Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 166. c. The entire passage supports this idea. Choice a is incorrect because the business aspect of alternative medicine is not discussed in the passage. Choices b and d reflect accurate supporting statements that do appear in the passage, but they are not encompassing enough to reflect the main idea. a. Pain management is a generic term and pain management treatment can be alternative or traditional, depending on the practitioner. Choices b, c, and d are not correct because they are all mentioned in the passage as being particular alternative medicine practices. a. The last sentence of the second paragraph clearly states that people born before 1945 are the least likely to turn to alternative therapies. d. The beginning of the last paragraph discusses this scientific investigation and its role in making alternative treatments more accepted by mainstream medicine. 170. b. The last paragraph of the passage describes Billington as angry and rebellious. b. The passage specifically states that Billington refused to serve in the military. The other choices are all true. a. The word arduous means very difficult or dangerous. d. The passage states that the leaders lacked enough evidence to prove his guilt, so they let him go free. This does not mean that he was not guilty, however. The other choices are not stated in the passage. c. The passage describes Billington as the Colony’s first murderer in the first paragraph. It does address a small bit of Plymouth Colony’s history, but that is not the passage’s main purpose. c. The passage states that the author of the words is unknown, but the authors of the tune were the Hill sisters. a. Something is ironic if the result is the opposite of what one would expect. It is ironic that nobody knows who wrote this song because almost everyone knows the song itself—we would expect that author to be famous, too. d. The word ditty refers to a short song. 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 82 3/18/10 1:34:52 PM |