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Question:

What is the author’s primary purpose in writing this essay?

A to explain why, on average, women today outlive men
explanation

The primary purpose of the essay is to explain or give reasons; its focus is the gender gap in life expectancy, as the title shows. It is not advisory or cautionary, and it does not express the author’s hopes.

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After sixteen years of immature decisions, Jeremiah finally decided to make decisions that would actually set him on a positive path for his future.
Which of the following is implied by this sentence?

Jeremiah began to make mature decisions.

This sentence implies that although for some years Jeremiah made immature decisions, he changed his life's course and decided to make mature decisions. (This is almost directly implied by the notion of being "set on a positive path"); however, do not imply anything additional to that, as many of the other options do.

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2010

The yellow bar representing plastic is well below 10% until the final year on the chart, 2010.

The author’s description of the growth of the popcorn industry demonstrates which of the following types of text structure?

chronological

The organization of the passage is chronological: it traces the popularity of popcorn from the ancient world through the twentieth century and to the modern day.

Which of the following is a likely motive of the author?

to convince readers that slavery was the main cause of the Civil War

The author states, “The Civil War was not a battle of cultural identities—it was a battle about slavery” in an attempt to persuade the reader. The rest of the passage supports this idea.

In the context of the passage, who would most likely NOT support a strong federal government?

Thomas Jefferson

In the passage, Thomas Jefferson is described as an anti-Federalist, in contrast with the Federalists, who believe in a strong federal government.

Stuti needs to do research on residential buildings. To which section of the library should she go to?

700

The Arts and recreation section contains a section on Architecture, therefore it is the correct place to look for residential buildings.

Which of the following statements can the reader infer from the passage?

The author believes that most people have never heard of internal respiration.

The first paragraph begins with “Most people think ….” The author goes on to describe external respiration and then asks, “Did you know there are actually two types of respiration in humans?” Finally, the author describes the other type: internal respiration. The author is probably correct in assuming that most people—excluding biologists and medical professionals—have never heard of internal respiration.

The passage demonstrates which of the following types of writing?

expository

Expository writing is used to describe, explain, or provide information. It includes a logical sequence of steps or order of events.

The author implies that:

Rex was a new pet that needed to be let outside.

Which of the following conclusions may be drawn directly from the third paragraph of the passage?

People ate less popcorn in the 1950s than in previous decades because they went to the movies less.

The last sentence of the third paragraph states that “popcorn continued to rule the snack food kingdom until the rise in popularity of home televisions during the 1950s,” suggesting that as people watched more television, they went to the movie less, and thus ate less popcorn.

What is the maximum weight this scale will measure?

300 lbs.

The label for 300 lbs. is just above the 0 at the bottom of the dial.

In the first sentence of the passage, the word "eponymous" most nearly means

(B) named after a person.

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What is the primary argument of the passage?

Some classical music can be beneficial to our learning skills.

The passage states, “As concluded by other studies on music and concentration, it appears that baroque music is a particularly useful type of music to listen to when studying”.

From this passage we can infer that:

Amy lost Blue in the meadow, and she was not allowed to go there.