12A: TOEFL Reading - Skills 1-2 (7 questions)

What is the main idea of the passage?

• All calendars are the same.

• The solar calendar is based on the Sun.

• Different calendars have dissimilar bases.

• The lunar month is twenty-nine and a half days long.

How is the information in the passage organized?

• Characteristics of the solar calendar are outlined.

• Two types of calendars are described.

• The strengths and weakness of the lunar calendar are described.

• The length of each existing calendar is contrasted.

Which of the following expresses the main idea of the passage?

• Vaccines provide immunity to specific diseases.

• Vaccines contain disease-causing microorganisms.

• Vaccines are derived in different ways.

• New approaches in administering vaccines are being developed.

How many types of vaccines are presented in the passage?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

The topic of this passage could best be described as

• the Piltdown Man

• Charles Dawson's discovery

• Eoanthropus dawsoni

• a definition and an example of a hoax

The author's main point is that

• various types of hoaxes have been perpetrated

• Charles Dawson discovered a human skull and jawbone

• Charles Dawson was not an honest man

• the human skull and jawbone were extremely old

The second paragraph includes

• an illustration to support the ideas in the first paragraph

• a counterargumetn to the ideas in the first paragraph

• an analogy to the ideas in the first paragraph

• a detailed definition of a hoax