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Test 3 Reading Comprehension Questions 1-9

While the written word has done much to preserve history, pictures are
necessary to supplement the printed page. No other section of the American
frontier has been so richly endowed with a pictorial record of its past as has the
Line area encompassed by the headwaters of the Missouri River and its tributary, the
(5) Yellowstone. For almost a century, beginning in the 1830s, artists with pencil and
brush added to this record. Although paintings and drawings often provide a very
valuable record, when pictures are considered from the standpoint of exactness,
the work of the photographer must come first.
In the spring of 1886, a 30-year-old sodbuster who had worked briefly as a
(10) photographer back East hit upon the idea of producing an album of his fellow
settlers. For the next 15 years, as the pioneer era drew to a close, Solomon D.
Butcher crisscrossed Custer County, Nebraska, in a wagon that served as his
studio. He announced his forays with notices in the local newspaper: "Farmers,
have your farm photos taken for Butchery Pioneer History." The fact that Butcher
(15) was himself a farmer provided rapport with his subjects. But his genius as a
photographer lay in allowing them to pose as they wished, against scenes of
their own choosing. The portraits that resulted convey the dignity of pioneers in
challenging circumstances, and they remain a classic record of a resolute breed.
Another pictorial account of the American frontier was left by L. A. Huffman, a
(20) young man of pioneer stock who arrived in the Montana Territory in 1878 to work
as a post photographer. When he died in 1931, Huffman left a priceless collection of
pictures of Indians in the last days of buffalo-skin tepees, the buffalo hunters in the
days of the open range, the lonely life of the sheepherder, the growth of the range
towns, the coming of the railroads, and the final infiltration of the "plow man."

1. The topic of this passage is (C) slight acquaintance

(A) enterprising young frontiersmen (D) artistic skill
(B) photographic accounts of the American frontier
(C) pioneer history 6. The author implies in the passage that Butcher's
(D) art in America photography was
(A) realistic
2. According to the passage, which of the following media (B) expensive
gives the most precise record of a subject or scene? (C) colorful
(A) Painting (D) pretentious
(B) Drawing
(C) Journalism 7. The word "they" in line 18 refers to
(D) Photography (A) the scenes
(B) the circumstances
3. The word "sodbuster" in line 9 is closest in meaning to (C) the portraits
(A) someone who fights a lot (D) the pioneers
(B) a homeless person
(C) an agricultural worker 8. The word "priceless" in line 21 is closest in meaning to
(D) a journalist (A) expensive
(B) limited
4. According to the article, what was Butcher most noted for? (C) rustic
(A) His advertising techniques (D) valuable
(B) His compatibility with his clients
(C) The poses and settings of his portraits 9. We can infer from lines 21-24 that life on the western
(D) The technical ability he demonstrated in photography frontier during Huffman's lifetime
(A) had changed greatly
5. The word "rapport" in line 15 is closest in meaning to (B) was very romantic
(A) spontaneous entertainment (C) was industrially based
(B) mutual understanding (D) had attracted national attention
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Questions 10-19
As new industrialism swept over the land in the wake of the Civil War, people
flocked to the nation's cities in unprecedented numbers from rural regions,
villages, and foreign countries. Housing for the new city-dwellers took many
Line forms as new architectural styles were developed.
(5) During this period of urban expansion, speculative builders discovered a
bonanza in the form of the row house. Designed for single-family occupancy, these
dwellings cost relatively little to construct because they shared common walls
with their neighbors and because many could be erected side by side on a narrow
street frontage. Along New York's gridiron of streets and avenues rose block after
(10) block of row houses, which, by the 1880s, were almost invariably faced with
brownstone. In contrast, wooden row houses on the West Coast appeared light
and airy with their coats of bright paint. San Francisco developed a particularly
successful row vernacular, suitable for rich and poor alike, as typified by clusters
of homes like the Rountree group, which featured Queen Anne elements in their
(15) pitched roofs and heavily decorated exteriors. Although critics likened the facades
of such structures to the "puffing, paint, and powder of our female friends," the
houses were efficiently planned, sanitary, and well-lighted. Virtually every
dwelling boasted one or more bay windows, which were as important to sun-
loving San Franciscans as brownstone fronts were to New Yorkers. As an English
(20) traveler observed, California architecture, "with all the windows gracefully
leaping out at themselves," should rightly be called the "bay-window order."

10. The main purpose of the author in this passage is 15. The phrase "such structures" in line 16 refers to
(A) to contrast two versions of a similar architectural form (A) West coast wooden row houses
(B) to persuade people to live in row houses (B) poor people's houses
(C) to argue for the excellence of California row houses (C) the homes in the Rountree group
(D) to describe the effects of urbanization (D) Queen Anne's home

11. The phrase "a bonanza" in lines 5-6 is closest in meaning to 16. What can be inferred from the passage about New York
(A) a confusing choice row houses?
(B) a difficult challenge (A) They were less colorful than row houses on the West Coast.
(C) an exciting design (B) They were windowless.
(D) a good investment (C) They were smaller than California row houses.
(D) They were less similar in appearance than row houses
12. The phrase "almost invariably" in line 10 is closest in in California.
meaning to
(A) usually 17. In line 16 critics of California row houses commented on their
(B) seldom (A) excessive use of bay windows
(C) sometimes (B) ostentatious decoration
(D) never (C) repetitive nature
(D) lack of light
13. According to the passage, why did speculative builders
profit from row houses? 18. In line 18 the word "boasted" is used to indicate the owners.
(A) Because they cost very little to build (A) skill
(B) Because they were for single families (B) wealth
(C) Because they were well-constructed (C) intelligence
(D) Because they were attractive (D) pride

14. All of the following can be inferred about 19. The author of the passage implies that the most important
row houses from the passage EXCEPT feature for Californians living in row houses was
(A) they provided for high-density housing (A) the color
(B) they housed people of different economic classes (B) the price
(C) they provided a new and popular form of architectural (C) the windows
design (D) the heavily decorated exteriors
(D) they had no front yards
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Questions 20-29
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all
living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where
sources of flowing water are rare. And since man's inexorable necessity is to
Line absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend
(5) that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop.
Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms
unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist-skinned, water-loving
animals can exist there. Few large animals are found: the giants of the North
American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is
(10) open, it holds more swift-footed, running, and leaping creatures than the tangled
forest. Its population are largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled
by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. Having adapted to their austere
environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere in the world.
The secret of their adjustment lies in a combination of behavior and physiology.
(15) None could survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the
midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the
burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to
hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150
degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.
(20) An example of a desert animal that has adapted to subterranean living and lack
of water is the kangaroo rat. Like many desert animals, kangaroo rats stay
underground during the day. At night, they go outside to look for food. As
evening temperatures drop, moisture from the air forms on plants and seeds. They
absorb some of this moisture and kangaroo rats take in the life-giving water as
(25) they eat.

20. What is the topic of this passage7 25. The word "emaciated" in line 12 is closest in meaning to
(A) Desert plants (A) wild
(B) Life underground (B) cunning
(C) Animal life in a desert environment (C) unmanageable
(D) Man's life in the desert (D) unhealthy

21. The word "greater" in line 1 is closest in meaning to 26. The author states that one characteristic of animals
(A) stronger who live in the desert is that they
(B) larger (A) are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
(C) more noticeable (B) are less healthy than animals who live in different places
(D) heavier (C) can hunt in temperatures of 150 degrees
(D) live in an accommodating environment
22. The phrase "those forms" in line 6 refers to
all of the following except 27. The word "subterranean" in line 20 is closest in meaning to
(A) water-loving animals (A) underground
(B) the bobcat (B) safe
(C) moist-skinned animals (C) precarious
(D) many large animals (D) harsh

23. "Desiccating" in line 7 means 28. The word "they" in line 23 refers to
(A) drying (A) kangaroo rats
(B) humidifying (B) the desert population
(C) killing (C) plants and seeds
(D) life threatening (D) the burrows of desert animals

24. The author mentions all of the following as examples 29. Which of the following generalizations are supported
of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT by the passage?
(A) animals sleep during the day (A) Water is the basis of life.
(B) animals dig homes underground (B) All living things adjust to their environments.
(C) animals are noisy and aggressive (C) Desert life is colorful.
(D) animals are watchful and quiet (D) Healthy animals live longer lives.
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