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100 Hardest Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions

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A regimen of intrauterine AZT (zidovudine) as a means of reducing the

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From the moment in 1502 when he was elected Pope Julius II, sycophanti

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Business analysts remain divided over the reasons behind the declining

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If prehistoric humans turned their attention to agriculture as they be

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While envy-based marketing is a popular tactic among brands seen as st

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Anyone who thinks that rabbits make cute and cuddly pets has never own

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Flatfish, such as the flounder, are among the few vertebrates that lac

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09 Mar 2019, 11:35

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Elasticity of demand describes how demand for a product responds

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The term biomimicry surfaces frequently in scientific circles to desc

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Ironically, it was the ambitious reach of NASA's Viking spacecraft

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A cause of fatal mining accidents was once the peculiar configuration

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Compared to regulations in other countries, those of the United States

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Stemming from public outcry following the publication of Upton Sinclai

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Recent studies of sediment in the North Atlantic’deep waters reveal

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05 May 2018, 10:49

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The challenge to public health services in economically poor countries

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Two impressive studies have reexamined Eric Williams’ conclusion that

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25 Aug 2019, 10:06

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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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As to when the first people populated the American subcontinent is hot

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Many United States companies believe that the rising cost of employees

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Flexible personal body armor made from interlocking iron or steel ring

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Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteri

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That lunar craters are not distributed evenly over the lunar surface

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Faculty researchers, particularly in scientific, engineering, and medi

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During salary negotiations, some career advisors recommend that the jo

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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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Forget hostile aliens. According to a forthcoming book by noted astrop

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18 May 2018, 17:08

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Desert plant populations have evolved sophisticated physiological beha

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A sanctuary may be defined as a place where Man is passive and

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Corporate law firms have traditionally billed their clients on an hour

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Traditional means of reducing traffic congestion promote supply-side

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History has shaped academic medical centers (AMCs) to perform 3 functi

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The sloth bear, an insect-eating animal native to Nepal, exhibits only

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Changes in the volume of unemployment are governed by three

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It is hard to find a politician who doesn’t have some sort of plan

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It is safe to say that no class of women in the civilized world is sub

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The role of nurturing in determining one’s behavioral traits has been

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It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revoluti

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05 May 2018, 10:59

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Scientists studying the physiology of dinosaurs have long debated whet

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The operon theory of gene regulation explains how the production of

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The okapi, a forest mammal of central Africa, has presented zoologists

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In contemporary autobiographical works by Black Americans experiments

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

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The most fundamental decision a nonprofit organization can make is to

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Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals a paradox at any one

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02 Feb 2023, 21:00

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The tropical leaf-cutter, or attine, ant provides a remarkable example

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One of the more striking developments in modern North American dance w

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A more comprehensive definition of "sea level," one useful to

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Originally, scientists predicted small asteroids to be hard and rocky,

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The debate over the environment crisis is not new: anxiety about indus

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