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Flashcards: ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension

For questions 1-5, two underlined sentences are followed by a question or statement. Read the two sentences and then choose the best answer to the question.

Most college students who decide to major in English thoroughly enjoy reading and analyzing literature.

English Professors tend to give extremely lengthy reading assignments that can sometimes be too much to handle.

What does the second sentence do?

It makes a contrast.

It gives an example.

It states an effect.

It restates the idea found in the first.

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Flashcards: ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension

For questions 1-5, two underlined sentences are followed by a question or statement. Read the two sentences and then choose the best answer to the question.

Most college students who decide to major in English thoroughly enjoy reading and analyzing literature.

English Professors tend to give extremely lengthy reading assignments that can sometimes be too much to handle.

What does the second sentence do?

It makes a contrast.

It gives an example.

It states an effect.

It restates the idea found in the first.

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Flashcards: ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension

Most college students who decide to major in English thoroughly enjoy reading and analyzing literature.

English Professors tend to give extremely lengthy reading assignments that can sometimes be too much to handle.

What does the second sentence do?

Your answer:

It gives an example.

Your answer:

It states an effect.

Your answer:

It restates the idea found in the first.

Correct answer:

It makes a contrast.

Explanation:

The first sentence indicates that English majors have positive experiences with reading, while the second sentence indicates that English professors assign reading assignments that cause negative experiences for students.

Flashcards: ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension

For questions 1-5, two underlined sentences are followed by a question or statement. Read the two sentences and then choose the best answer to the question.

Students who use social media too often always struggle with their grades.

The professor awarded the top grade in the class to a student who claimed to have been using social media every night she studied.

What does the second sentence do?

It restates the idea found in the first.

It explains what is stated in the first.

It contradicts the first.

It proposes a solution.

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Flashcards: ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension

Students who use social media too often always struggle with their grades.

The professor awarded the top grade in the class to a student who claimed to have been using social media every night she studied.

What does the second sentence do?

Your answer:

It restates the idea found in the first.

Your answer:

It explains what is stated in the first.

Your answer:

It proposes a solution.

Correct answer:

It contradicts the first.

Explanation:

The first sentence tells us that social media usage is negatively affecting students’ grades, while the second sentence tells us that a student recently received the top grade in the class while simultaneously having used social media regularly.

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