ASVAB Section Eight : Paragraph comprehension: ASVAB-SECTION-8

Railroads originating on both coasts of the United States were joined on May 10, 1869, when a golden spike was driven to join the last rail at Promontory Point, Utah. Great numbers of immigrants moved west to take up free homestead land or purchase tracts at low prices.

According to the passage, the settling of the American West __________.

A. made immigrants very wealthy from land ownership

B. followed the completion of the railroad

C. made it impossible for anyone to purchase land

D. was finished before the summer of 1869

Over the past few years, body mass index (BMI), a ratio of a person's height and weight, has effectively become a proxy for whether a person is considered healthy. Many U.S. companies use their employees’ BMIs as a factor in determining workers’ health care costs. And people with higher BMIs could soon have to pay higher health insurance premiums, if a rule proposed in April by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is adopted. But a new study led by UCLA psychologists has found that using BMI to gauge health incorrectly labels more than 54 million Americans as "unhealthy," even though they are not.

The word proxy, as used in the above passage, most nearly means __________.

A. authority

B. go-between

C. representation

D. server

In Wiltshire, England, there is a fascinating site. Near Salisbury stands a creation called Stonehenge. No one is sure of the meaning of the monument that has stood there since ancient times. Some people theorize that it was a temple for people who worshiped the sun. Others have dubbed it a center for healing, a burial site, or even a very large calendar. Many questions remain, such as how in the world the tremendous stones were moved and arranged by primitive people who had only the most basic of tools. In spite of all these questions, Stonehenge remains an impressive site.

Which of these titles would best summarize the point of the above passage?

A. "An Unforgettable Mystery"

B. "Stonehenge in England"

C. "Visiting Wiltshire, England"

D. "Visiting Stonehenge"