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Directiоns: Chооse the number of the sentence thаt expresses the mаin ideа in the selection. (1)Scientists have learned that the way we view exercise strongly influences our performance. (2)Research on Russian weight lifters, for example, demonstrated that if they were told the weights were heavy, they perceived an exercise to be more difficult. (3)If they were told the weights were light, then they considered the exercise easier. (4)Another example is the weight lifter who kept failing to break a record. (5)He finally succeeded after his trainer told him the weights he was lifting were not as heavy as they in fact were. The sentence that expresses the main idea is:
Directiоns: Chооse the number of the sentence thаt expresses the mаin ideа in the selection. (1)A young girl looks at a fashion magazine and sees clothes modeled by women carrying 115 pounds on their five-foot-ten-inch frames. (2)She receives a “teen doll” as a present and studies its proportions: legs nearly two-thirds the length of its body, tiny waist, non-existent hips and thighs. (3)She goes to the movies and observes screen heroines who in their leanness resemble adolescent boys more than mature women. (4)Her favorite television shows are filled with commercials for weight-loss programs that equate slenderness with desirability. (5)By the time the girl reaches her teens, she has been thoroughly bombarded with society’s message that to be thin is the only acceptable option.. The sentence that expresses the main idea is:
Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge belоw. Then click оn the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the passage. (1)Our culture places a high premium on personal choice in matters of the heart. (2)But in the rest of the world, personal choice is not the only path to marriage. (3)In parts of India, for example, marriages are arranged by parents. (4)Love is not viewed as an important basis for marriage there. (5)When parents select a bride, they emphasize her good character, obedience, domestic skills, religiousness, and appearance. (6)In selecting a groom, the social and economic standing of the family and the young man’s education and earning potential are paramount. (7)Teenagers in traditional societies often welcome their parents’ help in selecting a mate. (8)When girls in India learned about American marriage customs, they expressed serious concerns about the hazards of free choice. (9)One girl asked if an American girl who is shy and does not call attention to herself might not get married. (10)Another girl said it would be humiliating to have to attract a boy. (11)“It makes getting married a sort of competition in which the girls are fighting each other for the boys. (12)And it encourages a girl to pretend she’s better than she really is.” (13)Other girls praised their parents’ judgment about a potential husband. (14)“It’s so important that the man I marry should be the right one. (15)I could so easily make a mistake if I had to find him for myself.” (16)An anthropologist has painted a similar portrait of marriage in traditional Chinese culture. (17)For centuries, it was common for Chinese marriages to be arranged by parents and hired go-betweens; the partners might not even meet until their wedding. (18)Proponents of arranged marriage emphasize that parents are better judges of character than children and that passion is an unrealistic basis for marriage. (19)They observe that well-matched partners from compatible families gradually learn to find love and satisfaction with each other. The sentence that best expresses the implied main idea is:
Directiоns: Chооse the number of the sentence thаt expresses the mаin ideа in the selection. (1)Unlike many lower animals that use their noses to detect mates, predators, and prey, humans do not depend on their sense of smell for survival. (2)Nevertheless, the sense of smell in humans is incredibly sensitive. (3)Only a few molecules of a substance reaching the smell receptors are necessary to cause humans to perceive an odor. (4)Certain substances can be detected in especially small amounts. (5)Decayed cabbage, lemons, and rotten eggs are examples. (6)So too is mercaptan, a foul-smelling substance added to natural gas that we can smell in concentrations as small as one part per fifty billion parts of air. (7)According to one estimate, the sense of smell is about ten thousand times more sensitive than that of taste. The sentence that expresses the main idea is:
Directiоns: Chооse the number of the sentence thаt expresses the mаin ideа in the selection. (1)Symbols can have a tremendously powerful emotional impact upon us, instantly conveying many feelings and ideas. (2)Symbols like the cross, the Star of David, or the star-and-crescent immediately make us think of the Christian, Jewish, or Muslim religions. (3)This may be why burning an American flag often arouses more anger than does an attack on the values for which the flag actually stands. (4)Another symbol with terrible power is the swastika. (5)Until this century, the swastika was an innocent traditional symbol found in many cultures. (6)Then it became the symbol of Nazi terror. (7)Today, the very sight of a swastika can send chills down our spines. The sentence that expresses the main idea is:
Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge belоw. Then click оn the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the passage. (1)In the past it often took years to force a car company to make even small, inexpensive changes. (2)In the 1960s, consumer advocate Ralph Nader had to fight for several years before Chevrolet stopped making the unsafe Corvair. (3)But in recent years, customer complaints and publicity have led to quick corrective actions. (4)For example, the Consumers Union recently reported that all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) were unsafe when driven by untrained operators. (5)Within eighteen months, ATV makers stopped making unstable three-wheeled models and set up an extensive customer training program. (6)More recently, in 2013 the nonprofit Center for Automotive Safety demanded that defects in the Chrysler Jeep be addressed. (7)In response, Chrysler agreed to a recall and inspection of 1.6 million Jeeps built between 1993 and 2007, and it plans to install a protective device at no charge. The sentence that best expresses the implied main idea is:
Directiоns: Chооse the number of the sentence thаt expresses the mаin ideа in the selection. (1)Can psychics see into the future? (2)Although one might wish for a psychic stock forecaster, the tallied forecasts of “leading psychics” reveal little accuracy. (3)In one eight-year period, the New Year’s predictions of the National Enquirer’s favorite psychics yielded two accurate predictions out of 486. (4)During the early 1990s, tabloid psychics were all wrong in predicting surprising events (Madonna did not become a gospel singer, a UFO base was not found in the Mexican desert, Queen Elizabeth did not abdicate her throne to enter a convent). (5)And they missed all the significant unexpected events, such as the breakup of the Soviet Union, Saddam Hussein’s assault on Kuwait, and the O.J. Simpson case. (6)Before 1994, psychics offered many predictions about Michael Jackson—that he would marry Oprah Winfrey, become a traveling evangelist, and have a sex-change operation—but missed their chance to predict his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley. The sentence that expresses the main idea is:
Directiоns: Reаd the pаssаge belоw. Then click оn the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the passage. (1)One reason tabloids publish untrue stories about celebrities, even though they know the celebrities might sue, is free advertising. (2)If there is a lawsuit, it will make the news, and the tabloid gains the publicity. (3)Furthermore, in a lawsuit the burden of proof is on the celebrity, not the paper. (4)Also, such lawsuits are both expensive and time-consuming. (5)A court delay, for example, can prevent a movie star from beginning work on a new project. (6)And the chances of collecting a significant amount of damages are slim. (7)Finally, tabloids publish untrue stories for the obvious reason: whether it is true or not, people love celebrity gossip —and it sells papers. The sentence that best expresses the implied main idea is:
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