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100 Hardest Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions

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Reading Comprehension Question Directory Topic Difficulty

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Physical theory implies that the existence of astronomical entities ab

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27 Jan 2024, 03:00

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Feminism is an essentially pluralist movement. Early historians of the

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04 Feb 2024, 07:07

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Geologists Harris and Gass hypothesized that the Red Sea rift develope

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Whether the languages of the ancient American peoples were used for

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10 Mar 2021, 23:30

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27 Mar 2024, 12:03

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Some critics of advertising have assumed that the creation of false ne

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12 Feb 2023, 21:00

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29 Mar 2024, 05:58

The age at which young children begin to make moral discriminations ab

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23 Sep 2020, 02:54

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07 May 2024, 11:58

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The relationships between age, cognitive functioning and depression se

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04 Aug 2020, 07:01

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10 May 2024, 09:51

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At the turn of the 21st century, some philosophers justifiably wondere

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10 Nov 2021, 21:00

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17 May 2024, 00:45

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Creativity is a frequent element in the mythology, philosophy, or

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03 Aug 2023, 20:00

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26 May 2024, 02:25

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Surviving sources of information about women doctors in ancient Greece

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02 Nov 2021, 06:30

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30 May 2024, 05:27

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Aida Overton Walker (1880-1914), one of the most widely acclaimed

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18 Apr 2022, 04:03

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05 Jun 2024, 05:32

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The starting point for any analysis of insurance classification is an

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17 May 2021, 20:30

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05 Jun 2024, 06:08

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Simone de Beauvoirs feminism was heavily informed by existentialist

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02 May 2023, 20:00

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18 Jun 2024, 10:04

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The old civilisation of India was a concrete unity of many-sided devel

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08 Jul 2021, 21:00

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19 Jun 2024, 23:07

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The relevance of formal economic models to real-world policy has been

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23 Apr 2019, 08:30

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21 Jun 2024, 04:43

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According to Christopher Leo, reviewing Douglas Rae's book City

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29 Apr 2024, 09:41

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10 Jul 2024, 02:14

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In an effort to increase international transactions without a commensu

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12 Jan 2021, 09:00

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14 Jul 2024, 04:29

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Experts anticipate that global atmospheric concentrations of carbon

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24 May 2021, 21:00

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15 Jul 2024, 20:16

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History textbooks in the United States are far too fact-based and even

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13 Nov 2019, 02:33

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16 Jul 2024, 02:59

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The origins of the English language can be traced back to the Saxon

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21 Jan 2022, 20:45

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28 Jul 2024, 01:24

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In exhibiting works of art-whether in a gallery, a cinema, or anywhere

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22 Mar 2023, 07:00

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12 Aug 2024, 09:27

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In an experiment, two strangers are given the opportunity to share $10

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11 Aug 2022, 07:30

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16 Aug 2024, 09:51

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Leading questionsquestions worded in such a way as to suggest a parti

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29 Jun 2021, 20:30

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16 Aug 2024, 10:04

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Quantum mechanics is a highly successful theory: it supplies methods

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28 Oct 2019, 03:15

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20 Aug 2024, 09:19

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How severe should the punishment be for a corporate crime- e.g., a cri

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18 Feb 2019, 21:58

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24 Aug 2024, 16:46

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Sea turtles, reptilian amphibians that are classified

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26 Jun 2018, 20:26

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31 Aug 2024, 06:34

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Although the United States steel industry faces widely publicized econ

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30 Mar 2009, 08:26

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03 Sep 2024, 14:03

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The first thing any embryo must do before it can develop into an organ

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28 Sep 2021, 08:40

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During the 1990s, the study of history witnessed both a dramatic integ

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22 Feb 2023, 07:00

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The two claws of the mature American lobster are decidedly different f

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17 Jan 2020, 20:39

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31 Jan 2020, 10:24

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The extinction of the dinosaurs – thought to be caused by an asteroid

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21 Jan 2020, 20:21

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26 Oct 2020, 19:54

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Methods for typing blood were developed around the turn of the century

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12 Aug 2019, 00:57

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31 Mar 2021, 22:18

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After the end of World War II, a pervasive, but unfortunately fallacio

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20 Jun 2018, 11:42

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31 Jan 2022, 08:57

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One of the first indications of a distinctive American character came

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24 Mar 2017, 19:28

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18 Apr 2022, 17:32

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For an online retailer, inventory represents a major source of cost. E

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30 Aug 2019, 08:00

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06 Jun 2022, 23:22

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A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only

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29 Nov 2018, 10:04

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05 Jul 2022, 10:13

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The Economist Reading Comprehension Challenge #3

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09 May 2013, 22:54

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25 Aug 2022, 09:01

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There are two major systems of criminal procedure in the modern world

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06 Feb 2019, 10:38

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30 Aug 2022, 01:51

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Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an

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31 Oct 2020, 08:14

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19 Jan 2023, 11:24

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M31, M32, and M33 are members of the Local Group, an assemblage of mor

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28 Aug 2019, 09:05

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29 Mar 2023, 09:06

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“Dissociative identity disorder,” or multiple personality disorder, is

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24 Apr 2020, 09:16

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31 Mar 2023, 01:07

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Immediately after the execution of Socrates, Plato and his companions

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25 Nov 2019, 11:11

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04 May 2023, 13:56

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The diversity of species in bacterial communities is often studied by

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02 Oct 2019, 07:31

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22 Jun 2023, 10:34

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Farming practices in the United States have changed since the days of

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16 Apr 2020, 09:10

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19 Aug 2023, 03:15

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Pope‘s life as a writer falls into three periods, answering fairly eno

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03 Nov 2018, 11:22

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07 Sep 2023, 09:49

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The determination of the sources of copper ore used in the manufacture

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27 Jun 2018, 13:41

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12 Sep 2023, 07:10

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James Joyce revolutionized the novel, the short story, and modern lite

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05 Jun 2018, 10:22

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13 Sep 2023, 04:23

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Rent control is the legislation of below-market rent increases. City

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19 Jul 2021, 21:00

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17 Sep 2023, 08:25

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Until recently astronomers have been puzzled by the fate of red giant

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10 Feb 2019, 03:28

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25 Sep 2023, 00:48

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In 1887 the Dawes Act legislated wide-scale private ownership of reser

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