Free EIAT Reading Comprehension practice
Reading comprehension is 35 of the EIAT's 100 questions. NEIEP's published example is not the True/False/Cannot Say format most aptitude-test practice uses. Instead it is a short passage with numbered gaps and four candidate words for each gap, and you pick the one that fits. The skill is reading the whole sentence, and often the one after it, before deciding.
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6 questions against a 4-minute clock. The timing is our own practice pace — NEIEP does not publish a time limit for the EIAT.
Working safely on a site depends on paying close ___(1)___ to what is happening around you. A hazard that goes ___(2)___ can injure someone long after the person who created it has walked away. Every member of the crew has a ___(3)___ to raise anything unsafe, however minor it looks. Doing so early is almost always ___(4)___ than dealing with the consequences afterwards. Which word belongs in blank (1)?
Worked examples
Two more reading comprehension questions with the answer and explanation. Try each before opening the answer. For a longer set across every section, see our free EIAT sample questions.
Question 1. A circuit that looks dead cannot be treated as ___(1)___ until it has been tested. Isolation has to be proved rather than ___(2)___, and the instrument itself should be checked before and after. Locking off stops somebody else restoring the supply while you are still ___(3)___. These steps take a few minutes and have saved a great many ___(4)___.
Which word belongs in blank (1)?
- safe
- tidy
- busy
- loud
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A: safe. Blank (1) takes "safe". Read the whole sentence before choosing: the other three words are ordinary English but none of them makes sense where the gap sits.
Question 2. Lifting something awkward is less about strength than about ___(1)___. Keeping the load close to your body reduces the strain on your ___(2)___ considerably. If an item is too heavy or too bulky, the correct response is to get ___(3)___ rather than to prove a point. Back injuries are among the slowest of all workplace injuries to ___(4)___.
Which word belongs in blank (2)?
- spine
- wages
- hobby
- paperwork
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A: spine. Blank (2) takes "spine". Read the whole sentence before choosing: the other three words are ordinary English but none of them makes sense where the gap sits.
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