12B: TOEFL - Exercise 6 (Reading - Indirectly Answered Questions

1) It is Implied in the passage that if a kayak has two holes, then

• (A) it accomodates two riders.

• (B) it is less stable than a kayak with one hole.

• (C) it is as large as an umiak.

• (D) is cannot be used on the ocean.

Answer explanation

Is stealing a kayak called "yak-jacking"?

2. 2) It can be inferred from the passage that an example of the animal mentioned in lines 11-12 might be

• (A) a kangaroo.

• (B) a snake.

• (C) a whale.

• (D) a salmon.

Answer explanation

3) It is implied in the passage that

• (A) the leaves of only the California redwood turn brown in the autumn.

• (B) the leaves of only the giant sequoia turn brown in the winter.

• (C) the leaves of both types of trees in the passage turn brown in the winter.

• (D) the leaves of neither type of tree in the passage turn brown in the winter.

4) It can be inferred from the passage that the Sierra Nevadas are

• (A) a type of giant redwood.

• (B) a coastal community.

• (C) a group of lakes.

• (D) a mountain range.

5) Which of the following is implied in the passage?

• (A) The giant sequoia is taller than the California redwood.

• (B) The California redwood is not as big around as the giant sequoia.

• (C) The California redwood weighs more than the giant sequoia.

• (D) Other living things are larger than the giant sequoia.

Answer explanation

I like big trunks and I can not lie.

6) The French version of Monopoly might possibly include a piece of property entitled

• (A) Atlantic City, New Jersey.

• (B) Germantown, Pennsylvania.

• (C) Boardwalk.

• (D) the Eiffel Tower.

Answer explanation

7) It is implied that Darrow selected Atlantic City as the setting for Monopoly because

• (A) it brought back good memories.

• (B) his family came from Atlantic City.

• (C) the people of Germantown might have been angered if he had used Germantown.

• (D) Atlantic City was larger than Germantown.

8) Parker Brothers is probably

• (A) a real estate company.

• (B) a game manufacturing company.

• (C) a group of Charles Darrow's friends.

• (D) a toy design company.