The Bothan spy sighed with despair as he peered through the thick foliage. He had been told this was a poorly guarded academic lab, and yet it seemed closer to a military fortress, surrounded by concentric rings of steel gates and barbed wire fencing, constant foot patrols and motion-detecting auto-turrets. There was no point in returning without the HSK plans, on that point Mon Mothma had been clear enough. But how could anyone infiltrate this hive of academic secrets, let alone escape with the HSK and their life?

In this practice exam we present fifteen reading comprehension exercises of a type commonly found on the actual test. Your challenge is to select the answer from the options given that best approximates the contextual meaning of the word selected from the provided sentence.