This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Ibt Reading – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Ibt Reading Quiz 2 (17 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The facility was funded in part by the city's recreation department, whose funds were generated from the highly ..... hot spring pool. A) Profitable. B) Terminated. C) Sophisticated. D) Defied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profitable. 2. The tragedy could have been ..... if the crew had followed safety procedures. A) Averted. B) Honed. C) Regulated. D) Rotated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Averted. 3. 'Make-shift' in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to: A) Complicated and expressive. B) Simple and temporary. C) Extensive and diverse. D) Private and personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple and temporary. 4. According to the passage, what do trees provide to mycorrhizal fungi? A) Minerals. B) Oxygen. C) Carbohydrates. D) Chemical defenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbohydrates. 5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of X? A) Negative Factual Information question. B) Factual Information question. C) Vocabulary question. D) Inference question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Factual Information question. 6. Sentence Simplification questions ask you to identify a sentence that has essentially the same meaning as a sentence from a reading passage. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. The word "X" in the passage is closest in meaning to ..... A) Inference question. B) Reference question. C) Vocabulary question. D) Negative Factual Information question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vocabulary question. 8. The control group took a ..... , while the experimental subjects took the drug that was being tested. A) Placebo. B) Cue. C) Contemporary. D) Condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placebo. 9. The chemicals in paint can be ..... to health, so it must be kept out of reach of children. A) Tedious. B) Hazardous. C) Fragile. D) Empirical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hazardous. 10. The word "X" in the passage refers to ..... A) Factual Information question. B) Inference question. C) Vocabulary question. D) Reference question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reference question. 11. In paragraph 1, why does the writer include information about the Cherokee language? A) To show how simple, traditional cultures can have complicated grammar structures. B) To show how English grammar differs from Cherokee grammar. C) To prove that complex grammar structures were invented by the Cherokees. D) To demonstrate how difficult it is to learn the Cherokee language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show how simple, traditional cultures can have complicated grammar structures. 12. Which idea is presented in the final paragraph? A) English was probably once a creole. B) The English past tense system is inaccurate. C) Linguists have proven that English was created by children. D) Children say English past tenses differently from adults. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English was probably once a creole. 13. According to the passage, which factor can weaken fungal networks? A) Limited sunlight. B) Overuse of fertilizers. C) Lack of carbon dioxide. D) Increase in tree diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overuse of fertilizers. 14. An Inference question could ask you to identify information that is not explicitly stated. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 1about X? A) Vocabulary question. B) Rhetorical Purpose question. C) Factual Information question. D) Inference question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inference question. 16. 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) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 17. Vocabulary questions ask you to identify the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in a reading passage. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesToefl Ibt Reading Quiz 1Toefl Grammar QuizToefl Ibt Listening QuizToefl Ibt Vocabulary QuizToefl Integrated Speaking QuizToefl Integrated Writing QuizToefl Listening QuizToefl Reading QuizToefl Vocabulary Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books