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Source : Longman Introductory course for the TOEFL Test

Reading Exercise 1

One mystery about elephants that seems to have been solved is how elephants communicate
with each other. Humans have heard a whole variety of sounds coming from elephants, but these
sounds are not the only way that elephants communicate.
A new explanation about elephants communication is being proposed. Elephants vibrate the
air in their trunks and foreheads. The sound that is created during this vibration has an extremely low
pitch: the pitch, in fact, is low that humans cannot hear it. However, it seems that other elephants can
and do hear and understand these low rumblings.

1. The passage mainly discusses

a. The answer to the question about how elephants communicate
b. How elephants vibrate the air in their trunks
c. Communication between animals and humans
d. The sounds that elephants make

2. A “mystery” in line 1 is
a. A speech
b. Something unknown
c. A funny story
d. A detective

3. According to the passage, people

a. Cannot hear any elephant sounds
b. Are not interested in elephant sounds
c. Hear only one elephant sound
d. Can hear numerous elephant sounds

4. It can be inferred from the passage that elephant sounds that humans hear
a. One of the ways that elephants communicate
b. Not part of elephants communication
c. How elephants communicate with humans
d. The only sounds that elephants make

5. The word “way” in line 3 could be best replaced by

a. Direction
b. Method
c. Path
d. Road

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 6. Where do elephants vibrate air?
a. In their throats
b. In their trunks
c. In their mouths
d. In their ears
7. The word “pitch” in line 6 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
a. Meaning
b. Voice
c. Height
d. Sound
8. Which of the following is NOT true about the extremely low sound created by elephants?
a. Humans cannot understand it
b. Human hear it
c. Elephants hear it
d. Elephants understand it
9. The word “rumblings” in line 7 is closest in meaning to
a. Words
b. Ears
c. Vibrations
d. Melodies
10. Where in the passage does the author describe the sound that elephants create in their trunks and
foreheads?
a. Line 1-2
b. Line 2-3
c. Line 4
d. Line 5-6

Grammar Exercise 1

1. Underline and write all the subjects and verbs within the five sentences of the text above.

2. Identify and write all of the “main” verbs in simple present form in the five sentences of the text
above.

3. Identify and write what are the main subjects and verbs of the five sentences in the text above.

4. What does “..these..” refer to in the second sentence of first paragraph?

5. What does “it” mean in the last sentence of the text above?

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 Reading Exercise 2
The tiniest bird in the world is male bee hummingbird. Because it is very small, it is often
mistaken for a bee or some other type of insect of that size.
As a hummingbird, it is able to flap its wings extremely quickly, up to eighty times per second.
With this really fast wing speed, the bee hummingbird can hover like a helicopter, fly forward, fly
backward, or even fly upside down.

1. What is the topic of the passage?

a. The bee
b. One type of hummingbird
c. How fast hummingbrids fly
d. How helicopters fly

2. The word “tiniest” in line 1 is closest in meaning to ....

a. fastest
b. most dangerous
c. noisiest
d. smallest

3. It can be inferred from the passage that the female bee hummingbird
a. is really a bee
b. does not exist
c. is larger than the male
d. eats insects

4. according to the passage, when people see a male hummingbird, they often incorrectly
think it is
a. a bird
b. an insect
c. a bat
d. a helicopter

5. in line 3, to “flap” wings is to

a. hold them still
b. stretch them out
c. fold them
d. move them up and down

6. according to the passage, how fast can a bee hummingbird flap its wing?
a. A hundred times each second
b. eigthy times per minute
c. eigthy times each second
d. eight times in a second

7. In line 4, to “hover” is to

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 a. fly forward qickly
b. land
c. stay in place in the air
d. use fuel

8. the passage indicates that a bee hummingbird can do all of the following EXCEPT
a. hover
b. fly backward
c. fly in an inverted position
d. fly a helicopter