Reading Comprehension Flashcards
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Ohio pushed hard to get the month of July underway. The 70 mph speed limit was adopted by the Buckeye State, making it the 34th state to do so. On more than 570 of Ohio's 1,332 miles of interstate roadway, drivers can now travel up to 70 mph. The 55-mph national restriction was removed by Congress in 1995. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated in October 1998 that "the traffic death rate plummeted to a record low level in 1997" despite predictions of disaster and carnage on the roads. Since then, the pattern has persisted. You can infer from this paragraph that the author _______________ higher speed limits.
Answer: Is in favor of
Explanation: The emphasis of this sentence is on reducing traffic fatality rates and favoring stricter speed limits.
On this day in 1776, disobedient colonists started the world's first modern democracy, an experiment in populist rule. The United States achieved such great success that nearly the entire globe later adopted democracy, which guarantees individual rights. Which of the following statements about the author's beliefs is false?
Answer: Democracy is the most noble form of government
The passage never states that democracy is 'the most noble form of government,' so that is the false claim about the author's beliefs. The author does explicitly say America succeeded, that democracy guarantees individual rights, and that America led the worldwide spread of democracy.
Contrary to the method of internal reconstruction, which examines the internal development of a single language over time, the comparative way in linguistics is a technique for studying the evolution of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with common descent from shared ancestor. Which of the following would be most helpful to someone learning a particular language using the comparative technique in linguistics?
Answer: The same text written in two different dialects of the language
Explanation: The text produced in two separate dialects presents an opportunity to compare languages with similar ancestors. In contrast, the incorrect answers offer insight into how a single language has changed over time.
Which of the following phrases lacks proper grammar?
Answer: The prosecutor summed up his principle point in his closing statement
Explanation: Principal typically denotes the primary in an adjective. "Principle" is a term that generally refers to a rule, conviction, or code of behavior.
Which of the following sentences adheres to proper grammar?
Answer: All of his books turned into best sellers
Explanation: The preposition "into" is written as a single word. Keep the words in and to apart when a verb within is followed by the word to. On and to are likewise covered by these guidelines. Never write up to as a single word.
Which of the following is spelled incorrectly?
Answer: Curiousity
Explanation: The single misspelled word in this category is curiosity. To spell curiosity correctly, place a -os- in the middle.
Six-inch-wide posts and eight-foot-long sections of chain link are to be used to build a straight fence. Which of the following cannot be the length of the wall if the wall must start and stop with a post?
Answer: 25.5 feet
With posts (0.5 ft) and 8-ft sections, a fence that starts and ends with a post has length 8.5n + 0.5 for n whole sections. Plugging in 25.5 gives n ≈ 2.94, which isn't a whole number, so 25.5 ft is impossible — while 26 (n=3), 51.5 (n=6), and 9 (n=1) all yield whole sections.