Psychometric Entrance Test (PET Israel) · Verbal Reasoning And English

Reading comprehension

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  1. According to the passage on honeybees, what do bees collect from flowers to make honey?
  2. What does the passage on honeybees say about the crops that people eat?
  3. What is the main idea of the passage on honeybees?
  4. What can be inferred about the causes of the decline in hives, according to the passage on honeybees?
  5. What do people who sleep after studying do better, according to the passage on sleep and memory?
  6. What does the brain appear to do during sleep, according to the passage?
  7. How was the experiment in the passage on sleep and memory designed?
  8. What do the scientists caution at the end of the passage?
  9. Which conclusion is best supported by the experiment?
  10. Why can swimmers float easily in the Dead Sea, according to the passage?
  11. Why is the Dead Sea shrinking, according to the passage?
  12. What is true of the Dead Sea's shore, according to the passage?
  13. What can be inferred about life in the Dead Sea?
  14. Which of the following is an example of the effect described in the final sentence of the passage?
  15. According to the passage on the printing press, how were books copied before the fifteenth century?
  16. What made printing faster, according to the passage on the printing press?
  17. What happened to the price of books after printing shops spread, according to the passage?
  18. What is the author's attitude toward the link between printing and the spread of ideas?
  19. Which statement is best supported by the passage on the printing press?

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