Soal TOEFL Bagian 3 Reading
I. According to the passage. aspirin
originated
(A) no later than 1758
(B) sometime after 1758
(C) definitely sometime in 1758
(D) no earlier than 1758
2. It can be inferred from the passage that
Peruvian Bark
(A) caused fevers
(B) was ineffective in treating malaria
(C) was described to the British Royal
Society by Stone
(D) was in use prior to aspirin
3. The pronoun "it:' in line 5 refcrs to
(A) malaria
(B) willow bark
(C) effectivcness
(D) the British Royal Society
4. The word "properties" in line 5 could hest
be replaced by
(A) ownership
(B) body
(C) characteristics
(0) materials
5. What did the willow bark look like after
Stone prepared it for his experiments?
(A) It was in large chunks.
(B) It was a thick liquid.
(C) It was a rough powder.
(D) It was in strips of bark.
6. The Italian chemists mentioned in the
passage (!lost probably conducted their
studies 011 willow bark
(A) in the 1750s
(B) in the 1760s
(C) in the 17705
(D) in the 1780s
7. What is true about Brugnatelli and
Fontana?
(A) They were from Italy.
(B) They added a chemical to the willow
bark.
(C) They conducted studies on the willow
bark.
(0) They were medical doctors.
8. The expression "prior to" in line 14 could
best be replaced by
(A) at
(B) before
(C) during
(D) after
9. The word "turn" in line 15 could best be
replaced by
(A) spin
(B) comer
(C) change
(D) reversal
10. Where in the passage does the author
name the scientific compound that makes
up aspirin?
(A) Lines 2-4
(B) Line 7
(C) Lines 8-9
(0) Lines 12-13
I I. The main su bject of the passage is
(A) Melville's travels
(8) the popularity of Melville's novels
(C) Melville's personal background
(D) Moby Dick
12. According to the passage, Melville's early
novels were
(A) published while he was traveling
(8) completely fictional
(C) all about his work on whaling ships
(D) based on his travels
13. In what year did Melville's book about his
experiences as a cabin boy appear?
(A) 1837
(B) 1841
(C) 1847
(D) 1849
14. The word "basis" in line 5 is closest in
meaning to
(A) foundation
(B) message
(C) bottom
(D) theme
15. The passage implies that Melville stayed in
Tahiti because
(A) he had unofficially left his ship
(8) he was on leave while his ship was in
port
(C) he had finished his term of duty
(D) he had received permission to take a
vacation in Tahiti
16. A "frigate" in line 8 is probably
(A) an office
(B) a ship
(C) a troop
(D) a train
17.. How did the publication of Moby Dick
affect Melville's popularity?
(A) His popularity increased immediately.
(8) It had no effect on his popularity.
(C) It caused his popularity to decrease.
(D) His popularity remained as strong as
ever.
18. According to the passage, Moby Dick is
(A) a romantic adventure
(B) a single-faceted work
(C) a short story about a whale
(D) symbolic of humanity fighting the
environment
19. The word "metamorphosis" in line 15 is
closest in meaning to
(A) circle
(B) change
(C) mysticism
(D) descent
20. The passage would most likely be assigned
reading in a course on
(A) nineteenth-century novels
(B) American history
(C) oceanography
(0) modern American literature
21. According to the passage, ultraviolet
radiation from the Sun
(A) is causing severe damage to the
Earth's ozone layer
(B) is only a fraction of the Sun's
electromagnetic radiation
(C) creates electmmagnetic radiation
(D) always reaches the Earth
22. The word "encircling" in line 5 is closest in
meaning to
(A) rotating
(B) attacking
(C) raising
(0) surrounding
23. It is stated in the passage that the ozone
layer
(A) enables ultraviolet radiation to reach
the Earth
(B) reflects ultraviolet radiation
(C) shields the Earth from a lot of
ultraviolet radiation
(D) reaches down to the Earth
24. According to the passage, an ozone
molecule
(A) consists of three oxygen molecules
(B) contains more oxygen atoms than the
usual oxygen molecule does
(C) consists of two oxygen atoms
(D) contains the same number of atoms
as the usual oxygen molecule
25. The word "free" in line 10 could best be
replaced by
(A) liberal
(B) gratuitous
(C) unconnected
(0) emancipated
26. Ultraviolet radiation causes oxygen
molecules to
(A) rise to the stratosphere
(B) burn up ozone molecules
(C) split up and reform as ozone
(D) reduce the number of
chloroflurocarbons
27. The pronoun "it" in line 13 refers to
(A) radiation
(B) process
(C) formation
(D) damage
28. The word "culprits" in line 16 is closest in
meaning to which of the following?
(A) Guilty parties
(B) Detectives
(C) Group members
(D) Leaders
29. According to the passage, what happens
after a chlorine molecule reacts with an
ozone molecule?
(A) The ozone breaks down into three
oxygen atoms.
(B) Two different molecules are created.
(C) The two molecules combine into one
molecule.
(D) Three distinct molecules result.
30. Where in the passage does the author
explain how much damage chlorine can
do?
(A) Lines 1-3
(B) Lines 12-14
(C) Lines 18-19
(D) Lines 20--22
31. The paragraph following the passage most
likely' discusses
(A) the negative results of the cycle of
ozone destruction
(B) where chloronurocarbons (CFCs)
come from
(C) the causes of the destruction of ozone
molecules
(D) how electromagnetic radiation is
created
32. The main idea of the passage is that
nonmetric measurements
(A) are, in reality, quite illogical
(B) lack the clal'ity of metric
measurements
(C) arc actually based on simple concepts
(D) developed from Roman
measurements
33. What is stated about the term (001 as used
by the Romans?
(A) It had nothing to do with the body
part of the same name.
(B) It was not a standard measurement.
(C) It was equal in length to two
footsteps.
(D) It was not very easy for people to
understand.
34. The word "visualize" in line 9 is closest in
meaning to
(A) picture mentally
(B) describe exactly
(C) sketch roughly
(D) measure precisely
35. It is NOT mentioned in the passage that
the term yard
(A) was originally used to describe a
measurement based on body parts
(B) changed in definition in the 14th
century
(C) is now equal to three feet
(D) was in use prior to the term
36. The word "extensively" in line 10 could
best be replaced by
(A) lengthily
(B) precisely
(C) widely
(D) occasionally
37. What is NOT true, according to the
passage?
(A) The English word mile is derived from
a Latin word.
(B) The Latin word mille has the same
meanings as the English word mile.
(C) A distance of a mile is approximately
2,000 steps.
(D) A distance of a mile is roughly
equivalent to 5,000 feet.
38. What is a "knot" in line 16?
(A) A measure of distance
(B) A measure of force
(C) A measure of time
(D) A measure of speed
39. It is implied in the passage that
(A) a measurement in knots requires
information on both distance and
time
(B) a knot can be used to make
measurements on land
(C) a knotted rope could be used to
measure knots without an
hourglass
(0) the term knot has come to be used
only recently
40. Which paragraph discusses examples of
measurements based on parts of the body?
(A) The first paragraph
(B) The second paragraph
(C) The third paragraph
(0) The last paragraph
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