TOEFL Reading 1

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

• A) The city of Fort Know, Kentucky.

• B) The federal gold depository.

• C) The U.S army post at Fort Knox.

• D) Gold bullion

Which of the following would be the best title for this pasage?

• A) The Massive Concrete Vault

• B) Fort Knox Security

• C) Where the U.S Keeps Its Gold

• D) A Visit to Kentucky

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.

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) talc is the first mineral listed on the Mohs' scale.

The passage mainly discusses

• A) how many hurricanes occur each year

• B) the strength of hurricanes

• C) the weather in the North Pole

• D) hurricanes in one part of the world

The best title for this passage would be

• A) The North Atlantic Ocean

• B) Storm of the Northern Atlantic

• C) Hurricanes: The Damage and Destruction

• D) What Happens from May through November

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.

The best title of the passage is

• A) Longfellow's Popular Appeal

• B) Historical Narrative Poems

• C) The Lyrics, Dramatic, and Narrative Poems of Longfellow

• D) Longfellow and the Critics

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