Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 150 Section 4
Explore each passage, then find the explanation for your question.
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Passage 1
For two decades, Wynton Marsalis complemented his extraordinary gifts as a jazz trumpeter with persuasive advocacy of the importance of …
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis was a gifted jazz trumpeter who championed the value of jazz history and jazz masters. But, people eventually criticized him for being *too* focussed on tradition, and of being a …
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Passage 2
Common sense suggests that we know our own thoughts directly, but that we infer the thoughts of other people …
Psychology and Inferential Thoughts
We think we know our own thoughts, but actually experiments with children show that we may not be able to identify even our own thoughts correctly.
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Passage 3
Dowsing is the practice of detecting resources or objects beneath the ground by passing handheld, inert tools such as …
Dowsing
Dowsing is a method claimed to be able to find stuff underground. You walk around with a stick until it points downwards.
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Passage 4 · Comparative
Why do some trial court judges oppose conducting independent research to help them make decisions? One of their objections is …
Independent Research in Court
Trial judges worry about doing research. It could mess with the adversarial process. Judges also worry they’ll research badly.
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