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The jurors for the trial were randomly selected from a pool in which of the following sentences does the word "you have the same meaning as the sentence above?

A. They looked nervously at the pool of all under the car.

B. The pool of available workers diminished during the summer

C. The children had to pool their money to buy ice cream

D. The group planned to meet at nine o'clock at the pool hall

Answer Explanation:

D. The sentence in which the word "pool" has the same meaning as the sentence "The jurors for the trial were randomly selected from a pool" is: "The group planned to meet at nine o'clock at the pool hall." In this sentence, "pool" refers to a location or place where the group plans to meet, just like the "pool" from which jurors were selected in the original sentence.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is D.

More Questions on TEAS 7 Reading

  • Q #1: This figure shows the percentage of daily temperature records set at weather stations across the contiguous 48 states by decade. Record highs (blacks) are compared with record lows (gray). Record Highs and Lows, 1950-2010   According to the graph, which of the following statements is correct?

    A. Only two decades reached 50% or more record high temperatures

    B. Only one decade reached less than 25% record low temperature records

    C. More decades reached greater than 50% of low dally temperature records than reached greater than 50% of daily high temperature records

    D. More decades reached greater than 50% of daily high temperature records than reached greater than 50% of low temperature records

    Answer Explanation

    D. According to the graph, the correct statement is: "More decades reached greater than 50% of daily high temperature records than reached greater than 50% of low temperature records." The black portion (record highs) of the bars on the graph is larger and covers more decades, indicating that more decades have a greater percentage of record high temperatures than record low temperatures.

  • Q #2: Which of the following parts of a paragraph contains the idea?

    A. Illustration

    B. Transition

    C. Thesis

    D. Edence

    Answer Explanation

    C. The part of a paragraph that contains the idea is the "Thesis." The thesis is the main point or central idea of the paragraph, which the rest of the paragraph supports and elaborates on.

  • Q #3: Alice was not scared. Not at all. Maybe a lele bit. But she was determined to confront the ghost in her house. Alice lived in a farmhouse but in 1921. All of the floors and doors were original the doors even had skeleton key locks. But by far the most terrifying part of the house was the basement. She kept that door locked and ignored the thum crashes, and cries that came from below the house. What made Alice determined to confront the ghost today was the especially loud crash the previous night. She'd gotten no sleep, convinced the ghost was going to break through the door and do something horrible. What she was sure, but the ghost would do something Alice had seen the ghost, but what he could be making loud noise in an old house? The one time she had been down in the basement was aher buying the house unseen. Once she saw the shelves with old glass jars, she was a de put off. But what made her keep the door shut and locked was the abrupt end of the concrete floor halfway across the room Because nothing good ever happened in a basement with a diet for Alice had seen enough horror movies to know that Ace stared at the basement door, trying to gather enough confidence to open it and march down the stairs like she owned the place. Because she did-or she would, once she finished paying her morgage in 30 years. Alice took a deep breath and yanked the door open. She marched down the stairs, only to stop abruptly at the bottom. Because she was face to face with not a ghost at all it was a calice-cat one who looked utterly unimpressed by her brave journey into the basement   Which of the following time frames is a gap in the sequence conveyed in the passage?

    A. From when she bought the house unseen until she saw the jars in the basement

    B. From when she opened the basement door until she saw the

    C. From the night when she heard the loudest noises and then

    D. from when she was looking at the basement door and then

    Answer Explanation

    A. The gap in the sequence conveyed in the passage is from "From when she bought the house unseen until she saw the jars in the basement." This gap represents the time frame between her initial purchase of the house and the moment she saw the jars in the basement, which is not explicitly described in the passage.