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A quiz to practice before taking the TOEFL. Questions are based off of passages 2 and 3 found here: https://www.examtime.com/en-US/p/1018831

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TOEFL Practice Quiz (See Notes For Passages 2 & 3)

Pregunta 1 de 11

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The following questions are based off of the readings found in Passage 1: Meteorite Impact and Dinosaur Extinction.

What are the speakers mainly discussing?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • How the woman should prepare for the next game

  • The woman's responsibilities as team captain

  • Things that happened while the woman was away

  • The style of the new team uniforms

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 11

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Who is buying new jackets for the team?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The coach

  • The captain of the team

  • A former player

  • A group of basketball fans

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 11

1

Click all that apply. Why is the woman surprised to learn that she has been chosen as the new team captain?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • She is not the best player on the team

  • Her teammates did not tell her about the decision

  • She does not have many friends on the team

  • She has missed a lot of practices

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 11

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(Female student) I’m sorry I had to miss practice, though. I feel bad about that.
(Male coach) Family’s very important.
From this section, what does the man mean when he says "family's very important"?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • He hopes the woman's family is doing well

  • He would like to meet the woman's family

  • The woman should spend more time with her family

  • The woman had a good reason for missing practice

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 11

1

Why does the coach say: "Good. That's all the news there is. I think that's it for now."

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • He wants to know if the woman understood the point.

  • He wants the woman to act immediately.

  • He is preparing to change the topic.

  • He is ready to end the conversation.

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 11

1

The following questions are based off of passage 3: Lecture Transcript.

What is the lecture mainly about?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A comparison of two types of detective novels.

  • Ways in which detective novels have changed over time.

  • 'The Moonstone' as a model for later detective novels

  • Flaws that can be found in the plot of 'The Moonstone'

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 11

1

In what ways is 'The Moonstone' different from earlier works featuring a detective?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • In its unusual ending

  • In its unique characters

  • In its focus on a serious crime

  • In its greater length

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 11

1

According to the professor, what do roses in 'The Moonstone' represent?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A key clue that leads to the solving of the mystery

  • A relief and comfort to the detective

  • Romance between the main characters

  • Brilliant ideas that occur to the detective

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 11

1

Why does the professor mention a smeared bit of paint in a doorway in 'The Moonstone'?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • To describe a mistake that Sergeant Cuff has made

  • To show how realistically the author describes the crime scene

  • To exemplify a pattern repeated in many other detective stories

  • To illustrate the superior techniques used by the police

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 11

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What can be inferred about the professor when he says this: “Uh, it’s hard at this juncture to read this novel and realize that no one had ever done that before, because it all seems so strikingly familiar.”

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • He is impressed by the novel’s originality.

  • He is concerned that students may find the novel difficult to read.

  • He is bored by the novel’s descriptions of ordinary events.

  • He is eager to write a book about a less familiar subject.

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 11

1

What does the professor imply when he says this: “. . . well, let me try to give you a sense of who Sergeant Cuff is, by first describing the regular police.”

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Sergeant Cuff is unlike other characters in 'The Moonstone.'

  • The author’s description of Sergeant Cuff is very realistic.

  • Sergeant Cuff learned to solve crimes by observing the regular police

  • Differences between Sergeant Cuff and Sherlock Holmes are hard to describe

Explicación

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