READING

SECTION
DIRECTLY & INDIRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS
TRANSITION QUESTIONS
 Types of TOEFL Reading Questions

Main Idea &

Vocabulary Pronoun
Topic

Directly
Indirectly answered Transition
answered
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TABLE OF
01 DIRECTLY ANSWERED
QUESTIONS

02 INDIRECTLY ANSWERED
QUESTIONS

03
TRANSITION
QUESTIONS
DIRECTLY
ANSWERED
QUESTIONS

01
Directly Answered Questions

Questions are usually like:

1. According to the passage, ..
2. It is stated in the passage …
3. The passage indicates that …
4. Which of the following is true …?
5. Which of the following is not stated …?
6. Which of the following is not mentioned …?
7. Which of the following is not discussed …?
8. All of the following are true except …
Directly Answered Questions

How to find the answer :

The answer to these question are found in order in
the passage.
Directly Answered Questions

The Strategy :
Choose a key word in the question.
Skim in the appropriate part of the passage for the
key word or idea.
Read the sentence that contains the key word or
idea carefully.
Eliminate any definitely wrong answers and
choose the best answer from the remaining
choices.
Directly answered question practice

1. The passage indicates that

Jamestown?
A. was settled in 1663.
B. was settled twenty-six years
after Williamsburg.
C. was the first permanent
English colony in America.
D. was originally named Middle
Plantation.
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2. According to the passage,

Williamsburg is located?
A. on an island.
B. in the middle of river.
C. when the York and James
meet.
D. on a piece of land with rivers
on two sides.
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3. The passage states that the

name Middle Plantation?
A. is a more recent name than
Williamsburg.
B. derived from the location of
the colony on the peninsula.
C. refers to the middle part of
England that was home to the
colonist.
D. was given to the new colony
because it was located in the
middle of several plantation.
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4. According to the passage, the

colonist chose Williamsburg
because?
A. it was in England.
B. there were no nearby rivers.
C. there were lots of mosquitoes.
D. the soil drained well.
Directly answered question practice

1. According to the passage,

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive what happens during an ice age?
areas of the Earth, are known to have occurred at A. Rock strata are recognized by
least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from geologists.
rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials
deposited by moving walls of ice or melting B. Evidence of foreign materials
glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land is found.
formations that have been produced from moving
C. Ice covers a large portion of
walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured
the Earth’s surface.
landscapes, and polished rock faces.
D. Ice melts six times.
Directly answered question practice

2. The passage cover how many

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive different methods of recognizing
areas of the Earth, are known to have occurred at past ice age?
least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from A. One.
rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials
deposited by moving walls of ice or melting B. Two.
glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land
C. Three.
formations that have been produced from moving
walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured D. Four.
landscapes, and polished rock faces.
Directly answered question practice

3. According to the passage,

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive what in the rock strata is a clue
areas of the Earth, are known to have occurred at to geologist of a past ice age?
least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from A. Ice.
rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials
deposited by moving walls of ice or melting B. Melting glaciers.
glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land
C. U-shaped valleys.
formations that have been produced from moving
walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured D. Substance from other areas.
landscapes, and polished rock faces.
Directly answered question practice
4. All of the following are true
Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It
about blood plasma EXCEPT
consists of blood from which the red and white
that…
blood cells have been removed. It is often used in
transfusions because a patient generally needs the A. It is a deeply colored liquid
plasma portion of the blood more than the other
components. B. blood cells have been taken
out of it
Plasma differs in several important ways from
whole blood. First of all, plasma can be mixed for C. Patients are often transfused
all donors and does not have to be from the right with it
blood group, as whole blood does. In addition, D. It is generally more important
plasma can be dried and stored, while whole blood to the patient than other parts
cannot. of whole blood
Directly answered question practice

Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It

consists of blood from which the red and white
5. Which of the following is NOT
blood cells have been removed. It is often used in
stated about whole blood?
transfusions because a patient generally needs the
plasma portion of the blood more than the other A. It is different from plasma.
components.
B. It cannot be dried.
Plasma differs in several important ways from
whole blood. First of all, plasma can be mixed for C. It is impossible to keep it in
all donors and does not have to be from the right storage for a long time.
blood group, as whole blood does. In addition, D. It is a clear, colorless liquid.
plasma can be dried and stored, while whole blood
cannot.
INDIRECTLY
ANSWERED
QUESTIONS

02
Indirectly Answered Questions

Questions are usually like:

1. It is implied in the passage that …
2. It can be inferred from the passage that …
3. It is most likely that …
4. What probably happened …?
Indirectly Answered Questions

How to find the answer :

The answer to these questions are generally found
in order in the passage.
Indirectly Answered Questions

The Strategy :
Choose a key word in the question.
Scan the passage for the key word ( or a related
idea).
Carefully read the sentence that contains the key
word.
Look for an answer that could be true, according
to that sentence.
Indirectly answered question practice

1. Which of the following is

probably NOT a Hawaiian word?
A. maholo
B. mahimahi
C. meklea
D. moana
Indirectly answered question practice

2. It is implied in the passage

that a luau is ….
A. a dance
B. a feast
C. a concert
D. a language
Directly answered question practice

1. It is implied in the passage that…

A. the leaves of only the California redwood turn brown in the autumn
B. the leaves of only the giant sequoia turn brown in the winter
C. the leaves of both types of trees in the passage turn brown in the winter
D. the leaves of neither type of tree in the passage turn brown in the winter
Directly answered question practice

2. It can be inferred from the passage that the Sierra Nevadas are…
A. a type of giant redwood
B. a coastal community
C. a group of lakes
D. a mountain range
Directly answered question practice

3. Which of the following is implied in the passage?

A. The giant sequoia is taller than the California redwood
B. The California redwood is not as big around as the giant sequoia
C. The California redwood weighs more than the giant sequoia
D. Other living things are larger than the giant sequoia
TRANSITION
QUESTIONS

03
Transition Questions

Questions are usually like:

1. The paragraph preceding the passage probably …
2. What is most likely in the paragraph following the
passage?
Transition Questions

How to find the answer :

The answer can generally found in the first line of
the passage for a preceding question. The answer
can be found in the last line for a following
question.
Transition Questions

The Strategy :
Read the first line for a preceding question.
Read the last line for a following question.
Draw a conclusion about what comes before or
after.
Choose the answer that is reflected in the first or
last line of the passage.
Transition Questions

1. The paragraph preceding this

passage most probably discusses
….
A. a youth of Davy Jones
B. Davy Jones’s career as a sailor
C. a different traditional story
form the sea
D. preparing to travel on the
ocean.
Transition Questions

2. The topic of the paragraph

following the passage most likely
is ….
A. valuable items located at the
bottom of the ocean
B. where Davy Jones is found
today
C. Jonah and the whale
D. preventing objects from
falling overboard
Transition question practice

1. The paragraph preceding this

passage most probably
discussed…
Another program instrumental in the popularization A. a different scientific television
of science was Cosmos. This series, broadcast on series
public television, dealt with topics and issues from
varied fields of science. The principal writer and B. Carl Sagan’s scientific
narrator of the program was Carl Sagan, a noted achievements
astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
C. the Pulitzer Prize won by Carl
Sagan
D. public television
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2. The paragraph following this

passage most likely contains
information on what?
Another program instrumental in the popularization A. The popularity of science
of science was Cosmos. This series, broadcast on
public television, dealt with topics and issues from B. The program Cosmos
varied fields of science. The principal writer and
C. The astronomer Carl Sagan
narrator of the program was Carl Sagan, a noted
astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. D. Topics and issues from
various fields of science
Transition question practice

3. The paragraph preceding the passage most probably discusses …

A. tsunamis in various part of the world
B. the negative effect of tsunamis
C. land-based earthquakes
D. the effect on tides of tsunamis
Transition question practice

4. Which of the following is most likely the topic of the paragraph following the passage
…
A. the causes of tsunamis
B. the destructive effect of tsunamis on the coast
C. the differences between tsunamis and tidal waves
D. the distances covered by tsunamis
Transition question practice

5. The paragraph preceding the passage most probably discusses …

A. State marriage laws
B. The lack of uniformity in marriage laws
C. Federal draft laws
D. The minimum legal marriage age
Transition question practice

6. The topic of the passage is most likely to be …

A. disadvantages of youthful marriage
B. reasons why young people decides to marry
C. the age when parental consent for marriage is required
D. a discussion of why some states allow marriage before the age of sixteen
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