ASET Reading Comprehension 3

Question 1

A passage begins with 'Despite numerous setbacks, the research team persevered.' What does this suggest about the passage's topic?

Accepted Answer

The passage will discuss challenges overcome through persistence

Answer

The phrase 'despite setbacks, persevered' sets up a narrative about overcoming obstacles, signaling the passage's direction.

Question 2

What reading technique involves quickly looking through a text to locate specific information?

Accepted Answer

Scanning

Answer

Scanning involves moving quickly through text to find a specific word, date, or fact without reading everything.

Question 3

When a passage presents a fact followed by its consequence, which organizational pattern is being used?

Accepted Answer

Cause and effect

Answer

Presenting a fact and its resulting consequence is the defining structure of cause-and-effect organization.

Question 4

Which word is most likely to signal a conclusion in a passage?

Accepted Answer

Therefore

Answer

'Therefore' is a logical connector that signals a conclusion drawn from preceding information.

Question 5

An author writes: 'The policy was, to put it mildly, a disaster.' What literary device is being used?

Accepted Answer

Understatement

Answer

Calling a disaster 'mildly' problematic is deliberate understatement to emphasize how bad the policy actually was.

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