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Which sentence best expresses the central point of the selection? |
| | A) | It is impossible to be totally fearless. |
| | B) | Many people allow their fears to affect their behavior negatively. |
| | C) | People fear different things at different stages in their lives. |
| | D) | Some people handle fear better than others. |
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Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 16? |
| | A) | In general, typical adolescent fears don't do great harm. |
| | B) | Teenagers eventually realize that most people aren't paying much attention to them at all. |
| | C) | Some teens engaged in risky behavior such as getting into cars with drunken drivers, going on shoplifting expeditions, and engaging in risky sexual behavior. |
| | D) | Adolescent fear of criticism can have serious, even tragic results. |
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Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraphs 17-21? |
| | A) | In midlife, people generally become more confident and less obsessed with what others think of them. |
| | B) | The midlife period may involve fear, turmoil, crisis, and depression, but most people are able to emerge from it relatively satisfied. |
| | C) | Middle-aged people often fear that they're running out of time and experience a midlife crisis. |
| | D) | Some middle-aged people learn to appreciate the quiet joys of mature life. |
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According to the selection, the thing that adolescents fear most of all is |
| | A) | looking "stupid". |
| | B) | flying to overseas destinations. |
| | C) | appearing to be self-conscious |
| | D) | engaging in risky behavior. |
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According to the selection, elderly people |
| | A) | are better off leading a quiet existence. |
| | B) | need both mental and physical activity to stay healthy. |
| | C) | Sometimes feel relief when they are institutionalized. |
| | D) | have less to fear than adolescents and middle-aged people. |
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"I was at school a few days later when Uncle Ken left. When I came home, I couldn't find Monk-Monk anywhere."
This sentence expresses a relationship of |
| | A) | contrast. |
| | B) | cause and effect. |
| | C) | addition. |
| | D) | time. |
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"In midlife, we generally become more confident and less obsessed with what others are thinking of us. But underneath that veneer of confidence, a new kind of fear grips many middle-aged people."
The relationship of the second sentence to the first is one of |
| | A) | contrast. |
| | B) | cause and effect. |
| | C) | addition. |
| | D) | time. |
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On the basis of paragraphs 4-6, we can infer that Uncle Ken was |
| | A) | an insensitive, mean-spirited man. |
| | B) | kind-hearted, but silly. |
| | C) | wise to conclude that a first-grader should not be dragging around a sock monkey. |
| | D) | probably a child molester. |
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On the basis of paragraphs 20-21, we can infer that the author |
| | A) | strongly disapproves of middle-aged people who have affairs with younger partners. |
| | B) | respects middle-aged people who do new things, like taking up with younger partners, buying sports cars, and having plastic surgery. |
| | C) | is not yet middle-aged. |
| | D) | believes it is important for middle-aged people to learn to appreciate the quieter joys of mature life. |
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Paragraph 26 suggests that |
| | A) | recognizing our fears helps us to keep them from becoming crippling. |
| | B) | Ben Franklin was himself fearless. |
| | C) | all fears are childish. |
| | D) | it is possible, with effort, to become completely fearless. |
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