Comprehensive Teas Practice Exam I
Questions And Answers
1.f"Ultimately,fafchemical-
freefapproachfinftheflastfparagraphfoffthefarticle.fThisfsentencefisfbestfdescribedfasfwhichfofft
heffollowing?
A.fMainfIdea
B.Topic
C.fTheme
D.fSupportingfdetailf-fCORRECTffANSWER-A.fMainfIdea
generalfsubjectfoffafwrittenfworkfthefarticlefspokefofforganicflandscaping
8.fBasedfonfthefpassage,fwhichfofftheffollowingfisfthefmostflikelyfinference?f-
fCORRECTffANSWER-B.fthefauthorfbelievesfBritishfpoetryfisfsuperiorftofAmericanfpoetry.
thefarticlefisfslightlyfcondescendingftowardsfAmericanfauthorsfandfpaintsfAmericanfpoetsfa
sfunfamiliar,fusingftermsflikef"bizarre"fanf"ghoulish"
Afhomeownerfhasfanfoakftreefinfectedfwithfoakfwilt.fHefhappensftofpersonallyfknowfthefauth
orfoffthefabovefarticle,fsofhefinvitesfthefauthorfoverftofaskfforfadvice.fThefhomeownerftellsfthef
authorfthatfhefrespectsfhisfopinionsfonftreefmatters,fbutfalsofthatfhefisfnotfpreparedftofspendf
aflotfoffmoneyftofsaveftheftree.
Basedfonfthefarticle,fwhichfofftheffollowingfisfaflogicalfpredictionfoffwhatfthefauthorfwillftellfthef
homeownerftofdo?
A.fUsefafchemicalftofprolongftheftree'sflife,fbecausefevenfthoughfchemicalsfarefnotfaflong-
termfsolutionftheyfmightfgiveftheftreefaffewfmorefyears.
B.Trimfdeadfbranches,fandfalsoftrimfanyfnearbyftreesfthatfhavefgrownftoofcloseftofthefinfecte
dftree.
C.fBeginfaflong-termfprogramfoffaddingfnutrientsftofthefsoilfaroundftheftree.
D.fDofnothing;fallowftheftreeftofdiefafnaturalfdeath.f-fCORRECTffANSWER-
D.fDofnothing;fallowftheftreeftofdiefafnaturalfdeath
thefreaderfcanfinferfthatfthefalternative,fnonfchemicalftreatmentsfthefauthorfrecommends-
likeftreeftimingfandfsoilfenrichment-
farefexpensivefotherwise,ftheyfwouldfbefjustfasfpopularfasfchemicals.sincefthefownerfdoesfn
otfwantftofinvestfinfexpensivefinterventionsfBfandfCfarefnotfrecommendedfoptions.
Questions And Answers
1.f"Ultimately,fafchemical-
freefapproachfinftheflastfparagraphfoffthefarticle.fThisfsentencefisfbestfdescribedfasfwhichfofft
heffollowing?
A.fMainfIdea
B.Topic
C.fTheme
D.fSupportingfdetailf-fCORRECTffANSWER-A.fMainfIdea
generalfsubjectfoffafwrittenfworkfthefarticlefspokefofforganicflandscaping
8.fBasedfonfthefpassage,fwhichfofftheffollowingfisfthefmostflikelyfinference?f-
fCORRECTffANSWER-B.fthefauthorfbelievesfBritishfpoetryfisfsuperiorftofAmericanfpoetry.
thefarticlefisfslightlyfcondescendingftowardsfAmericanfauthorsfandfpaintsfAmericanfpoetsfa
sfunfamiliar,fusingftermsflikef"bizarre"fanf"ghoulish"
Afhomeownerfhasfanfoakftreefinfectedfwithfoakfwilt.fHefhappensftofpersonallyfknowfthefauth
orfoffthefabovefarticle,fsofhefinvitesfthefauthorfoverftofaskfforfadvice.fThefhomeownerftellsfthef
authorfthatfhefrespectsfhisfopinionsfonftreefmatters,fbutfalsofthatfhefisfnotfpreparedftofspendf
aflotfoffmoneyftofsaveftheftree.
Basedfonfthefarticle,fwhichfofftheffollowingfisfaflogicalfpredictionfoffwhatfthefauthorfwillftellfthef
homeownerftofdo?
A.fUsefafchemicalftofprolongftheftree'sflife,fbecausefevenfthoughfchemicalsfarefnotfaflong-
termfsolutionftheyfmightfgiveftheftreefaffewfmorefyears.
B.Trimfdeadfbranches,fandfalsoftrimfanyfnearbyftreesfthatfhavefgrownftoofcloseftofthefinfecte
dftree.
C.fBeginfaflong-termfprogramfoffaddingfnutrientsftofthefsoilfaroundftheftree.
D.fDofnothing;fallowftheftreeftofdiefafnaturalfdeath.f-fCORRECTffANSWER-
D.fDofnothing;fallowftheftreeftofdiefafnaturalfdeath
thefreaderfcanfinferfthatfthefalternative,fnonfchemicalftreatmentsfthefauthorfrecommends-
likeftreeftimingfandfsoilfenrichment-
farefexpensivefotherwise,ftheyfwouldfbefjustfasfpopularfasfchemicals.sincefthefownerfdoesfn
otfwantftofinvestfinfexpensivefinterventionsfBfandfCfarefnotfrecommendedfoptions.