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Directions :
Choose the statement that is best supported by the information given in the question passage.
6.
By the time they reach adulthood, most people
can perform many different activities
involving motor skills. Motor skills involve
such diverse tasks as riding a bicycle, threading
a needle, and cooking a dinner. What all
these activities have in common is their
dependence on precision and timing of muscular
movement.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
- A.most adults have not refined their motor skills.
- B.all adults know how to ride a bicycle.
- C.refined motor skills are specifically limited to adults.
- D.children perform fewer fine motor activities in a day than adults do.
- E.threading a needle is a precise motor skill.
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [E]
Explanation :
Explanation :
| The second sentence states that threading a needle involves motor skill. The other choices are not in the paragraph. |
7.
Most Reality TV centers on two common
motivators: fame and money. The shows
transform waitresses, hairdressers, investment
bankers, counselors, and teachers, to
name a few, from obscure figures to household
names. A lucky few successfully parlay
their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity.
The luckiest stars of Reality TV also reap
huge financial rewards for acts including eating
large insects, marrying someone they
barely know, and revealing their innermost
thoughts to millions of people.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
- A.the stars of Reality TV are interested in being rich and famous.
- B.Reality TV is the best thing that has happened to network television in a long time.
- C.for Reality TV stars, fame will last only as long as their particular television show.
- D.traditional dramas and sitcoms are being replaced by Reality TV programming at an alarming rate.
- E.Reality TV shows represent a new wave of sensationalistic, low quality programming.
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [A]
Explanation :
Explanation :
| This is expressed in the first sentence. Choices b, d, and e are not supported by the passage. Choice c is incorrect because the paragraph states that some Reality TV stars manage to parlay their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity. |
8.
For too long, school cafeterias, in an effort to
provide food they thought would be appetizing
to young people, mimicked fast-food
restaurants, serving items such as burgers
and fries, pizza, hot dogs, and fried chicken.
School districts nationwide are now addressing
this trend by incorporating some simple
and inexpensive options that will make cafeteria
lunches healthier while still appealing to
students.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
- A.school cafeterias have always emphasized nutritional guidelines over any other considerations.
- B.young people would rather eat in a school cafeteria than a local fast-food restaurant.
- C.school lunch menus are becoming healthier due to major new initiatives on the part of school districts.
- D.it is possible to make school lunches both healthier and appealing without spending a great deal of money and undertaking a radical transformation.
- E.vegetarian lunch options would greatly improve the nutritional value of the school lunch program.
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [D]
Explanation :
Explanation :
| The final sentence of the paragraph supports choice d. The other choices are not supported by the passage. Choice c may seem correct at first, but the paragraph states that the new initiatives are simple and inexpensive, not major. Choice e might seem to represent a truth, but vegetarian options are not discussed in this paragraph. |
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