SSAT Reading Question 251: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 251
5. The style of the passage is most like that found in
- A. a personal letter
- B. an adventure novel
- C. a weather report
- D. a science textbook
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
D is correct. This passage is full of the kind of strictly factual scientific information most likely to be found in a science textbook. Choice A can be eliminated because the passage has none of the folksy qualities of a personal letter. Choice B cannot be correct because the passage is clearly fact, not fiction. Choice C is wrong because the passage describes a natural disaster, not the weather, and choice E is wrong because the passage merely mentions the tsunami of 2004, but does not go on to provide the details of that particular event as a news article would.