Tag: reading comprehension

Questions Related to reading comprehension

Select the option that is closest in meaning to the given sentence:
"My roommate walked into the room. Immediately, I knew that something was wrong." means:
__________________ I knew that something was wrong.

inferences from the text reading comprehension english

  1. As soon as my roommate entered the room

  2. Before my roommate walked into the room

  3. By the time my roommate came into the room

  4. After my roommate came into the room

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the only sentence that comes close to the meaning of the sentence in the most clear manner without adding any errors. The other choices are incorrect as they either carry grammatical errors or do not capture the meaning at all. Therefore option A is the answer.

Choose the option closest in meaning to the sentence given below:
"Having worked all day, I was tired last night."

inferences from the text reading comprehension english

  1. As I had worked all day, I was tired last night

  2. I worked tiringly hard all day yesterday

  3. Since I've worked all day, I am tired now

  4. Because I was tired last night, I worked all day

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the only sentence that captures the meaning of the given sentence and presents it in a clear, concise manner without adding any further errors. The other choices are incorrect because they either carry grammatical errors or change the meaning of the given sentence. Option A is the answer.

Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the quoted sentence:
"Doctors are supposed to help sick people."

inferences from the text reading comprehension english

  1. They help sick people.

  2. They should help sick people.

  3. They must be helping sick people.

  4. They might have helped sick people.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here, only option B comes close to the given sentence without adding any further errors. The other options either carry grammatical errors or change the meaning of the given sentence. Therefore B is the best answer.

Select the option that is closest in meaning to the quoted line:
"I was supposed to call her at seven."

inferences from the text reading comprehension english

  1. I called her at seven

  2. I was called by her at seven

  3. I could call her at seven

  4. I should have called her at seven

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Only option D comes close to the meaning of the given sentence in the most clear, grammatical error free manner. The other options are incorrect because they either carry some grammatical error or do not capture the meaning of the given sentence. So, D is the best answer.

Select the option that is closest in meaning to the given sentence:
"It isn't necessary for us to leave soon."

inferences from the text reading comprehension english

  1. We needn't have left soon.

  2. We didn't need to leave soon.

  3. We don't need to leave soon.

  4. We have to leave soon.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Only option C comes close to the meaning of the given sentence in the most clear, grammatical error free manner. The other options are incorrect because they either carry some grammatical error or do not capture the meaning of the given sentence. So, C is the best answer.

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:

Parlands alligator population has been declining in recent years primarily because of hunting. Alligators prey heavily on a species of freshwater fish that is highly valued as food by Parlanfers who had hoped that the declined in the alligator population would lead to an increase in the numbers of these fish available for human consumption. Yet the population of this fish species has also declined even though the annual number caught for human consumption has not increased.

Which of the following if true most helps to explain the decline in the population of the fish species?
inferences from the text reading comprehension english

  1. The decline in alligator population has meant that fishers can work in some parts of lakes and rivers that were formerly too dangerous

  2. Over the last few years Parlands commercial fishing enterprises have increased the number of fishing boats they use

  3. The main predator of these fish is another species of fish on which alligator also prey

  4. Many Parlanders who hunt alligator do so because of the high market price of alligator skins not because of the threat alligators pose to the fish population

  5. In several neighboring countries through which Parlands rivers also flow alligators are at risk of extinction as a result of extensive hunting

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, option C is the correct answer. This is so because if alligators prey on these predator fishes and the alligator population is on the decline then there would be a rise in the population of the predator fish which, in turn, would increase the non-human consumption of the freshwater fish. The other options do not provide such a solution. A does not hold true because it suggests that the decline in freshwater fish population is due to the fish being caught in larger numbers, the statement clearly states that there has not been an increase in human consumption of the fish. So A is out. B does not provide any explanation for why the fish population has declined. D provides a reason for the hunting of alligators which is irrelevant. E too fails in providing an explanation for the decline in the population of freshwater fish.