PICAT ASVAB PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION

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PICAT ASVAB PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION

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Question 1: The accumulation of tiny genetic changes could account for the vast

differences between humans and chimpanzees, researchers recently reported. They found that less than 1.5 percent of the DNA found on chromosome 22 in humans differs from the DNA on the equivalent chromosome in chimps. But these small variations are far from the whole story. Eight-three percent of chimpanzee chromosome 22 proteins are different from their human counterparts. This means that only 17 percent of the chromosome 22 genes are identical, indicating that the evolutionary gulf between humans and chimps is much wider than the 98.5 percent match their DNA might appear to indicate.According to the paragraph, human beings

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• have evolved to use genes instead of the proteins chimpanzees use.

• are identical to chimps except that they are 83 percent more evolved.

• are less alike than the 1.5 percent difference their DNA suggests.

• have 17 of the sam

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• are less alike than the 1.5 percent difference their DNA suggests.

Question 2: In order for a human to hear a sound, many things have to happen. The first is that sound waves must travel through matter, such as air, to the outer ear. Once they reach the outer ear, the sound waves travel through the ear canal and hit the eardrum, causing it to vibrate. This also causes vibration in the ossicles in the middle ear. These three bones, the smallest in the human body, are called the malleus (or hammer), the incus (or anvil), and the stapes (or stirrup).Their vibration amplifies the force of the sound waves and passes the sound information to the inner ear. The fluid in the inner ear, along with thousands of tiny hairs cells of the organ of Corti, then transmits nerve impulses through the cochlear nerve to the brain. It is here that the nerve impulses are interpreted as sound.According to the passage, in what part of the body is the force of sound waves amplified?

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• brain

• ossicles

• eardrum

• inner ear

Answer:

• ossicles

Question 3: International Falls, Minnesota, a city on the U.S. and Canadian border, earned the legal right to call itself the "Icebox of the Nation" after battling the ski town of Fraser, Colorado, for the title. After learning that Fraser had been using the slogan, which their own town had claimed since 1948, International Falls officials headed for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and successfully obtained a registration certificate. The legal victory is about more than simple bragging rights. International Falls uses the icebox moniker to marker itself as the country's best location for cold- weather testing projects.The passage implies that the "Icebox of the Nation" slogan

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• brings both dollars and recognition to International Falls.

• was rightfully awarded to the city with the colder weather

• had no significant effect on the ski industry in Fraser, Colorado

• sparked an extended and expensive legal fight between the two towns.

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• brings both dollars and recognition to International Falls.

Question 4: After hearing reports on the dangers of mercury vapor from silver fillings, many people have decided to have these fillings replaced with a nonmetal material. While researchers note that mercury levels are slightly higher in people with silver fillings than in people without silver fillings, it would take at least 100 fillings to reach an unsafe level of mercury.The passage implies that people with normal numbers of silver fillings

• are at a much higher risk than those without silver fillings.
• may have an unsafe level of mercury in their bodies.
• are not at risk from mercury vapor.
• should have them replaced.

Answer:

Answer:

• are not at risk from mercury vapor.

Question 5: The American newspaper columnist Art Buchwald wiote humor columns-first for the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune in the 1950s and later for the Washington Post. Rather than the stinging wit of some of his contemporaries, Question 3 of 10 Buchwald's style was kindly. Every once in a while, however, his patience with a politician, institution, or policy would wear thin, and his readers would see another, less avuncular side.Art Buchwald's newspaper column was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1982. Over the course of his career he would write newspaper columns and publish humorous books for half a century.One can infer from the passage that Art Buchwald's writing, when he nearly lost his patience, was

• biting.
• friendly.
• humorous.
• dismissive.

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Answer:

• friendly

Question 6: In every healthy democracy one will find, in addition to lively discussion and a thriving press, lots of political satire. Political satire is a genre of written, oral, and graphic communication that pokes fun at politicians, political parties, and the activities of government. It is humor, but humor with a purpose; by exaggerating faults and foibles, the satirist hopes to provoke laughter while making a point. Leaders of governments and political parties often suffer most at the hands of the satirist, so it is wise for those who wish to make a career of politics to be able to laugh at themselves and take a joke. Like a forest without the sounds of birds, a democracy without the sights and sounds of political satire is a sign that something is amiss.The author's main purpose in writing the passage is most likely to

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• describe the different kinds of political satire

• explain what political satire is and why it is important

• criticize the use of political satire in a democratic political culture

• argue that there is something wrong with our democratic political culture.

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• explain what political satire is and why it is important

Question 7: the lens of the eye focuses light rays as they enter the eye. muscles around the lens react to light and change the shape of the lens by expanding or contracting. certain diseases or injury to the lens of the eye can result in blurry vision.According to the paragraph, the lens of the eye is used to

• distinguish colors.
• focus light
• produce tears
• prevent disease
• heal injuries

Answer:

Answer:

• focus light