TOEFL Reading Practice

According to the passage, the national university of the United Stated

• has been around for a while

• does not exist

• is a very recent idea

• is an idea that developed during the present century

What does he refer to?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• George Washington

• Harry S. Truman

The passage indicates that George Washington did NOT do which of the following?

• He suggested the concept for a national university to congress

• He chose a location for the national university

• He left money in his will for a national university

• He succeeded in establishing a national university

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage about Andrew Carnegie?

• He was interested in doing charity work and good deeds for the public

• He was member of Congress

• He was interested in the idea of a national university

• He was active in the early twentieth century

The pronoun 'it' in line 7 refers to?

• the cause

• the beginning of the present century

• the original idea

• Congress

Which of the following is NOT true about the La Brea tarpits?

• They contain fossils that are quite old

• They are found in Hancock Park

• They have existed since the Ice Age

• They are located under swimming pool

The pronoun 'they' in line 3 refers to?

• the La Brea tarpits

• Ice Age fossils

• shallow pools of water

• animals

What does 'it' in paragraph 1 refers to?

• tar

• coal tar

• fossils

• animals

When did the archaeologist become aware of the possible value of the content of the tar pits?

• During the ice age

• Thousands and thousands years ago

• Early in the twentieth century

• Within the past decade

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of a skeleton found in the tar pits?

• A bear

• A sloth

• A horse

• A snake