Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 153 Section 1
Explore the available paragraph summaries and passage analyses.
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Passage 1
Most writings on the subject of motion pictures, including those scrutinizing the structural characteristics, aesthetic qualities, and effects of …
Film
Film writing is often too abstract and ignores what audiences actually see. Outside factors can change a film before it reaches viewers, altering their experience of it.
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Passage 2
A recent worldwide decline of ocean fishery stocks has stimulated rapid growth in cultivated production of fish and shellfish, usually …
Fish Farming
Fish farming has grown quickly as wild fish stocks have declined. It may help supply human food, but there’s little evidence that it will restore wild fish populations, and it may even …
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the organization …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main …Explanation not yet available
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There is information in the passage sufficient to answer which …Explanation not yet available
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Which one of the following is closest to the meaning …Explanation not yet available
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The information in the passage most strongly supports which one …Explanation not yet available
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The views put forward in the passage conform most closely …Explanation not yet available
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The statements in the passage provide the most support for …Explanation not yet available
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The author of the passage would be most likely to …Explanation not yet available
Passage 3
Criminal courts frequently rely on accomplice witnesses (witnesses who testify regarding the role of an alleged co-conspirator in a crime) …
Bartered Testimony
Criminal courts often use accomplice witnesses and jailhouse informants. These witnesses may testify about conversations with the accused, including supposed confessions.
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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 questions is explicitly addressed in …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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According to the passage, current safeguards may be inadequate becauseExplanation not yet available
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In using the phrase “______,” the author most likely means …Explanation not yet available
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The author mentions research primarily in order toExplanation not yet available
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Which one of the following most accurately describes how the …Explanation not yet available
Passage 4 · Comparative
Many commentators have described the blues musician of the United States as an extension of the griot of West Africa, …
Blues and Griot
Commentators often connect U.S. blues musicians to West African griots, but the two were very different socially. Griots preserved community history and cultural identity through song and often held respected roles.
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Which one of the following is a principal purpose of …Explanation not yet available
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Based on the information in passage A and passage B, …Explanation not yet available
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Passage B indicates that which one of the following claims …Explanation not yet available
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Passage B suggests that which one of the following was …Explanation not yet available
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