Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 152 Section 3
Explore the available paragraph summaries and passage analyses.
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Passage 1
Along with Egypt and Sumer, the third major early Bronze Age civilization was the Indus Valley civilization …
Indus Valley
The Indus Valley civilization was one of the major Bronze Age civilizations and was larger than ancient Egypt. It was once considered archaeologically boring, but recent excavations show that it had an …
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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 is not cited in the …Explanation not yet available
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Based on the passage, which one of the following most …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following is cited in 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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The author would be most likely to agree with which …Explanation not yet available
Passage 2
Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917-1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood …
David Bordwell
Bordwell defines classical Hollywood filmmaking as clear, realistic storytelling. Characters, chronology, camera work, lighting, editing, and sound all serve the plot, and techniques that call attention to the film itself are avoided.
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Which one of the following most accurately states the main …Explanation not yet available
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The passage identifies each of the following as a component …Explanation not yet available
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The author uses the term “realistic” throughout the passage to …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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The author of the passage would most likely agree with …Explanation not yet available
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The narrative structure of which one of the following hypothetical …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following, if true, would most call …Explanation not yet available
Passage 3 · Comparative
The legal system rests on the assumption that people use conscious deliberation when deciding how to act …
Free Will
The legal system assumes people freely choose their actions. But some behaviors, including complex ones, may happen without free will.
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Both passages are primarily concerned with answering which one of …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the attitude …Explanation not yet available
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The meaning of the phrase “forward looking” as it is …Explanation not yet available
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It is most likely that the authors of the passages …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following, if true, would cast the …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following conforms to the policy advocated …Explanation not yet available
Passage 4
Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense …
The Big Bang
Physicists say our universe began extremely small, hot, and dense, then rapidly inflated in the Big Bang and has kept expanding and cooling.
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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 comes closest to capturing what …Explanation not yet available
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The author’s stance toward Carroll and Chen’s theory is most …Explanation not yet available
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The claim in the fourth paragraph is most strongly supported …Explanation not yet available
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The author’s reference to a suggestion by Garriga and Vilenkin …Explanation not yet available
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The primary purpose of the passage is toExplanation not yet available
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It can be inferred from the passage that the author …Explanation not yet available
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