MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills (01) Practice Test
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Communication and Literacy Skills (01) Practice Test: ReadingRead the passage below, written in the style of a popular magazine.Then answer the five questions that follow.Rainbows1 Does a rainbow point the way to a pot ofburied gold, as stated in popular folklore? Oris it the multicolored serpent some people inAsia, Australia, and Brazil see streakingacross the sky? Others see a rainbow as aheavenly bridge connecting this world and theworld beyond. Among Arabs and some Bantuin central Africa, it is the bow for God's arrow;to early Christians, it was the throne of Christ;and among the Nandi, Masai, and CaliforniaYuki, it is the robe of God. To twenty-firstcenturyscientists, it is something quitedifferent. For them, the band of soft colorsthat arcs across the sky simply shows thespectrum of the colors in sunlight spread outby raindrops.2 How does it happen? Perhaps the bestplace to begin is by noting that sunlight iswhite light. Although white light containscolors, they are blended together; no color isvisible until the light strikes an object. Whenthat occurs, the object struck reflects one ormore colors in the light while absorbing orrefracting the others. The reflected light is thecolor the object appears to be when viewedwith the human eye. Whereas solid objectssend unabsorbed colors back to the eye,transparent objects such as glass or water bendthe light as it passes through them. Thisbending is called refraction. A rainbow iscaused by drops of water that both refract andreflect the light rays that enter them.3 Of the two processes, refraction plays aparticularly important role in the formation ofrainbows. This is so because when light isrefracted, each color is bent at a slightlydifferent angle. As a result, the colors in thelight separate, and it is then that the eye seesthe spectrum of light we call a rainbow. In thespectrum, red light bends the least and violetlight bends the most. Orange, yellow, green,and blue—always in that order—rangebetween them. Hence, a rainbow is red acrossthe top and violet on the inner side of the arc.And in every rainbow, whether caused bysunlight striking raindrops high in the sky orwater dripping from a garden hose in thebackyard, the colors will appear in the sameorder.4 Rainbows in the sky appear only when theviewer is between the sun and the moist air.So they are most often seen early or late in theday when the sun is low and there is rain inthe area of the sky toward which the sun isshining. Each point on a rainbow is caused bythe interaction of sunlight with a different dropof water. Sometimes only a short length ofcolor is visible, which means that no drops ofwater are in other areas of the sky.5 As to the pot of gold, even if such atreasure were buried at the end of a rainbow, itcould never be found. Any effort to discoverthis treasure is doomed to failure becausewhenever a viewer moves underneath thedrops that form a rainbow, it disappears.Rainbows exist only when the positionsbetween the light rays, the raindrops, and theobserver's vision align in the proper angles.When the angles change, the spectrum ofvisible colors vanishes. 16
Communication and Literacy Skills (01) Practice Test: Reading16. Which of the following statements fromthe second paragraph of the selection bestexpresses the main idea of that paragraph?A. Although white light containscolors, they are blended together; nocolor is visible until the light strikesan object.B. The reflected light is the color theobject appears to be when viewedwith the human eye.C. Whereas solid objects sendunabsorbed colors back to the eye,transparent objects such as glass orwater bend the light as it passesthrough them.D. A rainbow is caused by drops ofwater that both refract and reflectthe light rays that enter them.17. Which of the following best describes theauthor's main purpose in the selection?A. to explore the significance ofrainbows in various culturesB. to analyze a popular fable aboutrainbowsC. to describe how rainbows areformed and appear to the human eyeD. to examine the spectrum of colors inrainbows18. According to information presented in theselection, all rainbows are red across thetop because the color red:A. is more visible to the eye than othercolors in a rainbow.B. is refracted less than other colors ina rainbow.C. is both refracted and reflected by thewater in a rainbow.D. is the brightest of the differentcolors in a rainbow.19. Which of the following facts from theselection best supports the author'scontention that even if a pot of gold wereburied at the end of a rainbow, it couldnever be found?A. When light is refracted, each ofthe colors in the light is bent ata slightly different angle.B. Regardless of where a rainbowappears, its range of colors willalways be in the same order.C. Whenever a viewer moves underneaththe raindrops that form arainbow, it disappears.D. Each of the points on a rainbow isformed by the interaction of sunlightwith a different drop of water.17
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<strong>Communication</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Literacy</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> (<strong>01</strong>) <strong>Practice</strong> <strong>Test</strong>: Reading16. Which of the following statements fromthe second paragraph of the selection bestexpresses the main idea of that paragraph?A. Although white light containscolors, they are blended together; nocolor is visible until the light strikesan object.B. The reflected light is the color theobject appears to be when viewedwith the human eye.C. Whereas solid objects sendunabsorbed colors back to the eye,transparent objects such as glass orwater bend the light as it passesthrough them.D. A rainbow is caused by drops ofwater that both refract <strong>and</strong> reflectthe light rays that enter them.17. Which of the following best describes theauthor's main purpose in the selection?A. to explore the significance ofrainbows in various culturesB. to analyze a popular fable aboutrainbowsC. to describe how rainbows areformed <strong>and</strong> appear to the human eyeD. to examine the spectrum of colors inrainbows18. According to information presented in theselection, all rainbows are red across thetop because the color red:A. is more visible to the eye than othercolors in a rainbow.B. is refracted less than other colors ina rainbow.C. is both refracted <strong>and</strong> reflected by thewater in a rainbow.D. is the brightest of the differentcolors in a rainbow.19. Which of the following facts from theselection best supports the author'scontention that even if a pot of gold wereburied at the end of a rainbow, it couldnever be found?A. When light is refracted, each ofthe colors in the light is bent ata slightly different angle.B. Regardless of where a rainbowappears, its range of colors willalways be in the same order.C. Whenever a viewer moves underneaththe raindrops that form arainbow, it disappears.D. Each of the points on a rainbow isformed by the interaction of sunlightwith a different drop of water.17
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