READING EXERCISE 1 TOEFL TRAINING

1 Which of the following best describes the topic of the passage?

A The city of Fort Knox, Kentucky

B The federal gold depository

C The U.S. Army post at Fort Knox

D Gold bullion

2 Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A The Massive Concrete Vault

B Fort Knox Security

C Where the U.S. Keeps Its Gold

D A Visit to Kentucky

3 Which of the following best states the subject of this passage?

A The hardness of diamonds

B Identifying minerals by means of a scratch test

C Feldspar on the Mohs' scale

D Recognizing minerals in their natural state

4 The main idea of this passage is that

A the hardness of a mineral can be determined by its ability to make a mark on other minerals

B diamonds, with a hardness of 10 on the Mohs’ scale, can scratch all other minerals

C a softer mineral cannot be scratched by a harder mineral

D tale is the first mineral listed on the Mohs’ scale

5 The passage mainly discusses

A how many hurricanes occur each year

B the strength of hurricanes

C the weather in the North Atlantic

D hurricanes in one part of the world

6 The best title for this passage would be

A The North Atlantic Ocean

B Storms of the Northern Atlantic

C Hurricanes: The Damage and Destruction

D What Happens from May through November

7 Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?

A American history is often depicted in poetry

B Longfellow described American history even though people really did not enjoy it.

C The popularity of Longfellow’s poems results from his stress on the values of the people.

D Longfellow wrote long narrative poems that were not always popular with the critics.

8 The best title of the passage is

A Longfellow’s Popular Appeal

B Historical Narrative Poems

C The Lyric, Dramatic, and Narrative Poems of Longfellow

D Longfellow and the Critics

9 The subject of the fourth paragraph is

A nobility and honor in the poems of Longfellow

B the love triangle involving Miles Standish

C the popular appeal of The Courtship of Miles Standish

D the period of the early settlement of New England

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