Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition

c.
Answer 
a
is an assumption not based on any-
thing written in the passage. Answer 
b
is too
specific—it is only one example of a healthy, low-
fat lunch option that a school cafeteria can serve.
Only 
c
is general and factual enough to encompass
the whole paragraph.
5.
True.
This sentence expresses the main idea.
6.
True.
This sentence is an opinion. It is debatable.
Someone else might think that altering the menu
in school cafeterias isn’t one of the most important
steps to be taken in order to make the United
States a healthier, slimmer nation. They might
think that launching a public service ad campaign
about the dangers of fast food or implementing
more rigorous classroom education about eating
healthy is more important than changing the
menus of school cafeterias.
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Practice Passage 2
Try one more paragraph to conclude this first section. Once again, mark up the paragraph carefully and then answer
the questions that follow.
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Robert Johnson is the best blues guitarist of all time. There is little information
available about this legendary blues guitarist, and the information is as much
rumor as fact. What is indisputable, however, is Johnson’s tremendous impact
on the world of rock and roll. Some consider Johnson the father of modern rock:
His influence extends to artists from Muddy Waters to Led Zeppelin, from the
Rolling Stones to the Allman Brothers Band. Eric Clapton has called Johnson the
most important blues musician who ever lived. Considering his reputation, it is
hard to believe that Johnson recorded only 29 songs before his death in 1938, pur-
portedly at the hands of a jealous husband. He was only 27 years old, yet he left
an indelible mark on the music world. Again and again, contemporary rock
artists return to Johnson, whose songs capture the very essence of the blues,
transforming our pain and suffering with the healing magic of his guitar. Rock
music wouldn’t be what it is today without Robert Johnson.