Reading Comprehension Solved Passage with Explanation
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The Baxter house is located at the end of the street. This house sits farther back from the curb than the other houses. It is almost difficult to see from the road without peering behind the deformed oak tree that has obscured it for years. Even so, the Baxter house stands out from the other houses on the street. It is tall and white. However, this white is no longer pristinely white, but a dingy greyish cream color. Long vines hang from the tattered roof. The Baxter house is two storeys tall and has a large yard in the back that has never been mowed. The other houses on the street are a mere one storey and have been palmed a variety of colors. The newer, single storey properties all appear to have been built around the same time; the yards mostly being of the same size and the houses appearing to be clones of one another. Aside from the Baxter house at the end, this street is a perfect slice of Middle America.
The inhabitants of the other houses wonder who lives in the ancient, dilapidated house at the end of the street.
1. What color is the house?
a) A pristine white
b) A greying cream
c) A dingy white
d) A greyish white
2. Based on the context of the passage, choose the meaning of the word ‘mowed’
a) Watered
b) Trimmed
c) Grown
d) Seeded
3. Why is it difficult to see the house from the road?
a) An oak tree obstructs the view.
b) Other houses obstruct the view
c) The house is at the end of the street
d) The house is behind the curb
4. How do the houses appear?
a) To be close to one another
b) To be apart from one another
c) To be next to one another
d) To be clones of one another
Correct Answer: b) A greying cream
Correct Answer: b) Trimmed
Correct Answer: a) An oak tree obstructs the view.
Correct Answer: d) To be clones of one another
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