TOEFL Reading Pre Test 2

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

• What the Eye can See in the Sky

• Bernard’s Star

• Planetary Movement

• The Evermoving Stars

The expression “naked eye” in sentence 1 most probably refers to ......

• a telescope

• a scientific method for observing stars

• unassisted vision

• a camera with a powerful lens

According to the passage, the distance between the starts and Earth are ......

• barely perceptible

• huge

• fixed

• moderate

In sentence 3 paragraph 2, a “misconception” is closest in meaning to ......

• idea

• proven fact

• erroneous belief

• theory

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

• around earth’s moon

• next to earth’s moon

• a distance equal to the distance from earth to the moon

• a distance seemingly equal to the diameter of the moon

The passage implies that from Earth, it appears that the planets ......

• Are fixed in the sky

• Move more slowly than the stars

• Show approximately the same amount of movement as the stars

• Travel through the sky considerably more rapidly than the stars

The word “negligible” in the last sentence of paragraph 2 could most easily replaced by ......

• negative

• insignificant

• rapid

• distance

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

• Stars do not appear to the eye to move.

• The large distance between stars and the Earth tend to magnify movement to the eye.

• Bernard’s star moves quickly in comparison with other stars

• Although stars move, they seem to be fixed.

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

• The movement of the planets

• Bernard’s star

• The distance from the Earth to the Moon

• Why stars are always moving

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

• Astrology

• Geophysics

• Astronomy

• Geography