Of the following headings in an outline, the one that would be indented the least is
a. I. Psychological Disorders.
b. A. Mood Disorders.
c. 1 . Phobias.
d. a. Arachnophobia (abnormal fear of spiders).
Ques. 2The sociologist Jessier Bernard (1982) claimed that every marriage is actually two different relationships. What was Bernard's point in making this claim?
a. Each marriage partner has a different perspective on the relationship.
b. Marriage partners should have equal romantic attachments to each other.
c. Marriage steals our individuality.
d. Men are less understanding than women.
Ques. 3According to the reading, boys in elementary school are likely to be interested in reading about all of the following except _____.
a. a biography of a famous boxer. c. starting a babysitting service.
b. looking for ghosts in a haunted mansion. d. terrorist attacks.
Ques. 4The amount of material highlighted in a paragraph should be no more than
a. 1 percent.
b. 10 percent.
c. 30 percent.
d. 50 percent.
Ques. 5In paragraph 8, the verb snowball most likely means _____.
a. create a chilling effect. c. increase rapidly.
b. decline steadily. d. lessen the chances of success.
Ques. 6The concept of customer service was foreign to the clerk at the returns desk.
a. The clerk did not understand what customer service meant.
b. The clerk was working at the wrong desk.
e. The clerk did not provide good customer service.
f. The clerk did not speak English.
Ques. 7What does Richard Whitmore, the author of Why Boys Fail, believe is the cause of boys' lagging reading scores?
a. Girls are becoming better readers, which makes boys look less successful.
b. The increasing emphasis on verbal skills taught in sedate ways leads boys to become frustrated and act out.
c. The problem is the American education system, as boys are doing well in other countries.
d. They are easily frustrated and act out because they dislike school.
Ques. 8When Kristof writes, Indeed, the more books make parents flinch, the more they seem to suck boys in, we can infer that
a. books parents do not like are often the ones boys enjoy reading.
b. it hurts parents to think that their children are not reading at all.
d. most boys like to read the same things that their parents read.
d. some parents do not have a high opinion of ghost stories and thrillers.
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