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Paragraph Comprehension Test

Questions 26 and 27 are based on the following passage.

26. When demand for new buildings rises sharply, prices of such buildings usually
increase rapidly while construction invariably lags behind. The relation of supply
to demand is one of the factors that may greatly influence prices. When demand
for new buildings suddenly declines, their prices fall because the available supply
be immediately curtailed.

According to the passage, a sharp increase in demand for new buildings usually results in

(A) fewer new buildings in proportion to buyers.
(B) a proportionate increase in construction.
(C) more builders of new buildings.
(D) more sellers.
27. When there is a sudden drop in the demand for new buildings, the immediately resulting effect on
their prices is attributable mainly to the
(A) cessation in new construction.
(B) curtailment in the supply of such buildings.
(C) reduction in new construction.
(D) static condition in the supply of such buildings.

Questions 28 - 30 are based on the following passage

A large proportion of the people behind bars are not convicted criminals, but
people who have been arrested and are being held until their trial in court.
Experts have often pointed out that this detention system does not operate fairly.
For instance, a person who can afford to pay bail usually will not get locked up.
The person must show up in court when he is supposed to; otherwise, he will
forfeit his bail. Sometimes, one who can show that he is stable citizen with a job
and a family will be released on “personal recognizance.” The result is that the
well-to-do, the employed, and the family men can often avoid the detention
system. Those who do wind up in detention tend to be the poor, the unemployed,
the single, and the young.

28. According to the passage, people who are put behind bars
(A) are almost always dangerous criminals.
(B) include many innocent people who have been arrested by mistake.
(C) are often people who have been arrested but have not yet come to trial.
(D) are all people who tend to be young and single.

29. The passage says that the detention system works unfairly against people who are
(A) rich.
(B) married.
(C) old.
(D) unemployed.

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