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Reading Post Test

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 16mins

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1.

Which of the following expresses the main point of this passage?

a)

a. The wolf is an excellent example of the social organization that is necessary for the survival of a species.

b)

b. The wolf is an aggressive species.

c)

c. The wolf species has a social organization.

d)

d. Animals group themselves based on individual attraction.

2.

Which of the following expresses the main point of this passage?

a)

The wolf is an excellent example of the social organization that is necessary for the survival of a species.

b)

The wolf is an aggressive species.

c)

The wolf species has a social organization.

d)

Animals group themselves based on individual attraction.

3.

Which of the following best defines the word dominant as it is used in paragraph 2 of the selection?

a)

Submissive

b)

Social ranking

c)

Powerful

d)

Available

4.

According to information in the passage, what happens to the wolf population in a region at high pack density?

a)

Birthrates increase and death rates increase.

b)

Birthrates decrease and death rates decrease.

c)

Birthrates and death rates remain essentially unchanged.

d)

Birthrates decrease and death rates increase.

5.

The main idea of paragraph 2 is that

a)

social position within the group depends on how strong or weak the individual is.

b)

each group member is an alpha, beta, or omega individual.

c)

pairs of individuals may become co-leaders of the group if they are equally dominant.

d)

omega individuals maintain their position through repeated threats and bribes.

6.

Long thought to be a case of mistaken identity, the discovery of the Bornean rainbow toad by European explorers in 1924 was recently verified by scientists. The explorers had made a black-and-white sketch of an unusual toad they had found in the jungles of Southeast Asia, christening it the Bornean rainbow toad. Skeptical but curious, scientists recently went to look for the toad— and ended up finding three specimens.

The passage implies which of the following about the Bornean rainbow toad?

a)

Some people doubted the existence of the toad.

b)

Scientists were confident that they would find the toad.

c)

The surviving toads have been relocated to Europe.

d)

No human being had seen the toad since 1924.

7.

Television has been the primary source of information and entertainment for most Americans over the last 50 years. However, with Internet use on the rise year after year, some may wonder if surfing the net will soon surpass watching television as Americans' primary leisure activity. Indeed, some recent surveys show that time spent on the Internet is now greater than time spent in front of the television. However, this statistic may not tell the whole story, as 59% of Americans say they multitask, using the Internet and watching TV simultaneously.

The main idea of the passage is that television:

a)

is only one of many information sources.

b)

may have become less popular than the Internet.

c)

is watched by more people now than ever before.

d)

focuses more on entertainment than on news.

8.

Plywood, while not the most pleasing wood to look at, has become an incredibly important building material in house construction. It is flexible, inexpensive, and strong. Its strength is due to layers of thin wood glued on top of each other with the grain of each layer making a right angle with the grain of the layer below it. This way of layering the sheets of wood makes plywood difficult to break. According to the passage, the arrangement of the layers of thin wood explains plywood's:

a)

strength

b)

cost

c)

attractiveness

d)

flexibility

9.

The 1922 German Expressionist film Nosferatu, directed by F. W. Murnau, is considered one of the most influential films in cinematic history—while also being a classic vampire movie. The film is closely based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula; however, the villain in the film is called "Count Orlok" rather than "Count Dracula." The reason is that the small studio that produced the film, Prana Film, was unable to secure the rights to Stoker's novel. In fact, shortly after finishing Nosferatu, its one and only film, Prana went bankrupt in order to dodge copyright lawsuits from Stoker's widow.

Why does the author say that the vampire in Nosferatu is named "Count Orlok" and not "Count Dracula"?

a)

To show that the makers of Nosferatu made minor changes to Stoker's novel

b)

To suggest that the characters in Nosferatu were based on real people instead of literary characters.

c)

To criticize Nosferatu for its differences from its source

d)

To praise the makers of Nosfeatu for their imagination in recreating Stoker's novel.

10.

Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena became a successful inventor at an early age. By the age of seven, he had constructed a variety of electronically-propelled toys to play with; he later designed and built his own amateur radio and a functioning telescope. In 1940, when he was only 23, Camarena obtained the world's first patent for color television. Camarena's early color television transmission system was the first one to be approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Other color-television technologies came after Camarena's patented invention, but his system is still used by a number of scientists today. In sentence 2, the word "functioning" most nearly means:

a)

performing

b)

running

c)

working

d)

moving

11.

In this selection, the author's main purpose is to

a)

describe the features of the wolf's social structure.

b)

define and illustrate the way in which many species of animals live in groups.

c)

argue for the protection of the wolf as an endangered species.

d)

describe the mating rituals of the wolf.