2026 ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION EXAM
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The wheel is considered one of the most important
Mechanical inventions of all time. Many technologies since
The invention of the wheel have been based on its principles,
And since the industrial revolution, the wheel has been
A basic element of nearly every machine constructed by
Humankind. No one knows the exact time and place of the
Invention of the wheel, but its beginnings can be seen across
Many ancient civilizations.
The passage suggests that the wheel is an important
Invention because it
A. Is one of the world's oldest inventions
B. Forms the basis of so many later inventions
C. Can be traced to many ancient cultures
D. Is one the world's most famous inventions
B.) Forms of the basis of so many later inventions
Samuel Morse, best known today as the inventor of
, Morse Code and one of the inventors of the telegraph,
Was originally a prominent painter. While he was always
Interested in technology and studied electrical engineering
In college, Morse went to Paris to learn from famous artists
Of his day and later painted many pictures that now hang
In museums, including a portrait of former President John
Adams. In 1825, Morse was in Washington, D.C., painting
A portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette when a messenger
Arrived on horseback to tell him that his wife was gravely
Ill back at his home in Connecticut. The message had taken
Several days to reach him because of the distance. Morse
Rushed to his home as fast as he could, but his wife had
Already passed away by the time he arrived. Grief-stricken,
He gave up painting and devoted the rest of his life to finding
Ways to transmit messages over long distances faster.
Morse left t
C.)Experienced a personal tragedy in his life
Leonardo da Vinci is not only one of the most famous
Artists in history, but he was also a botanist, a writer, and
An inventor. Even though most of his inventions were
Not actually built in his lifetime, many of today's modern
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The wheel is considered one of the most important
Mechanical inventions of all time. Many technologies since
The invention of the wheel have been based on its principles,
And since the industrial revolution, the wheel has been
A basic element of nearly every machine constructed by
Humankind. No one knows the exact time and place of the
Invention of the wheel, but its beginnings can be seen across
Many ancient civilizations.
The passage suggests that the wheel is an important
Invention because it
A. Is one of the world's oldest inventions
B. Forms the basis of so many later inventions
C. Can be traced to many ancient cultures
D. Is one the world's most famous inventions
B.) Forms of the basis of so many later inventions
Samuel Morse, best known today as the inventor of
, Morse Code and one of the inventors of the telegraph,
Was originally a prominent painter. While he was always
Interested in technology and studied electrical engineering
In college, Morse went to Paris to learn from famous artists
Of his day and later painted many pictures that now hang
In museums, including a portrait of former President John
Adams. In 1825, Morse was in Washington, D.C., painting
A portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette when a messenger
Arrived on horseback to tell him that his wife was gravely
Ill back at his home in Connecticut. The message had taken
Several days to reach him because of the distance. Morse
Rushed to his home as fast as he could, but his wife had
Already passed away by the time he arrived. Grief-stricken,
He gave up painting and devoted the rest of his life to finding
Ways to transmit messages over long distances faster.
Morse left t
C.)Experienced a personal tragedy in his life
Leonardo da Vinci is not only one of the most famous
Artists in history, but he was also a botanist, a writer, and
An inventor. Even though most of his inventions were
Not actually built in his lifetime, many of today's modern
