CHAPTER 4 / CRITICAL READING SKILLS 171
- Which of the following best describes the organi-
zation of this passage as a whole?
(A) presentation of a theory followed by
refutation
(B) description of a problem followed by a history
of attempts to solve it
(C) statement of fact followed by logical analysis
(D) description of a scientific discovery followed
by a discussion of its implications
(E) analysis of a theory and suggestions on how
it should be taught - In lines 35–36, the phrase “responsible for” most
nearly means
(A) guardians of
(B) indebted to
(C) representative of
(D) capable of conveying
(E) responsive to - According to the passage, the nuclear force can-
not be completely explained in terms of the
exchange of pions because pions
(A) are not composed of quarks
(B) have little or no effect on the distances
between nuclear particles
(C) repel each other
(D) cannot coexist with the gluons that convey
the “strong” force
(E) are positively charged - Which of the following best describes the pur-
pose of the fifth paragraph (lines 53–61)?
(A) It resolves a problem indicated in the previ-
ous paragraph.
(B) It provides an example of a concept intro-
duced in the previous paragraph.
(C) It presents a counterexample to a miscon-
ception described in the previous paragraph.
(D) It provides an example similar to the one
presented in the previous paragraph.
(E) It logically analyzes a claim made in the
previous paragraph.