Correct 1.
What is the difference between an objective plot summary and a theme-based summary?
1. One includes the reader’s opinions about how interesting the story is while the other merely lists plot events.
2. One arranges plot events in chronological order while the other describes them in reverse.
3. One focuses only on the story’s plot while the other explains what the story reveals or suggests about life.
4. One retells the story from the perspective of the narrator while the other describes events as a reader who is not involved in the story.

Answer is 3

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3.
Read the paragraph and look for textual evidence that supports its main idea: People are affected by what they view.

Oxfam cited a survey of 2,000 people conducted by marketing research company YouGov, suggesting three fifths of people have become less sensitive towards footage containing persons suffering from such problems as drought, disease and hunger, while 23% avoid looking at footage of this nature upon sighting it. Oxfam said the way in which broadcast media portrays developing nations, including those in Africa, was perceived to be "depressing, manipulative and hopeless" by those surveyed. [Barbara] Stocking [CEO of Oxfam] believes "it’s a natural instinct to turn away from suffering when you feel you can do nothing to alleviate it."

What evidence from the paragraph shows that some people may have seen too much upsetting video about those in peril?
1. It says a survey of 2,000 people was conducted.
2. It says that Oxfam’s CEO says it is natural instinct to turn away from suffering.
3. It infers that people can’t do anything about much of the suffering of others.
4. It says 23% of people avoid looking at footage of that nature upon sighting it.

Answer is 4

Read the excerpt below, looking for the parts that would be included in a summary.

On a beautiful 390-acre estate on the rural outskirts of Hopewell, New Jersey, Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne hoped to stay out of the constant glare of the media spotlight in the years following the aviator’s historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic.

Which phrase below would always be included in a summary of the paragraph?
1. constant glare of the media
2. a beautiful 390-acre estate
3. Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne
4. the years following

Answer is 3


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Ajourney with my father adapted from my reminiscences by sir rabindranath tagore probably in order to teach me to be careful, my father placed a little small change in my charge and required me to keep an account of it. he also entrusted me with the duty of winding his valuable gold watch for him. he overlooked the risk of damage in his desire to train me to a sense of responsibility. when we went out together for our morning walk, he would ask me to give alms to any beggars we came across. but i never could render him a proper account at the end of it. one day, my balance was larger than the account warranted. "i really must make you my cashier," observed my father. "money seems to have a way of growing in your hands! " that watch of his i wound up with such indefatigable1 zeal that it had very soon to be sent to the watchmaker's in calcutta. i am reminded of the time when, later in life, i was appointed to manage the estate and had to lay before my father, owing to his failing eyesight, a statement of accounts on the second or third of every month. i had first to read out the totals under each head, and if he had any doubts on any point, he would ask for the details. if i made any attempt to slur over or keep out of sight any item which i feared he would not like, it was sure to come out. so, these first few days of the month were very anxious ones for me. as i have said, my father had the habit of keeping everything clearly before his mind—whether figures of accounts, or ceremonial arrangements, or additions or alterations to property. he had never seen the new assembly hall built at bolpur, and yet, he was familiar with every detail of it from questioning those who came to see him after a visit to bolpur. he had an extraordinary memory, and when once he got hold of a fact, it never escaped him. my father asked me to copy the favourite verses, with their translation, from the book he liked reading every day. at home, i had been a boy of no account. here, when these important functions were entrusted to me, i felt the glory of the situation. 1. tireless 7 how does the narrator support the idea that his father keeps everything clearly before his mind? a. by giving the example of his father's response when his account did not tally with the money that he had in hand b. by mentioning that his father was interested in everything that happened around him c. by giving the example of his father knowing every detail of the new assembly hall at bolpur d. by mentioning that his father had marked his favorite verses from his favorite book

Preview the following sentence and identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. the brain was riddled with holes, it looked like a sponge. a. bridled c. perforated b. pierced d. b and c select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d mark this and return

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