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HSPT Reading Comprehension Test 6
Practice Exam Questions And Answers 2025
Update.
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 - Answer✔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 - Answer✔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 - Answer✔c. square
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
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d. similar to an English game called rounders - Answer✔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 - Answer✔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 - Answer✔b. 1800-1850
119. The selection suggests that
a. the game of baseball has grown more complicated over the years
b. the game described was very dangerous
c. baseball originated in the united states
d. the game described required skilled players - Answer✔a. the game of baseball has grown
more complicated over the years
120. According to the author the popularity of this game was based largely upon
a. the excitement of watching skillful players
b. the low cost of equipment
c. the fact that none of the players covered the bases
d. its being a new strictly American game - Answer✔b. the low cost of equipment
121. The word stout as underlined and used in this passage, most nearly means
a. courageous
b. fat
c. that the bat was made from a stave of a beer barrel
d. sturdy - Answer✔d. sturdy
122. The writer of this selection
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HSPT Reading Comprehension Test 6
Practice Exam Questions And Answers 2025
Update.
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 - Answer✔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 - Answer✔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 - Answer✔c. square
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
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d. similar to an English game called rounders - Answer✔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 - Answer✔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 - Answer✔b. 1800-1850
119. The selection suggests that
a. the game of baseball has grown more complicated over the years
b. the game described was very dangerous
c. baseball originated in the united states
d. the game described required skilled players - Answer✔a. the game of baseball has grown
more complicated over the years
120. According to the author the popularity of this game was based largely upon
a. the excitement of watching skillful players
b. the low cost of equipment
c. the fact that none of the players covered the bases
d. its being a new strictly American game - Answer✔b. the low cost of equipment
121. The word stout as underlined and used in this passage, most nearly means
a. courageous
b. fat
c. that the bat was made from a stave of a beer barrel
d. sturdy - Answer✔d. sturdy
122. The writer of this selection
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