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 women to perform many of society’s vital tasks.
We can conclude from the information in this passage that
A. women today are highly successful in winning equal rights.
B. only pioneer women have been considered equal to men.
C. historically, women have only achieved equality through force.
D. historically, the principle of equality alone has not been enough to secure
women equal rights.
5. In 1848, Charles Burton of New York City made the first baby carriage, but people
strongly objected to the vehicles because they said the carriage operators hit too many
pedestrians. Still convinced that he had a good idea, Burton opened a factory in
England. He obtained orders for the baby carriages from Queen Isabella II of Spain,
Queen Victoria of England, and the Pasha of Egypt. The United States had to wait
another 10 years before it got a carriage factory, and only 75 carriages were sold in the
first year.
Even after the success of baby carriages in England,
A. Charles Burton was a poor man.
B. Americans were still reluctant to buy baby carriages.
C. Americans purchased thousands of baby carriages.
D. the United States bought more carriages than any other country.
6. All water molecules form six-sided structures as they freeze and become snow crystals.
The shape of the crystal is determined by temperature, vapor, and wind conditions in the
upper atmosphere. Snow crystals are always symmetrical because these conditions
affect all six sides simultaneously.
The purpose of the passage is to present
A. a personal observation.
B. a solution to a problem.
C. actual information.
D. opposing scientific theories.