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1 VOCABULARY501 READINGCOMPREHENSIONQUESTIONSMAX ENGLISH ENGLISH YORK501 READINGCOMPREHENSIONQUESTIONS3rd Edition MAX ENGLISH 2006 Learning Express, rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:501 Reading Comprehension Questions 3rd 1-57685-540-61. Reading Comprehension Problems, exercises, etc. I. LearningExpress (Organization).II. Title: Five hundred one Reading Comprehension Title: Five hundred and one Reading Comprehension dc222005035216 ISBN 1-57685-540-6 Printed in the United States of America9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Third EditionFor information or to place an order, contact LearningExpress at:55 Broadway8th FloorNew York, NY 10006Or visit us ENGLISH 1 Vocabulary1 SECTION 2 Analogies9 SECTION 3 Main Ideas, Themes15 SECTION 4 Topic Sentences19 SECTION 5 Short Passages25 SECTION 6 Nonfiction and Information Passages45 SECTION 7 Reading Charts and Graphs, Understanding Directions65 SECTION 8 Analyzing and Interpreting Poems79 SECTION 9 Philosophy and Literature85 SECTION 10 Longer Passages91 ANSWERS131 ContentsvMAX ENGLISH ENGLISH you having trouble with Reading Comprehension Questions on tests?

2 Do you want to know howto improve your Reading ability or pass placement tests in school or work? If so, then this book isfor you. Read on to find out 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 straightto the 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 , know that you re not alone. It s a fact that some people relate more easily to numbers or to workingwith 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.

3 This book will help, but some-thing else will help even more: If you re serious about developing your Reading Comprehension skills, go to thelibrary or a bookstore and pick out books on subjects you find 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 youin because you are already interested. Begin to read. You will find that as you focus on the subject matter, you willalready know some of the information. But chances are you will discover something new as you read, and you canconnect this with your prior knowledge. Eventually, your store of information becomes quite admirable. Repeatthe process over and over again. As you do, you will improve your Reading Comprehension skills, and it won t evenseem like a ENGLISH A Look at Our BookThe first five sections cover the basics from vocabu-lary to topic Reading ComprehensionQuestions, 3rd Edition begins with vocabulary becausethat s what you need to read the essential buildingblocks.

4 You will find vocabulary Questions , that testyour ability to find definitions and context clues. Next,the analogy Questions take you a step further. Whenanswering analogy Questions , you will learn to developyour ability to compare and contrast, find similaritiesand differences, and relate parts to whole pieces. Just incase you re wondering why this is important, youshould know that the skills you develop from theseshort exercises in word play will assist you when you arereading longer the book progresses, you will be asked to readshort, interesting paragraphs to find main ideas andtopic sentences. Once you are comfortable with thesebasic skills, proceed to the passages in the last five sec-tions. This is where you will use your skills to tacklelonger last five sections begin with one- to two-paragraph passages.

5 Questions following these pas-sages ask you to identify details and facts, choose themain idea, make inferences, or analyze and interpret thetext. The passages, both fiction and nonfiction, getlonger as you progress through the book, and they allhave varied are about computers, geology, or geogra-phy, while others are about poems, philosophy, litera-ture, or art. You will even find some charts and make sure you pay close attention, you may want totake notes as you read. This technique of interactingwith the text is good to use anytime you read or whenyou take a test that includes Reading answers to every question are at the back ofthe book. Each answer is fully explained, so if you havetrouble with a particular question, you will be able tofigure out how to arrive at the correct answer. How to Use Our BookThis book is best used to build your critical Reading andthinking skills, but you might want to support it withsome other LearningExpress Skill Builders Practicebooks.

6 When it comes to perfecting your Reading com-prehension, don t ignore any of the other languageskills. You will find Writing Skills Success in 20 Minutesa Day, Vocabulary and Spelling Success in 20 Minutes aDay, 501 Logic and Reasoning Problems,and1001 Vocab-ulary and Spelling Questions to be indispensable any case, the more you use the language and under-stand the building blocks, the easier and faster you willbreeze through those Reading Comprehension passagesthat you find on most on Your OwnIf you are working alone to brush up on the basics andprepare for a test in connection with a job or school,you will want to develop a time schedule and knowyour learning style. Since everyone reads differently, thenumber of words or pages you can cover in a given timeperiod may be more or less than one section of thisbook.

7 That s OK. Just spend 20 minutes more orless Reading the material and going through the exer-cises. Don t worry about how much material you recovering. It s important that you re practicing, andchances are that your speed will improve as you gothrough the book. Your job is to find your , know your learning style. Do you learnbest in a quiet room, or do you need music in the back-ground? Whatever the case may be, find the locationthat best suits you. Do you need to take notes toremember facts and details? Have a pen, pencil, high-lighter, and notebook ready. Are you at your best earlyin the morning or late at night? Pick the best time, getcomfortable, and begin. INTRODUCTION viiiMAX ENGLISH Others501 Reading Comprehension Questions , 3rd Editionwillwork well in combination with almost any basic read-ing or English text.

8 You will probably find it most help-ful to give your student(s) a brief lesson on the topic(main idea, fact/detail, inference, etc.), and then havethem spend the remainder of the class or session read-ing the passages and answering the Questions . Whenyou finish, take some time for a brief review the importance of learning by doing. Carrya book into class and talk about what you ve read so them know that Reading is enjoyable, and they mayjust use you as a role model! Suggested Reading ListThis section wouldn t be complete without a list ofsome great books to read. Reading about Reading andanswering test Questions is fine, but the best way toimprove your Reading ability is to read. This list is com-piled by category. Help yourself. Choose one from thelist, pick it up at a local bookstore or library, open thecover, and s Ashes by Frank McCourtAutobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBlack Boy by Richard WrightThe Diary of Anne Frank by Anne FrankHaving Our Say by Sarah L.

9 And Elizabeth DelanyThe Heroic Slave by Frederick DouglassI Know Why the Caged Birds Sing by Maya AngelouReading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar NafisiComing of AgeThe Catcher in the Rye by SalingerThe House on Mango Streetby Sandra CisnerosA Separate Peaceby John KnowlesDetective/ThrillerAgatha Christie s murder mysteriesThe A is series by Sue GraftonThe Clientby John GrishamSherlock Holmesby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Shiningby Stephen KingWa t c h e rby Dean R. KoontzFantasyThe Hobbitby TolkienOn a Pale Horseby Piers AnthonyAny Harry Potterbook by RowlingHistorical/Social IssuesThe Clan of the Cave Bearby Jean M. AuelThe color Purpleby Alice WalkerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeby Mark HaddonEverything is Illuminatedby Jonathan Safran FoerTo Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeThe Lord of the Fliesby William GoldingOf Mice and Menand The Grapes of Wrathby John SteinbeckSchindler s Listby Thomas KeneallyThe Secret Life of Beesby Sue Monk KiddWhite Teethby Zadie SmithInspirational/SpiritualCare of the Soulby Thomas MooreThe Five People You Meet in Heavenby Mitch AlbomThe Purpose-Driven Life.

10 What on Earth Am I Here Forby Rick WarrenA Simple Pathby Mother TheresaThe Tao of Poohand The Te of Pigletby Benjamin HoffThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dyingby Sogyal Rinpoche INTRODUCTION ixMAX ENGLISH Edith HamiltonThe Power of Mythby Joseph CampbellAmerican Indian Myths and Legendsby Richard Erdoes and Alfonso OrtizPoetryThe Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry: SecondEditionedited by Richard Ellmann and Robert O ClairScience Fiction1984by George OrwellFahrenheit 451or The Martian Chroniclesby Ray BradburyJurassic Parkby Michael CrichtonThe Left Hand of Darknessby Ursula Le GuinThis Perfect Dayby Ira LevinStranger in a Strange Landby Robert HeinleinScience/MedicineBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinkingby Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores theHidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levittand Stephen J.