TOEFL READING
by Miss Dini
Determine Where
Specific
Information Is
Found
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Question format example
Where in the passage does the author mention..... ?
Where in the passage does the author present..... ?
Where in the passage does the author indicate..... ?
Where in the passage does the author discuss..... ?
Science
Beavers generally live in family clusters consisting of six to ten members. One cluster would
probably consist of two adults, one male and one female, and four to eight young beavers, or
kits. A female beaver gives birth each spring to two to four babies at a time. These baby beavers
live with their parents until they are two years old. In the springtime of their second year they
are forced out of the family group to make room for the new babies. These two-year-old beavers
then proceed to start new family clusters of their own.
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1. Where in the passage does the author give the name of a baby beaver?
a. Line 1-2
b. Line 2-3
c. Line 4-5
d. Line 5-6
Beavers generally live in family clusters consisting of six to ten members. One cluster would
probably consist of two adults, one male and one female, and four to eight young beavers, or
kits. A female beaver gives birth each spring to two to four babies at a time. These baby beavers
live with their parents until they are two years old. In the springtime of their second year they
are forced out of the family group to make room for the new babies. These two-year-old beavers
then proceed to start new family clusters of their own.
2. Where in the passage does the author indicate why the young beavers must leave their parents’
home ?
a. Line 1-2
b. Line 2-3
c. Line 4
d. Line 5
Chamber music received its name because it was originally intended to be performed in small
rooms in private homes rather than huge concert halls or theaters. Today it has evolved into
small ensemble music in which each performer in the ensemble plays an individual part.
The compositions written for this type of performance can easily be classified into three distinct
periods, each with its style of music and instrumentation. In the earliest period (1450-1650), the
viol and other instrumental families developed considerably, and instrumental music took its first
steps toward equal footing with vocal music. In the second period (1650-1750), trio sonatas
dominated. These ensemble compositions were often written for two violins and a cello; the
harpsichord was also featured in various compositions of this period. In the modern period (after
1750), the preponderance of chamber music was written for the string quartet, an ensemble
composed of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
3. Where in the passage does the author discuss the modern definition of chamber music ?
a. Line 1-2
b. Line 2-3
c. Line 8-9
d. Line 9-11
The causes of schizophrenia are not clear, but schizophrenia has long been attributed to faulty parenting.
In cases where schizophrenia developed, the parents were often considered responsible. However, recent
studies are now pointing to heredity and prenatal environmental factors as the chief culprits in this
disease.
Recent studies of identical twins have been used to demonstrate that heredity plays a role in the
development of schizophrenia. These studies have shown that in cases where one identical twin is
afflicted with schizophrenia, the other twin has a 50 percent probability of also suffering from it.
However, heredity is not believed to be the only culprit. Studies of the fingerprints of identical twins
have lent credence to the theory that prenatal environmental factors are likely contributors to the
development of schizophrenia. In studies of pairs of identical twins in which one is afflicted with
schizophrenia and one is not, abnormalities were found in the fingerprints of one-third of the twins,
always in the afflicted twin. Since fingers develop in the second trimester of pregnancy, the hypothesis
has been proposed that the abnormalities in the fingerprints were due to a second-trimester trauma that
affected only one of the twins and that this same trauma was a factor in the onset of schizophrenia.
4. Where in the passage does the author discuss the traditionally held view about the cause of
schizoprenia ?
a. Line 1-2
b. Line 2-3
c. Line 8-9
d. Line 9-11
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