Free GED GED-Reading Exam Questions

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Question 1

-- Exhibit–-- Exhibit --This company is having trouble finding "enough qualified people" (line 8). What is implied by this statement?

A : selective about who it hires

B : advertising in local newspapers

C : offering poor wages and benefits

D : interested only in college graduates

E : promoting people from within the company

Answer: A

Question 2

-- Exhibit–-- Exhibit --Later in the essay from which this excerpt is taken, a young man offers to help the narrator to cross the street.With this information and the information in this excerpt, what can the reader conclude about the actual effectthe aging process is having on the narrator?

A : The narrator truly looks and acts like an old man.

B : The narrator enjoys pretending he is an old man.

C : The narrator looks younger than his actual age.

D : The narrator has found humor in teasing people older than he is.

E : The narrator loses his sense of humor when children are around.

Answer: A

Question 3

-- Exhibit–-- Exhibit --Which one of the following emotions do BOTH Briggs and Aunt Gracie exhibit in this excerpt?

A : anger

B : self-concern

C : pride

D : eagerness

E : affection

Answer: B

Question 4

-- Exhibit–-- Exhibit --What is suggested about the teacher in line 49: "Am I reaching them at all?"

A : He doesn’t like his job.

B : He feels he is underpaid.

C : He questions his effectiveness.

D : He enjoys studying and learning.

E : He is confident and secure.

Answer: C

Question 5

-- Exhibit–-- Exhibit --Which effect is achieved by recreating the dialect of rural sharecroppers in the 1930s?

A : confusion

B : comedy

C : distance

D : realism

E : tension

Answer: D

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