[TOEFL HACK] READING – ONLINE TOEFL PREDICTION TEST

Pertanyaan: 1-9

Carbon tetrachloride is a colorless and inflammable liquid that can be produced by combining carbon disulfide and chlorine. This compound is widely used in industry today because of its effectiveness as a solvent as well as its use in the production of propellants.

Despite its widespread use in industry, carbon tetrachloride has been banned for home use. In the past, carbon tetrachloride was a common ingredient in cleaning compounds that were used throughout the home, but it was found to be dangerous: when heated, it changes into a poisonous gas that can cause severe illness and even death if it is inhaled. Because of this dangerous characteristic, the United States revoked permission for the home use of carbon tetrachloride in 1970. The United States has taken similar action with various other chemical compounds.

1. The main point of this passage is that………………..

The word “widely” in line 3 could most easily be replaced by……………….

The word “banned” in line 7 is closest in meaning to……………..

According to the passage, before 1970 carbon tetrachloride was………………..

It is stated in the passage that when carbon tetrachloride is heated, it becomes…………..

The word “inhaled” in line 12 is closest in meaning to…………………….

The word “revoked” in line 13 could most easily be replaced by………………..

It can be inferred from the passage that one role of the U.S. government is to………….

The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses……………

Questions 10-19

The next artist in this survey of American artist is James Whistler; he is included in this survey of American artist because he was born in the United States, although the majority of his artwork was completed in Europe. Whistler was born in Massachusetts in 1834, but nine years later his father moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work on the construction of a railroad. The family returned to the United States in 1849. Two years later Whistler entered the U.S. military academy at West Point, but he was unable to graduate. At the age of twenty-one Whistler went to Europe to study art despite familial objections, and he remained in Europe until his death.

Whistler worked in various art forms, including etchings and lithographs. However, he is most famous for his paintings, particularly Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother or Whistler’s Mother, as it is more commonly known. This painting shows a side view of Whistler’s mother, dressed I black and posing against a gray wall. The asymmetrical nature of the portrait, with his mother seated off-center, is highly characteristic of Whistler’s work.

10. The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses………………

Which of the following best describes the information in the passage?

Whistler is considered an American artist because………………

The world “majority” in line 4 is closest in meaning to………………..

It is implied in the passage that Whistler’s family was…………………

The word “objections” in line 12 is closest in meaning to…………………

In line 14, the “etchings” are……………….

The word “asymmetrical” in line 20 is closest in meaning to…………….

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passsage?

Where in the passage does the author mention the types of artwork that Whistler was involved in?

Questions 20-30

The locations of stars in the sky relative to one another do not appear to the naked eye to change, and as a result stars are often considered to be fixed in position. Many unaware stargazers falsely assume that each star has its own permanent home in the nighttime sky.

In reality, though, stars are always moving, but because of the tremendous distances between stars themselves and from stars to Earth, the changes are barely perceptible here. An example of a rather fast-moving star demonstrates why this misconception prevails; it takes approximately 200 years for a relatively rapid star like Bernard’s star to move a distance in the skies equal to the diameter of the earth’s moon. When the apparently negligible movement of the stars is contrasted with the movement of the planets, the stars are seemingly unmoving.

20. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

The expression‍ “naked eye” in line 2 most probably refers to…………

According to the passage, the distances between the stars and Earth are………..

The word “perceptible” in line 9 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

In line 10, a “misconception” is closest in meaning to a (n)………………

The passage states that in 200 years Bernard’s star can move……………

The passage implies that from earth it appears that the planets…………..

The word “negligible” in line 14 could most easily be replaced by……………..

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses………….

This passage would most probably be assigned reading in which course?

Questions 31-40

It has been noted that, traditionally, courts have granted divorces on fault grounds: one spouse is deemed to be at fault in causing the divorce. More and more today, however, divorces are being granted on a no-fault basis.

Proponents of no-fault divorces argue that when a marriage fails, it is rarely the case that one marriage partner is completely to blame and the other blameless. A failed marriage is much more often the result of mistakes by both partners.

The word “spouse” in line 2 is closest in meaning to a……………

According to the passage, no-fault divorces…………..

It is implied in the passage that………………

The word “proponents” in line 5 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

The passage states that a public trial to prove the fault of one spouse can………….

Which of the following is NOT listed in this passage as an argument in favor of no-fault divorce?

The word “present” in line 14 could most easily be replaced by……………..

The word “settlement” in line 16 is closest in meaning to………………

The tone of this passage is………………

Questions 41-50

Whereas literature in the first half of the eighteenth century in America had been largely religious and moral in tone, by the latter half of the century the revolutionary fervor that was coming to life in the colonies began to be reflected in the literature of the time, which in turn served to further influence the population. Although not all writers of this period supported the Revolution, the two best-known and most influential writers, Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine, were both strongly supportive of that cause.

Ben Franklin first attained popular success through his writings in his brother’s newspaper, the New England Current. In these articles he used a simple style of language and common sense argumentation to defend the point of view of the farmer and the Leather Apron man. He continued with the same common sense practicality and appeal to the common man with his work on Poor Richard’s Almanac from 1733 until 1758. Firmly established in his popular acceptance by the people, Franklin wrote a variety of extremely effective articles and pamphlets about the colonist’s revolutionary cause against England.

The word “fervor” in line 4 is closest in meaning to……………….

The word “time” in line 5 could best be replaced by…………..

It is implied in the passage that…………………

The pronoun “he” in line 13 refers to……………..

The expression “point of view” in line 15 could best be replaced by…………

According to the passage, the tone of Poor Richard’s Almanac is…………

The word “desperate” in line 28 could best be replaced by………………

Where in the passage does the author describe Thomas Paine’s style of writing?

The purpose of the passage is to…………………….