Stated Question Practice 3: Choose The Best Answer! Passage One (Questions 1-2)

STATED QUESTION
PRACTICE 3
Choose the best answer!

PASSAGE ONE (QUESTIONS 1-2)
Many parts of the southwestern United States would become deserts
again without the waters of the Colorado River. A systems of thousand miles of
canals, hundred miles of tunnels and aqueducts, and numerous dams and
reservoirs bring Colorado River water to the area. The Imperial Valley in southern
California is an example of such a place; it is a vast and productive agricultural area
that was once a desert. Today, 2000 miles of canals irrigate the fertile land and
keep it productive.
1. Which of the following is mentioned 2. According to the passage, the

in the passage as a way that Imperial Valley...
Colorado River water gets to the a) Is a desert today
Southwest? b) Is located in Colorado
a) By truck c) Produces a lot of agricultural
b) In bottles goods
c) In welss d) Does not require irrigation
d) Through canals
PASSAGE TWO (QUESTIONS 3-4)

The ancestors of humans had a lot more hair than the humans of today;
in fact, they had thick hair all over their bodies. This thick hair was necessary for
protection against the cold of the Ice Ages.
As earth got warmer, the hair began to thin out, except for on the head.
The head hair has remained through the evolutionary process, both as sort of pillow
to cushion the sensitive head when it gets banged around and as a sort of hat to
keep the head warm and prevent so much heat from escaping through the scalp.
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3. According to the passage, what 4. The author indicates that one of
happened as the temperature on the purposes of hair on the head
Earth increased? is to...
a) The hair on the head began to a) Fill up pillows
thin out b) Help heat escape through
b) The hair on the body remained the scalp
the same c) Ensure that the head is
c) The hair on the body got thicker warm
d) The hair on the body began to d) Make it easier to think
thin out
PASSAGE THREE (QUESTIONS 5-8)

The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison
moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876, where he established an industrial
research laboratory. There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter
to improve the existing Bell telephone system.
In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonography while he was
trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the
needle in the telegraph repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording
that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he
tested it. He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice
back to a very surprised audience.
5. According to the passage, in what 6. What was Edison working on when

year did the invention of the he created the phonograph?
phonograph occur? a) A telegraph repeater
a) 1876 b) A telegraph diaphragm
b) 1877 c) A telephone repeater
c) 1878 d) A telephone diaphragm
d) The article does not say
7. According to the passage, how was 8. According to the passage, how did
the phonograph made? Edison test his new invention?

a) With a telephone needle and a a) He made improvements to the
recorder machine
b) From a recording of a telegraph b) He used a carbon transmitter
c) With only a telegraph repeater c) He read a children’s rhyme
d) From a combination of d) He reproduced the audience’s
telephone and telegraph parts voice
PASSAGE THREE (9-12)

The plane with the largest wingspan ever built was nicknamed the Spruce
Goose. The wingspan of the Spruce Goose was 320 feet (almost 100 meters), and
the plane weighed 200 tons. It was so big that it needed eight engines to power it.
The plane was designed by Howard Hughes in response to a U.S.
government request for a plane that was able to carry a large cargo for the war
effort. It was made of wood because wood is a less critical material in wartime than
metal.
The plane was so difficult to build that it never really got used. It was
flown one time only, by Hughes himself, on November 2, 1947; during that flight it
traveled a distance of less than one mile over the Los Angeles Harbor, but it did fly.
Today, the Spruce Goose is on exhibit for the public to see in Long Beach, California.
9. The passage indicates that the 10.The Spruce Goose is constructed

plane was designed? from...
a) As a cargo plane a) Wood
b) As a racing plane b) Lightweight metal
c) To carry wood c) Plastic
d) For exhibition d) Steel
11.According to the passage, when the 12.The passage indicates that the
Spruce Goose flew, .... Spruce Goose today....
a) It went only a short distance a) Flies regularly for the U.S.
b) It fell into the Los Angeles government
Harbor b) Is in the Los Angeles Harbor
c) It flew 100 miles c) Is in storage
d) It carried a large cargo d) Can be seen by the public

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STATED QUESTION

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1. Which of the following is mentioned 2. According to the passage, the

PASSAGE TWO (QUESTIONS 3-4)

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5. According to the passage, in what 6. What was Edison working on when

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PASSAGE THREE (9-12)

9. The passage indicates that the 10.The Spruce Goose is constructed

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