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  • Question

  • Most Reality TV centers on two common motivators: fame and money. The shows transform waitresses, hairdressers, investment bankers, counselors, and teachers, to name a few, from obscure figures to house-hold names. A lucky few successfully parlay their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity. The luckiest stars of Reality TV also reap huge financial rewards for acts including eating large insects, marrying someone they barely know, and revealing their innermost thoughts to millions of people.
    This paragraph best supports the statement that


  • Options
  • A. the stars of Reality TV are interested in being rich and famous.
  • B. Reality TV is the best thing that has happened to network television in a long time.
  • C. for Reality TV stars, fame will last only as long as their particular television show.
  • D. traditional dramas and sitcoms are being replaced by Reality TV programming at an alarming rate.
  • E. Reality TV shows represent a new wave of sensationalistic, low quality programming.

  • Correct Answer
  • the stars of Reality TV are interested in being rich and famous. 

    Explanation
    This is expressed in the first sentence. Choices b, d, and e are not supported by the passage. Choice c is incorrect because the paragraph states that some Reality TV stars manage to parlay their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity.

    • More questions

    • 1. champion

    • Options
    • A. running
    • B. swimming
    • C. winning
    • D. speaking
      • Discuss
    • 2. orchestra

    • Options
    • A. violin
    • B. stage
    • C. musician
    • D. soloist
      • Discuss
    • 3. bonus

    • Options
    • A. reward
    • B. raise
    • C. cash
    • D. employer
      • Discuss
    • 4. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 5. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 6. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 7. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 8. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 9. Statements: "The Government will review the present policy of the diesel price in view of further spurt in the international oil prices". - A spokesman of the Government.

      Conclusions:

      1. The Government will increase the price of the diesel after the imminent spurt in the international oil prices.
      2. The Government will not increase the price of the diesel even after the imminent spurt in the international oil prices.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss
    • 10. Statement: An advertisement in a newspaper - "Wanted unmarried, presentable, matriculate girls between 18 and 21, able to speak fluently in English to be taken as models."

      Assumptions:

      1. Fluency in English is a pre-requisite for good performance as a model.
      2. Height does not matter in performing as a model.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
      • Discuss

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