GRE Verbal Reasoning Questions, Reading Comprehension Questions (Set 1)

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Questions 1 to 3 below are based on this passage:

Policymakers must confront the dilemma that fossil fuels continue to be an indispensable source of energy even though burning them produces atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide that increase the likelihood of potentially disastrous global climate change. Currently, technology that would capture carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and sequester it harmlessly underground or undersea instead of releasing it into the atmosphere might double the cost of generating electricity. But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent. Research into better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide will undoubtedly lead to lowered costs.

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1. The passage implies which of the following about the current cost of generating electricity?

	It is higher than it would be if better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide were available.
	It is somewhat less than the cost of electricity transmission and distribution.
	It constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity.
	It is dwelt on by policymakers to the exclusion of other costs associated with electricity delivery.
	It is not fully recovered by the prices charged directly to electricity consumers.

	How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
	How it has affected the commercial success of Glass's music
	Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions
	Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass's reputation as a composer of classical music
	Whether it has caused certain of Glass's works to be derivative in quality

	demonstrate that Twain was keenly aware of novelistic construction
	show that the remaining twelve chapters have little connection to the rest of the novel
	support the critic’s position that Twain was unaware of novelistic construction
	provide support for a particular critical interpretation of Twain’s work
	argue that Twain’s protagonist has much in common with Oedipus

	In order to understand Twain’s novel, critics must compare its protagonist to Oedipus.
	Twain’s novel contains some chapters that resist easy inclusion into a unified interpretation.
	The unconventional structure of Huckleberry Finn indicates a lack of authorial awareness.
	Twain’s novel was the first major American novel to discard traditional European structures.
	The protagonist of Huckleberry Finn is considered a modern day Oedipus by critics.

	detail a species that may be more effective at controlling ragweed than are the most aggressive herbicides
	suggest a potential research avenue to the problem of controlling ragweed that is at present poorly explored
	discuss a type of mammal that feeds on ragweed plants and may be successful at controlling the spread of ragweed
	plead with the government to spend more money and put more research efforts into finding a natural control for ragweed
	argue that complete elimination of the ragweed plant will only be possible if the government funds research into natural controls of ragweed

	The burning of fossil fuels would eventually cease to produce atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide.
	The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation would rise and then decline.
	Power plants would consume progressively lower quantities of fossil fuels.

	A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
	An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music
	A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles

	Ragweed plants adapted to desert and mountain climes tend to spread fewer grains of pollen than do plants in other locations.
	Some attempts to control it may exacerbate the problem.
	The clumping of pollen grains caused by high humidity levels affects the ability of the wind to carry the grains.