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HiSET Reading Practice Questions - HiSET Language Arts - Reading Exam

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Read the following passage, then answer the question. "The old lighthouse keeper had grown so accustomed to the beam sweeping overhead that he no longer noticed it. Every thirty seconds the light passed, throwing its pale circle across the dark water, but Ezra slept through it all. His wife, newly arrived from the city, lay awake all night, jolted each time the beam hit the curtain. By morning she declared the light intolerable. Ezra laughed and told her she would not notice it within a week. She was skeptical, but three nights later she slept straight through until dawn." What is the main idea of this passage?
Correct Answer:
People can adapt to stimuli they are regularly exposed to.

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