managers love the idea because inventory is simplified. Manufacturers like it because it makes production easier and profit margins higher. And some computer networks prefer it because it saves costly computer time and memory space. It saves time and money for them, not for you.According to the paragraph, the production of "one size fits all" merchandise benefits all of the following EXCEPT

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Consumers

Question 4: In the beginning, there is always the crunch. Bite into a red apple or a green one, a red one streaked with yellow, a yellow one with a rosy blush, a round or oblong one, baseball size or softball size, and before the flavor, before even the tang of acidity, there is the crunch. At least, there had better be.It can be inferred from the passage that the author considers the most important characteristic of a good apple to be its

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Crispness Question 5: Physicists seek out those features of nature that are simple and universal. The secret of their success is not so much a matter of finding the answers as it is asking the right questions. The trick is keeping the questions simple and sticking to universal phenomena.Simple questions can be answered unambiguously by careful observation of repeated experiments and by logical thinking.Which of the following questions is most clearly an example of the kind discussed in the paragraph.

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how fast do stones of a particular size fall?Question 6: Enjoying a leisurely vacation can be a tough assignment for people who thrive on an upbeat pace in their daily routines. For many, it just is not possible to switch gears into neutral and lie by a pool for a week or more; they need excitement.The author's main point is that active people should take leisurely vacations.

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an exciting vacation should last a week or more.Question 7: From Texas to Southern CA, low-water maintenance landscaping and the popularity of desert themes have made cactus very valuable. Considering the fact that cactus have extremely slow growth and reproduction rates, rustlers anticipate significant profits of this shallow rooted succulent. Removing cactus from state-owned land, however, is a felony, and if state lines are crossed, the 1900 Lacey Act makes this same crime a federal offense.From the passage, determine the sequence of events

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. cactus popularity, transport of stolen cactus, cactus theft Question 8: A period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of time.For example, a year on Mercury is equal to 88 Earth days. A year on Uranus is approximately 348 Mercury years.According to the passage, the way time is usually measures shows that time is

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relative Question 9: Julius Erving is one of only few professional basketball players to score 30,000 points. When Erving was in Hugh school he was given the appropriate nickname, "the doctor" because he "operated" so well on the basketball court. Later Ervings pro basketball teammates changed the nickname to Dr.j Assuming their job as well as Dr.J, all of the following persons are appropriately nicknamed except.

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The trapeze artist nicknamed "Butterfingers"

Question 10: Physical sound energy is transmitted through...

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Between the middle ear and the inner ear Question 11: Which of these is the best exclamation of how smooth round stone became smooth

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It was in a stream for a long time Question 12: When we think of security for the home, most of us think of devices that will physically hinder another person. Researchers have found that some simple, everyday, fairly inexpensive objects can be as effective as much more expensive security systems.Which of the following sentences would most likely come next in the paragraph?

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For example, doors should only be opened after a visitor has been identified.Question 13: The Women's Flying Training Detachment was the brainchild of Jacqueline Cochran, the famous flyer. Because of the overwhelming demand for qualified men to fly in combat during World War II, she was able to persuade the Army to train women pilots to ferry military aircraft from manufacturers to embarkation points for later shipment overseas.The author implies that the primary motivation for establishing a training program for women pilots during World War II was the

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Unavailablity of a qualified male pilots

Question 14: Your heart's mitral valve does an awfully big job. Letting blood from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle without losing a drop is one of the toughest tasks in the circulatory system. In fact, if the system was suddenly opened at that point, the force of the valve closing would send blood five feet in the air.In this passage, the author's purpose is to

• describe the circulatory system
• convince readers of the stress on the mitral valve
• inform readers of defects in the mitral valve
• minimize the importance of the mitral valve

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• convince readers of the stress on the mitral valve

Question 15: The woman flying training detached

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Army ways to utilize woman abilities Question 16: An allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that are essentially harmless. For as yet poorly understood reasons, the immune system malfunctions and marshals up an army of antibodies to fight these substances. For many allergies, this malfunction causes a large amount of histamine to flood into the bloodstream. It is the overabundance of histamine that causes allergic symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing.The passage states all of the following about allergies EXCEPT

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an allergic reaction is the result of a false alarm in the body's immune system

Question 17: Roosevelt made a conscious use of media

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Was a president who recognize the power of the press Question 18: According to Mark Twain, October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks....What was Mark Twain's point?

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speculating in stocks is not a safe investment for your money