(2) Reading: Recognize Referents

 


Passage One (Questions 1-4)

 


ANIMAL CONGREGATION


 

Many types of animals combine the advantages of family association with those conferred by membership in still larger groups. Bees congregate in hive; some fish move in schools; ants gather in mounds; wolves live in packs; deer associate in herds. The main advantage of membership in a mass community is the safety that it provides. A large group of prey may be easier for a predator to find at any given point than is a small one, and a predator may think twice before taking on such a group; if a predator does decide to challenge a large group, it may merely encounter a confusing mass of moving bodies and possibly may not succeed in tis primary goal.

 


1. The word those in the passage refers to 

(A) types

(B) animals

(C) advantages

(D) groups

 

2. The word it in line 4 refers to

(A) advantage

(B) membership

(C) community

(D) safety

 

3. The word one in the passage refers to

(A) group

(B) prey

(C) predator

(D) point

 

4. The word it in line 6 refers to

(A) predator

(B) group

(C) mass

(D) goal



 

Passage Two (Questions 5-9)



CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS

 


Most chromium compounds have brightly colored hues, and as a result they are widely used as coloring agents, or pigments, in paints.  In addition to having a pleasing color, a paint must protect the surface to which it is applied and be easy to apply in a thin, uniform coat.

All paints consist of two parts. One is a powder of solid particles that is the source of the color and the opaqueness and is known as the pigment. The other, called the binder, is the liquid into which the pigment is blended. The binder used in some paints is made from oily solvents such as those derived from petroleum resources. When applied, these solvents evaporate, leaving deposits of pigment on the surface.

 


5. The word they in paragraph 1 refers to

(A) chromium compounds

(B) brightly colored hues

(C) coloring agents

(D) pigments

 

6. The word it in paragraph 1 refers to

(A) a pleasing color

(B) a paint

(C) the surface

(D) a thin, uniform coat

 

7. The word that in paragraph 2 refers to

(A) a powder

(B) solid particles 

(C) the source

(D) the color

 

8. The word which in paragraph 2 refers to

(A) powder

(B) paint

(C) liquid

(D) pigment

 

9. The word those in paragraph 2 refers to

(A) some paints 

(B) oily solvents

(C) petroleum resources 

(D) deposits of pigment


 

 

Passage Three (Questions 10-13)


 

NEW WORLD EPIDEMICS



A huge loss of life resulted from the introduction of Old World diseases into the Americas in the early sixteenth century. The inhabitants of the Americas were separated from Asia, Africa, and Europe by rising oceans following the Ice Ages, and, as a result, they were isolated by means of this watery barrier from numerous virulent epidemic diseases that had developed across the ocean, such as measles, smallpox, pneumonia, and malaria. Pre-Columbian Americans had a relatively disease-free environment but also lacked the antibodies needed to protect them from bacteria and viruses brought to America by European explorers and colonists. A devastating outbreak of disease that strikes for the first time against a completely unprotected population is known as a virgin soil epidemic. Virgin soil epidemics contributed to an unbelievable decline in the population of native inhabitants of the Americas, one that has been estimated at as much as an 80 percent decrease of the native population in the centuries following the arrival of Europeans in the Americas.

 


10. The word they in the passage refers to

(A) the inhabitants

(B) epidemic diseases 

(C) rising oceans 

(D) the Ice Ages

 

11. The word that in the passage refers to 

(A) a disease-free environment

(B) this watery barrier

(C) virulent epidemic diseases 

(D) the ocean

 

12. The word them in the passage refers to

(A) pre-Columbian Americans

(B) the antibodies

(C) bacteria and viruses

(D) European explorers and colonists

 

13. The word one in the passage refers to

(A) a virgin soil epidemic

(B) an unbelievable decline

(C) the population of native inhabitants

(D) the arrival of Europeans


 


 

Passage Four (Questions 14-18)

 

HORATIO ALGER JR.

 

 

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was the author of more than 100 books for boys in the second half of the nineteenth century that focused on the theme of success coming to those who work hard to achieve it. The son of a minister, Alger came from a prominent Massachusetts family. He graduated with honors from Harvard in 1852 and graduated from the Cambridge Divinity school eight years later. He served as a minister for a short time before moving to New York City in 1866 to devote his time to writing inspirational books for boys.

In many of his books, he wrote about the poor and homeless children of the slums of New York City, seeing them as unfortunate pawns of society who, if only given the opportunity, could improve their lot. A general plotline that he followed often was of a poor boy who managed to achieve a respectable and successful life by working hard and taking advantage of opportunities presented. Though his writing style was characterized by simplicity and repetition, it was well received by his target audience; his books were enormously popular, selling millions of copies well into the first few decades of the twentieth century.

 


14. The word that in paragraph 1 refers to 

(A) author

(B) books

(C) boys

(D) half

 

15. The word it in paragraph 1 refers to

(A) the second half

(B) the nineteenth century

(C) 100

(D) success

 

16. The word them in paragraph 2 refers to

(A) books

(B) children

(C) slums

(D) pawns

 

17. The word who in paragraph 2 refers to

(A) slums

(B) society

(C) pawns

(D) opportunity

 

18. The word it in paragraph 2 refers to

(A) style

(B) simplicity

(C) repetition

(D) audience




 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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