ToefliBTPracticeTest

TPO3ReadingSection2No.ofQuestions:28Time:40minutes

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Question1of28Untilfarmersandrancherssettledthereinthe1880s,theHighPlainshadneverbeeninhabited.TheclimateoftheHighPlainsischaracterizedbyhigher-than-averageTemperatures.ThelargeaquiferthatliesunderneaththeHighPlainswasdiscoveredbytheOgallalaSiouxIndians.Beforetheearly1900stherewasonlyasmallamountoffarmingandranchingintheHighPlains.Accordingtoparagraph1,whichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheHighPlainsistrue?Paragraph1ismarkedwith◆

Question2of28Accordingtoparagraph2,allofthefollowingstatementsabouttheOgallalaaquiferaretrueEXCEPTTheaquiferstretchesfromSouthDakotatoTexas.Theaquiferswatercomesfromundergroundsprings.Waterhasbeengatheringintheaquiferfor30.000years.Theaquiferswaterisstoredinalayerofsandstone.Paragraph2ismarkedwith◆

Question3of28DespitethecurrentimpressivesizeoftheOgallalaaquifer,theregionsclimatekeepstheratesofwateradditionverysmall.Althoughtheaquiferhasbeenaddingwaterattherateofonlyhalfacentimeterayear,itwilleventuallyaccumulateenoughwatertofillLakeHuron.Becauseoftheregionspresentclimaticconditions,waterisbeingaddedeachyeartotheaquifer.Evenwhentheregionexperiencesunfortunateclimaticconditions,theratesofadditionofwatercontinuetoincrease.Whichofthesentencesbelowbestexpressestheessentialinformationinthe【highlightedsentence】inthepassage?Incorrectchoiceschangethemeaninginimportantwaysorleaveoutessentialinformation.

Question4of28Theword【ensuing】inthepassageisclosestinmeaningtocontinuingsurprisinginitialsubsequent

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