Reading Practice (QnA Only)

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline’s

(A) operating costs

(B) employees

(C) consumers

(D) construction 

The answer is (D) 

2. The word “it” in line 5 refers to

(A) pipeline

(B) ocean

(C) state

(D) village 

The answer is (A)

3. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each

(A) day

(B) week

(C) month

(D) year 

The answer is (A)

4. The phrase “Resting on” in line 15 is closest in meaning to

(A) Consisting of

(B) Supported by

(C) Passing under

(D) Protected with

The answer is (B)

5. The author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline’s route EXCEPT

the

(A) climate

(B) lay of the land itself

(C) local vegetation

(D) kind of soil and rock

The answer is  (A)

 

6. The word “undertaken” in line 31 is closest in meaning to 

(A) removed  

(B) selected 

(C) transported  

(D) attempted 

 

The answer is (D)

 

7. How many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?  

(A) Three 

(B) Four  

(C) Eight 

(D) Twelve

 

The answer is (C)

  

 8. The word “particular” in line 35 is closest in meaning to 

(A) peculiar  

(B) specific 

(C) exceptional  

(D) equal 

 

 The answer is (D)

9. Which of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each member of the consortium would pay? 

(A) How much oil field land each company owned 

(B) How long each company had owned land in the oil fields  

(C) How many people worked for each company 

(D) How many oil wells were located on the company’s land  

 

 The answer is(A)

 

10. Where in the passage does the author provide a term for an earth covering that always remains frozen? 

(A) Line 4  

(B) Line 15 

(C) Line 23  

(D) Line 37

The answer is (A)