TOEFL Itp Practice Test
TOEFL Itp Practice Test
TOEFL Itp Practice Test
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supermarket. (C) Dr. Luby is performing in a play on
(D) Check to see if the stew is ready. Broadway.
(D) She’s going on a theater trip with Dr. Luby.
17. (A) He arrived at the theater late. Elizabeth.
(B) He left his watch in the theater.
(C) The production seemed much shorter than 25. (A) The woman’s source of information is
it actually was. reliable.
(D) He did not enjoy the production. (B) He didn’t enjoy taking history with Dr.
Parker.
18. (A) He can’t understand the instructions. (C) He thought Dr. Parker’s tests were easy.
(B) He doesn’t have a computer. (D) Dr. Parker is no longer teaching history.
(C) He has a degree in computer science.
(D) He needs to take his computer to be 26. (A) The man doesn’t have air-conditioning.
repqired. (B)The man’s air conditioner is broken.
(C) The man hasn’t been using his air
19. (A) Arrange by phone to have a bucket
conditioner.
delivered.
(B) Deliver the papers herself. (D) The summer has been unusually hot.
(C) Take her recycling to the town office.
(D) Return the bucket to the recycling 27. (A) He has decided how he’s going to spend
department. the prize money.
(B) He doesn’t know how much his rent is
20. (A) She prefers her eggs fried. going to increase.
(B) She never eats breakfast. (C) He’s already planning to enter next year’s
(C) She gets an allergic reaction when eating essay contest.
eggs. (D) He has already paid his landlord for next
(D) She doesn’t eat a lot for breakfast. year’s rent.
21.(A) He doesn’t know anything about 28. (A) He’ll probably postpone the test until
engineering. after he talks
(B) He wants the woman to postpone the talk. (B) He usually tells the students ahead of time
(C) He hasn’t finished preparing for his what will be on his tests.
presentation. (C) He’ll probably talk about chapter 16 in
(D) He regularly gives talks to high school class today.
students. (D) He might test the students on material not
discussed in class
22. (A) He told the woman to take seven courses
this semester. 29. (A) He has been applying only for advertised
(B) He knew that the woman’s schedule would jobs.
be too difficult for her. (B) He’s conviced that there’s a shortage of
(C) His current schedule is also very jobs.
demanding. (C) He doesn’t have time to read all the job ads.
(D) Taking so many classes will enable the (D) He’ll help the woman find a job.
woman to graduate early.
30. (A) To make plans for the evening.
23. (A) He needs help repairing his truck. (B) To ask her about the assignment.
(B) He doesn’t want to use his truck for the (C) To talk to her roommate.
field trip. (D) To give her some information.
(C) The woman can use his truck if she
agrees to drive. 31. (A) A class presentation they’re preparing.
(D) He doesn’t think all the telescopes will fit (B) A television program the man is
in his truck. watching.
(C)Visiting a close fiend of theirs.
24. (A) Dr. Luby won’t be taking students to New (D) Studying for a test.
York this year.
(B) She doesn’t know where the man can buy 32. (A) He’s taking a break from studying.
theater tickets. (B) He has already finished studying.
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(C) He was assigned to watch a program by poets.
his professor. (B) She didn’t publish any of her works in her
(D) He’s finding out some information for a lifetime.
friend. (C) She was better known as a prose writer
than as a poet.
33. (A) He didn’t know that she was enrolled in a (D) She began her career as a writer relatively
linear algebra course. late in her life.
(B) He thought she preferred to study alone.
(C) He thought she had made arrangements to 42. (A) It reflects poetic techniques that were
study with rejected by modern poets.
(D) He had told her that he had done poorly on (B) It’s from a poem that the students have read.
a recent test. (C) It’s the title of a poem by John Ashbery.
(D) It’s an example of a statement that is
34. (A) He and Elizabeth argued recently. “empty” but pleasing to hear.
(B) He heard Elizabeth did poorly on the last
test. 43. (A) Read some poems out loud.
(C) He doesn’t want to bother Elizabeth so (B) Research the life of Gertrude Stein.
late in the evening. (C) Compare the poems of Gertrude Stein to
(D) He’d rather study in his own dormitory. the poems of John Ashbery.
(D) Write a few lines of poetry.
35. (A) A more economical diesel fuel.
(B) Characteristics of a new type of fuel. 44. (A) Employment in the fishing and whaling
(C) Where a new energy source is located. industries.
(D) How to develop alternative energy sources. (B) Nineteenth-century sea captains.
(C) The economic importance of sailing ships.
36. (A) He’s studying for a test. (D) The development of the steamship.
(B) He lost his notes.
(C) He missed the class. 45. (A) They were protected by a strong United
(D) He’s doing research on alternative. States Navy.
(B) They were supported by a well-developed
37. (A) It will reduce the amount of pollutants in railroad
the air. (C) Most crew members had experience on
(B) It will increase the amount of unpleasant foreign ships.
odors from wehicles. (D) As part owners of the ships, captains got
(C) It will eventually destroy the ozone layer. some of the profits.
(D) It will reduce the cost of running large
vehicles. 46. (A) They carried passengers ,but not cargo.
(B) They were large, but surprisingly fast.
38. (A) It’s expensive to manufacture. (C) They were the first successful
(B) It’s hasn’t been adequately tested. steam-powered ships.
(C) It damages car engines. (D) They were more reliable than other ships
(D) It’s dangerous to transport. of the 1860’s.
39. (A) To help him explain the information to his 47. (A) It’s now taught with the aid of computers.
roommate. (B) It isn’t considered as important today as it
(B) To help him write a paper. was in the past.
(C) To prepare for a test. (C) Children today learn it earlier than children
(D) To tell her if the notes are accurate. did in the past.
(D) A lot of times is spent teaching it.
40. (A) The life and times of an important modern
poet. 48. (A) To indicate the emphasis teachers once
(B) How a poem’s images relate to its placed on penmanship.
meaning. (B) To criticize a technique used to motivate
(C) The musical quality of modern poetry. children.
(D) The poems of Gertrude Stein. (C) To illustrate the benefits of competition.
(D) To suggest that teachers be recognized for
41. (A) She’s the most famous of the modern their efforts.
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50. (A) The number of hours per week that must
49. (A) How educators create a curriculum. be spent teaching penmanship.
(B) Why some parents object to the teaching of (B) The level of penmanship a child is
penmanship. expected to have.
(C) The standards for penmanship in state (C) The recommended method for teaching
curricula. penmanship.
(D) The effects of rewarding good (D) The reason computers should be used to
penmanship. help in the teaching of penmanship
2. Just as remote-controlled satellites can be 8. ---- on two people think exactly alike, there
employed to explore outer space, ---- employed will always be disagreement, but disagreement
to investigate the deep sea. should not always be avoided: it can be healthy
(A) can be robots if handled vreatively.
(B) robots can be (A) There are
(C) can robots (B) Why
(D) can robots that are (C) That
(D) Because
3. In --- people, the areas of the brain that control
speech are located in the left hemisphere. 9. Drinking water ---- excessive amounts of
(A) mostly of fluorides may leave a stained or mottled effect
(B) most on the enamel of teeth.
(C) almost the (A) containing
(D) the most of (B) in which containing
(C) contains
4. Stars shine because of ---- produced by the (D) that contain
nuclear reactions taking place within them.
(A) the amount of light and heat is 10. In the 1820’s physical education became --- of
(B) which the amount of light and heat the curriculum of Harvard and Yale
(C) the amount of light and heat that it is Universities.
(D) the amount of light and heat (A) to be part
(B) which was part
5. ---- is not clear to researchers. (C) was part
(A) Why dinosaurs having become extinet. (D) part
(B) Why dinosaurs became extinet
(C) Did dinosaurs become extinet 11. Pewter, ---- for eating and drinking utensils in
(D) Dinosaurs became extinet colonial America, is about ninety percent tin,
with copper or bismuth added for hardness.
6. Although many people use the word “milk” to (A) was widely used
refer to cow’s milk,--- to milk from any (B) widely used it
mammal, including human milk and goat’s milk. (C) widely used
(A) applying it also (D) which widely used
(B) applies also
(C) it also applies 12. A moth possesses two pairs of wings --- as a
(D) but it also applies single pair and are covered with dustlike
scales.
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(A) function famous for its use of Gothic decorative
(B) are functioning detail.
(C) that function (A) built
(D) but functions (B) it built
(C) was built
13. Soap operas, a type of television drama series, (D) built it
are so called because, at first they were ----.
(A) often which soap manufacturers 15. Humans,----, interact through communicative
(B) sponsored often soap manufactures behavior by means of signs or symbols used
(C) often sponsored by soap manufacturers conventionally.
(D) soap manufactures often sponsored them (A) like other animals
(B) how other animals
14. The Woolworth Building in New York was the (C) other animals that
highest in America when --- in 1913 and was (D) do other animals
16. More and 90 percent of the calcium in the human body is in the skeleton.
A B C D
17. Perhaps the most popular film in movie history, Star Wars was written and direction by George
A B C D
Lucas.
18. Some animal activities, such as mating, migration, and hibernate have a vearly cycle.
A B C D
19. Geographers were once concerned largely with exploring areas unknown to them and from
A B C
describing distinctive features of individual places.
D
20. In his animated films, Walt Disney created animals that talk and act like people while retaining its
A B C D
animal traits.
21. The first city in the United States that put into effect major plan for the clustering of government
A B C
buildings was Washington,
D
22. In a microwave oven, radiation penetrates food and is then absorbed primarily by water molecule,
A B
caused heat to spread through the food .
C D
23. The cultures early of the genus Home were generally distinguished by regular use of stone tools and
A B C
by a hunting and gathering economy.
D
24.Dolphins are sleek and powerful swimmers that found in all seas and unlike porpoises, have
A B C
well-defined beaklike snouts and conical teeth.
D
25.The velocity of a river is controlled by the slope, the depth, and the rough of the riverbed.
A B C D
26.The phonograph record was the first successful medium for capturing, preservation, and reproducing
A B C
sound.
D
27. Geberally, the pattern of open space in urban areas has shaped by commercial systems, governmental
A B C D
actions,and cultural traditions.
28. A liquid that might be a poor conductor when pure is often used to make solutions that readily
A B C
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transmits electricity.
D
29.The initial discovery by humans almost 10,000 years ago that they could exploit metallic mineral
A B
deposits was an important milestone in the development civilization.
C D
30. In 1989 Tillie Fowler, a Republican, became the first member of her party to serving as president of
A B C
the city council of Jacksonville, Florida.
D
31.General anesthesia, which is usually used for major surgery, involves a complete loss
A B
consciousness and a relaxed of the muscles.
C D
32.After first establishment subsistence farms along the Atlantic seaboard, European settlers in North
A B C
America developed a maritime and shipbuilding industry.
D
33.The legs of a roadrunner are enough strong that it can run up to 24 kilometers per hour to catch
A B C D
lizards and small rodents.
34. For the immune system of a newborn mammal to develop properly, the presence of the thymus gland
A B C
is essentially.
D
35. Physicians working in the field of public health are mainly concerned with the environmental causes
A B
of ill and how to eliminate them.
C D
36. By 1850, immigration from distance shores, as well as migration from the countryside, had caused
A B C
New York City’s population to swell.
D
37. By identifying similar words or structures in different languages, we find evidence that those
A B
languages are related and may be derived from same ancestor.
C D
38. Astronomers use photography and sighting telescopes to study the motions of all of the bright stars
A B C
and many of the faint one .
D
39. In the nineteenth century a number of Native American tribe, such as the Comanches, lived a
A B C
nomadic existence hunting buffalo
D
40.The average elevation of West Virginia is about 1,500 foot above sea level.
A B C D
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environment of the uppermost trees. Because a small body has more surface area per unit
of weight than a large one of similar shape, it gains or loses heat more swiftly. Thus, in
the trees, where shelter from heat and cold may be scarce and conditions may fluctuate, a
small mammal may have trouble maintaining its body temperature.
(10) Small size makes it easy to scramble among twigs and branches in the canopy for
insects, flowers, or fruit, but small mammals are surpassed, in the competition for food,
by large ones that have their own tactics for browsing among food-rich twigs. The weight
of a gibbon (a small ape) hanging below a branch arches the terminal leaves down so that
fruit-bearing foliage drops toward the gibbon’s face. Walking or leaping species of a
(15) similar or even larger size access the outer twigs either by snapping off and retrieving the
whole branch or by clutching stiff branches with the feet or tail and plucking food with
their hands.
Small climbing animals may reach twigs readily, but it is harder for them than for large
climbing animals to cross the wide gaps from on tree crown to the next that typify the
(20) high canopy. A macaque or gibbon can hurl itself farther than a mouse can: it can achieve
a running start, and it can more effectively use a branch as a springboard, even bouncing
on a climb several times before jumping. The forward movement of a small animal is
seriously reduced by the air friction against the relatively large surface area of its body.
Finally, for the many small mammals that supplement their insect diet with fruits or seeds
(25) an inability to span open gaps between tree crowns may be problematic, since trees that
yield these foods can be sparse.
1. The passage answers which of the following (C) They have difficulty with the changing
questions? conditions in the canopy.
(A) How is the rain forest different from other (D) They use the trees of the canopy for shelter
habitats? from heat and cold.
(B) How does an animal’s body size influence
5. In discussing animal size in paragraph 3, the
an animal’s need for food?
author indicates that
(C) Why does the rain forest provide an
(A) small animals require proportionately more
unusual variety of food for animals? food than larger animals do
(B) a large animal’s size is an advantage in
(D) Why do large animals tend to dominate the
obtaining food in the canopy
upper canopy of the rain forest?
(C) small animals are often attacked by large
animals in the rain forest
2.Which of the following animals is less common
(D) small animals and large animals are
in the upper canopy than in other
equally adept at obtaining food in the
environments?
canopy
(A) Monkeys
(B) Cats
6. The word “typify” in line 19 is closest in
(C) Porcupines
meaning to
(D) Mice
(A) resemble
(B) protect
3. The word “they” in line 4 refers to
(C) characterize
(A) trees
(D) divide
(B) climbing mammals of moderately large size
(C) smaller species
7. According to paragraph 4, what makes
(D) high tropical canopies
jumping from one tree crown to another
difficult for small mammals?
4. According to paragraph 2, which of the
(A) Air friction against the body surface
following is true about the small mammals in
(B) The thickness of the branches
the rain forest?
(C) The dense leaves of the tree crown
(A) They have body shapes that are adapted to
(D) The inability to use the front feet as hands
life in the canopy.
(B) They prefer the temperature and climate of
8. The word ‘supplement” in line 24 is closest in
the canopy to that of other environments. meaning to
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(A) control passage?
(B) replace (A) canopy(line 1)
(C) look for (B) warm blooded(line 5)
(D) add to (c) terminal leaves(line13)
9. Which of the following terms is defined in the (D) springboard(line 21)
Question 10-19
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the
contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly
formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women
line were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant
5) poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary
history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing
she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the
United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these
Centuries, women remained invisible in history books.
(10) Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts
of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts,
were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical
in their selection and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of
(15) history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional,
and local women’s organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal
correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources
from the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States one at
the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia
(20) Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later
Generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth
Century, most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of
History, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men.” To
(25) demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female
authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women
produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as
reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not
representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people
(30) continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.
10. What does the passage mainly discuss? 12. In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and
(A) The role of literature in early American Adams are mentioned to show that
histories (A) a woman’s status was changed by marriage
(B) The place of American women in written (B) even the contributions of outstanding
histories women were ignored
(C) The keen sense of history shown by (C) only three women were able to get their
American women writing published
(D)The “great women” approach to history (D) poetry produced by women was more
used by American historians readily accepted than other writing by
women
11. The word “contemporary” in line 5 means
that the history was 13. The word “celebratory” in line 12 means that
(A) informative the writings referred to were
(B) written at that time (A) related to parties
(C) thoughtful (B) religious
(D) faultfinding (C) serious
(D) full of praise
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country’s first college
14. The word “they” in line 12 refers to
(A) efforts 17. What use was made of the nineteenth-century
(B) authors women’s history materials in the Schlesinger
(C) counterparts Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?
(D) sources (A) They were combined and published in a
multivolume encyclopedia
15. In the second paragraph, what weakness in (B) They formed the basis of college courses in
nineteenth-century histories does the author the nineteenth century.
point out? (C) They provided valuable information for
(A) They put too much emphasis on daily twentieth—century historical researchers.
activities (D) They were shared among women’s colleges
(B) They left out discussion of the influence of throughout the United States.
money on politics.
(C) The sources of the information they were 18. In the last paragraph, the author mentions all
based on were not necessarily accurate. of the following as possible roles of
(D) They were printed on poor-quality paper. nineteenth-century “great women” EXCEPT
(A) authors
16. On the basis of information in the third (B) reformers
paragraph, which of the following would (C) activists for women’s rights
most likely have been collected by (D) politicians
nineteenth-century feminist organizations?
(A) Newspaper accounts of presidential 19. The word “representative” in line 29 is closest
election results in meaning to
(B) Biographies of John Adams (A) typical
(C) Letters from a mother to a daughter (B) satisfied
advising her how to handle a family (C) supportive
problem (D) distinctive
(D) Books about famous graduates of the
Question 20-29
The end of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century were
Marked by the development of an international Art Nouveau style, characterized by sinuous
Lines, floral and vegetable motifs, and soft evanescent coloration. The Art Nouveau style
Line was an eclectic one, bringing together elements of Japanese art, motifs of ancient cultures,
(5) and natural forms. The glass objects of this style were elegant in outline, although often
deliberately distorted, with pale or iridescent surfaces. A favored device of the style was to
imitate the iridescent surface seen on ancient glass that had been buried. Much of the Art
Nouveau glass produced during the years of its greatest popularity had been generically
Termed “art glass.” Art glass was intended for decorative purposes and relied for its effect
(10) pon carefully chosen color combinations and innovative techniques.
France produced a number of outstanding exponents of the Art Nouveau style; among
The most celebrated was Emile Galle (1846-1904). In the United States, Louis Comfort
Tiffany (1843-1933) was the most noted exponent of this style, producing a great variety of
Glass forms and surfaces, which were widely copied in their time and are highly prized
(15) today. Tiffany was a brilliant designer, successfully combining ancient Egyptian, Japanese,
and Persian motifs.
The Art Nouveau style was a major force in the decorative arts from 1895 until 1915,
Although its influence continued throughout the mid-1920’s. It was eventually to be
Overtaken by a new school of thought known as Functionalism that had been present since
(20) the turn of the century. At first restricted to a small avant-garde group of architects and
designers, Functionalism emerged as the domiant influence upon designers after the First
World War. The basic tenet of the movement-that function should determine from-was
not a new concept. Soon a distinct aesthetic code evolved: from should be simple, surfaces
plain, and any ornament should be based on geometric relationships. This new design
(25) concept, coupled with the sharp postwar reactions to the styles and conventions of the
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preceding decades, created an entirely new public taste which caused Art Nouveau types of
glass to fall out of favor. The new taste demanded dramatic effects of contrast, stark outline
and complex textural surfaces.
21. What does paragraph 1 mainly discuss? “function should determine form” (line 22)?
(A) Design elements in the Art Nouveau style (A) A useful object should not be attractive.
(B) The popularity of the Art Nouveau style (B) The purpose of an object should influence
(C) Production techniques for art glass its form.
(D) Color combinations typical of the Art (C) The design of an object is considered more
Nouveau style significant than its function.
(D) The form of an object should not include
22. The word “one” in line 4 refers to decorative elements.
(A) century
(B) development 27. It can be inferred from the passage that one
(C) style reason Functionalism became popular was
(D) coloration that it
(A) clearly distinguished between art and
23. Paragraph 1 mentions that Art Nouveau glass design
was sometimes similar to which aspect of (B) appealed to people who liked complex
ancient buried glass? painted designs
(A) The distortion of the glass (C) reflected a common desire to break from
(B) The appearance of the glass surface the past
(C) The shapes of the glass objects (D) was easily interpreted by the general public
(D) The size of the glass objects
28. Paragraph 3 supports which of the following
statements about Functionalism?
24. The word “prized” in line 14 is closest in (A) Its design concept avoided geometric
meaning to shapes.
(A) valued (B) It started on a small scale and then
(B) universal spread gradually.
(C) uncommon (C) It was a major force in the decorative arts
(D) preserved before the First World War.
(D) It was not attractive to architects all
25. The word “overtaken” in line 19 is closest designers.
in meaning to
(A) surpassed 29. According to the passage, an object made in
(B) inclined the Art Nouveau style would most likely
(C) expressed include
(D) applied (A) a flowered design
(B) bright colors
26. What does the author mean by stating that (C) modern symbols
(D) a textured surface
Question 30
During most of their lives, surge glaciers behave like normal glaciers, traveling perhaps
only a couple of inches per day. However, at intervals of 10 to 100 years, these glaciers
move forward up to 100 times faster than usual. The surge often progresses along a glacier
line like a great wave, proceeding from one section to another. Subglacial streams of meltwater
(5) water pressure under the glacier might lift it off its bed, overcoming the friction between ice
and rock, thus freeing the glacier, which rapidly sliders downhill Surge glaciers also might
be influenced by the climate, volcanic heat, or earthquakes. However, many of these
glaciers exist in the same area as normal glaciers, often almost side by side.
(10) Some 800 years ago, Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier advanced toward the sea, retreated, and
advanced again 500 years later. Since 1895, this secentry-mile-long river of ice has been
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(D) periods
flowing steadily toward the Gulf of Alaska at a (D) rate drift
of approximately 200 feet per year. In
June 1986, however, the glacier surged ahead as much as 47 feet a day. Meanwhile, a
32.The author compares
western the called
tributary, surgingValerie
motionGlacier,
of a advanced
38.Theupterm “vicious
to 112 feet a cycle” in lines 21-22
day. Hubbard’s surge refers
surge
(15) giacier
closedtooff
theRussell
movement
Fiordofwith
a a formidable ice dam, to thesome 2,500 feet wide and up to 800
(A) fishfeet high, whose caged waters threatened the town (A) movement
of Yakutat pattern of surge glaciers
to the south.
(B) wave About 20 similar glaciers around the Gulf of(B) effectare
Alaska surge glaciers
heading could
toward thehave
sea. on
If the
(C) machine
enough surge glaciers reach the ocean and raise temperature of tropical
sea levels, West areas
Antarctic ice shelves could
(D) boatrise off the seafloor and become adrift. A flood (C) effect
of ice thatthen
would repeated
surgerising seaSouthern
into the levels might
(20) Sea. With the continued rise in sea level, more ice would have on glacial
plunge icethe ocean, causing sea
into
33.Which of the following
levels does
to rise even the author
highter, which in turn would(D) constant
release morethreat
ice andsurge glaciers
set in motioncould pose to
a vicious
mention as a possible
cycle. cause of surging
The additional the Gulfwould
sea ice floating toward the tropics of Alaska
increase Earth’s albedo and
glaciers? lower global temperatures, perhaps enough to initiate a new ice age. This situation appears
(A) The to
decline in sea levels
have occurred 39.The author
at the end of the last warm interglacial (theprovides a definition
time between for which of
glacations),
(B)
(25)Thecalled
occurrence of unusually
the Sangamon, large
when seaocean the following
ice cooled the ocean terms?
dramatically, spawning the beginning
wavesof the Ice Age. (A) Tributary (line 14)
(C) The shifting Antractic ice shelves (B) Ice dam (line 15)
(D) The pressure of meltwater underneath the (C) Albedo (line 22)
glacier (D) Interglacial (line 24)
Question 40-50
According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may
become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family,
traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases,
line such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although
(5) there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally
through election or recruitment.
Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades
of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural
leaders.” It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common;
(10) rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that
meet the needs of that particular group.
Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader,
research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by
different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion
(15) of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things”
done.” Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the
collective well-being of a social group’s member. Expressive leader are less concerned
with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group
members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them. Group members
(20) expect expressive leaders to maintain stable relationships within the group and provide
support to individual members.
Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group
members. They give orders and may discipline group members who inhibit attainment of
the group’s goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to
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(25) others in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is
subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor ,and try to
resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the differences in these two roles
suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members;
instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a mote
distant respect.
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41.What does the passage mainly discuss? leaders generally focus on
(A) The problems faced by leaders (A) ensuring harmonious relationships
(B) How leadership differs in small and (B) sharing responsibility with group members
large groups (C) identifying new leaders
(C) How social groups determine who will (D) achieving a goal
lead them
(D) The role of leaders in social groups 46.The word “collective” in line 17 is closest in
meaning to
42. The passage mentions all of the following (A) necessary
ways by which people can become leaders (B) typical
EXCEPT (C) group
(A) recruitment (D) particular
(B) formal election process
(C) specific leadership training 47.The word “them” in line 19 refers to
(D) traditional cultural patterns (A) expressive leaders
(B) goals of the group
43. In mentioning “natural leaders” in lines 8-9, (C) group members
the author is making the point that (D) tension and conflict
(A) few people qualify as “natural leaders”
(B) there is no proof that “natural leaders” 48. A “secondary relationship” mentioned in
exist line 22 between a leader and the members
(C) “natural leaders’ are easily accepted by the of a group could best be characterized as
members of a social group (A) distant
(D) “natural leaders” share a similar set of (B) enthusiastic
characterisitics (C) unreliable
(D) personal
44.Which of the following statements about
leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2? 49.The word “resolve” in line 27 is closest in
(A) A person who is an effective leader of a meaning to
particular group may not be an effective (A) avoid repeating
leader in another group. (B) talk about
(B) Few people succeed in sharing a leadership (C) avoid thinking about
role with another person. (D) find a solution for
(C) A person can best learn how to be an
effective leader by studying research on 50. Paragraphs 3 and 4 organize the discussion
leadership. of leadership primarily in term of
(D) Most people desire to be leaders but can (A) examples that illustrate a problem
produce little evidence of their (B) cause and effect analysis
qualifications. (C) narration of events
(D) comparison and contrast
45.The passage indicates that instrumental