Reading Comprehension quiz

1. The passage primarily discussed the pipeline's

• A. Operating costs

• B. employess

• C. consumers

• D. construction

The Yellow Highlighted word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to the .......

• A. Pipeline

• B. Ocean

• C. State

• D. Village

According to the second paragraph, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each

• A. day

• B. week

• C. month

• D. year

The phrase “Resting on” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to

• A. Consisting of

• B. Supported by

• C. Passing under

• D. protected with

5. The author mentions all of the following in the third paragraph as important in determining the pipeline’s route EXCEPT the

• A. climate

• B. lay of the land itself

• C. local vegetation

• D. kind of soil and rock

6. The yellow highlighted word “undertaken” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .......

• A. removed

• B. selected

• C. transported

• D. attemped

7. According to the last paragraph, how many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?

• A. three

• B. four

• C. eight

• D. Twelve

8. The yellow highlighted word “particular” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

• peculiar

• specific

• exceptional

• equal

9. According to the last paragraph, which of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each member of the consortium would pay?

• A. How much oil field land each company owned

• B. How long each company had owned land in the oil fields

• C. How many people worked for each company

• D. How many oil wells were located on the company’s land

10. Look at green highlighted sentences, Where in the passage does the author provide a term for a layer of soil that always remains frozen?

• A. Line 4

• B. Line 15

• C. Line 23

• D. Line 37