TEAS READING PRACTICE TEST – QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Adelaide attempted to ASSUAGE her guilt over the piece of cheesecake by limiting
herself to salads the following day.
Which of the following is the definition for the assuage word in the sentence?
a. increase
b. support
c. appease
d. conceal - Answers- c.
Which of the following would best support the argument that people cause global
climate change?
a. The average global temperature has increase 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880.
b. Common green house gases include carbon dioxide and water vapor.
c. Most of the greenhouse gases today come from burning things like coal and other
fossil fuels for energy.
d. The average person breaths out about 1.0 kg of carbon dioxide every day, while the
average cow produces about 80 kg of methane. - Answers- c.
The next three questions are based on the following information.
The Dewey Decimal Classes
000 Computer science, information, and general works
100 Philosophy and psychology
200 Religion
300 Social science
400 Languages
500 Science and mathematics
600 Technical and applied science
700 Arts and recreation
800 Literature
900 History, geography, and biography
Lise is doing a research project on the various psychological theories that Sigmund
Freud developed and on the modern response to those theories. She is not sure where
to begin, so she consults the chart of Dewey Classes. To which section of the library
should she go to begin looking for research material?
a. 100
b. 200
c. 300
d. 900 - Answers- a.
, During her research, Lise discovers that Freud's theory of the Oedipal complex was
based on ancient Greek mythology that was made famous by Sophocles' play Oedipus
Rex. To which section of the library should she go if is interested to reading the play?
a. 300
b. 400
c. 800
d. 900 - Answers- c.
Follow the instructions to transform the starting word into a different word.
1. Start with the word ESOTERIC
2. Remove both instances of the letter E from the word
3. Remove the letter i from the word
4. Move the letter T from the middle of the word to the end of the word
5. Remove the letter C from the word
What new word has been spelled?
a. Sect
b. Sort
c. Sore
d. Tore - Answers- b.
Literacy rates are lower today than they were fifteen years ago. Then, most people
learned to read through the use of phonics. Today, whole language programs are
favored by many educators.
If these statements are true, It can be concluded that
a. whole language is more effective at teaching people to read than phonics.
b. phonics is more effective at teaching people to read than whole language.
c. literacy rates will probably continue to decline over 15 years.
d. the definition of what it means to be literate is much stricter now. - Answers- b.
The next four questions are based on the following passage.
The Bermuda Triangle
The area known as the Bermuda Triangle has become such a part of popular culture
that it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. The interest first began when five
Navy planes vanished in 1945, officially resulting from "causes or reasons unknown."
The explanations about other accidents in the Triangle range from the scientific to the
supernatural. Researchers have never been able to find anything truly mysterious about
what happens in the Bermuda Triangle, if there even is a Bermuda Triangle. What is
more one of the biggest challenges in considering the phenomenon is deciding how
much area actually represents the Bermuda Triangle. Most consider the Triangle to
ANSWERS
Adelaide attempted to ASSUAGE her guilt over the piece of cheesecake by limiting
herself to salads the following day.
Which of the following is the definition for the assuage word in the sentence?
a. increase
b. support
c. appease
d. conceal - Answers- c.
Which of the following would best support the argument that people cause global
climate change?
a. The average global temperature has increase 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880.
b. Common green house gases include carbon dioxide and water vapor.
c. Most of the greenhouse gases today come from burning things like coal and other
fossil fuels for energy.
d. The average person breaths out about 1.0 kg of carbon dioxide every day, while the
average cow produces about 80 kg of methane. - Answers- c.
The next three questions are based on the following information.
The Dewey Decimal Classes
000 Computer science, information, and general works
100 Philosophy and psychology
200 Religion
300 Social science
400 Languages
500 Science and mathematics
600 Technical and applied science
700 Arts and recreation
800 Literature
900 History, geography, and biography
Lise is doing a research project on the various psychological theories that Sigmund
Freud developed and on the modern response to those theories. She is not sure where
to begin, so she consults the chart of Dewey Classes. To which section of the library
should she go to begin looking for research material?
a. 100
b. 200
c. 300
d. 900 - Answers- a.
, During her research, Lise discovers that Freud's theory of the Oedipal complex was
based on ancient Greek mythology that was made famous by Sophocles' play Oedipus
Rex. To which section of the library should she go if is interested to reading the play?
a. 300
b. 400
c. 800
d. 900 - Answers- c.
Follow the instructions to transform the starting word into a different word.
1. Start with the word ESOTERIC
2. Remove both instances of the letter E from the word
3. Remove the letter i from the word
4. Move the letter T from the middle of the word to the end of the word
5. Remove the letter C from the word
What new word has been spelled?
a. Sect
b. Sort
c. Sore
d. Tore - Answers- b.
Literacy rates are lower today than they were fifteen years ago. Then, most people
learned to read through the use of phonics. Today, whole language programs are
favored by many educators.
If these statements are true, It can be concluded that
a. whole language is more effective at teaching people to read than phonics.
b. phonics is more effective at teaching people to read than whole language.
c. literacy rates will probably continue to decline over 15 years.
d. the definition of what it means to be literate is much stricter now. - Answers- b.
The next four questions are based on the following passage.
The Bermuda Triangle
The area known as the Bermuda Triangle has become such a part of popular culture
that it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. The interest first began when five
Navy planes vanished in 1945, officially resulting from "causes or reasons unknown."
The explanations about other accidents in the Triangle range from the scientific to the
supernatural. Researchers have never been able to find anything truly mysterious about
what happens in the Bermuda Triangle, if there even is a Bermuda Triangle. What is
more one of the biggest challenges in considering the phenomenon is deciding how
much area actually represents the Bermuda Triangle. Most consider the Triangle to
