Questions
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
C. Food Deserts: the Problem and the Solutions
2. Based on information in the passage, it can be inferred that if supermarkets opened locations in more lowincome areas,
D. the health of low-income residents would be more likely to improve, as residents would have easier
access to healthy food
3. Which of the following pieces of evidence, if true, would best support the author’s argument in paragraph 3?
A. A study completed in 2010 shows that the farther a low-income housing development is from a
supermarket, the more likely residents of that development are to have a higher body mass index,
which is linked to being overweight or obese.
4. As used in paragraph 3, which is the best synonym for affluent?
E. wealthy
5. Based on information in the passage, it can be inferred that the author considers major supermarkets to be
I. more interested in increasing their profits than in helping people
II. unwilling to build new stores in low-income neighborhoods despite incentives offered by the Healthy
Food Financing program
III. guiltier than fast food restaurants of contributing to the obesity epidemic
A. l only
6. As used in paragraph 5, which is the best synonym for commendable?
B. praiseworthy