Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 151 Section 1
Explore the available paragraph summaries and passage analyses.
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Passage 1
The United States Supreme Court's 1948 ruling in Shelley v. Kraemer famously disallowed state courts from enforcing racially restrictive covenants …
Shelley v Kramer
Shelley v. Kraemer stopped courts from enforcing racially restrictive housing covenants. The result was important and just, but the legal reasoning behind the decision has caused problems.
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The primary purpose of the passage is toExplanation not yet available
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An answer to which one of the following questions would …Explanation not yet available
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The author’s attitude towards the reasoning offered in the U.S. …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following describes an attribution of responsibility …Explanation not yet available
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In the second paragraph, the author asks a question primarily …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following principles is most clearly operative …Explanation not yet available
Passage 2
Through years of excavations and careful analysis of her finds around Krasnyi Yar in Kazakhstan, archaeologist Sandra Olsen has …
Domesticated Horses
Olsen found many horse bones at Botai sites in Kazakhstan, which may show early horse domestication and riding. Since wild and domestic horse bones look alike, she uses age and sex patterns …
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the author’s …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following could replace the word “beyond” …Explanation not yet available
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If the horse remains found at the Botai sites had …Explanation not yet available
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Based on the discussion in the passage, the author would …Explanation not yet available
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The reference to the practices of herders of domesticated animals …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the organization …Explanation not yet available
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Data from which one of the following sources would be …Explanation not yet available
Passage 3 · Comparative
Music does not always gain by association with words. Like images, words can excite the deepest emotions but are inadequate …
Music and Words
Words can stir deep emotions, but music expresses those emotions more fully. Words can benefit from music because music deepens the emotion they create.
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The authors of both passages attempt to answer which one …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following issues is addressed by the …Explanation not yet available
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Passage B, but not passage A, includes which one of …Explanation not yet available
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It can be inferred that the author of passage B …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following is a principle that is …Explanation not yet available
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The author of passage B defines a “singer’s opera” as …Explanation not yet available
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The author of passage A would be most likely to …Explanation not yet available
Passage 4
According to the generally accepted theory of plate tectonics, the earth's crust consists of a dozen or so plates of …
Plate Tectonics
Standard plate tectonics explains most earthquakes as the result of plates colliding and one plate being forced under the other. But some areas have intense subduction and very few earthquakes, which the …
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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, what results when two plates moving …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following, if true, would present the …Explanation not yet available
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Based on the information in the passage, which one of …Explanation not yet available
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According to the information in the passage, which one of …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following statements regarding seismic activity can …Explanation not yet available
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