LearningExpress 501 Reading Comprehension Questions 3rd.pdf

READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTIONS

3rd Edition

NEW YORK

501

Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

501 reading comprehension questions—3rd ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-57685-540-6

1. Reading comprehension—Problems, exercises, etc. I. LearningExpress (Organization).

II. Title: Five hundred one reading comprehension questions.

III. Title: Five hundred and one reading comprehension questions.

LB1050.45.A15 2006

372.47—dc22

2005035216

ISBN 1-57685-540-6

Printed in the United States of America

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Third Edition

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

vii

SECTION 1

Vocabulary

SECTION 2

Analogies

SECTION 3

Main Ideas, Themes

SECTION 4

Topic Sentences

SECTION 5

Short Passages

SECTION 6

Nonﬁction and Information Passages

SECTION 7

Reading Charts and Graphs,

Understanding Directions

SECTION 8

Analyzing and Interpreting Poems

SECTION 9

Philosophy and Literature

SECTION 10

Longer Passages

ANSWERS

131

Introduction

to improve your reading ability or pass placement tests in school or work? If so, then this book is

for you. Read on to ﬁnd out why.

Maybe you already like to read and want to use this book to sharpen your skills for an important test. If so,

that’s ﬁne. In fact, you can skip this part of the Introduction—or skip the Introduction entirely—and go straight

to the questions.

But maybe you’re one of the millions of people who have trouble with reading, especially with reading care-

fully while reading quickly. If so, this Introduction will give you some direction.

First, know that you’re not alone. It’s a fact that some people relate more easily to numbers or to working

with their hands. Still, no other general skill is used more regularly—in work, play, and just plain living—than read-

ing. The good news is that reading well is a skill that can be developed with practice. This book will help, but some-

thing else will help even more: If you’re serious about developing your reading comprehension skills, go to the

library or a bookstore and pick out books on subjects you ﬁnd fascinating.

For instance, if your interests are in skydiving, biking, golf, scuba diving, race cars, camping, woodworking,

or even the stock market, use that as a starting point, and choose a book. The subject will undoubtedly draw you

in because you are already interested. Begin to read. You will ﬁnd that as you focus on the subject matter, you will

already know some of the information. But chances are you will discover something new as you read, and you can

connect this with your prior knowledge. Eventually, your store of information becomes quite admirable. Repeat

the process over and over again. As you do, you will improve your reading comprehension skills, and it won’t even

seem like a chore.

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A re you having trouble with reading comprehension questions on tests? Do you want to know how

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