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• Question 51:

  According to the passage, why did people tend to believe the story about Marie Antoinette?

  

  A. Historians did not discover until much later that the source was unreliable.

  B. It was the sort of thing Marie Antoinette was often known to say.

  C. The story confirmed what people already felt about the rich at that time.

  D. Only true stories last through history, so it was safe to assume it was reliable.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 52:

  The passage implies that rockfish and otters: A. only feed on snails.

  

  B. are both predators.

  C. are more familiar than most sea creatures.

  D. feed on the kelp that grows in kelp forests.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 53:

  What is the author's purpose in pointing out that "fewer people have gone to the abyssal plains than have gone into space" (lines 54-56)?

  

  A. To highlight how dangerous the abyssal plains are for human beings.

  B. To support the idea that there is a great deal of exploration left to be done in the abyssal plains.

  C. To suggest that there is an unfair lack of funding for marine exploration compared to space exploration.

  D. To imply that it is more difficult to reach the ocean floor than it is to get into space.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 54:

  According to the passage, the poor citizens of 18th century France faced which of the following problems involving bread?

  

  A. Bakeries went out of business because the poor had no money to buy bread.

  B. People did not have enough bread to eat, even though they spent much of their money on it.

  C. People didn't like eating bread all the time, and craved something different.

  D. People weren't willing to pay outrageous bread prices and demanded cheaper alternatives.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 55:

  We can infer from the passage that Marie Antoinette was:

  

  A. not very well educated.

  B. only a small child at the time of her death.

  C. executed by French revolutionaries.

  D. never acquainted with Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 56:

  The passage provides evidence to support which of the following statements?

  

  A. An understanding of the laws of physics allows scientists to make accurate predictions about the universe.

  B. Most of the planets of our solar system have been known since ancient times.

  C. John Adams Couch was primarily responsible for the discovery of Neptune.

  D. We have good reason to believe that there may be more planets waiting to be discovered in the outer solar system.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 57:

  The author's attitude toward the ocean could best be described as: A. fascinated.

  

  B. ambivalent.

  C. stern.

  D. indifferent.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 58:

  Which best states the main point of the first paragraph (lines 1-21)?

  

  A. People should spend more time in the ocean so that it will seem less alien.

  B. Coral reefs are probably the most beautiful part of the ocean.

  C. The earth's oceans contain a great variety of organisms and environments.

  D. The abyssal plains are the deepest parts of the ocean.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 59:

  As it is used in line 17, "sustenance" most nearly means: A. activity.

  

  B. reproduction.

  C. nourishment.

  D. body size.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 60:

  Which sentence best summarizes the author's main idea in this passage?

  

  A. Plankton are an essential part of ocean food chains even in the deepest areas.

  B. We should invest more in exploring the ocean than in exploring space.

  C. The ocean is a strange and wonderful place which is not yet fully explored.

  D. We don't know very much about space and the oceans.

  Correct Answer: C