Reading Comprehension Questions Inferences 9.

Reading Comprehension Questions Inferences 8.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, families often hired older women known as chaperones to keep watch over their daughters. These women played an important role in courtship. When a young man asked a girl on a date, he automatically invited her chaperone as well. If a young lady entertained her boyfriend in the parlor, the chaperone did not budge from the room. Because of her responsibilities, the chaperone had the power to make courtship pleasurable or miserable. Some chaperones had soft hearts and gave young lovers some privacy. Others were such sticklers for appearances that they prevented the young couple even from exchanging personal remarks. In addition to being guardians, chaperones sometimes functioned as private yes. They investigated the background of gentlemen who called their charger to see which one would make the best match. What is the main idea of the above passage? 

Decide if the following student summary accurate. Original Rhythm and blues is a form of black popular music dating from the 1940s and extending into the late 1960s and 1970s when it became known as “soul music.” It is the main force linking black popular music with rock ‘n’ roll, rock, and other popular styles. R & B, as it is also called, is derived from earlier forms, especially the blues, the dominant mode of vocal and instrumental music among rural blacks during the early years of the 20th century. Another prime influence was black gospel music, which helped shape the style of performance and contributed to the tendency toward group singing, which persists. Emphasis on pronounced rhythms suitable for dancing is reflected in its name. Student Summary Rhythm and blues is a type of black popular music heavily influenced by blues, rock ‘n’ roll, and gospel. It originated in the 1940s and became known as soul music in the 1960s and 1970s. Because of its defined rhythms, this music inspired singing groups and dancers.

Reading Comprehension Questions Supporting Details 5.

Reading Comprehension Questions Transitions 6.

DIRECTIONS:        Read the following passage and identify the author’s purpose. Life in the UniverseWhat about the existence of intelligent life that could communicate with us? Some scientists argue that as a result of natural selection, the evolution of intelligence is inevitable wherever life arises. Others point to the history of life on Earth—consisting of at least 2.5 billion years, during which all life was made up of single-celled organisms—to argue that most life in the universe must be “simple and dumb.” It is clear from our explorations of the solar system that none of the sun’s other planets host intelligent life. The nearest sun-like stars that could host an Earth-like planet, Alpha Centauri A and B, are over 4 light years away—nearly 40 trillion miles. With current technologies, it would take nearly 50,000 years to reach the Alpha Centauri stars, and there is certainly no guarantee that intelligent life would be found on any planets that circle them. For all practical purposes, at this time in human history, we are still unique and alone in the universe.                        —Belk and Borden, Biology: Science for Life, p. 41   What is the author’s purpose in the above passage? Write the correct letter in the provided space. Capitalize the Letter and please do not use any punctuation. A. To Inform B. To Persuade C. To Entertain D. To Motivate

Reading Comprehension Questions Patterns of Organization 7.

Directions: Read the following textbook excerpt and answer the questions that follow.              1          A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. “We are here this evening,” he began slowly, “for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means.” 2          Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery’s African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery’s black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city’s buses in protest of Parks’s arrest. 3          Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. “If we are wrong, justice is a lie,” he told the clapping and shouting throng. “And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, “ ‘There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.’ And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization.” 4          The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.                                     —Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom and Armitage, Out of Many, pp. 520-21 5. Of the following words from paragraph 3, the only one that does not have a positive connotation is stirring. powerful. community. wrong.

Which statement best reflects PMHNP scope of practice in pediatric psychiatry?