[{"id":120694,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to the author, which of\r\nthe following reading tips and tools are offered by the e-reader?<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I line spacing customization<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">II the ability to quickly jump to\r\nthe end of a book<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">III access to an online thesaurus at\r\nthe touch of a finger<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"I only","value":"A"},{"text":"I and II only","value":"B"},{"text":"II and III only","value":"C"},{"text":"I, II and III","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":120692,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Which of the following, if true,\r\nwould present the biggest challenge to the author’s argument set forth in\r\nparagraph 5?<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"Books are not made only from whole trees, but from wood chips and forest waste as well","value":"A"},{"text":"The natural resources required to rad an e-book on an e-reader are greater than the natural resources required to make a printed book.","value":"B"},{"text":"The results of a recent survey show that people who read e-books are more likely to be distracted during their reading and remember less of the book","value":"C"},{"text":"Although the printing of the extremely popular Harry Potter book series had significant environmental impact, the Harry Potter movie series cost almost no trees to make and was also very well-liked","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":120691,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As used in paragraph 5, which is the\r\nbest <u>synonym</u> for ‘sustain’?<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"Maintain","value":"A"},{"text":"Allow","value":"B"},{"text":"Enforce","value":"C"},{"text":"Yield","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":1},{"id":120690,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Based on information in the passage,\r\nit can be inferred that War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Les Miserables are\r\nall<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"Authored by Europeans","value":"A"},{"text":"Dense and impenetrable","value":"B"},{"text":"Timeless classics","value":"C"},{"text":"Awkward or unwieldy","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":4},{"id":120689,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Based on its use in paragraph 4, It\r\ncan be inferred that petite belongs to which of the following word families?<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"Jubilant, euphoric, playful","value":"A"},{"text":"Compact, diminutive, little","value":"B"},{"text":"Cute, attractive, charming","value":"C"},{"text":"Light, airy, spacious","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":120688,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As used in paragraph 3, which of the\r\nfollowing describes something that has been “put to shame”?<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"A dog is left outside on a frigid, deary winter night","value":"A"},{"text":"Team A defeats Team B in a humiliating rout","value":"B"},{"text":"Martha is caught stealing at the mall and is arrested in front of a crowd of curious bystanders","value":"C"},{"text":"The machine has countless moving parts and Dustin has trouble assembling it","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":2},{"id":120687,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to the author, e-books<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I were all once printed books<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">II may be “born digital”<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">III are able to display images<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"I only","value":"A"},{"text":"I and II only","value":"B"},{"text":"II and III only","value":"C"},{"text":"I, II and III","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":3},{"id":120686,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The tone of the author can best be\r\ndescribed as<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"Shrewd","value":"A"},{"text":"Conniving","value":"B"},{"text":"Persuasive","value":"C"},{"text":"Authoritative","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":3},{"id":120685,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now, I am looking at a shelf\r\nfull or relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right\r\nnow I am lolling at a shelf full of books. Yes that’s right. If you have some\r\nspare cash (the doing rate is about $89) and are looking to enhance your reading\r\nexperience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader.\r\nE-readers are replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open arms (as\r\nyou should).<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you haven’t heard of an e-reader\r\nand don’t know what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An\r\ne-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a\r\nbook-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both,\r\nand produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other\r\nelectronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book,\r\ne-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary or English defines the\r\ne-book as “an electronic version of a printed book, “but e-book can and do\r\nexist without any printed equivalent.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So now you know what an e-reader is.\r\nBut you still may be wondering why they put printed books to shame. E-readers\r\nare superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly,\r\nand provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">E-readers are superior to printed\r\nbooks because they save space. The average e-reader can store thousands of\r\ndigital book, providing a veritable library at your fingertips. What is more,\r\nbeing the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader itself is relatively\r\npetite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This\r\nmakes handling ponderous behemoths such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and\r\nLes Miserables a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect\r\nof an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your\r\nshelves.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, e-readers are superior\r\nto books because they are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about\r\n300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000\r\npieces of paper. That’s a lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of\r\npaper in a tree, this means it takes almost 4 trees to make these 1000 books.\r\nNow, we know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week.\r\nThat means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And\r\nfor the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example,\r\nthe Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That’s about 2\r\nmillion trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe\r\nimpact of printed books on the environment. Since e-reader use no trees, they\r\nrepresent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and\r\nits resources.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, e-reader are superior to\r\nbooks because they provide helpful reading tips and tolls that printed books do\r\nnot. The typical e-reader allows its user to customize letter size, font, and\r\nline spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.\r\nFurthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then\r\njump to a specific electronic bookmarking. Furthermore, it grants users the\r\nability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based\r\non that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful\r\nof all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger.\r\nOn even the most basic e-reader, users can conjure instant definitions without\r\nhaving to hunt through a physical dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It can be seen that e-readers are\r\nsuperior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly, and\r\nprovide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good\r\nare printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As used in paragraph 1, it can be\r\ninferred that “relics,” “has-been old timers, antiques, fossils” are all words\r\nthat describe something<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"Ancient","value":"A"},{"text":"Useless","value":"B"},{"text":"Outdated","value":"C"},{"text":"Pathetic","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":3},{"id":120671,"question":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">First introduced in 1927, The Hardy\r\nBoys Mystery Stories are a series of books about the adventures of brothers\r\nFrank and Joe Hardy, teenaged detectives who solve one baffling mystery after\r\nanother. The Hardy Boys were so popular among young boys that in 1930 a similar\r\nseries was created for girls featuring a sixteen-year-old detective named Nancy\r\nDrew. The cover of each volume of The Hardy Boys states that he author of the\r\nseries is Franklin W. Dixon; the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are supposedly\r\nwritten by Carolyn Keene. Over the years, though, many fans of both series have\r\nbeen surprised to find out that Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene are not\r\nreal people. If Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene never existed, then who\r\nwrote The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries?<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Hardy Boys and the Nancy Drew\r\nbooks were written through a process called ghostwriting. A ghostwriter writes\r\na book according to a specific formula. While ghostwriters are paid for writing\r\nthe books, their authorship is not acknowledged, and their names do not appear\r\non the published books. Ghostwriters can write books for children or adults,\r\nthe content of which is unspecific. Sometimes they work on book series with a\r\nlot of individual titles, such as The Hardy Boys and the Nancy Drew series.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The initial idea for both The Hardy\r\nBoys and the Nancy Drew series was developed by a man named Edward Stratemeyer,\r\nwho owned a publishing company that specialized in children’s book.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Stratemeyer noticed the increasing\r\npopularity of mysteries among adult, and surmised that children would enjoy\r\nreading mysteries about younger detectives with whom they could identify.\r\nStratemeyer first developed each book with an outline describing the plot and\r\nsetting. Once he completed the outline, Stratemeyer then hired a ghostwriter to\r\nconvert it into a book of slightly over 200 pages. After the ghostwriter had\r\nwritten a draft of a book, he or she would send it back to Stratemeyer, who\r\nwould make a list of corrections and mail it back to the ghostwriter. The\r\nghostwriter would revise the book according to Stratemeyer’s instructions and\r\nthen return it to him. Once Stratemeyer approved the book, it was ready for\r\npublication.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Because each series ran for so many\r\nyears, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys both had a number of different\r\nghostwriters producing books; however, the first ghostwrites for each series proved\r\nto be the most influential. The initial ghostwriter for The Hardy Boys was a\r\nCanadian journalist named Leslie McFarlane. A few years later, Mildred A. Wirt,\r\na young writer from lowa, began writing the Nancy Drew books. Although they\r\nwere using prepared outlines as guides, both McFarlane and Wirt developed the\r\ncharacters themselves. The personalities of Frank and Joe Hardy and Nancy arose\r\ndirectly from McFarlane’s and wirt’s imaginations. For example, Mildred Wirt\r\nhad been a star college athelete and gave Nancy similar athletic abilities. The\r\nghostwriters were also responsible for numerous plot and setting details.\r\nLeslie McFarlane used elements of his small C fictional hometown.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Although The Hardy Boys and Nancy\r\nDrew books were very popular with children, not everyone approved of them.\r\nCritics thought their plots were unrealistic and even far-fetched, since most\r\nteenagers did not experience the adventures Frank and Joe Hardy or Nancy Drew\r\ndid. The way the books were written also attracted criticism. Many teachers and\r\nlibrarians objected to the ghostwriting process, claiming it was designed to\r\nproduce books quickly rather than create quality literature. Some libraries –\r\nincluding the New York Public Library – even refused to include the books in\r\ntheir children’s collections. Ironically, this decision actually helped sales\r\nof his books, because children simply purchased them when they were unavailable\r\nin local libraries.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Regardless of the debates about\r\ntheir literary merit, each series of books has exerted an undeniable influence\r\non American and even global culture. Most Americans have never heard of Edward\r\nStratemeyer, Leslie McFarlane, or Mildred wirt, but people throughout the world\r\nare familiar with Nancy Drew and Frank and Joe Hardy.<o:p></o:p></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Which of the following best\r\ndescribes the structure of this passage?<o:p></o:p></p>","choices":[{"text":"Introduction, explanation, history, controversy, conclusion","value":"A"},{"text":"Introduction, history, controversy, explanation, conclusion","value":"B"},{"text":"History, explanation, summary, conclusion, controversy","value":"C"},{"text":"History, controversy, explanation, summary, conclusion","value":"D"},{"value":"E"}],"correctAnswer":1}]