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(TOEFL Training-Masagus Sulaiman, S.Pd., M.Pd.)

TOEFL TEST
(SECTION 3. READING COMPREHENSION)

Name of Participant :
In this section, you will read several passages. You are to choose the one best answer, (A),
(B), (C), (D) to each question

1. Most of the ice on the Earth, close to 90 percent of it, is covering the surface of
the continent Antartica. It does not snow very much in Antartica, but whatever
snow does fall remains and grows deeper and deeper. In some areas of Antartica,
the ice has perhaps been around for as much as a million years and now is more
than two miles deep.

The main idea of the passage is that

A. the Earth is a cold planet
B. most of the Earth’s ice is found in Ant
C. it snows more than in Antartica than in any places
D. Antartica is only two miles wide but is 90 percent ice

2. The term “primitive art”has been used in a styles of art. One way that this term has been used is
to describe the early period
within the development of a certain style of art. Another way that this term has
been used is to describe artists who have received little professional training and
who demonstrate a nontraditional naivete in their work.

A wonderful example of this second type of primitive artists is Grandma Moses,

who spent all her life living on a farm and working at tasks normally associated
with farm life. She did not begin painting until she reached the age of seventy six,
when she switched to painting from embroidery because the arthritis in her hands
made her too difficult.

The subject of this passage is

A. an example of one of the types of primitive art
B. Grandma Moses’s life on the farm
C. how primitive arts differs from formal art
D. Grandma Moses’s primitive style

Which expresses the main idea of the passage

A. Grandma Moses spent her life on a farm
B. Art critics cannot come to any agreement
C. Grandma Moses is one type of primitive art because of her lack of
formal training
D. Many artists receive little professional training
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3. In the first half of the nineteenth century, a New York newspaper, the New
York Sun, successfully carried out a hoax on the American public. Because of
this trick, redership of the paper rose substantially.

On August 25, 1835, the Sun published reports that some wonderful new
discoveries had been made on the moon The article described strange,
never-before seen animas and temples covered in shining jewels. Many
members of the American public were fooled by the story, even some
prominent members of the scientific community.

The effect of the false story on sales of the paper was dramatic. Paper sales
increased considerably as people eagerly searched out details of the new
discoveries. Later, newspaper company announced that it had not been trying
to trick the public. Instead, the company explained the moon stories as a type
of literary satire.
The main point of the passage is that

A. The New York Sun was one of the earliest American newspaper
B. The Sun increased sales when it tricked the public with a false story
C. A newspaper acheived success by writing about the moon
D. Some amazing new discoveries were made about the moon

4. August is commonly called the “dogs days from the star Sirius which is known as the dog
star. Sirius is the brightest
visible star and ih the hot summer months it rises in the east at approximately
the same time as the sun. As ancient people saw this star rising with the Sun
when weather was at its hottest. They believed that Sirius was the cause of
the additional heat; they believed that this bright star added its heat to the
heat of the Sun, and these two together made summer weather so un
bearably hot.

The topic of this passage is

A. How dogs like to play during the suer
B. The causes of hot and humid weather
C. Why the hot summer days known as the “d
D. The days that dogs prefer

5. The ancestors of humas had a lot more hair than humans of today; in fact,
they had thick hair all over their bodies. This thick hair was necessary for
protection against the cold of the Ice Ages.

As the Earth got warmer, the hair began to thin out, except for on the head.
The head hair has remained through the evolutionary process, both as a sort
of pillow to cushion the sensitive head when it gets banged around and as a
sort of hat to keep the head warm and prevent so much heat from escaping
through scalp.
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Which of the following is true about the hair of the ancestors of

humans?
A. There was not much of it
B. It covered their entire bodies
C. It was thin
D. It was not useful

The author indicates that one of the purposes of hair on the head is to
A. Fill up pillows
B. Help heat escape through the scalp
C. Ensure that the head is warm
D. Make it easier to think

6. Many parts of the Southwestern United States would become desrts again
without the waters of the Colorado River. A system of thousands miles of
canals, hundreds of miles of tunnels and aqueducts and numerous dams and
bring Colorado. River water to the area. The Imperial Valley in Southern
California is an example of such a place. It is a vast and productive
agricultural area that was once a desert. Today, 2,000 miles of canals irigate
the fertile land and keep it productive.

Which of the following is mention in the passage as a way that Colorado

River water gets to the Southwest?
A. By truck
B. In bottles
C. In wells
D. Through canals

7. Blood pressure measurement has two components; systolic and diastolic.

Systolic pressure is taken when the heart is contracting to pump blood;
diastolic pressure is taken when the heart is resting between beats. In the
usual blood pressure reading, the systolic measurement is given first and is
the higher of the two.

Normal blood pressure is a systolic measurement of 120-140 and when the

systolic pressure is 160 or higher, then hypertension exists. Systolic pressure
between 140 and 160 indicates borderline hypertension.
Which of the following is NOT true about systolic blood pressure?
A. It is taken during the contraction of the neart
B. It is usually given first in a blood pressure reading
C. A normal systolic measurement is 120-140
D. Hypertension exists when the systolic pressure is below 140
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8. When babies are born, they always have blue eyes. This is because the
melanin, the pigment that colors the eyes, is not on the surface of the iris.
Instead, it is within the creases of the iris. Because there is little melamin on
the surface of the iris, the eyes appear blue.

After a few months, the melanin moves to the surface of the iris. It is the
amount of melanin on the surface that determines a person’s permanent e color, so it is at
this point that a baby’s eyes d for a lifetime.

The word “pigment”line2isclosest inmeaning to

A. Skin
B. Muscle
C. Tissue
D. Color

The word “surface” in line 2 could be bes

A. Top
B. Inside
C. Back
D. bottom

The word “permanent” in line 6 refers to

A. changeable
B. Lasting
C. Dark
D. Possible
The word “point” in line 7 is
A. Dot
B. Era
C. Time
D. Place

THIS IS THE END OF EXERCISE

SECTION 3

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