This forceful first novel set a new path for American novels at the turn of the last century.
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2. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the first highlighted sentence in paragraph 2? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
- Dreiser’s family had formerly been rich before it had become poor.
- Dreiser was, unfortunately, born into an overly dramatic family.
- The fortunes of Dreiser’s family had recently increased.
- Members of Dreiser’s family suffered from the serious effects of a disease.
3. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the second highlighted sentence in paragraph 2? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
- Dreiser served as a witness in a number of trials that involved beggars, alcoholics, and prostitutes.
- Dreiser observed and wrote about the poorer classes as part of his newspaper job.
- In New York City, during Dreiser's time, there were many people who were less fortunate than Dreiser.
- Dreiser's work involved working with beggars, alcoholics, and prostitutes.
4. Look at the four squares 4 that indicate where the following sentence can be added to paragraph 2.
At this young age, he moved alone to Chicago and supported himself by taking odd jobs.
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5. Look at the four squares 5 that indicate where the following sentence can be added to paragraph 3.
It was rather unusual for a novice writer to achieve so much so quickly.
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6. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 3? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
- Dreiser devoted his life primarily to trying to become rich.
- In Dreiser's novel, Carrie succeeds by moving from a low-level job to stardom.
- Dreiser used one of his characters to demonstrate the negative aspects of lust for money.
- Dreiser tried to warn Carrie that she was taking the wrong path in life.
7. Look at the four squares 7 that indicate where the following sentence can be added to paragraph 4.
These changes were intended to tone down some of the starker and more scandalous descriptions.
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8. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the first highlighted sentence in paragraph 5? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
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- Dreiser recovered from an attempted suicide at a sanatorium.
- Dreiser's brother went to a sanatorium after attempting suicide.
- After being sent to a sanatorium, Dreiser considered committing suicide.
- Dreiser's brother stepped in to help Dreiser after Dreiser became depressed.
9. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the second highlighted sentence in paragraph 5? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
- In Dreiser's novels, he recognized the power of urban life and new trends that existed in it.
- The success of Dreiser's novel went unrecognized because it represented such a new trend in literature.
- Dreiser credited his urban upbringing and literary background for the success that his novel achieved.
- Dreiser achieved acclaim because his writing was so powerful and because he established a new trend.
10. Look at the four squares 10 that indicate where the following sentence can be added to paragraph 5.
This company was one that published magazines to promote sewing and the sale of clothing patterns.
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READING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4): Read the passage.
Pulsars
1 There is still much for astronomers to learn about pulsars. Based on what is known, the term pulsar is used to describe the phenomenon of short, precisely timed radio bursts that are emitted from somewhere in space. Though all is not known about pulsars, they are now believed in reality to emanate from spinning neutron stars, highly reduced cores of collapsed stars that are theorized to exist.
2 Pulsars were discovered in 1967, when Jocelyn Bell, a graduate student at Cambridge University, noticed an unusual pattern on a chart from a radio telescope. What made this pattern unusual was that, unlike other radio signals from celestial objects, this series of pulses had a highly regular period of 1.33730119 seconds. Because day after day the pulses came from the same place among the stars, Cambridge researchers came to the conclusion that they could not have come from a local source such as an Earth satellite.
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3 5A A name was needed for this newly discovered phenomenon. 5B The possibility that the signals were coming from a distant civilization was considered, and at that point the idea of naming the phenomenon L.G.M. (short for Little Green Men) was raised. 5C However, after researchers had found three more regularly pulsing objects in other parts of the sky over the next few weeks, the name pulsar was selected instead of L.G.M. 5D
4 As more and more pulsars were found, astronomers engaged in debates over their nature. It was determined that a pulsar could not be a star inasmuch as a normal star is too big to pulse so fast. The question was also raised as to whether a pulsar might be a white dwarf star, a dying star that has collapsed to approximately the size of the Earth and is slowly cooling off. However, this idea was also rejected because the fastest pulsar known at the time pulsed around thirty times per second and a white dwarf, which is the smallest known type of star, would not hold together if it were to spin that fast.
5 The final conclusion among astronomers was that only a neutron star, which is theorized to be the remaining core of a collapsed star that has been reduced to a highly dense radius of only around 10 kilometers, was small enough to be a pulsar. Further evidence of the link between pulsars and neutron stars was found in 1968, when a pulsar was found in the middle of the Crab Nebula. The Crab Nebula is what remains of the supernova of the year 1054, and inasmuch as it has been theorized that neutron stars sometimes remain following supernova explosions, it is believed that the pulsar coming from the Crab Nebula is evidently just such a neutron star.
6 13A The generally accepted theory for pulsars is the lighthouse theory, which is based upon a consideration of the theoretical properties of neutron stars and the observed properties of pulsars. 13B According to the lighthouse theory, a spinning neutron star emits beams of radiation that sweep through the sky, and when one of the beams passes over the Earth, it is detectable on Earth. 13C It is known as the lighthouse theory because the emissions from neutron stars are similar to the pulses of light emitted from lighthouses as they sweep over the ocean; the name lighthouse is therefore actually more appropriate than the name pulsar. 13D
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Questions
1. The phrase emanate from in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. develop from
B. revolve around
C. wander away from
D. receive directions from
2. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 2? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
- It was unusual for researchers to hear patterns from space.
- It was unusual for celestial objects to emit radio signals.
- It was unusual that the pattern of the pulsars was so regular.
- It was unusual that the period of pulses was only slightly more than a second in length.
3. The word they in paragraph 2 refers to
A. day after day
B. the pulses
C. the stars
D. Cambridge researchers
4. The word raised in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by
A. Lifted
B. Suggested
C. Discovered
D. Elevated
5. Look at the four squares 5 that indicate where the following sentence can be added to paragraph 3.
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