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The newly revised and updated 501 Reading Comprehension Questions offers the most extensive and varied practice for all types of questions you might face on standardized and in-class tests. Beginning with the basics -vocabulary questions that test your skills in using context clues-the book progresses into tougher concepts like identifying details and facts, choosing main ideas, making inferences, and interpreting texts. With 501 Reading Comprehension Questions, you will learn to develop expert reading strategies, understand how to read faster and with greater comprehension, overcome reading anxiety, and even increase your appreciation of reading for pleasure. This book's unique step-by-step approach provides: Graduated coverage that moves from the basics to more advanced reading High interest reading passages Self-paced practice Detailed answer explanations Access to a free online practice test with instant scoring
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Reading Comprehension Questions
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O th er Titl es o f I n t eres t f ro m Lea rn i n gE x p res s 501 Grammar and Writing Questions 501 Critical Reading Questions 501 Sentence Completion Questions 501 Word Analogy Questions Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day
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501
Reading Comprehension Questions 4th Edition
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New York
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Copyright © 2010 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York. Library of Congress Cataliging-in-Publication Data: 501 reading comprehension questions. — 4th ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-57685-747-2 1. Reading comprehension—Problems, exercises, etc. I. LearningExpress (Organization) II. Title: Five hundred one reading comprehension questions. III. Title: Five hundred and one reading comprehension questions. LB1050.45.A15 2010 372.47—dc22 2009032221 Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Fourth Edition For more information or to place an order, contact LearningExpress at: 2 Rector Street 26th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com
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Contents
Introduction
vii
Chapter 1
Chapter 2 Analogies
19
Chapter 3 Main Ideas, Themes
31
Chapter 4 Topic Sentences
39
Chapter 5 Short Passages
49
Chapter 6 Nonfiction and Information Passages
87
Chapter 7 Reading Charts and Graphs,
Vocabulary
Understanding Directions
1
127
Chapter 8 Analyzing and Interpreting Poems
147
Chapter 9 Philosophy and Literature
161
Chapter 10 Longer Passages
171
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Introduction
Are you having trouble with reading comprehension questions on tests? Do you want to know how to improve your reading ability or pass placement tests in school or work? If so, then this book is for you. Read on to find out why. Maybe 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 straight to the questions. But maybe you’re one of the millions of peop