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1. Fast foods tend to be high in calories and saturated fat. People who eat a lot of fast food are at greater risk for obesity. They’re also more likely to develop diabetes.
a) Consumption of fast foods is linked to health problems.
b) People who eat fast foods become obese.
c) All fats are harmful.
d)

Whenever my area has a storm with high winds, many residents lose electric power. Swaying branches and fallen trees bring electric cables down. A growing number of residents are demanding that more of the area’s electric cables be placed underground.
a) Some of the area's electric cables are already underground.
b) Underground cables are less expensive than above ground cables.
c) Storms with high winds occur almost daily in the area.
d)

People who watch much TV violence when they’re children are more likely to be aggressive when they’re adults. For example, they’re more likely to physically abuse a spouse.
a) Children who watch lots of TV violence become violent adults.
b) TV has no serious effects on most people's behavior.
c) Too much TV violence can lead to real violence.
d)

In the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln declared that all people held as slaves in Confederate regions of the United States would become free as of January 1, 1863. In reality, however, most slaves remained in bondage until the end of the C
a) President Lincoln didn’t care about ending slavery
b) The defeat of the Confederate states forced slaveholders to free their slaves.
c) The Emancipation Proclamation angered people in the North and the South.
d)

Ants of various species use bits of leaf, wood, dirt, and sand as food-collecting tools. Holding the object in their jaws, they dip it into food such as honey, fruit pulp, and the body fluids of prey until the food sticks or is absorbed. Then they ca
a) Ants have a clever tool strategy.
b) Ants can’t reason.
c) Ants never stop working.
d)

People born with a rare condition called congenital analgesia can’t feel pain. For this reason, they repeatedly bite their tongue and lips; leave cuts, fractures, and infections unheeded; and apply their weight to torn muscles, broken bones, and othe
a) People with congenital analgesia have no sense of touch or temperature.
b) Pain serves a protective function.
c) Pain has healing powers.
d)

Hot foods such as salsa, chili peppers, and horseradish do more than add zing to your meal. They also cause the release of endorphins, your body’s natural painkillers. As a result, they may give you a feeling of happiness. Hot foods also can reduce y
a) Hot foods can be good for you.
b) Hot foods can be unhealthy.
c) Hot foods can be a cure for severe depression.
d)

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects prisoners from “cruel and unusual punishments.” The Supreme Court has ruled that circumstances such as severe crowding, unsanitary cells, failure to receive adequate food, and failure to receive
a) Prisoners have no constitutional rights.
b) Cruel and unusual punishments are unlawful.
c) “Cruel and unusual punishments” applies only to direct physical abuse, such as torture.
d)

If you think that you can’t be happy unless you’re married, you’ll be surprised by the findings of a fifteen-year study of 24,000 people. The study found that people tend to be no more or less happy after marriage than before it. People experience em
a) In general, marriage doesn’t make someone happy or unhappy.
b) Single people tend to be happier than married people.
c) In general, marriage greatly increases a person’s happiness.
d)

Many people know that Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) led the struggle for American women’s right to vote. Fewer people know that she also campaigned against slavery. From 1851 she lectured on the abolition of slavery, as well as on women’s rights. In 1
a) Susan B. Anthony was devoted to only one cause: women’s rights.
b) Susan B. Anthony was dedicated to the advancement of human rights.
c) Susan B. Anthony is better known for her abolitionist work than for her efforts to gain the vote for American women.
d)

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