infomation reading 10 pps

performing operations on the text in a slow

and specific manner. Choice a is incorrect

because the author never says that reading is

dull. Choices b, c, and e are not supported by

the paragraph.

104. a.The support for this choice is in the second

sentence, which states that in some countries,

toxic insecticides are still legal. Choice b is

incorrect because even though polar regions

are mentioned in the paragraph, there is no

support for the idea that warmer regions are

not just as affected. There is no support

for choice c. Choice d can be ruled out be￾cause there is nothing to indicate that DDT

and toxaphene are the most toxic. Choice e

is illogical.

105. a.The second and third sentence combine to give

support to choice a. The statement stresses that

there must be a judge’s approval (i.e., legal

authorization) before a search can be con￾ducted. Choices b and d are wrong because it is

not enough for the police to have direct evi￾dence or a reasonable belief—a judge must

authorize the search for it to be legal. Choices

c and e are not mentioned in the passage.

106. e.This answer is clearly stated in the last sen￾tence of the paragraph. Choice a can be ruled

out because there is no support to show that

studying math is dangerous. Words are not

mentioned in the passage, which rules out

choice b. There is no support for choice c.

Choice d is a contradiction to the information

in the passage.

107. d.The last sentence states that new technologies

are reported daily, and this implies that new

technologies are being constantly developed.

There is no support for choice a. With regard

to choice b, stone tools were first used two and a

half million years ago, but they were not neces￾sarily in use all that time. Choice c is clearly

wrong because the paragraph states when

stone tools first came into use. Although some

may agree that choice e is true, the author

of the paragraph does not give support for

this opinion.

108. d.Choices a and c are not supported by the

paragraph. Choices b and e only tell us about

particular parts of the paragraph and are

too specific to be the main idea. Choice d,

however, is general enough to encompass all

the sentences and the paragraph as a whole.

Every sentence supports the idea asserted in

choice d.

109. d.Both sentences in the paragraph support this

choice. Choices a and e are opinions and are

not in the paragraph. Choices b and c may be

true, but they are also not supported by the

paragraph.

110. c.The first sentence points out that it is not prac￾tical to use the first-person point of view in

business correspondence. Choices a, b, and e

are not in the paragraph. Choice d is in the

paragraph and although it does tell us some￾thing about the first-person point of view, it is

too narrow to represent the main idea, which

has to do with the first-person point of view as it

is related to writing in a business environment.

SECTION 4 Topic Sentences

111. d.The mention that searching for spices has

changed the course of history, and that for

spices, nations have . . . gone to war, implies that

the subject of the paragraph is history. These

phrases also connote danger and intrigue.

112. c.The mention of all the amazing things the brain

is capable of is directly relevant to its being

mysterious and complex. The other choices are

less relevant.

113. b.Choice b addresses both of Gary’s vanities: his

person and his situation. Choice a deals only

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