This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Accuplacer > Accuplacer Reading – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Accuplacer Reading Quiz 1 (8 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight. What is the main idea? A) What Mount Rushmore is. B) Where Mount Rushmore is. C) The names of the presidents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What Mount Rushmore is. 2. What is the meaning of the word stretches as it is used in this sentence?"Long stretches of sand and the hot sun make it feel like a desert." (paragraph 1) A) Unused pieces. B) Growing pieces. C) Unbroken areas. D) Shrinking areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unbroken areas. 3. It was backward day at school. The students had to do things backward. Some of them wore their T-shirts backward. They took a test before they studied the lesson. Dessert was served first instead of last. They tried to walk home backward, but they bumped into each other and fell down. What is the main idea? A) The students had a backward day. B) It is hard to do things backward. C) Students failed their tests. D) Dessert is supposed to come last. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students had a backward day. 4. Do you enjoy kites? If you order right away, we will give you directions for making kites out of all kinds of materials-sticks, straws, socks, and more. All of this for only $ 10.95. Hurry! Time is limited. What is this ad trying to get the reader to do? A) Buy information about sticks and straws. B) Buy information about sock puppets. C) Buy information about kite making. D) Buy a read-to-fly kite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buy information about kite making. 5. Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.The best title for this paragraph would be? A) The Face of Washington. B) Mount Rushmore Carvings. C) Visiting South Dakota. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mount Rushmore Carvings. 6. Dogs can be pretty good communicators. A yelp is easy to recognize as a sound of distress. Growls are obvious. A whine, coupled with a scratch at the door, may just keep the carpet clean and dry. The author of this passage implies that A) The sounds dogs make are not always easily distinguishable. B) Dogs bark for reasons we do not understand. C) Dogs' communication may prevent accidents. D) Communication skills are learned behaviors, even for dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dogs' communication may prevent accidents. 7. Which supporting detail does not support the main idea?Main idea:Technology can help students learn. A) Many word processors have spell check to help with spelling. B) Students who are struggling can use educational websites to study at their own pace. C) Students can communicate with each other about class assignments. D) It's fun to look up Youtube videos in your free time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's fun to look up Youtube videos in your free time. 8. The Black Sands of HawaiiWhat is the meaning of the word crushed as it is used in this sentence?"As the waves beat against the ocean's bottom, shells and rocks are crushed intosand." (paragraph 1) A) Melted. B) Smoothed. C) Pounded. D) Shaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pounded. Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAccuplacer Writing Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books