Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 98 | 100 RCs for GMAT PDF Download

Insisting on an unwarranted distinction between two groups of individuals in order to render an argument concerning them internally consistent

Supporting an argument in favor of a given interpretation of a situation with evidence that is not particularly relevant to the situation

Presenting a distorted view of the motives of certain individuals in order to provide grounds for a negative evaluation of their actions

Describing the conditions prevailing before a given event in such a way that the contrast with those prevailing after the event appears more striking than it actually is

Asserting that a given event is caused by another event merely because the other event occurred before the given event occurred

The attitudes of abolitionist officers in Black units

The struggle of Black units to get combat assignments

The consequences of the poor medical care received by Black soldiers

The motives of officers serving in Black units

The discrimination that Black soldiers faced when trying for promotions

An evaluation of a scholarly study

A description of an attitudinal change

A discussion of an analytical defect

An analysis of the causes of a phenomenon

An argument in favor of revising a view

virtually all White officers initially had hostile attitudes toward Black soldiers

Black soldiers were often forced to defend themselves from physical attacks initiated by soldiers from White units

the combat performance of Black units changed the attitudes of White soldiers toward Black soldiers

White units paid especially careful attention to the performance of Black units in battle

respect in the army as a whole was accorded only to those units, whether Black or White, that performed well in battle

The sense of pride and accomplishment that Black soldiers increasingly felt as a result of their Civil War experiences

The civil equality that African Americans achieved after the Civil War, partly as a result of their use of organizational skills honed by combat

The changes in discriminatory army policies that were made as a direct result of the performance of Black combat units during the Civil War

The improved interracial relations that were formed by the races’ facing of common dangers and their waging of a common fight during the Civil War

The standards of racial egalitarianism that came to be adopted as a result of White Civil War veterans’ repudiation of the previous racism

Condemning a present-day monarch merely because many monarchs have been tyrannical in the past.

Clinging to the formal standards of politeness common in one’s youth to such a degree that any relaxation of those standards is intolerable.

Questioning the accuracy of a report written by an employee merely because of the employee’s gender.

Deriding the superstitions accepted as “science” in past eras without acknowledging the prevalence of irrational beliefs today.

Labeling a nineteenth-century politician as “corrupt” for engaging in once-acceptable practices considered intolerable today.

It is more reliable and presents a more complete picture of the historical events on which it concentrates than do previous studies.

It uses more of a particular kind of source material and focuses more closely on a particular aspect of the topic than do previous studies.

It contains some unsupported generalizations, but it rightly emphasizes a theme ignored by most previous studies.

It surpasses previous studies on the same topic in that it accurately describes conditions often neglected by those studies.

It makes skillful use of supporting evidence to illustrate a subtle trend that previous studies have failed to detect.

They were almost as high as the combat mortality rates of White units.

They resulted in part from the relative inexperience of these units when in combat.

They were especially high because of the nature of these units’ usual duty assignments.

They resulted in extremely high overall casualty rates in Black combat units.

They exacerbated the morale problems that were caused by the army’s discriminatory policies.