TOEFL Reading_Pre Test

The main point of this passage is that?

• (A) Carbon tetrachloride can be very dangerous when it is heated

• (B) The government banned carbon tetrachloride in 1970

• (C) Although carbon tetrachloride can legally be used in industry, it is not allowed in home products

• (D) Carbon tetrachloride used to be a regular part of cleaning compounds

The word "widely" in line 2 could most easily be replaced by?

• (A) Grandly

• (B) Extensively

• (C) Largely

• (D) Hugely

The word "banned" in line 4 is closest meaning to?

• (A) Forbidden

• (B) Allowed

• (C) Suggested

• (D) Instituted

According to the passage, before 1970 carbon tetrachloride was ?

• (A) Used by itself as a cleanser

• (B) Banned in industrial used

• (C) Often used as a component of cleaning products

• (D) Not allowed in home cleaning products

It is stated in the passage that when carbon tetrachloride is heated, it becomes?

• (A) Harmful

• (B) Colorless

• (C) A cleaning compound

• (D) Inflammable

The word "inhaled" in line 7 is closest meaning to?

• (A) Warmed

• (B) Breathed in

• (C) Carelessly used

• (D) Blown

The word "revoked" in line 8 could most easily be replaced by ?

• (A) Gave

• (B) Granted

• (C) Instituted

• (D) Took away

It can be inferred from the passage that one role of the U.S. government is to?

• (A) Regulate product safety

• (B) Prohibit an use of carbon tetrachloride

• (C) Instruct industry on cleaning methodologies

• (D) Ban the use of any chemicals

The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses ?

• (A) Additional uses for carbon tetrachloride

• (B) The banning of various chemical compounds by the U.S. government

• (C) Further dangerous effects of carbon tetrachloride

• (D) The major characteristic of carbon tetrachloride

The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses ?

• (A) A survey of eight-teenth-century art

• (B) A different American artis

• (C) Whistler's other famous paintings

• (D) European artists