ACCUPLACER Practice Test 7
10 free ACCUPLACER practice questions in the real exam format, covering the official content areas, with an explanation for every answer.
Question 1 of 10
ReadingPassage 1
In many cities, the hardest part of a commute by train or bus is the stretch at either end. A station may sit a mile from an office or a home, too far to walk comfortably and too close to justify a car. Bike-share systems are designed for exactly that gap. Riders unlock a bicycle at a docking station, ride to their destination, and leave it at any other station. Unlike a bus, a shared bike does not follow a fixed route or wait for a schedule. Studies in several cities have found that bike-share trips often replace short car and taxi rides, and the pedaling offers exercise to riders who otherwise get little. Because the bikes extend the reach of existing transit at a fraction of the cost of new lines, many cities now treat bike-share as public infrastructure, setting goals to expand their networks over the coming years.
Passage 2
Announcing that a city will launch 5,000 shared bicycles makes for an appealing headline, but putting bikes on the street is the easiest part of running a bike-share system. Riders tend to travel in the same direction at the same time, so by nine o'clock some downtown stations are jammed while others stand empty. Unless crews drive trucks around to move bikes back where they are needed, a commuter may find no bike to take or no open dock. The bikes also wear out quickly; flat tires and worn brakes must be repaired every week. Some programs have counted bikes deployed while paying little attention to how many trips each bike actually made. Location matters too. The neighborhoods farthest from transit often receive the fewest stations. If cities want the benefits that bike-share can provide, they should fund the daily work of keeping the system running, not just the ceremony of cutting the ribbon.
According to Passage 1, bike-share systems help commuters by