TOEFL SECTION 3 TE 1Version en ligne Study each of the passages and choose the best answers to the questions that follow. In this exercise, each passage is followed by several main idea, topic, or title questions so that the students can practice this type of question. On the TOEFL test, one passage would probably not have two such questions because they are so similar. par Modern English 1 1. Which of the following best describes the topic of the passage? a A) The city of Fort Knox, Kentucky b B) The federal gold depository c C) the U.S. army post at Fort Knox d D) Gold bullion 2 2. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? a A) The Massive Concrete Vault b B) Fort Knox Security c C) Where the U.S. Keeps Its Gold d D) A visit to Kentucky 3 3. Which of the following best states the subjects of this passage? a A) The hardness of diamonds b B) Identifying minerals by means of a scratch test c C) Feldspar on the Mohs' scale d D) Recognizing minerals in their natural state 4 4. The main idea of this passage is that a A) the hardness of a mineral can be determined by its ability to make a mark on other minerals b B) diamonds, with a hardness of 10 on the Mohs' scale, can scratch all other minerals c C) a softer mineral cannot be scratched by a harder mineral d D) talc is the first mineral listed on the Mohs' scale 5 5. The passage mainly discusses a A) how many hurricanes occur each year b B) the strength of hurricanes c C) the weather in the North Atlantic d D) hurricanes in one part of the world 6 6. The best title for this passage would be a A) The North Atlantic Ocean b B) Storms of the Northern Atlantic c C) Hurricanes: The Damage and Destruction d D) What Happens from May through November 7 7. which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage? a A) American history is often depicted in poetry. b B) Longfellow described American history even though people really did not enjoy it. c C) The popularity of Longfellow's poems results from his stress on the values of the people. d D) Longfellow wrote long narrative poems that were not always popular with the critics. 8 8. The best title of the passage is a A) Longfellow's Popular Appeal b B) Historical Narrative Poems c C) The Lyrics, Dramatic, and Narrative Poems of Longfellow d D) Longfellow and the Critics 9 9. The subject of the fourth paragraph is a A) nobility and honor in the poems of Longfellow b B) the love triangle involving Miles Standish c C) the popular appeal of The Courtship of Miles Standish d D) the period of the early settlement of New England
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