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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Summary. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this passage?
ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Vocabulary-In-Context. In this passage, the word "illustrious" most nearly means...what?
ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.3 Vocabulary-In-Context. The word "preposterous" most nearly means what?
ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Inference 252 Views
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension: Inference Drill 1, Problem 2. This passage suggests that dog owners should...what?
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does not automatically make you a half-cop,
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half-serial killer.
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Not good. All right, check out the following passage.
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[ mumbles ]
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All right. Well, according to this passage, a person with
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autism might... what?
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And here are the potential answers.
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[ meow ] [ mumbles ]
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All right, well, autism is one of those disorders that we
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hear a lot about and, well,
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now that we think about it, yeah, we know a lot about it
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too. Now, anyway.
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One thing we do know is that Dustin Hoffman
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won an Academy Award for Rain Man.
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But that's for another time.
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We need to just focus on information that's
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directly mentioned in this passage.
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So, okay, the passage makes no mention of IQ scores.
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So it can't be implying a person with autism
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would be lower than average IQ.
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You can't make an inference based on zero information.
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Even the cops on NCIS know something.
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So B is out. Anyway, moving on.
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The passage states that individuals with autism
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tend to have restricted interests,
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which is kind of the exact opposite of being
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fascinated by a wide range of subjects.
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Wide and restricted so rarely go well together.
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So option C is incorrect. Option D can go, as well.
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The passage makes no mention of
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artistic savants.
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So, while there's a popular conception that people with autism
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have brilliant artistic abilities or are inexplicably talented
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crime solvers, well, the fact is that
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it's not even referenced in the passage, so
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it's implied that it's not implied. Okay.
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What the passage does state is that autism
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is characterized by difficulty with
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communication and social interaction,
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which would imply that a person with the disorder would be
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reluctant to interact with people.
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Just like the correct answer, option A.
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Next up - bipolar disorder.
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And, no, it doesn't turn people into magnets.
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[ meow ]
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