Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 417. b. The husband’s delight with the homemade stew only seems to send his wife into another bout of daydreams to escape her middle-class prison. Choice a is blatantly incorrect, because the husband obviously enjoys homemade beef stew while the wife dreams of wings of grouse. Choice c is incorrect because the husband is either unaware of his wife’s anguish or doesn’t let it affect his delight in his dinner. Choice d is irrelevant to the passage. d. This is reinforced by the last two sentences of the passage. The wife admits she only loves rich things, believes she was made for them, and focuses all her desires on being admired and sought after, thinking only of herself at all times. Choice a is incorrect because the author paints a negative picture of the wife. Although choice b is tempting, the author does not develop the husband enough for him to become the focus of the passage. Choice c is incorrect because it is not developed in the passage. The focus is on the wife, not on class distinctions in general. a. Adjectives are the words that describe nouns. These are the words that truly add dimension to the descriptions of the home and the daydreams of the wife. Innate, instinctive, grandest, gor- geous, gleaming, and pink are some of the adjectives that enrich the nouns of the wife’s dreams. Shabby, worn, ugly, and homemade are adjectives that add to the undesirable view she has of her present situation. None of the other choices add such richness to the passage. b. This answer is explicitly stated in the first sentence of the selection. Choices a and d are not mentioned as a result of plaque- laden arteries. Choice c is too general to be the best answer. c. This answer is explicitly stated in the sixth sentence of paragraph 1. Choice a only names one medical instrument used during the procedure. Choice b offers the reason for the angioplasty, because it is done to compress the plaque in an artery. Choice Download 3.61 Mb. Share with your friends:
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