PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline’s
(A) operating costs
(B) employees
(C) consumers
(D) construction
2. The word “it” in line 5 refers to
(A) pipeline
(B) ocean
(C) state
(D) village
3. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel
through the pipeline each
(A) day
(B) week
(C) month
(D) year
4. The phrase “Resting on” in line 15 is closest in meaning to
(A) Consisting of
(B) Supported by
(C) Passing under
(D) Protected with
5. The author mentions all of the following as important in
determining the pipeline’s route EXCEPT the
(A) climate
(B) lay of the land
itself
(C) local vegetation
(D) kind of soil and rock
6. The word “undertaken” in line 31 is closest in meaning to
(A) removed
(B) selected
(C) transported
(D)
attempted
7. How many companies shared the costs of constructing the
pipeline?
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Eight
(D) Twelve
8. The word “particular” in line 35 is closest in meaning to
(A) peculiar
(B)
specific
(C) exceptional
(D) equal
9. Which of the following determined what percentage of the
construction costs each member of the consortium would pay?
(A) How
much oil field land each company owned
(B) How long each
company had owned land in the oil fields
(C) How many people
worked for each company
(D) How many oil
wells were located on the company’s land
10. Where in the passage does the author provide a term for an
earth covering that always remains frozen?
(A) Line 4
(B) Line 15
(C) Line
23
(D) Line 37
