This test is designed to measure how well you understand what you read. Some involve sentence relationships and require you to choose how the sentences are related. Other questions refer to reading passages of varying lengths. You will be presented a total of 20 questions.
This test measures your ability to understand what you read.
Before you begin the actual test there will be two sample questions with the correct answers indicated.
Some questions will ask you to read the statement or passage and then choose the best answer to the question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.
There are two types of pottery that I do. There is production pottery---mugs, tableware--- the kinds of things that sell easily. These pay for my time to do the other work, which is more creative and satisfies my needs as an artist.
The author of the passage implies that:
- artists have a tendency to waste valuable time
- creativity and mass-production are incompatible
- most people do not appreciate good art
- pottery is not produced by creative artists
The correct answer is creativity and mass-production are incompatible. The author of the passage implies that creativity and mass-production are incompatible.
In other questions, two underlined sentences are followed by a question or statement. Read the sentences, then choose the best answer to the question or the best completion of the statement.
The Midwest is experiencing its worst drought in fifteen years.
Corn and soybean prices are expected to be very high this year.
What does the second sentence do?
- It restates the idea found in the first.
- It states an effect.
- It gives an example.
- It analyzes the statement made in the first.
The correct answer is It states an effect.
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