Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition

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8. According to the passage, which of the following
statements is true?
a. People believe leasing will cost them less
money.
b. Most Americans lease rather than buy cars.
c. Most car leases allow for unlimited mileage.
d. Leasing a car is never as expensive as buying.
9. Which of the following sentences best summa-
rizes the main idea of this passage?
a. Leasing a car is a bad idea.
b. The benefits of buying a car outweigh the ben-
efits of leasing a car.
c. Leasing allows people to drive more expensive
cars than they might otherwise be able to afford.
d. People are often shocked at how much money
they end up paying when a car lease is over.

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10. The author makes his or her point by
a. making an argument using chronological
order.
b. arguing the benefits of buying from the most
to least important.
c. comparing and contrasting leasing and buying.
d. stating opinions.
11. This writer bases his or her argument primarily on
a. facts derived from the author’s personal
observations.
b. opinions that others have reported to the
author.
c. facts with logic and statistics supporting them.
d. opinions derived from the author’s personal
observations.
12. In another version of this passage, the first sen-
tence of the third paragraph did not use the
words “shocked and appalled” to describe the
reaction of car leasers to how much money they
must pay when the lease is over. Instead, the sen-
tence read: “Furthermore, people who lease cars
are usually unaware of how much they must pay
when the lease is over.” Why do you think the
writer changed the sentence to include “shocked
and appalled”?