Reading Comprehension
PrepTest 159 Section 4
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Passage 1
In France in the early 1790s, the French Revolution, which sought to establish universal individual rights in French society, inspired …
Condorcet, Gouges and Women's Rights
The French Revolution inspired debates on women's rights. Condorcet saw them as part of universal human rights that would naturally come with equality, while Gouges thought women’s political inequality was the source …
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Passage 2 · Comparative
In all games, particularly in athletic contests, the central importance of display and representation serves as a reminder of the …
Sports and Arts
Sports, like old rituals or plays, are performances that bring people together and celebrate shared values. They rely on spectators who know the rules and meaning of the game. Fans’ experience makes …
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Passage 3
The government of Belize granted concessions for logging on approximately 480,000 acres in its Toledo District …
Belize and Mayan Lands
Belize granted logging concessions in the Toledo District, which is mainly inhabited by Maya descendants. So a Mayan organization filed a lawsuit claiming this violated their rights to land and resources.
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Passage 4
The success of modern physics has consisted primarily in the analysis of physical reality into its fundamental components …
Predictability
Modern physics has succeeded by breaking down reality into its smallest components, but even this "theory of everything" would only explain how particles interact. Not how complex systems like weather or humans …
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