Reading Comp

PASSAGE 1:What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

• Attention to Native farming practices will lead to greater awareness of the threat of climate change
• Popularity of small-scale farming in the North will lead to greater attention to Native farming practices.
• Global demand for food will lead to increasing efficiency of large-scale farming in the North.
• It will be worthwhile to include a greater focus on Native farming practices in public discussions concerning the threat of climate change.
• Despite potential climate change, public debate will have little effect on industrial farming practices.

PASSAGE 1: In the second paragraph, the information about potato-growing practices in the industrial model of agriculture serves to:

• give an example of a potential problem that Native farming practices could help to alleviate.
• show the likely global consequences of a possible food shortage caused by industrial farming practices.
• show how pests and disease are less effectively resisted by crops grown in the industrial farming model.
• give an example of how public debate has had little effect on the agricultural practices of the North.
• give an example of how Native farming practices and industrial farming practices derive from different climatic conditions.

PASSAGE 1: The passage states that which of the following is true of the small number of potato varieties that account for most of the potatoes produced on Earth currently?

• They are grown in the Andean region.
• They all require very similar soil and climate conditions.
• They are no longer suited to their environment.
• They are based on genetic material from crops developed by indigenous peoples.
• They make optimal use of available soil and water resources.

PASSAGE 1:As it is used in the passage, the underlined word fabricated most nearly means:

• woven.
• falsely stated.
• fully clothed.
• manufactured.
• unwrapped.

PASSAGE 2: Who is telling this story?

• Jennifer
• Andy
• Tim
• Andy’s father
• An unnamed narrator

PASSAGE 2: What is the most reasonable conclusion to make from the statement in the first paragraph, “He felt sick.”?

• Eating xoi with his father gave Andy a stomachache.
• Andy was upset when he saw Jennifer holding hands with Tim.
• Andy was unhappy about the restaurant his father had selected.
• Andy was upset with Jennifer for making him miss the party.
• Andy mistakenly thought that Tim was his best friend.

PASSAGE 2: According to the passage, Tim would most likely describe the party as:

• mysterious.
• lively.
• dull.
• upsetting.
• remarkable.

PASSAGE 2: Based on the last paragraph, it can be most reasonably inferred that Andy’s increasing enjoyment of eating xôi was related to:

• hearing Tim and Jennifer laughing and talking.
• the fact that it stuck to his fingernails.
• sitting at a table with Tim and Jennifer while he ate.
• the fact that his father made the xôi.
• seeing Tim and Jennifer eating xôi.

PASSAGE 2: This passage is mainly about the relationship between:

• Andy and his father.
• Andy and Tim.
• Andy’s father and Tim.
• Jennifer and Tim.
• Jennifer and Andy.