Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 150 Section 1
Explore the available paragraph summaries and passage analyses.
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Passage 1
Evidence that the earth's atmosphere has warmed has become quite compelling, in part because it has been reinforced …
Greenhouse Effect
Recent evidence shows that Earth’s atmosphere has warmed in the last 100 years in a way that’s unusual compared to the previous 1,000 years. Other studies also strengthen the link between this …
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Which one of the following most accurately states the main …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the relation …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following is mentioned in the passage?Explanation not yet available
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It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that the …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately states the author’s …Explanation not yet available
Passage 2
When interviewing witnesses to a crime, police interviewers seek to maximize the amount of information that a cooperating eyewitness can …
Eyewitness Interviews
Police want witness interviews to produce as much useful information as possible. The cognitive interview is one method for getting witnesses to recall more details.
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main …Explanation not yet available
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According to the passage, each of the following is true …Explanation not yet available
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The author refers to “alibis” (first sentence of the passage) …Explanation not yet available
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The author would be most likely to agree with which …Explanation not yet available
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It can be inferred from the passage that the use …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following describes a relationship that is …Explanation not yet available
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The author would be most likely to agree with which …Explanation not yet available
Passage 3 · Comparative
In a 1978 lecture titled "The Detective Story," Jorge Luis Borges observes that, "The detective novel has created a special …
The Detective Story
Borges says detective fiction created a special kind of suspicious reader. That reader can approach almost any story as if it were a detective story.
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Both passages are concerned with answering which one of the …Explanation not yet available
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The authors of the passages would be most likely to …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the stance …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following is true about the argumentative …Explanation not yet available
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The author of passage B would be most likely to …Explanation not yet available
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Borges and the author of passage B would be most …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following is an application of a …Explanation not yet available
Passage 4
It might reasonably have been expected that the adoption of cooking by early humans would not have led to any …
Cooking
It might seem like cooking wouldn’t change human digestive anatomy, since cooked food is easier to process. But the authors argue that humans are now so adapted to cooked food that surviving …
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Which one of the following most accurately states the main …Explanation not yet available
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The authors would be most likely to agree with which …Explanation not yet available
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The primary purpose of the parenthetical sentence near the end …Explanation not yet available
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The authors would be most likely to agree with which …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the structure …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following, if true, would provide the …Explanation not yet available
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The authors suggest which one of the following in the …Explanation not yet available
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The authors’ primary purpose in the passage is toExplanation not yet available
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