Accuplacer Reading Comprehension and Sentence Skills Study
Guide.
1. Accuplacer Reading Comprehension
2. Accuplacer Sentence Skills
3. Practice Questions with Answers
Test 1 - ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION TEST
The 20 questions in this test are of two main types:
1. Read a Passage: The first type of question consists of a reading passage followed by a
question based on the text. Both short and long passages are provided. The reading passages can
also be classified according to the kind of information processing required, including explicit
statements related to the main idea, explicit statements related to a secondary idea, application,
and inference.
2. Sentence relationships: The second type of question, sentence relationships, presents two
sentences followed by a question about the relationship between these two sentences. The
question may ask, for example, if the statement in the second sentence supports that in the first,
if it contradicts it, or if it repeats the same information.
READING COMPREHENSION SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Directions for Questions 1 to 6:
,Read the statement or passage and then choose the best answer to the question. Answer the
question based on what is stated or implied in the statement or passage.
1. In the words of Thomas DeQuincey, “It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay
burdens upon it.” If, like most people, you have trouble recalling the names of those you
have just met, try this: The next time you are introduced, plan to remember the names. Say
to yourself, “I’ll listen carefully; I’ll repeat each person’s name to be sure I’ve got it, and I
will remember.” You’ll discover how effective this technique is and probably recall those
names for the rest of your life.
The main idea of the paragraph maintains that the memory
A. always operates at peak efficiency.
B. breaks down under great strain.
C. improves if it is used often.
D. becomes unreliable if it tires.
2. Unemployment was the overriding fact of life when Franklin D. Roosevelt became
president of the United States on March 4, 1933. An anomaly of the time was that the
government did not systematically collect statistics of joblessness; actually it did not start
doing so until 1940. The Bureau of Labor Statistics later estimated that 12,830,000 persons
were out of work in 1933, about one-fourth of a civilian labor force of more than 51
million. Roosevelt signed the Federal Emergency Relief Act on May 12, 1933. The
president selected Harry L. Hopkins, who headed the New York relief program, to run
FERA. A gifted administrator, Hopkins quickly put the program into high gear. He gathered
a small staff in Washington and brought the
, state relief organizations into the FERA system. While the agency tried to provide all the
necessities, food came first. City dwellers usually got an allowance for fuel, and rent for one
month was provided in case of eviction.
This passage is primarily about
A. unemployment in the 1930s.
B. the effect of unemployment on United States families.
C. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.
D. President Roosevelt’s FERA program.
3. It is said that a smile is universally understood. And nothing triggers a smile more
universally than a taste of sugar. Nearly everyone loves sugar. Infant studies indicate that
humans are born with an innate love of sweets. Based on statistics, a lot of people in Great
Britain must be smiling because on average, every man, woman, and child in that country
consumes 95 pounds of sugar each year.
From this passage it seems safe to conclude that the English
A. do not know that too much sugar is unhealthy.
B. eat desserts at every meal.
C. are fonder of sweets than most people.
D. have more cavities than any other people.
4. With varying success, many women around the world today struggle for equal rights.
Historically, women have achieved greater equality with men during periods of social adversity.
The following factors initiated the greatest number of improvements for women: violent
revolution, world war, and the rigors of pioneering in an undeveloped land. In all three cases,
the essential element that improved the status of women was a shortage of men, which required
Guide.
1. Accuplacer Reading Comprehension
2. Accuplacer Sentence Skills
3. Practice Questions with Answers
Test 1 - ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION TEST
The 20 questions in this test are of two main types:
1. Read a Passage: The first type of question consists of a reading passage followed by a
question based on the text. Both short and long passages are provided. The reading passages can
also be classified according to the kind of information processing required, including explicit
statements related to the main idea, explicit statements related to a secondary idea, application,
and inference.
2. Sentence relationships: The second type of question, sentence relationships, presents two
sentences followed by a question about the relationship between these two sentences. The
question may ask, for example, if the statement in the second sentence supports that in the first,
if it contradicts it, or if it repeats the same information.
READING COMPREHENSION SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Directions for Questions 1 to 6:
,Read the statement or passage and then choose the best answer to the question. Answer the
question based on what is stated or implied in the statement or passage.
1. In the words of Thomas DeQuincey, “It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay
burdens upon it.” If, like most people, you have trouble recalling the names of those you
have just met, try this: The next time you are introduced, plan to remember the names. Say
to yourself, “I’ll listen carefully; I’ll repeat each person’s name to be sure I’ve got it, and I
will remember.” You’ll discover how effective this technique is and probably recall those
names for the rest of your life.
The main idea of the paragraph maintains that the memory
A. always operates at peak efficiency.
B. breaks down under great strain.
C. improves if it is used often.
D. becomes unreliable if it tires.
2. Unemployment was the overriding fact of life when Franklin D. Roosevelt became
president of the United States on March 4, 1933. An anomaly of the time was that the
government did not systematically collect statistics of joblessness; actually it did not start
doing so until 1940. The Bureau of Labor Statistics later estimated that 12,830,000 persons
were out of work in 1933, about one-fourth of a civilian labor force of more than 51
million. Roosevelt signed the Federal Emergency Relief Act on May 12, 1933. The
president selected Harry L. Hopkins, who headed the New York relief program, to run
FERA. A gifted administrator, Hopkins quickly put the program into high gear. He gathered
a small staff in Washington and brought the
, state relief organizations into the FERA system. While the agency tried to provide all the
necessities, food came first. City dwellers usually got an allowance for fuel, and rent for one
month was provided in case of eviction.
This passage is primarily about
A. unemployment in the 1930s.
B. the effect of unemployment on United States families.
C. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.
D. President Roosevelt’s FERA program.
3. It is said that a smile is universally understood. And nothing triggers a smile more
universally than a taste of sugar. Nearly everyone loves sugar. Infant studies indicate that
humans are born with an innate love of sweets. Based on statistics, a lot of people in Great
Britain must be smiling because on average, every man, woman, and child in that country
consumes 95 pounds of sugar each year.
From this passage it seems safe to conclude that the English
A. do not know that too much sugar is unhealthy.
B. eat desserts at every meal.
C. are fonder of sweets than most people.
D. have more cavities than any other people.
4. With varying success, many women around the world today struggle for equal rights.
Historically, women have achieved greater equality with men during periods of social adversity.
The following factors initiated the greatest number of improvements for women: violent
revolution, world war, and the rigors of pioneering in an undeveloped land. In all three cases,
the essential element that improved the status of women was a shortage of men, which required
