Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 132 Section 1
Explore each passage, then find the explanation for your question.
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Passage 1
To study centuries-old earthquakes and the geologic faults that caused them, seismologists usually dig trenches along visible fault lines, looking …
Lichenometry
Radio-carbon dating is the traditional method of dating past earthquakes.
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Passage 2
While courts have long allowed custom-made medical illustrations depicting personal injury to be presented as evidence in legal cases …
Illustrations
Some argue against custom illustrations for trials – medical textbooks are adequate.
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Passage 3 · Comparative
Because dental caries (decay) is strongly linked to consumption of the sticky, carbohydrate-rich staples of agricultural diets, prehistoric human teeth …
Dental Caries
Tooth decay lets us know when a population started agriculture.
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Passage 4
Recent criticism has sought to align Sarah Orne Jewett, a notable writer of regional fiction in the nineteenth-century United States, …
Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett’s novels are superficially similar to domestic novels. But her work is secular and doesn’t focus on children.
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