Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 116 Section 4
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
Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? …
Defense Lawyers
Opposing View: Lawyers should defend clients, even if they think they’re guilty.
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Passage 2
Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding.
Education
First viewpoint: We should teach about other cultures, but examine them using liberal values (democracy, tolerance, equality)
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Passage 3
In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded …
Native American Autobiography
Academics have ignored traditional native American ways of describing themselves. They have focussed on biographies written by Westerners.
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Passage 4
Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is …
Wine
Scientists thought that wine’s most important effect was drunkenness. But wine has long been thought to produce other, healthful effects.
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