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Unit 1 Pork Barrel Projects
Comprehension Check Up
1. Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided
below. Complete the summary by selecting THREE answer choices that express the
most important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the
summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are
minor ideas in the passage.
Pork barrel projects are building projects with limited benefits which are
carried out mainly for political reasons.
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Answer Choices
(A)The Ketchikan bridge, which would have cost $315 million but served only 8,000
people, was an example of a pork barrel project.
(B) Pork barrel projects exist because they are supported by powerful politicians to
gain votes in the next election.
(C) To limit opposition to them, pork barrel projects are usually added to the
government‟s budget just before the budget is approved.
(D) Many people dislike pork barrel projects because they feel they are an unfair
and dishonest use of public money.
(E) Pork barrel projects are common in democratic governments around the world.
(F) Though useful when they were first built, Japan‟s bullet trains have now become
pork barrel projects.
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Comprehension Check Up
1. Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided
below. Complete the summary by selecting THREE answer choices that express the
most important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the
summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are
minor ideas in the passage.
Pork barrel projects are building projects with limited benefits which are
carried out mainly for political reasons.
•
•
•
Answer Choices
(A)The Ketchikan bridge, which would have cost $315 million but served only 8,000
people, was an example of a pork barrel project.
(B) Pork barrel projects exist because they are supported by powerful politicians to
gain votes in the next election.
(C) To limit opposition to them, pork barrel projects are usually added to the
government‟s budget just before the budget is approved.
(D) Many people dislike pork barrel projects because they feel they are an unfair
and dishonest use of public money.
(E) Pork barrel projects are common in democratic governments around the world.
(F) Though useful when they were first built, Japan‟s bullet trains have now become
pork barrel projects.
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