TOEFL Reading Comprehension Review Questions

The Reading Comprehension has how many questions?

• 50

• 40

• 45

• 35

How many minutes is allowed when taking the TOEFL Reading Comprehension?

• 55

• 50

• 35

• 25

There are generally two types of questions in the TOEFL Reading Comprehension. They are...

• comprehension questions

• vocabulary questions

• intimidation questions

• grammar questions

One of the general strategies recommended in taking TOEFL Reading Comprehension is:

• Do not spend too much time reading the passages.

• Spend your time reading the passages carefully.

• Make sure that you have thoroughly read the passages before answering the questions.

• Read only the first sentence(s) of the paragraph(s) in the passage.

To determine the main idea and overall organization of ideas in the passage of the TOEFL Reading Comprehension, you should:

• skim and scan the passage

• understand every detail in each passage to answer the questions correctly

• read the passage with the intent to understand every single detail

• before answering the questions, read the entire passage very carefully

For main idea questions, you should:

• look at the first line of each paragraph

• look at the last line of each paragraph

• look only at the first and last lines of each paragraph

• look at the key words of the paragraph

Which of the word(s)/phrase(s) below describe "main idea" questions:

• topic

• subject

• main idea

• primary idea

Since TOEFL Reading Comprehension passages are generally written in a traditionally organized manner, it is not difficult to find the main idea by studying the topic sentence, which is most probably found at the beginning of a paragraph.

• true

• false

If the passage in the TOEFL Reading Comprehension consists of only one paragraph, you should study the beginning of that paragraph to determine the main idea.

• true

• false

Choose which of the following are examples of "main idea questions" in the TOEFL Reading Comprehension:

• Which of the following would be the best title?

• With what is the author primarily concerned?

• What is the subject of the passage?

• What is the meaning of the first paragraph?