“Questions and answers TOEFL Reading”

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Teknik Informatika D 2019

Passage One (Questions 1-8)

The Mason-Dixon Line is often considered by Americans to be the demarcation between the North and the South. It is in reality the boundary that separates the state of Pennsylvania from Maryland and parts of West Virginia. Prior to the Civil War, this southern boundary of Pennsylvania separated the nonslaves state to the north from the slaves states to the south.

The Mason-Dixon Line was established well before the Civil War, as a result of a boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland. Two English astronomers,Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, were called in to survey the area and officially mark the boundary between the two states. The survey was completed in 1767 and the boundary was marked with stones, many of which remain to this day.

1. The best title for this passage would be

A. Dividing the North and the South

B. The Meaning of the Mason-Dixon Line

C. Two English Astronomers

D. The History of the Mason-Dixon Line

2. Look at the word it in paraghraph 1. Click on the word or phrase that it refers to..... the demarcation 

3. Click on the drawing that shows the location of the Mason-Dixon Line.

 

4. It can be inferred from the passage that before the Civil War

A. Pennsylvania was south of the Mason-Dixon line

B. Pennsylvania was a nonslave state

C. The states South of the Mason-Dixion Line had the same opinion about slavery as Pennsylvania

D. The slaves states were not divided from the nonslaves states.

5. The passage states all of the following Mason and Dixon EXCEPT that

A. They came from England

B. They worked as astronomers

C. They caused the boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland

D. They surveyed the area of the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland

6. The passage indicates that the Mason-Dixon Line was identified with

(A) pieces of rock

(B) fences

(C) a stone wall

(D) a border crossing

7. Click on the paraghraph that explains, why the Mason-Dixon Line was established? Because of a disaggrement About borders

8. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses

(A) where the Mason-Dixon Line is located

(B) the Mason-Dixon Line today

(C) the effect of the Civil War on slavery

(D) what happened to Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon

PASSAGE THREE (Questions 9-12)

The extinction of many species of birds has undoubtedly been hastened by modern man; since 1600 it has been estimated that approximately 100 bird species have become extinct over the world. In North America, the first species known to be annihilated was the great auk, a flightless bird that, served as an easy source of food and bait for Atlantic fishermen through the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Shortly after the great auk’s extinction, two other North American species, the Carolina parakeet and the passenger pigeon, began dwindling noticeably in numbers. The last Carolina parakeet and the last passenger pigeon in captivity both died in September 1914. In addition to these extinct species, several others such as the bald eagle, the peregrine falcon, and the California condor are today recognized as endangered; steps are being taken to prevent their extinction.

9. The number of bird species that have become extinct in the United States since 1600 most probably is

(A) more than 100

(B) exactly 100

(C) less than 100

(D) exactly three

Jawaban dapat dilihat di: since 1600 it has been estimated that approximately 100 bird species have become extinct over the world.

10. The passage implies that the great auk disappeared

(A) before 1600

(B) inthel600’s

(C) inthel800’s

(D) in the last fifty years

Jawaban dapat dilihat di: The last Carolina parakeet and the last passenger pigeon in captivity both died in September 1914.

11. It can be inferred from the passage that the great auk was killed because

(A) it was eating the fishermen’s catch

(B) fishermen wanted to eat it

(C) it flew over fishing areas

(D) it baited fishermen

Jawaban dapat dilihat di: In North America, the first species known to be annihilated was the great auk, a flightless bird that served as an easy source of food and bait the Atlantic fishermen through the beginning of the nineteenth century

12. The paragraph following this passage mostprobably discusses

(A) what is being done to save endangered birds

(B) what the bald eagle symbolizes to Americans

(C) how several bird species became endangered

(D) other extinct species