CBEST Reading Practice Test [Timed]

Read the passage below. Then answer the three questions that follow. Despite years of publicity about the problem, the percentage of college students who binge drink, that is, consume five or more drinks in one sitting, has declined only from 44 percent to 43 percent. Further, half of all students who binge drink do so regularly—at least three times within a two- week period. Finally, 33 percent more students admit that they drink just to get drunk. Dangerous drinking is at its worst in fraternities and sororities, where four out of five members acknowledge that they binge. Public pressure has shown some previous influence regarding students’ drinking habits. A University of Michigan researcher says the percentage of drinkers who binged dropped through the late 1980s and early 1990s, largely because of the widespread publicity about the dangers of drunken driving. _______________________ _____________________________________________________________ _________________________. Which of the following statements, if true, would weaken the claim that publicity efforts helped to curb binge drinking in the late 1980s?