university math english 10 ppt

Question type: main idea Choice g is correct.. 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, a

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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

H OW THE O THER H ALF L IVES

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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22 Question type: inference

Choice j is correct The meaning of this phrase can be found throughout the passage, but since the

name of the passage is “How the Other Half Lives” and it is about the conditions of the poor, one can reasonably assume it refers to the poor

Choice b is correct For this question it is important to sift through a lot of details to get to the main

point of the statement, which is that a majority of crimes are committed by those “whose homes had ceased to afford what are regarded as ordinary wholesome influences of home and family.” In other words, without good housing there can be no good family values, which in turn led to increased crime

Choice j is correct There are a lot of numbers mentioned in the passage, but the number specifically

attributed to the number of people living in tenement housing can be found in line 26, “more than twelve hundred thousand persons call them home,” or 1,200,000

Choice c is correct Because the secretary’s statement refers to the living environment of the poor, it

can be assumed that the word domicile can be defined as “living place.”

Choice h is correct The word line refers to the sentence immediately preceding the one in the

ques-tion: “the boundary line of the Other Half lies through the tenements.” It is important to find and understand this reference before you can make sense of the question Here the line refers to those liv-ing in tenements Therefore, if the “line” no longer divides the population evenly, more than half live

in poverty

Choice a is correct The only reference in the entire passage to a way out of poverty can be found in

lines 27–28, “The one way out—rapid transit to the suburbs—has brought no relief.” But because it also says it has “brought no relief ” and the statement immediately following reads “we know now that there is no way out,” you can infer that the author believes there is no way to escape poverty

Choice h is correct The statement in lines 36–37, “the nurseries of poverty and crime that fill our jails

and courts” make statement I true, and immediately prior to that statement it says the tenements “are the hotbeds of the epidemics that carry death to rich and poor alike,” making II true There is no refer-ence to rich living in tenements in the passage, therefore III is incorrect

Choice b is correct The easiest way to answer this type of question, which really refers to the entire

passage, is to eliminate answers you know are wrong The author makes no statement that crime is over reported, nor does he say how criminals should be punished, or whether they should be punished

at all, therefore choices a, c, and d are incorrect And because throughout the passage, crime is blamed

on life in the tenement, it can be reasonably assumed that it is as unavoidable as life in the tenement

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Choice f is correct The first clue that the author is not being objective is that he uses words like “greed

and reckless selfishness” (line 10) And because the author says that poverty is inescapable in line 28,

“We know now that there is no way out,” one can only conclude that his opinion is sympathetic

I LLUMINATED M ANUSCRIPTS

Choice a is correct Although choices b and c are correct statements, they are not the main points of the passage, but rather details that explain some of the passage Choice d is incorrect because although

many illuminated manuscripts were religious, nowhere is it stated that they should be considered

sacred because they are of ancient origin Choice a is the best choice because it summarizes many of

the statements made throughout the passage

Choice j is correct In general, each paragraph of the passage moves forward in time when describing

the evolution of the illuminated manuscript, making the answer choice j, chronological order.

Choice d is correct We know from reading the second half of the sentence, that illuminated

manu-scripts originated in Egypt The word although at the start of the sentence clues us in to the fact apogee

should mean the opposite of origins And because the word beginning can mean origin, choice a is not the right answer Neither crises nor rarity can be the opposite of origins, but peak can, which makes d

the best choice

Choice f is correct The answer to this question can be found in lines 47–48 (1450 is during the

Renais-sance)

Choice c is correct The second paragraph supplies many facts about the Book of the Dead, but

nowhere is the significance of the pyramids explained, which makes choice c the best answer.

Choice g is correct If you read too quickly through the paragraph, it would be an easy mistake to think that choice h is correct The last line in the paragraph (choice h) refers to manuscripts produced after the twelfth century, not between the tenth and twelfth, as the question asks Choice f refers to

illuminated manuscripts throughout much of history, and so does not specifically refer to the tenth

and twelfth centuries And choice j is simply an incorrect statement Lines 26–28 make the point clear

that the manuscripts of this time explained the meaning of the text

Choice b is correct If you skim through the passage, you can quickly see that almost all the illumi-nated manuscripts were bibles or religious texts of some sort, making b the best choice.

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Choice h is correct Because illuminations are a form of art, and are treated as such in the passage

(there are many references to perspective and representation), it can be inferred that one would also

learn about advancements in art, or choice h.

Choice a is correct Because throughout the passage, it is made clear that creating illuminated

manu-scripts involved a lot of labor, it is fair to assume that a machine would reduce such labor Without the

costs of labor, mass-produced manuscripts were less expensive (choice a).

40 Question type: comparison

Choice f is correct This question asks you to compare the quality of illustration in two periods (and

two paragraphs) The third paragraph discusses the manuscripts of the seventh century and the fifth paragraph covers the Gothic period Line 33 states that illustrations of the Gothic period “became

more realistic,” making choice f the best answer.

K NIGHTS OF A RT

Choice d is correct Although it is true that Leonardo’s father would punish him if he caught him skip-ping school (choice a), this is not what the question asked You also know from the text that Leonardo continued to skip school (choice b), but whether or not his grandmother knew this would happen is

irrelevant The reason that his grandmother did not punish him can be found in line 48, where she says that she loves to see him happy

Choice f is correct Because the question refers only to the last paragraph, any opinions that Leonardo’s

teachers may have elsewhere in the text do not apply It is true that Leonardo did not get along with

the other students (choice j), but nowhere does it say that his teachers had any opinion on this This is

a basic inference question in that the last paragraph states that Leonardo’s teachers dreaded his ques-tions because they were sometimes “more than they could answer.” From this statement, you can infer that they were afraid they would not have the knowledge to answer his questions and therefore afraid

he might ask questions they could not answer

Choice d is correct The text mentions many people as having something to do with raising Leonardo,

but line 17 states “It was the old grandmother, Mona Lena, who brought Leonardo up.”

Choice j is correct Although you may know already know that Leonardo da Vinci was a talented artist, this is not mentioned in the text, which means that choice h is incorrect Lines 26–27 show that

Leonardo spent the time he skipped school studying nature, which is what interested him

Choice a is correct When Leonardo was punished for skipping school (lines 54–57), his father locked

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show that Leonardo was fascinated by birds and the “secret power in their wings,” which makes state-ment II correct Lines 22–24 describe Leonardo as not enjoying the company of other boys, from which one can reasonable infer he was not popular, which makes statement III incorrect

Choice h is correct The only date mentioned specifically in the passage is 1492, which was the year of

Leonardo’s birth Lines 20–21 state he was 7 years old when he was sent to school, which would make the year 1459

Choice a is correct This question asks you to distill a lot of information about Leonardo as a boy and

find the one fact that is incorrect In lines 24–25, it says that Leonardo found Latin grammar “a terrible

task,” which makes choice a correct.

Choice f is correct The lines referred to in the question describe an aspect of Leonardo’s personality,

but the question asks you to sum up exactly what that aspect is The line says he “loved the flowers,” but he still pulled off their petals because he wanted to understand “how each was joined.” Therefore his desire to learn how things worked was stronger than his affection for nature

Choice b is correct Lines 56–59 describe Leonardo’s reaction to his punishment Specifically, it says he

did not kick the door (was not angry), and that he only briefly felt it was unfair to be punished The best way to describe his reaction was that he accepted it and occupied himself with his own thoughts,

or “resigned” himself to his punishment

Choice h is correct We know that many of the answers in this question are in fact true statements, but

they do not answer the question He may have known that his grandmother would not punish him, but nowhere does it say this had anything to do with his motivation to skip school The answer can be found in lines 24–27, which state that Latin grammar bored him and continues on to say he therefore skipped school

M IGRATION OF B IRDS

Choice b is correct Lines 6–7 state that every year the Arctic Tern migrates “from the Arctic to the

Antarctic with subsequent return.”

Choice g is correct Although the body structure of birds is well suited to migration, it is not the

rea-son they migrate Lines 9–10 state that this makes “it possible for birds to seek out environments most favorable to their needs at different times of the year.”

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Choice a is correct Lines 18–19 state that when the first migrating birds were spotted, the fur traders

and Native Americans “all joined in jubilant welcome to the newcomers.” Therefore it can be inferred that their relationship was a friendly one

Choice f is correct There are many groups mentioned in association with the migrating birds, but line

34 (“bird investigations are made by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service”) is where you will find the answer to this question

Choice c is correct Lines 43–44 explain that the role of the Survey was to collect data on migrating

birds before the Fish and Wildlife service was established

Choice j is correct Lines 22–24 state that birds ate the insects that were troublesome to farmers,

there-fore were not threats to the birds

Choice c is correct The preceding lines explain how the arrival of the birds signaled a change in season

and the start of celebrations, therefore even if you do not know the meaning of the word, you can assume that the imminence of spring, means that spring was soon to arrive

Choice h is correct Although the European fur traders appreciated the migrating birds, they did so

because they indicated the arrival of spring, and were around before the increasing population of North America referred to in lines 17–19

Choice a is correct Immediately preceding the following statement: “We soon realized that our

migra-tory bird resource was an international legacy” (lines 25–26) is a list of reasons people appreciated the migrating birds, and it does not include their being a source of food

Choice j is correct If you only read the beginning of the last paragraph, you might think the answer is choice g, but if you continue reading, you learn that many others help the Fish and Wildlife Service.

S YLVIA

Choice a is correct The first paragraph gives us the best clues as to Sylvia’s mood in the entire passage.

The fact that she has pulled the curtain and looked through the window is a good example of someone who is anxious

Choice h is correct With only the last sentence of the last paragraph, “Glancing at the birds and up

through the skylight at the limitless outdoors keeps her mild claustrophobia at bay,” we know that she

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