168 READING COMPREHENSION

Sru 3: UNSTATED DETAIL QUESTIONS

You u'ill sometimes be asked in the Reading Comprehension section of the TOEFL
test to find an answer that is rtot stated or not ntentiorrcd or not trtte in the passage.
This type of question reallv means that three of the ans\vers are stated, ntentioned,
or true in the passage, u,hile one answer is not. Your actual job is to find the three
correct answers and then choose the letter of the one remaining ansr,ver.
You should note that there are tr,vo kinds of answers to this type of question: ( 1)
there are three true ansrvers and one ans\ver that is ttot discttssed in the passage, or
(2) there are three tr-ue ansrvers and one that is lctlse according to the passa-qe.

Example
The passage:
The Florida Kevs are a beautiful chain o{'almost 1,000 coral
lund linrestone islands. Thesc islands ic,rm an erc that lrcacls
filst sotrthrv"rt u*l th"n ucsl h'om the mainlancl. U.S. Highuar I,
Line called the Or.erseas Hiehu'av, connects the main islands in the
(5) chain. Or-r thi. higlr*riit i.r,"."rrun to cross 42 bridges over
the ocean to cover the 159 miles I'rom Miami, on the mainland,
to Kcl Wesl ar and thc
southernmost citv in the United States.

The questions:
1. Which of the follou'ine is NOT mentioned about the Florida
Kevs?
(A) The Florida Kevs are a chain of islancls.
(B) The Florida Kevs contain coral and limestone.
(C) The Florida Ke1,s are in the shape of an arc.
(D) The Florida Kevs are not all inhabited.
2. Which of the follou,ing is NOT true about U.S. Highu'av 1?

(A) It is alsci knou'n at@.

(B) It joir-rs all of the islands in the Florida Kevs.
(C) It has more thaq_40 bridges.
(D) It connccts Miami ancl Kev West.

The first question asks for the one answer that is rtot ntentioned about the Florida
Kevs. The passage states that the Florida Keys are a chairt (ansrver A) r,l,ith corul
rutd lintestorze (ansrver B) in the shape of an arc (ansrver C), so these answers are
not correct. The best ansri'er is therefore ans\ver (D). The passage does not dis-
cuss whether or not the kevs are all inhabited.
The second question asks for the ansrver that is not lnre about U.S. High"vav 1.
The passage states that it is called lhe Overseas Highv'cn' (ansu,er A), that it has
12 bridpes (ansu,er C), and that it cot,er(s) the 159 rniles fi'ctnt ,Vicutti. . . to Kel
 READING COMPREHENSION 169

D), so these answers are not corr-ect. The best answer is answer (B).
I4/es1 (ar-rsu'er
The passage statc's that the Overseas Highr,i,av connects the nnin islands in t/rc
chain, so it does not connect all of the islands.
The follou'ing chart outlines the kev information that vou should remember
abotrt Llnstated detail questions.

UNSTATED DETAIL QUESTIONS

HOW TO IDENTIFY Which of the following is not stoted . . . ?
THE QUESTION Which of the following is not mentioned .. . ?
Which of the following is not discussed ... ?
All of the following are true except . . .

WHERE TO FIND The answers to these questions are found in order in the
THE ANSWER passa9e.

HOW TO ANSWER 1. Choose a key word in the question.

THE QUESTION
2. Scan the appropriate place in the passage for the key word
(or related ideo).
3. Read the sentence that contains the key word or idea
carefully.
4. Look for the answers that are definitely true according to the
passage. Eliminate those answers.
5. Choose the answer that is not true or not discussed in the
passage.
 170 READING COMPREHENSION

IOEFL EXERCISE 3: Str,rdv each of tl-re passages, and choose the best anstvers to
the questions that lollour

PASSACE O.\,lE (Qtprtiorrs l-2)

Blood prL-ssLlrc n-leasuremcnt hars t\vo components: svstolic and diastolic. Svstolic
pressrlre is ttrken u'hen the hearl is contracting to pump blood; cliastolic prL-ssLlrL- is
taken'ur,hen the heart is resting betu'een beats. In the usual blood pressure reading, tlre
Line svstolic mcasurement is given first and is the higher of the tu'o.
(5) Normal blood pressure is a svstolic rneasurement of 120-140, and r.r,hen the s-v-stolic
presslrre is 160 or higher, then hvpertension exists. Systolic pressllre betu'een 140 and
I 60 indicates borderline hvpet'tcnsion.

l. Which of the follon'ing is NOT true 2. Which of the folloting is NOT starled
abor-rt svstolic blood pressure? about diastolic pressure?
(A) It is takc-n dtrring the contraction (A) It is one of the trvo components
of tl-re heart. of blood pressure measurement.
(B) lt is trsuallv given fir'st in a blood (B) It is taken u,hen the hearl is
plessllre reading. resting.
(C) A nonl:rl s.\.'stolic measurement (C) ft is lorver than svstolic pressure.
is 120-140. (D) A diastolic measurement of 140
(D) Hvper-tcnsion erists rvhen the is normal.
svstolic pressure is belou' 140.

PASSAGE TII'O (Questions 3-4)

In tl-re 1960s, as space travel rvas becoming a subject of much cliscussion, Pan
American Airlines be-9an receir.ing some fairlr,'unusual re-qlrests for flight information.
People began n'raking requests to bc on the first {light that Pan Am made to the Moon.
I-ine On a n'him, Pan Am starled a u'aiting list {'or the first flight to the Moon. Similzrr
(5) reqllests have come to Pan Am over the vears, arnd Pan Am has responded bv adding the
names of the' requesters to the' list.
Unfol'tunatelv for Pan Anr, the originzrl company is no longer in business, and it
never got to the Moon. Hon,ever, rl,hen it u,ent out of business, it had a w-aiting list of
more than 90,000 names for its first lunar flight.

3. All of the follor.ving are nrentioned
abotrt Pirn Anrerican Airlines,
EXCIEPTthat
(A) it started business in the 1960s
(B) it receired r"equests for its first
l)ight to the Moon
(C) it kept some people on a long
rvaiting list
(D) it rvent out of business
,1. Wlrich of the fbllorving is NOT true
about Pzrn Anl's Moon flights?
(A) People askecl Pan Am ab.ut its
flights to the Moon.
(B) Pan Am kept a waiting list for its
Moort flights.
(C) Pan Am never re:rllv madc- an-y
Moon {1ights.
(D) Pan Am's u'aitin-e list had onlv a
feu, narnes on it.