READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE 1

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How is the information in the passage organized? Options: Two unusual characteristics of the Great Salt Lake are discussed. Contrasting theories about the Great Salt Lake's salt levels are presented. The process by which the Great Salt Lake gets its salt is outlined. The reasons for the variations in the Great Salt Lake's size are given.

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Two unusual characteristics of the Great Salt Lake are discussed.

Front

The third paragraph contains information on?

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How the size of the lake affects weather conditions.

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Main idea of the passage about vaccines?

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Vaccines are derived in different ways

Front

How many vaccines are presented in the passage?

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3

Front

The topic of this passage could best be described as?
Options:
The Piltdown Man, Charles Dawson’s discovery, Eoanthropus dawsoni, A definition and example of a hoax

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A definition and example of a hoax

Front

The author’s main point is that?

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Various types of hoaxes have been perpetrated

Front

What does the second paragraph include?

Back

an illustration to support the ideas in the first paragraph

Front

Which paragraph defines a hoax?

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Paragraph 1

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The paragraph preceding this passage most probably discusses?
nineteenth-century music, one development in music in the last century, the works of Aaron Copland, the history of folk and popular music

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one development in music in the last century

Front

Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?
Options:
1. Traditional music flavoured some American musical compositions in the twentieth century.
2. Ives and Copland have used folk and popular music in their compositions.
3. A variety of explanations exist as to why a composer might use traditional sources of music.
4. Traditional music is composed of various types of folk and popular music.

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Traditional music flavoured some American musical compositions in the twentieth century.