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Step outside on a clear night and look at the sky. If you’re a city dweller or live in a cramped suburb, you see dozens, maybe hundreds, of twinkling stars. Depending on the time of the month, you may also see a full Moon and up to five of the eight planets that revolve around the Sun. A shooting star or “meteor” may appear overhead. What you actually see is the flash of light from a tiny piece of comet dust streaking through the upper atmosphere. Another pinpoint of light moves slowly and steadily across the sky. Is it a space satellite, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, or just a high-altitude airliner? If you have a pair of binoculars, you may be able to see the difference. Most airliners have running lights, and their shapes may be perceptible. If you live in the country — on the seashore away from resorts and developments, on the plains, or in the mountains far from any floodlit ski slope — you can see thousands of stars. The Milky Way appears as a beautiful pearly swath across the heavens. What you’re seeing is the cumulative glow from millions of faint stars, individually indistinguishable with the naked eye. At a great observation place, such as Cerro Tololo in the Chilean Andes, you can see even more stars. They hang like brilliant lamps in a coal black sky, often not even twinkling, like in van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting.
1. According to the passage, which of the following places would be the best for an astronomer to live?
(A) Cerro Tololo in the Chilean Andes
(B) A seashore far from resorts and developments
(C) The mountains, away from any floodlit ski slopes
(D) The suburbs of any medium-sized American city
(E) A large city
(A) Cerro Tololo in the Chilean Andes
(B) A seashore far from resorts and developments
(C) The mountains, away from any floodlit ski slopes
(D) The suburbs of any medium-sized American city
(E) A large city
2. Which of the following statements most accurately captures the main point of the passage?
(A) Light pollution is ruining stargazing for many Americans.
(B) Satellites and airliners can be differentiated with the use of good binoculars.
(C) The sky is a busy place, and no matter where you watch it from, you can see interesting things.
(D) The Andes Mountains provide unparalleled star-gazing opportunities.
(E) Astrology and astronomy are not the same thing.
(A) Light pollution is ruining stargazing for many Americans.
(B) Satellites and airliners can be differentiated with the use of good binoculars.
(C) The sky is a busy place, and no matter where you watch it from, you can see interesting things.
(D) The Andes Mountains provide unparalleled star-gazing opportunities.
(E) Astrology and astronomy are not the same thing.
3. According the passage, what might be mistaken for an airliner traveling across the night sky?
(A) A shooting star
(B) The Hubble Space Telescope
(C) One of the planets
(D) A comet
(E) The moon
(A) A shooting star
(B) The Hubble Space Telescope
(C) One of the planets
(D) A comet
(E) The moon
4. What role does the sentence [Highlighted] play in the rest of the passage?
(A) It is the introduction to the passage.
(B) It is one of a list of examples in the passage.
(C) It explains the phenomenon mentioned in the sentence before it.
(D) It is the main idea of the passage.
(E) It is evidence that supports the argument of the passage.
(A) It is the introduction to the passage.
(B) It is one of a list of examples in the passage.
(C) It explains the phenomenon mentioned in the sentence before it.
(D) It is the main idea of the passage.
(E) It is evidence that supports the argument of the passage.
5. What can you infer about van Gogh’s “Starry Night” from the passage?
(A) “Starry Night” was painted before the arrival of airliners.
(B) “Starry Night” is a painting of comets and meteors.
(C) “Starry Night” may have been painted in an area that the author would deem a “great observation place” like Cerro Tololo.
(D) Van Gogh must have been an amateur astronomer.
(E) “Starry Night” is a realistic painting.
(A) “Starry Night” was painted before the arrival of airliners.
(B) “Starry Night” is a painting of comets and meteors.
(C) “Starry Night” may have been painted in an area that the author would deem a “great observation place” like Cerro Tololo.
(D) Van Gogh must have been an amateur astronomer.
(E) “Starry Night” is a realistic painting.
6. Which of the following most accurately describes the likely intended audience for this passage?
(A) A group of astronomers, interested in sharing their findings from studying the night sky
(B) Amateur astrologers
(C) Students in an intermediate astronomy class at a local college
(D) A group of preschoolers learning the names of the planets
(E) Average adults interested in learning more about the night sky
(A) A group of astronomers, interested in sharing their findings from studying the night sky
(B) Amateur astrologers
(C) Students in an intermediate astronomy class at a local college
(D) A group of preschoolers learning the names of the planets
(E) Average adults interested in learning more about the night sky
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Astronomy For Dummies by Stephen P. Maran
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6. Which of the following most accurately describes the likely intended audience for this passage?
Explanation
The passage is clearly aimed at people who do not already know quite a bit about the night sky, which eliminates Choices (A), (B), and (C). The students mentioned in Choice (D) are too young to understand language of this complexity, so Choice (E) makes the most sense.
Answer: E
Explanation
The passage is clearly aimed at people who do not already know quite a bit about the night sky, which eliminates Choices (A), (B), and (C). The students mentioned in Choice (D) are too young to understand language of this complexity, so Choice (E) makes the most sense.
Answer: E
