Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 406. d. The enthusiastic tone of the passage seems meant to encourage people to adopt retired greyhounds. Choice a is wrong because there is only one statistic in the passage (in the first sentence, and it is not used to prove the point that greyhounds make good pets. Choice b is wrong because the author substantiates every point with information. Choice c is wrong because the passage does make the negative point that greyhounds do not make good watchdogs. b. See the end of the next to last sentence in the passage. Choices a, c, and d are not to be found in the passage. b. This is stated explicitly in the second sentence of the passage. Choice a is incorrect because only bad eris was defined as violent. Choice c deals with problems that belong in the domain of mankind, not the universe. Choice d has no support in the passage. a. Again, this is a definition explicitly stated in the sixth sentence. Choice b is incorrect because a choice dealing with mankind alone is too narrow fora definition of eris, which deals with the entire universe. Choice c is incorrect because it only deals with one action of the personified concept in goddess form. Choice d has no support. d. This is stated in the third sentence of paragraph 2. Zeus did not want to sire father a child who could eventually overthrow him. According to the passage, he felt it was safer to arrange for the child’s father to be a mortal. There is no support in the passage for any of the other choices. c. This answer follows the logic of the previous answer. A mortal child could never challenge the gods implies that Zeus feared that if the child were immortal, it would overthrow him. The other choices mention individual words that appear in the passage but have no support. 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 230 3/18/10 1:35:00 PM |