HSPT Reading Comprehension Test 6
Practice Exam Questions and Answers
113. The title that best expresses the main idea of this selection is:
a. Baseball Rules
b. An English Game
c. Baseball's Predecessor
d. American Pastimes - ✔✔C. Baseball's Predecessor
114. The rules of this game required
a. 8 fielders
b. a pitcher, a catcher, and one fielder for each base
c. 20 fielders
d. no specific number of players - ✔✔d. no specific number of players
115. The shape of the playing field was
a. oblong
b. irregular
c. square
d. subject to no rules - ✔✔c. square
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116. The game was
a. scientifically planned
b. exciting for the players but boring to watch
c. boring for the players but exciting to watch
d. similar to an English game called rounders - ✔✔d. similar to an
English game called rounders
117. The word impromptu as underlined and used in this passage most
nearly means
a. proven
b. unrehearsed
c. improvised
d. argued about - ✔✔c. improvised
118. The passage places the playing of this unnamed game roughly
between the years of
a. 1900-1950
b. 1800-1850
c. 1700-1750
d. 1760-1790 - ✔✔b. 1800-1850
119. The selection suggests that
a. the game of baseball has grown more complicated over the years