Gre verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning With Explanations

Select-in-Passage
 
Description
 
These questions ask you to select the sentence in the passage that meets a certain description. To 
select a sentence, click on any word in the sentence or select the sentence with the keyboard. In 
longer passages, the question will usually apply to only one or two specified paragraphs; you will 
not be able to select a sentence elsewhere in the passage. 
Note:
Because these questions depend on the use of the computer, they do not appear on the 
paper-delivered
, alternate-format 
test. Equivalent multiple-choice questions are used in their place. 
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Tips for Answering 
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Evaluate each of the relevant sentences in the passage separately before selecting your
answer. Do not evaluate any sentences that are outside the paragraphs
under consideration.
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A correct answer choice must accurately match the description given in the question; do not
select a sentence if any part of the description does not apply to it. However, note that the
question need not fully describe all aspects of the sentence.
Reading Comprehension Sample Questions
 
Questions 1 to 3 are based on this passage.
 
Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach 
that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 
1937) embraced the ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass based two symphonies 
on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies' sound is 
distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass's classical music, which 
from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of 
popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version 
of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in 
rock rather than the classics.