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3. In reading comprehension, it is better not to 
A. recognize your own biases. 
B. let your own biases interfere. 
C. recognize the author’s biases. 
 
4. Which of the following statements is not an opinion? 
A. Soccer is the most boring professional sport to watch. 
B. Pro baseball has more spectators than pro football. 
C. It’s a fact that rugby is the most exciting game to play.
 
5. The three most common purposes an author uses when writing are to inform, to entertain
and to 
A. explain. 
B. educate. 
C. persuade. 

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B. Read the following sentences and choose the tone of voice the author uses. 
 
6. “I am so frustrated! Joe expects me to work all day, then come home and do all the cooking 
and cleaning!” 
A. serious 
B. angry 
C. pessimistic 
7. The Fourth of July is a day we should all celebrate, and we should be thankful we live in a 
democracy. 
A. grateful 
B. bitter 
C. objective 
8. Do you remember when we used to ride our horses on Lenox Road? There was hardly any 
traffic because it was a dirt road. Then, we’d head the other way and go swimming at the 
Chastain Park pool; those were the good old days. 
A. jovial 
B. nostalgic 
C. cynical 
9. Nothing ever goes right for me. I’m always too late or too slow. Why am I always the one 
everybody criticizes? 
A. pessimistic 
B. mocking 
C. opinionated 
10. I’m calling to let you know I got accepted into the study abroad program; I’ll be in Paris this 
summer! 
A. objective 
B. weary 
C. excited 
 
 
 
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