university math english 10 ppt

15. Question type: detail

Choice a is correct. Using the information given in the passage that glucose is sugar, the answer to this

question can be found in lines 16–17: “insulin is released into the bloodstream and signals the body

tissues to metabolize or burn the glucose for fuel.”

16. Question type: main idea

Choice g is correct. From statements made in the last paragraph, we know that choices f and j are fac￾tually incorrect. Choice h may be a true statement, but it is not the main idea of the passage because a

majority of the passage is about Type II diabetes, and not about the consequences of not taking insulin

shots.

17. Question type: detail

Choice d is correct. The answer to this detail question can be found in line 31: “a defect in the recep￾tors may prevent insulin from binding.”

18. Question type: cause and effect

Choice f is correct. Cause and effect questions do not necessarily have to use the words cause or effect,

which you can see is true in this question. It is basically asking what the immediate effects of glucose

are on the body. The answer can be found in lines 14–15: “the normal digestive system extracts glucose

from some foods. The blood carries the glucose or sugar throughout the body, causing blood glucose

levels to rise,” or simply put, blood sugar levels rise.

19. Question type: generalization

Choice c is correct. This question is asking you to sort through the information given about Type I

diabetes and decide on the most concise way of describing them. We know that choices a and d are

factually incorrect, so they can be eliminated as possible answers. Choice b is a true statement, but

because it refers to both types of diabetes and is not the most important aspect of the disease, it too

can be eliminated. Therefore, the best answer is choice c.

20. Question type: vocabulary

Choice f is correct. We know from reading the entire paragraph that the point of changing person with

diabetes’s diet is to “alleviate its symptoms.” Therefore, we can figure out that a different diet would

counteract “the effects” of diabetes.

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

21. Question type: main idea

Choice a is correct. The first part of the paragraph explains how the rich were unaware of the plight of

the poor and therefore did not care “ ‘one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.’

That was true then. It did not know because it did not care.” But the paragraph goes on to say that it

was only when conditions became so bad did it become “no longer an easy thing” for the rich to ignore

them. Although choices b, c, and d may be correct statements, they do not sum up the main idea of

the whole paragraph.

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