This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Reading – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Reading Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It can be inferred from the passage that an example of the animal mentioned in lines 11-12 might be A) A kangaroo. B) A snake. C) A whale. D) A salmon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A whale. 2. The word "propel" in line 6 could best be replaced by A) Move. B) Develop. C) Destroy. D) Inhibit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move. 3. When taking the TOEFL test, why is it important to read the questions before the passage? A) It helps you understand the main topic of the passage. B) It provides you with a preview of the answers. C) It helps you save time during the test. D) It makes you less anxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It provides you with a preview of the answers. 4. The words "all these banks" in sentence 7 refer to A) Private commercial banks. B) National banks. C) Investment banking houses. D) Nonprofit corporations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Private commercial banks. 5. Whenever you see this kind of questions, the answer is the one that is different from the others, and has nothing to do with the main topic. A) Detail Questions. B) Infer questions. C) Imply questions. D) Except and Not questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Except and Not questions. 6. According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for the film Modern Times from A) A newspaper article. B) A scene in a movie. C) A job he had once held. D) A conversation with a reporter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A conversation with a reporter. 7. Answer the best option for the passage read.You can infer that the author of this passage A) A Works for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. B) B Thinks Native Americans are satisfied living on reservations. C) C Admires the settlers for their endurance. D) D Sympathizes with Native Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D Sympathizes with Native Americans. 8. Which of the following helped lead to conclusions about whether Store Age people preferred one hand to the other? A) Petrified forms of vegetation. B) Patterns of stone chipping. C) Fossilized waste material. D) Fossilized footprints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patterns of stone chipping. 9. According to the passage, the purpose of the scene involving the feeding machine is to show people's A) Ingenuity. B) Adaptability. C) Helplessness. D) Independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helplessness. 10. To dive A) Run quickly. B) Jump into the water. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jump into the water. 11. What significant event involving a meteorite occurred in Siberia nearly one hundred years before the Chelyabinsk incident? A) A meteorite destroyed a city. B) A meteorite killed millions of people. C) A meteorite flattened about 80 million trees. D) A meteorite caused a massive flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A meteorite flattened about 80 million trees. 12. According to paragraph 4, what is the problem with using renewable sources of power? A) They do not provide much energy. B) They often cause system failure and blackouts. C) They do not supply a continuous flow of energy. D) They can't be used at off-peak times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They do not supply a continuous flow of energy. 13. 1 What does the passage mainly discuss? A) The advantages of using wood in the colonies. B) The effects of an abundance of wood on the colonies. C) The roots of the Industrial Revolution. D) The difference between charcoal iron and coke iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The effects of an abundance of wood on the colonies. 14. Which of the following descriptions best describes the author's last comments about Judson? A) Admire. B) Sad. C) Envy. D) Celebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad. 15. In "Skill 7:Answer Transition Questions Correctly, " the topic of the preceding or following the paragraph is directly stated. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. In paragraph 1 of the passage, there is a missing sentence. The paragraph is repeated below and shows four letters (A, B, C, and D) that indicate where the following sentences could be added. A) Sentence simplification. B) Insert text. C) Prose summary. D) Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insert text. 17. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about Uncle Sam's appearance? A) He wears facial hair. B) There is some blue in his clothing. C) He is bald. D) His clothes have stripes in them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is bald. 18. In "Skill 5:Find Pronoun Referents, " whenever you are asked which noun a pronoun refers to, you should look after the pronoun to find the noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Street performances emerged as an ..... of Dadaism, branching off from its core ideas. A) Adherent. B) Offshoot. C) Nihilist. D) Breakthrough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offshoot. 20. According to the passage, all of the following have caused damage to the paintings EXCEPT ..... A) Temperature changes. B) Air movement. C) Water. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light. 21. The word "fueled" in line 1 is closest in meaning to: A) (A) powered. B) (B) bombarded. C) (C) created. D) D) propelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D) propelled. 22. TOEFL Exercise (Skills 3-5)Passage 3#10 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 23. What happens to your answer on the first click? A) It is changed. B) It is ignored. C) It is scored. D) It is reviewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is scored. 24. .... According to the passage, which of the following best describes the sequence of stages that the Sun will probably pass through? A) Yellow dwarf, white dwarf, red giant, black giant. B) Red giant, white dwarf, red dwarf, nova explosion. C) Yellow dwarf, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf. D) White dwarf, red giant, black dwarf, yellow dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow dwarf, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf. 25. ..... questions are similar to detail questions, except that, instead of only one answer being true, three of the four answers are true, and you have to determine which one is false. A) Function. B) Vocabulary. C) Referent. D) Negative Fact. 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