Practice Questions with A+ Answers | Final Exam
Guide FOR 2025/2026 (the most recent quizzes)
The reason you are reading should affect how you read - True
The main idea of yhe passage is usually found? - In the first third of the passage
Analyzing a single phrase to capture what the entire passage is about. - Summarizing
Knowing where to look for details - Researching
Inferring - Coming to a conclusion based on information that is hinted at.
Determine - resolute means
Terse - Short, abrupt
Vanquish - To defeat or conquer in battle
Cautious - Careful in action and behaviors
Lethargic - Sluggish, inactive, apathetic
Sullen - Depressed, gloomy
Distraught - Extremely troubled; agitated with anxiety
Legible - Possible to read or decipher
Fawn (V) - To act in serviile manner
Jeer ( n) - Taunt, ridicule
Adrift - Wandering aimlessly; afloat without direction
Query - A question; to call into question
Impure - Lacking purity; containing something unclean
Disinterested - Important; Unbiased
Pathetic - Sad pitiful, tending to arouse sympathy
, secret - clandestine
Rankle - Like Irk means to annoy or irritate
Synonyms - words with the same meaning e.g. Fast; Quick
Genuine; Authentic
Antonyms - words with opposite meanings e.g. Slow- fast
Magnanimous-Greedy
Analogies - Compare two words and then extend the relationship to another set of
words. e.g.,
She's as slow as Molasses
He eats like a horse
Talkative IS TO loquacious As thrifty IS TO miserly
Types of Reading Comprehension - Detail, Inference, and Main Idea
Detail Questions - Test your ability to differentiate between main ideas and specific
detail.
Inference Questions - Test your ability to draw a conclusion based on reasoning.
"Mapping" the Passage - Write simple notes in the margin as you read.
Write down the purpose of each paragraph
Underline key points
Classic Bridges - Character: one word characterizes the other e.g.,Quarrelsome-Argue;
Vivacious-Energy
Lack: Describe what someone or something lacks e.g. Coward-Bravery;Braggart-Modesty
Function:Name an object;the other word defines its function e.g.,Scissors-Cut;Pen-Write
Degree: A greater or lesser degree of the other word e.g., Loud-Deafening; Apartment-Mansion
Example:An example of the other word e.g., Measels-Disease; Baseball- Sport
Group: The group form of the other word e.g., Forest-Trees; Bouquet- Flowers
Foolhardy most nearly means - Reckless