Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 56. a. The passage implies that the other women in the orchestra were conventional because of the way they dressed and wore their hair. Because Robin does things differently, she would be considered unconventional. The other choices, although she maybe joyful, unreliable, and proud, have nothing to do with the context of this sentence, which is directly addressing her appearance as it compares to the other women in the orchestra. a. The author puts emphasis on Donna’s habit of upsetting people at work. She has offended almost everybody and is a consistent nuisance The author concludes that Donna should be fired, indicating that he’s had enough of her trouble-making. The word exasperated means that the author has reached the limit of his patience. c. Something that is caustic is acidic—it burns or bites. b. Contention in this sense means discord or anger. 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 18 3/18/10 1:34:48 PM 1 9 1 The dictionary defines an analogy as a similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar In each of the questions contained in this section, you will find a pair of related words. These words are separated by a colon, like this: fish : scales Read that to yourself as if the colon were the words is to”—“fish is to scales Then, as you read through the possible answers, add as to the beginning of each answer—“fish is to scales as horse is to barn and so forth. Look at those words and try to figure out how they are connected to one another. For example, what is the connection between the words fish and scales? Obviously, a fish is covered with scales now think of two other 2 Analogies Comparing two things that are not related in order to find similarities. A fish is covered with scales, as a bird is covered with feathers.” ANALOGY 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 19 3/18/10 1:34:49 PM words that share a similar relationship. A good example of this would be bird and feathers. The similarity between these two unrelated pairs of words is an analogy. The best way to approach an analogy question is to makeup a sentence that describes the relationship between the first two words and find another pair in the choices that would fit into that same sentence. A fish is covered with scales, as a bird is covered with feathers. The answers to this section begin on page See how many of the following questions you can answer correctly. BUTTER : BREAD Download 3.61 Mb. Share with your friends:
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