Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 108 Section 1
Explore each passage, then find the explanation for your question.
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Choose a passage
Explanations for every question, grouped by passage.
Passage 1
Painter Frida Kahlo (1910-1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling …
Frida Kahlo
Critics have studied Kahlo’s paintings for their psychological meaning, but not their political meaning.
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Passage 2
In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely …
Legal Discourse
Legal judgments try to arrive at objective truth. But there is no single objective truth.
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Passage 3
Many people complain about corporations, but there are also those whose criticism goes further and who hold corporations morally to …
Corporate Profit
Some critics think the idea of a corporation is morally flawed. Some economists argue we shouldn’t apply morality to economic decisions.
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Passage 4
What it means to "explain" something in science often comes down to the application of mathematics. Some thinkers hold that …
Math and Language
Some people think that science is a process of using math to explain the real world.
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