Certain graduate courses, generally those devoted to introductory material, are numbered 400 for undergraduate students who qualify to take them and 600 for graduate students. Courses with the numbers of 800 or above are open only to graduate students. Undergraduate courses with the numbers of 100 or 200 are generally introductory courses appropriate for freshmen or sophomores, whereas courses with the numbers 300 or 400 often have prerequisites and are open to juniors and seniors only. The word that in line 19 refers to (A) decreases (B) precipitation (C) areas (D) mountain ranges Question 11-20 Course numbers are an indication of which courses are open to various categories of students at the University. The word substantially in line 17 could be replaced by (A) fundamentally (B) slightly (C) completely (D) apparently10. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a factor in determining the amount of precipitation that an area will receive? (A) Mountains (B) Latitude (C)The sea (D)Wind 9. Where is the highest annual precipitation? (A) The Atlantic Coast (B) The Great Lakes (C) The Gulf of Mexico (D) The Pacific Coast 8. The phrase proximity to in line 10 is closest in meaning to (A) communication with (B) dependence on (C) nearness to (D) similarity to 7.
If a state has 40 inches of snow in a year, by how much does this increase the annual precipitation? (A) By two feet (B) By four inches (C) By four feet (D) By 40 inches6. What is the average annual rainfall in inches in the United States? (A) Thirty-six inches (B) Thirty-eight inches (C) Forty inches (D) Forty-two inches 5. Humidity Wetness Rainfall Rain-snowThe term precipitation includes (A) only rainfall (B) rain, hail, and snow (C) rain, snow, and humidity (D) rain, hail, and humidity4. Which of the following is another word that is often used in place of precipitation? (A) (B) (C) (D) 3. What does this passage mainly discuss? (A) Precipitation (B) Snowfall (C) New York State (D) A general formula 2. The precipitation north of the Appalachian Mountains is about 40 percent less than that south of the Appalachian Mountains. East of the Rocky Mountains, the annual precipitation decreases substantially from that west of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain ranges of United States, especially the Rocky Mountain Range and the Appalachian Mountain Range, influence the amount of precipitation in their areas. Along the Pacific Coast itself, however, altitude causes some diversity in rainfall. Because these prevailing winds generally come from the West, the Pacific Coast receives more annual precipitation than the Atlantic Coast. Most of the precipitation in the United States is brought originally byprevailing winds from the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Great Lakes. The amount of precipitation is a combined result of several factors, including location, altitude, proximity to the sea, and the direction of prevailing winds. The total annual precipitation would be recorded as forty-two inches. Forty inches of rain would be recorded as forty inches of precipitation. In New York State, for example, twenty inches of snow in one year would be recorded as only two inches of precipitation.
A general formula for computing the precipitation of snowfall is that ten inches of snow is equal to one inch of precipitation. It should be understood however, that a foot of snow is not equal to a foot of precipitation. The average annual precipitation over the whole of the United States is thirty-six inches. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of answer you have chosen.Question 1-10 Precipitation, commonly referred to as rainfall, is a measure of the quantity of water in the form of either rain, hail, or snow which reaches the ground.
For questions 1-30, you are to choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D), to each question. READING COMPREHENSION Directions: In this section you will read several passages, each one is followed by a number of questions about it.
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