Free Passage Reading MCQs with Answers
413 Passage Reading MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Passage reading requires identifying the central idea, supporting facts, author's purpose, tone, sequence and conclusions supported by the text. Questions may also test inference, vocabulary in context, reference words and the difference between information stated directly and meaning implied by the passage.
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- A. Suspicious
- B. Cruelty
- C. Wisdom
- D. Foolishness
Explanation: SAGACITY means the quality of being intelligent which is synonymous with "WISDOM".
Correct answer: Wisdom- A. Snipe
- B. Dance
- C. Show off
- D. Preserve
Explanation: FLAUNT means to "display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envyor admiration or to show defiance" which is what…
Correct answer: Show off- A. Suave
- B. Rough
- C. Bad
- D. Dishonest
Explanation: URBANE means a person who is courteous and refined in a manner which is exactly what is meant by suave.
Correct answer: Suave- A. Gathering
- B. Dispersion
- C. Alliance
- D. Animosity
Explanation: Diaspora means the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland. "The diaspora of boat people from Asia".
Correct answer: Dispersion- A. Honest
- B. Impulsive
- C. Lazy
- D. Liar
Explanation: Impetuous suggests eagerness, violence, and rashness. Impulsivity is the tendency to act without thinking.
Correct answer: Impulsive- A. Hidden
- B. Loud
- C. Strong
- D. Weak
Explanation: VOCIFEROUS is characterized by being "loud and forceful."
Correct answer: Loud- A. Permanent
- B. Temporary
- C. Long
- D. Good
Explanation: Transient means something that ends after a certain time/fades away, which is synonymous with "temporary".
Correct answer: Temporary- A. Hindrance
- B. Skill
- C. Reservation
- D. Bad name
Explanation: PROWESS means "a skill or expertise in a particular activity or field", hence the answer is B.
Correct answer: Skill- A. Grant
- B. Imbibe
- C. Irrigate
- D. Hope
Explanation: To BEQUEATH means "to leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will". Exactly what is meant by grant.
Correct answer: Grant- A. Lazily
- B. Indecently
- C. Ideally
- D. Gaily
Explanation: Lazily is the correct meaning for indolently, as it accurately conveys the idea of something being done in a lazy or idle manner, showing…
Correct answer: Lazily- A. masterpiece
- B. Magnanimity
- C. Modest
- D. magnetic
Explanation: Magnum is a Latin word meaning "great". "Magnum opus" means a masterpiece.
Correct answer: masterpiece- A. Vice
- B. Dislike
- C. Contempt
- D. Ignorance
Explanation: "The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect." is called disdain, the same as what is meant by…
Correct answer: Contempt- A. Suspicious
- B. Cruelty
- C. Wisdom
- D. Foolishness
Explanation: SAGACITY means the quality of being intelligent which is synonymous with "WISDOM".
Correct answer: Wisdom- A. Suave
- B. Rough
- C. Bad
- D. Dishonest
Explanation: URBANE means a person who is courteous and refined in manner which is exactly what is meant by suave.
Correct answer: Suave- A. Snipe
- B. Dance
- C. Show off
- D. Preserve
Explanation: FLAUNT means to "display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance" which is what…
Correct answer: Show off- A. Gathering
- B. Dispersion
- C. Alliance
- D. Animosity
Explanation: A diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.
Correct answer: Dispersion- A. Honest
- B. Impulsive
- C. Lazy
- D. Liar
Explanation: Impetuous suggests eagerness, violence, and rashness. Impulsivity is the tendency to act without thinking.
Correct answer: Impulsive- A. Hidden
- B. Loud
- C. Strong
- D. Weak
Explanation: VOCIFEROUS is characterized by being "loud and forceful."
Correct answer: Loud- A. Hindrance
- B. Skill
- C. Reservation
- D. Bad name
Explanation: PROWESS means "a skill or expertise in a particular activity or field", hence the answer is B.
Correct answer: Skill- A. Grant
- B. Imbibe
- C. Irrigate
- D. Hope
Explanation: To BEQUEATH means "to leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will". Exactly what is meant by grant.
Correct answer: Grant