ATI TEAS Reading Practice Test 1

Xavier Propagated his belief that dragons were real to his friends gathered around the campfire. Which of the following words could most logically replace underlined word without altering the intent of the sentence? Expressed Which of the following statement least supports the argument that the American economy is healthy? Last year, the output of the United States' manufacturing sector decreased repeated massive investments by both the private and public sectors. The next three questions are based on the following table. The Dewey Decimal System is a library classification system. The Dewey Decimal Classes 000 Computer science, information, and general works 100 Philosophy and psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Languages 500 Science and mathematics 600 Technical and applied science 700 Arts and recreation 800 Literature 900 History, geography, and biography Teddy has been assigned to write a history paper about the United States during the Cold War. His teacher advised him to read some of the works of Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, philosopher, social scientist, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Teddy was not sure where to begin, so he consulted the Dewey Decimal classes. While not all inclusive, what choice of three classes would likely be the most useful? 100,400,900 While researching Chomsky's many theories and arguments, Teddy became interested in post-World War II anarchism, a social science theory asserting the political philosophy that rejects a compulsory government. He wants to find themost appropriate works related to the subject. Which section of the library is the most likely to contain the relevant books? 300 Also, during his research, Teddy discovered information about Chomsky's Jewish heritage, and he wants to research traditional Judaism as practiced in the early twentieth century. Which section of the library would most likely contain the most relevant information? 200 Samuel teaches at a high school in one of the biggest cities in the United States. His students come from diverse family backgrounds. Samuel observes that the best students in his class are from homes where parental supervision is minimal. The parents of the bottom five students are the most involved, by a large margin. There are 24 students in his class. Samuel is going to write an academic paper based on his students' family backgrounds and academic performance. The paper will argue that parental involvement is not an important factor in academic success. Which of the following statements best describes Samuel's sample size? The sample contains too few members to make meaningful claims applicable to a large group. The next question is based on the following passage. Annabelle Rice started having trouble sleeping. her biological clock was suddenly amiss and she began to lead a nocturnal schedule. She thought her insomnia was due to spending nights writing a horror story, but then she realized that even the idea of going outside into the bright world scared her to bits she concluded she was now suffering from heliophobia. Which of the following most accurately describes the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence above? Fear of sunlight The next question is based on the following directions. Follow these instructions in chronological order to transform the word into something new. 1. Start with the word LOATHING. 2. Eliminate the first and last letter in the starting word. 3. Eliminate all the vowels, except I, from the word. 4. Eliminate the letter H from the word.What new word has been spelled? TIN Which of these descriptions gives the most detailed and objective support for the claim that drinking and driving is unsafe? Congressional written testimony on the number of drinking and driving incidents across the country and their relationship to underage drinking statistics, according to experts. The next question is based on the following passage. A famous children's author recently published a historical fiction novel under a pseudonym; however, it did not sell as many copies as her children's books. In her earlier years, she had majored in history and earned a graduate degree in Antebellum American History, which is the time frame of her new novel. Critics praised this newest work far more than the children's series that made her famous. In fact,, her new novel was nominated for the prestigious Albert J. Beveridge Award but still isn't selling like her children's books, which fly off the shelves because of her name alone. Which one of the following statements might be accurately inferred based on the above passage? The famous children's author did not receive the bump in publicity for her historical novel that it would have received if it were written under her given name. The next four questions are based on the following passage. Smoking tobacco products is terribly destructive. A single cigarette contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known carcinogens and 400 deadly toxins. Some of the most dangerous ingredients include tar, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ammonia, arsenic, and DDT. Smoking can cause numerous types of cancer including throat, mouth, nasal cavity, esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, renal, bladder, and cervical cancer.