TOEFL TEST READING SKILL 3,4,5

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive areas of the Earth, are known to have occurred at least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials deposited by moving walls of ice or melting glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land formations that have been produced from moving walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured landscapes, and polished rock faces.

According to the passage, what happens during an ice age?

• Rock strata are recognized by geologists

• Evidence of foreign materials is found.

• Ice covers a large portion of the Earth's surface.

• Ice melts six times.

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Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive areas of the Earth, are known to have occurred at least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials deposited by moving walls of ice or melting glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land formations that have been produced from moving walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured landscapes, and polished rock faces.

The passage covers how many different methods of recognizing past ice ages?

• one

• two

• three

• four

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Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive areas of the Earth, are known to have occurred at least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials deposited by moving walls of ice or melting glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land formations that have been produced from moving walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured landscapes, and polished rock faces.

According to the passage, what in the rock strata is a clue to geologists of a past ice age?

• Ice

• Melting glaciers

• U-shaped valleys

• Substances from other areas

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The human heart is divided into four chambers, each of which serves its own function in the cycle of pumping blood. The atria are the thin-walled upper chambers that gather blood as it flows from the veins between heartbeats. The ventricles are the thick-walled lower chambers that receive blood from the atria and push it into the arteries with each contraction of the heart. The left atrium and ventricle work separately from those on the right. The role of the chambers on the right side of the heart is to receive oxygen-depleted blood from the body tissues and send it on to the lungs; the chambers on the left side of the heart then receive the oxygen-enriched blood from the lungs and send it back out to the body tissues.

The passage indicates that the ventricles...

• have relatively thin walls

• send blood to the atria

• are above the atria

• force blood into the arteries

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The human heart is divided into four chambers, each of which serves its own function in the cycle of pumping blood. The atria are the thin-walled upper chambers that gather blood as it flows from the veins between heartbeats. The ventricles are the thick-walled lower chambers that receive blood from the atria and push it into the arteries with each contraction of the heart. The left atrium and ventricle work separately from those on the right. The role of the chambers on the right side of the heart is to receive oxygen-depleted blood from the body tissues and send it on to the lungs; the chambers on the left side of the heart then receive the oxygen-enriched blood from the lungs and send it back out to the body tissues.

According to the passage, when is blood pushed into the arteries from the ventricles?

• As the heart beats

• Between heartbeats

• Before each contraction of the heart

• Before it is received by the atria

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The human heart is divided into four chambers, each of which serves its own function in the cycle of pumping blood. The atria are the thin-walled upper chambers that gather blood as it flows from the veins between heartbeats. The ventricles are the thick-walled lower chambers that receive blood from the atria and push it into the arteries with each contraction of the heart. The left atrium and ventricle work separately from those on the right. The role of the chambers on the right side of the heart is to receive oxygen-depleted blood from the body tissues and send it on to the lungs; the chambers on the left side of the heart then receive the oxygen-enriched blood from the lungs and send it back out to the body tissues.

According to the passage, which part of the heart gets blood from the body tissues and passes it on to the lungs?

• The atria

• The ventricles

• The right atrium and ventricle

• The left atrium and ventricle

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The full moon that occurs nearest the equinox of the Sun has become known as the Harvest Moon. It is a bright moon which allows farmers to work late into the night for several nights; they can work when the moon is at its brightest to bring in the fall harvest. The Harvest Moon of course occurs at different times of the year in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon occurs in September at the time of the autumnal equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon occurs in March at the time of the vernal equinox.

The pronoun "It" in line 2 refers to...

• the equinox

• the Sun

• the Harvest Moon

• the night

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The full moon that occurs nearest the equinox of the Sun has become known as the Harvest Moon. It is a bright moon which allows farmers to work late into the night for several nights; they can work when the moon is at its brightest to bring in the fall harvest. The Harvest Moon of course occurs at different times of the year in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon occurs in September at the time of the autumnal equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon occurs in March at the time of the vernal equinox.

The pronoun "they" in line 3 refers to...

• Farmers

• Nights

• Times of the year

• Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It consists of blood from which the red and white blood cells have been removed. It is often used in transfusions because a patient generally needs the plasma portion of the blood more than the other components.

Plasma differs in several important ways from whole blood. First of all, plasma can be mixed for all donors and does not have to be from the right blood group, as whole blood does. In addition, plasma can be dried and stored, while whole blood cannot.

AlI of the following are true about blood plasma EXCEPT...

• it is a deeply colored liquid

• blood cells have been taken out of it

• patients are often transfused with it

• it is generally more important to the patient than other parts of whole blood

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Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It consists of blood from which the red and white blood cells have been removed. It is often used in transfusions because a patient generally needs the plasma portion of the blood more than the other components.

Plasma differs in several important ways from whole blood. First of all, plasma can be mixed for all donors and does not have to be from the right blood group, as whole blood does. In addition, plasma can be dried and stored, while whole blood cannot.

Which of the following is NOT stated about whole blood?

• It is different from plasma.

• It cannot be dried.

• It is impossible to keep it in storage for a long time.

• It is a clear, colorless liquid.

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