Passage One:

The Florida Keys are a beautiful chain of almost 1,000 coral and limestone islands These
islands form an arc that heads first southwest and then west from the mainland. U.S. Highway 1,
called the Overseas Highway connects the main islands in the chain. On this highway, it is
necessary to cross 42 bridges over the ocean to cover the 159 miles from Miami on the mainland,
to Key West the farthest island on the highway and the southernmost city in the United States.
The questions:

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Florida Keys?

(A) The Florida Keys are a chain of islands.
(B) The Florida Keys contain coral and limestone
(C) The Florida Keys are in the shape of an arc.
(D) The Florida Keys are not all inhabited.

2. Which of the following is NOT true about U.S. Highway 1?

(A) It is also known as the Overseas Highway
(B) It joins all of the islands in the Florida Keys.
(C) It has more than 40 bridges
(D) It connects Miami and Key West

Passage 2 :

Blood pressure measurement has two components: systolic and diastolic. Systolic
pressure is taken when the heart is contracting to pump blood; diastolic pressure is taken when
the heart is resting between beats. In the usual blood pressure reading, the systolic measurement
is given first and is the higher of the two. Normal blood pressure is a systolic measurement of
120—140, and when the systolic pressure is 160 or higher, then hypertension exists. Systolic
pressure between 140 and 160 indicates borderline hypertension.

3. Which of the following is NOT true about systolic blood pressure?

(A) It is taken during the contraction of the heart.
(B) It is usually given first in a blood pressure reading.
(C) A normal systolic measurement is 120 – 140.
(D) Hypertension exists when the systolic pressure is below 140.

4. Which of the following is NOT stated about diastolic pressure?

(A) It is one of the two components of blood pressure measurement.
(B) It is taken when the heart is resting.
(C) It is lower than systolic pressure.
(D) A diastolic measurement of 140 is normal.

Passage 3

In the 1960s, as space travel was becoming a subject of much discussion, Pan American
Airlines began receiving some fairly unusual requests for flight information. People began
making requests to be on the first flight that Pan Am made to the Moon. On a whim, Pan Am
started a waiting list for the first flight to the Moon. Similar requests have come to Pan Am over
the years, and Pan Am has responded by adding the names of the requesters to the list.
Unfortunately for Pan Am, the original company is no longer in business, and it never got to the
Moon. However, when it went out of business, it had a waiting list of more than 90,000 names
for its first lunar flight.

5. All of the following are mentioned about Pan American Airlines, EXCEPT that
(A) it started business in the 1960s
(B) it received requests for its first flight to the Moon
(C) it kept some people on a long waiting list
(D) it went out of business

6. Which of the following is NOT true about Pan Am’s Moon flights?
(A) People asked Pan Am about its flights to the Moon.
(B) Pan Am kept a waiting list for its Moon flights.
(C) Pan Am never really made any Moon flights.
(D) Pan Am’s waiting list had only a few names on it.
 The tunnel trees in Yosemite Valley are an amazing attraction to people who visit there.
The tunnel trees are huge trees, giant redwoods, which have had tunnels carved in them, and cars
can actually drive through some of the trees. The fact that the trees are large enough to have cars
drive through them should give you some indication of just how big the trees are. There are
currently two existing tunnel trees in Yosemite Valley. One of them is called the “Dead Giant.”
This is just the stump, or bottom part, of a much larger tree. The hole was cut through the base of
the tree in 1878, and stagecoaches used to drive through it. Today the Dead Giant still exists, but
the stagecoaches do not. Passenger cars can and do drive through the 10-foot-wide opening in the
tree stump. The other existing tunnel tree is the 230-foot high California Tree, which had a hole
carved through it in 1895. This tree is no longer open to the public, so it is not possible to take a
car through it. Unfortunately, a third tunnel tree no longer exists. The Wawona Tunnel Tree was
a 2,100-year-old tree which was carved in 1881. A terrible snowstorm in 1969 caused this
ancient giant of a tree to fall.

7. Which of the following is NOT true about the tunnel trees in Yosemite Valley?
(A) They are trees with holes cut in them.
(B) They are giant redwoods.
(C) Three tunnel trees currently exist.
(D) Cars have driven through some of
them.

8. All of the following are stated about the Dead Giant, EXCEPT that
(A) it is still a tunnel tree today
(B) it is just the stump of a tree
(C) it was cut less than a century ago
(D) it has a 10-foot opening

9. Which of the following is NOT true about the California Tree?

(A) Its tunnel still exists.
(B) Its tunnel is 230 feet high.
(C) Its tunnel was cut in 1895.
(D) Cars are not allowed to go through it.
10. All of the following are true about the Wawona Tunnel Tree, EXCEPT that
(A) it does not exist anymore
(B) the tree lived for more than 2,000 years
(C) the tunnel tree was destroyed in a snowstorm
(D) the tunnel was destroyed in 1881