This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Reading – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Reading Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One enormous advantage you will have on test day is that by the time you reach the ..... question, you will have read the entire passage A) Reference. B) Inference. C) Summary. D) Vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summary. 2. She always tries to acquire knowledge by reading books. What does 'acquire' most closely mean? A) Search. B) Gain. C) Forget. D) Destroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gain. 3. TOEFL Exercise 5Passage 1#2 A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 4. What does the phrase "Bering Land Bridge" refer to in the passage? A) A method used by Native Americans to travel on water. B) A bridge built by Native Americans to cross to Alaska. C) A land connection between Asia and Alaska during the Ice Age. D) An ancient trail used by animals to migrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A land connection between Asia and Alaska during the Ice Age. 5. Paragraph:First, the machine is turned on. Next, the materials are inserted, and finally, the product is packaged.Question:What is the paragraph's organization? A) Comparison. B) Definition. C) Problem-Solution. D) Chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronological order. 6. The various purposes of satire include all of the following EXCEPT A) Exposing false values. B) Brushing away illusions. C) Reminding readers of the truth. D) Introducing readers to unfamiliar situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introducing readers to unfamiliar situations. 7. What can be inferred about railroads in 1849 from the information in the last paragraph? A) They had begun to compete with the Erie Canal for traffic. B) They were seriously underdeveloped. C) They were being planned but had not yet been built. D) They were weakened by the expansion of the canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had begun to compete with the Erie Canal for traffic. 8. The passage states that one way in which a hippo is similar to a whale is that A) They both live on the bottoms of rivers. B) They both have blowholes. C) They are both named after horses. D) They both breathe underwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They both have blowholes. 9. What's an example of Word Formation? A) Unhappiness. B) Sandwich. C) NASA. D) Brunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unhappiness. 10. In paragraph 3, where can the following sentence be placed?It included standardised word orders and grammatical markers that existed in neither the pidgin language, nor the language of the colonizers. A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 11. According to paragraph 1, the presidency of Andrew Jackson was a specialist significant for which of the following reasons? A) It was the first time that the senate had been known to oppose the president. B) It was the beginning of the modern presidency in the United States. C) The president began to address the Senate on a regular basis. D) The president was granted a portion of his power to the Senate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the beginning of the modern presidency in the United States. 12. Because the passages cover a variety of different subjects, you are required to know the background information of different topics. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO. 13. Why were some 19th-century artists "reluctant to admit that they made use of photography" (paragraph 7)? A) They feared photography would replace painting entirely. B) They worried it would damage their professional reputation as "fine artists.". C) They believed photography was too complex to understand. D) They thought photography's images were less accurate than paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They worried it would damage their professional reputation as "fine artists.". 14. The word "refreshing" in line 19 is closest in meaning to A) Meaningful. B) Ridiculous. C) Unusual. D) Popular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unusual. 15. In the TEOFL reading section, ..... A) Paraphrasing skill is considerably necessary. B) Paraphrasing skill is less essential. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraphrasing skill is considerably necessary. 16. Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the writhing, twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at the center of a tornado. In line 2, the word "funnel" refers to which of the following? A) A bomb. B) A house. C) A tornado. D) An explosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tornado. 17. According to paragraph 2, all of the following are true of the outflow channels on Mars except: A) They formed at around the same time that volcanic activity was occurring on the northern plains. B) They are found only on certain parts of the Martian surface. C) They sometimes empty onto what appear to have once been the wet sands of tidal beaches. D) They are thought to have carried water northward from the equatorial regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They sometimes empty onto what appear to have once been the wet sands of tidal beaches. 18. How is the information in the passage organized? A) Characteristics of the solar calendar are outlined. B) Two types of calendars are described. C) The strengths and weakness of the lunar calendar are described. D) The length of each existing calendar is contrasted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two types of calendars are described. 19. The word "negligible" in the last sentence of paragraph 2 could most easily replaced by ..... A) Negative. B) Insignificant. C) Distance. D) Rapid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insignificant. 20. The computer ..... has helped to improve global communication. A) Age. B) Term. C) Span. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Age. 21. The best way to approach the questions in "Skill 12:Determine Where Specific Information is Found, " is to study the question to determine the information that you are looking for and then to go to the lines listed in the answers and skim for that information. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. THE ANSWER TO A MAIN IDEA QUESTION IS FOUND ..... A) SCATTERED AROUND THE WHOLE TEXT. B) IN THE LAST LINE OF EACH PARAGRAPH. C) IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF EACH PARAGRAPH. D) IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ONLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF EACH PARAGRAPH. 23. TEOFL Review Exercise (Skills 1-7)Passage 2 (Questions 7-12)Question 11 A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 24. TEOFL Review Exercise (Skills 1-7)Passage 4 (Questions 19-29)Question 21 A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 25. According to the passage, by the late 1920s zippers could be found in all of the following industries EXCEPT ..... A) Fashion. B) Tents. C) Luggage. D) Footwear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tents. 26. Which paragraph addresses why monkeys were chosen for the experiment? A) Paragraph 4. B) Paragraph 2. C) Paragraph 5. D) Paragraph 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paragraph 2. 27. It can be inferred from the passage that the hippopotamus is commonly called a hippo because the word "hippo" is A) Simpler to pronounce. B) Scientifically more accurate. C) The original name. D) Easier for the animal to recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simpler to pronounce. 28. What is the best way to improve your ability to find specific information in the TOEFL Reading section? A) Study grammar rules extensively. B) Practice and familiarize yourself with the test format. C) Read a lot of novels. D) Use a thesaurus to expand your vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Practice and familiarize yourself with the test format. 29. Rather than compliance, they encouraged open ..... with authority through radical performances. A) Dissent. B) Absurdity. C) Exile. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissent. 30. The words 'cottoned on' are closest in meaning to: A) Knew. B) Completed. C) Concluded. D) A learnt. 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