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August 23rd, 2016, 06:32 PM
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Re: Exam TOEFL Practice

The question paper for practice of TOEFL or Test of English a Foreign Language Exam conducted by ETS is as follows:

1. The word “pose” on line 2 is closest in meaning to
a. claim
b. model
c. assume
d. present

2. In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that
dinosaurs had flourished for tens of millions of years and then suddenly
disappeared?
a. To support the claim that the mass extinction at the end of the
Cretaceous is the best-documented of the dozen or so mass
extinctions in the geological record
b. To explain why as many as half of the species on Earth at the time
are believed to have become extinct at the end of the Cretaceous
c. To explain why paleontologists have always been intrigued by the
mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous
d. To provide evidence that an impact can be large enough to disturb
the environment of the entire planet and cause an ecological
disaster

3. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 3 about the
location of the meteorite impact in Mexico?
a. The location of the impact site in Mexico was kept secret by
geologists from 1980 to 1990.
b. It was a well-known fact that the impact had occurred in the
Yucatán region.
c. Geologists knew that there had been an impact before they knew
where it had occurred.
d. The Yucatán region was chosen by geologists as the most probable
impact site because of its climate.

4. According to paragraph 3, how did scientists determine that a large
meteorite had impacted Earth?
a. They discovered a large crater in the Yucatán region of Mexico.
b. They found a unique layer of sediment worldwide.
c. They were alerted by archaeologists who had been excavating in
the Yucatán region.
d. They located a meteorite with a mass of over a trillion tons.

5. The word “excavating” on line 25 is closest in meaning to
a. digging out
b. extending
c. destroying
d. covering up
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