Critical Reading for college and beyond

Exercise 1
True or False statement


1) Reading is a process where the author conveys meaning and you receive it? False
2) Using a learning journal can help build concentration? False
3) Concentration is the ability to focus exclusive on a task? True
4) Internal distracters should be accepted because they happen to everybody? True
5) The checkmark monitoring system helps you to monitor your concentration? True
6) A worry pad is a letter that you write to someone who has made you angry? False
7) People learn new information only by using their preferred learning style? False





Chapter 2

Exercise 2
Replace the italicized word which better fits it.

1) The child was able to assuage his irate father with a smile and a small kiss on his cheek. A grin slowly replaced the father’s angry frown.
The word that best replace word assuage is –Soothe.

2) She was so overcome with joy by the birth of her baby that she was able to say nothing other than the whole experience was simply ineffable.
The word that best replace word ineffable is- Incapable of being expressed in words.

3) Most of us eventually reach our goals, but life’s path to success is often a circuitous one.

The word that best replace word circuitous is-Marked by roundabout or indirect procedures.

4) The teacher took a pedagogic approach with his sermon, hoping that those attending would learn something meaningful from it.

The word that best replace word pedagogic is-Instructional.

5) Although teaching is not a lucrative profession, I know that I wouldn’t want to do anything else. Helping others learn is far more important to me than money.

The word that best replace word lucrative is- Highly paying.

6) Buying a lottery ticket is a very capricious way to plan for your future. The chances of winning are 1 in 10,000,000.

The word that best replace word capricious is-Unpredictable.





Chapter 5

Exercise 3
Find the general subject.



1) Labor Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Christmas-Holidays.
2) Crossword, riddles, jigsaw, conundrum-Puzzles or Memory games.
3) Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, Walt Whitman – Poetry
4) Calories, Carbohydrates, Fat, Protein,-
5) Name, education, employment experience, references, - personal information.
6) Gingivitis, tartar, periodontal diseases, plaque- illnesses.




Chapter 1

Exercise 4


Read the text answer the questions.

1) Why was the author driving to the scene?
C-to investigate a tragic scene

2) What did the grandfather actually say happened?
A-He was backing up to spread some dirt.

3) Why did the author not take the picture?
C-He didn’t want to intrude on the grandfather’s sadness.
4) Why was the scene in the kitchen described as a perfect picture?
C- Every element of the picture –the grandfather, the child, the home-told the story.

5) At the time the author was a police reporter. Answer is A.




Chapter 2

Exercise 5


Identify the root
1) Harmless-harm
2) Controversially- controversial
3) Talkatively-talk
4) Mindlessness-mind
5) Simplistically- simple
6) Commercialization-commercial
7) Neighborliness- neighbor
8) Wakefulness- wake
9) Peacefully- peace
10) Sinfulness- sinful.