Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 448. d. The second paragraph says that the main risk of pushing carts is potential exposure from torn bags but that automated carts can reduce that potential. b. See the next to last sentence of paragraph 4. Sterilization does not change the appearance of waste. Although compacting does change the volume of the waste, it is not appropriate for eliminating hazardous materials. d. See the second sentence of paragraph 2: . . . there is some risk of exhausting contaminants into hallways, meaning waste might be discharged. b. See the last sentence of the passage, which states that the costs have been prohibitive for smaller units when using rotary kilns. c. Although the contaminants may sometimes be extremely toxic choice a), the word fugitive here is the key to the meaning. The words fugitive emissions are used in the context of the disposal process of hydropulping. To be a fugitive means to runaway or to escape, so the logical choice, given this context, is choice c. There is nothing anywhere in the passage about criminal activity, so choice b is not a likely answer. Choice d is wrong because the microbiological testing of which the passage speaks pertains to ensuring that all waste is disposed of. c. According to the paragraph 2, Deep, underlying fissures that already existed in the economy led to the Great Depression. a. The passage is primarily an account that describes the causative factors (for example, tariff and war-debt policies, disproportionate wealth, and the accumulation of debt) that led to the Depression and its effects (for example, business failures, bank closings, homelessness, federal relief programs. c. Paragraph 1 states that shantytowns were called Hoovervilles because citizens blamed their plight on the Hoover administrations refusal to offer assistance. b. Although policies can refer to regulations or laws (choice c) or guiding principles or theories (choice a), in this context, policies refers to the courses of action that are taken, from which a government or business intends to influence decisions or actions. Choice b is the only answer that implies action. 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 236 3/18/10 1:35:01 PM |