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Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge. Then click оn the answer tо the question that follows it. (1)Many adult Americans, particularly males, do not have especially close friends. (2)This is unfortunate for a number of reasons. (3)The lack of close friends places an unrealistic burden on a person’s spouse. (4)He or she is expected to provide all the other’s emotional needs. (5)In addition, without close friends, adults become emotionally limited. (6)They lose the ability to express themselves freely to other people. (7)The Bangwa tribe of Western Africa, by contrast, value friendship so highly that parents assign each of their children a “best friend” in infancy. (8)Friends spend a great deal of time together throughout their lives. (9)The worst part of being old, complained one elderly Bangwa man, was that he had no best friend left to gossip with. The primary purpose of this passage is to
Directiоns: Reаd the item. Then click оn the аnswer tо the question thаt follows the item. Tryouts for THE WIZARD OF OZ were held Wednesday afternoon. The first student read for the part of Dorothy, the little girl who is swept away, along with her dog Toto, to the land of Oz. “Toto!” she read. “Where are we? Everything looks so strange! I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore!” The tone of this italicized quotation is
Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge. Then click оn the answer tо the question that follows it. (1)Until recently, it was commonly believed by intelligence experts that people reach the height of their intellectual peak by the time they’re twenty. (2)Lately, however, scientists have discovered that our minds continue to grow long after we are fully developed physically. (3)In addition, some psychologists are expanding their notion of what makes up intelligence. (4)Dr. Robert Sternberg of Yale University, for example, outlines seven different areas of intelligence, including musical ability and self-knowledge. The primary purpose of this passage is to
Directiоns: Reаd the item. Then click оn the аnswer tо the question thаt follows the item.. If you don't approve of what Congress is doing, it's your responsibility to do something about it—by voting for better candidates. The primary purpose of this sentence is to
Directiоns: Reаd the item. Then click оn the аnswer tо the question thаt follows the item. (1)Strawberries are now available in the markets, and what a winning crop! (2)In contrast to last year’s berries, which were badly affected by poor weather conditions, these are plentiful, delicious, and relatively inexpensive. (3)They will make a fine climax to any meal, whether under a dollop of sour cream laced with brown sugar or crushed over a scoop of vanilla ice cream. (4)In fact, these luscious berries are so sweet, they can stand very well on their own. (5)Strawberry lovers won’t be disappointed. The tone of this passage is
Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge. Then click оn the answer tо the question that follows it. (1)“Secret Medical Breakthrough!” screams the headline. (2)“Melt Pounds Away While You Sleep!” (3)Then there’s “The Cure For AIDS Is Right In Your Refrigerator!” (4)Or how about “Swiss Scientists Promise: You’ll Never Have Another Cold!” (5)Advertisements and “news” stories like these appear in every supermarket tabloid and in the back pages of innumerable other publications. (6)They all seem based on the same doubtful premise: “Doctors don’t want you to know the truth, but we’re going to tell you anyway.” (7)Don’t let tabloid headlines tempt you into spending your hard-earned money. (8)The gullible readers who swallow these claims never seem to stop and ask why, if these stories of amazing cures and sure-fire remedies are true, they haven’t made headlines in newspapers and other publications. (9)An AIDS cure? (10)A genuine weight-loss plan that involves no dieting or exercising? (11)If such stories were true, you wouldn’t be reading about them first in the supermarket checkout aisle. (12)If the public stopped supporting these publications, they would no longer be able to falsely raise hopes for thousands of readers. The primary purpose of this passage is to
Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge. Then click оn the answer tо the question that follows it. (1)“Secret Medical Breakthrough!” screams the headline. (2)“Melt Pounds Away While You Sleep!” (3)Then there’s “The Cure For AIDS Is Right In Your Refrigerator!” (4)Or how about “Swiss Scientists Promise: You’ll Never Have Another Cold!” (5)Advertisements and “news” stories like these appear in every supermarket tabloid and in the back pages of innumerable other publications. (6)They all seem based on the same doubtful premise: “Doctors don’t want you to know the truth, but we’re going to tell you anyway.” (7)Don’t let tabloid headlines tempt you into spending your hard-earned money. (8)The gullible readers who swallow these claims never seem to stop and ask why, if these stories of amazing cures and sure-fire remedies are true, they haven’t made headlines in newspapers and other publications. (9)An AIDS cure? (10)A genuine weight-loss plan that involves no dieting or exercising? (11)If such stories were true, you wouldn’t be reading about them first in the supermarket checkout aisle. (12)If the public stopped supporting these publications, they would no longer be able to falsely raise hopes for thousands of readers. The overall tone of the paragraph is
Directiоns: Reаd the item. Then click оn the аnswer tо the question thаt follows the item. Tryouts for THE WIZARD OF OZ were held Wednesday afternoon. The first student read for the part of Dorothy, the little girl who is swept away, along with her dog Toto, to the land of Oz. “Toto!” she read. “Where are we? Everything looks so strange! I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore!” “Very nice!” said the teacher. “You sound as if you’ve acted before!” Another student stepped up to read the lines of the Wicked Witch of the West. “Just try to stay out of my way!” the “witch” hissed at Dorothy. “I’m going to get you, the ruby slippers, and your nasty little dog, too!” The tone of this italicized quotation is
Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge. Then click оn the answer tо the question that follows it. (1)Cats are allowed to roam just about wherever they please (try and stop them), and even dogs have the run of the house, or at least of a portion of the house. (2)But pet birds are generally limited for most of their lives to the space defined by the four sides of a small cage. (3)Yet birds are born to flap and swoop through wide spaces of sky, unlimited neither by walls nor ceilings. (4)To keep a creature born with wings in a small space, unable to use its major natural means of transportation, is unfair. (5)People who want birds as pets should at least find ways to allow the birds to fly freely within one or two rooms of the house. The primary purpose of this passage is to
Directiоns: Reаd the item. Then click оn the аnswer tо the question thаt follows the item. Tryouts for THE WIZARD OF OZ were held Wednesday afternoon. The first student read for the part of Dorothy, the little girl who is swept away, along with her dog Toto, to the land of Oz. “Toto!” she read. “Where are we? Everything looks so strange! I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore!” “Very nice!” said the teacher. “You sound as if you’ve acted before!” The tone of this italicized quotation is