PART 4- PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION EXAM QUESTIONS

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PART 4- PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: 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 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 particular size fall?Question 2: 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 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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?Question 3: 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 task in the circulatory system. In fact, if the system was suddenly opened at the point, the force of the valve closing would send blood five feet into the air.In this passage, the author's purpose is to

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convince readers of the stress on the mitral valve Question 4: From Texas to Southern California, 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 for this shallow rooted succulent. Removing cactus form state-owned land, however, is a felony, and if state lines are crossed, the 1990 Lacey Act makes this same crime a federal offense.From the passage, determine the sequence of events.

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Lacey Act passage, cactus popularity, cactus rustling Question 5: Riding the mail plane is a low-budget way to visit America's largest national park -- Wrangell-St. Elias -- 13 million acres of scenic beauty. Copper first drew prospectors to this part of Alaska. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennicott mine produced 200 million tons of it. Now a mecca for tourist, the town of Kennicott was abandoned to the ghosts when the copper ran out.According to the passage, which of the following illustrates the correct sequence of events?

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copper drew prospectors, copper ran out, town abandoned, tourist attraction Question 6: There is a tremendous difference between "seeing" and orienting yourself. Mostly we orient ourselves. We walk through a door without noticing it; we enter a room and know where we are without being conscious of the color or texture of the walls. But it is consciousness of visual detail that constitutes seeing.Which of the following is the best examples of seeing as described in the passage?

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She was surprised at the shiny black shell and odd limbs of the beetle.