A few tweekers for the wizards

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Hello everyone,

This is my first post in this forum.Ive been practising for the toefl and these are a few of the questions which appeared in the exam which i took jussnow.These are the questions from the coaching material of a private institution.I would like to thank the wizards out there for answering for my queries in advance

 

Q1)Click on the sentence which describes physique of Laurentians in para 2 & 3 .

a)In para 2: Some info bout a tribe called Lamoka and then....The Lamoka people had narrow skulls,faces,and noses and were clearly related to the early Shell Mound people of the southeast...

In para 3: Some info bout the Laurentians and then "Their(Laurentians)skeletons show that the Laurentians differed drastically in physique from Lamokans.The Laurentians were a people of stocky build with broad heads,faces and noses.

 

The ans was given as

"The Lamoka people had narrow skulls,faces,and noses and were clearly related to the early Shell Mound people of the southeast"

 

but not

 

"Their(Laurentians)skeletons show that the Laurentians differed drastically in physique from Lamokans.The Laurentians were a people of stocky build with broad heads,faces and noses.

 

Can any one out there justify this?

 

 

q2)The Passage goes....

 

Isolation and lack of congested urban areas gave the american colonies a deceided advantage in the matter of health and this explains their rapid development.

 

"THIS" in the passage refers to

 

a)Isolation and lack of congested areas

b)Deceided advantage

 

 

Passage 3:(A part of it).Its about the role of farm women.

 

After husbands had plowed the farm,farm women planted their gardens.Housewives began by setting out onions and potatoes in early april,following up later that month by planting lettuce,beans parsnips,turnips and carrots in the garden,tomatoes and cabbages in window boxes indoors.When danger of late frosta had passed out,the seedlings were moved outside and set out along with May plantings of buckwheat and a garden of kitchen and medicinal herbs.

 

q):Seedlings in the passage refers most closely to

 

1)onions and potatoes

 

2)lettuce,beans parsnips,turnips and carrots in the garden,tomatoes and cabbages

 

3)buckwheat

 

 

Passage 4: Bout young americans of 20th centuary

 

Young americans looked for excitement in the Jazz age.They read Fitzgerald's glittering stories and saw movies of adventure like THe Sheik.They studied John Held's magazine drawings of flashily dressed young people.They adopted any style that defied tradition.A deep gap stretched between them and their parents--- a gap called the Great war --- and it seemed to set off the great rebellion

 

Q)What is the reason other than excitement that led young americans to defy tradition.

 

1)Fitzgerald's glittering stories and saw movies of adventure like THe Sheik

 

2) John Held's magazine drawings of flashily dressed young people

 

3)A deep gap stretched between them and their parents--- a gap called the Great war --- and it seemed to set off the great rebellion

 

Passage 5: About a group of people called 'The Mormon'

 

The Mormon Church, or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,was founded in NewYork in 1830's by Joseph Smith.Moromns live in a theocratic society.Everyone worked for the common good and,at first, each person's property was considered the common property of the church.

 

Q)The word 'founded' can be replaced with

 

1)established

 

2)built

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Q1)Click on the sentence which describes physique of Laurentians in para 2 & 3 .

a)In para 2: Some info bout a tribe called Lamoka and then....The Lamoka people had narrow skulls,faces,and noses and were clearly related to the early Shell Mound people of the southeast...

In para 3: Some info bout the Laurentians and then "Their(Laurentians)skeletons show that the Laurentians differed drastically in physique from Lamokans.The Laurentians were a people of stocky build with broad heads,faces and noses.

 

The ans was given as

"The Lamoka people had narrow skulls,faces,and noses and were clearly related to the early Shell Mound people of the southeast"

 

but not

 

"Their(Laurentians)skeletons show that the Laurentians differed drastically in physique from Lamokans.The Laurentians were a people of stocky build with broad heads,faces and noses.

 

Can any one out there justify this?( is the ans. correct??!!!:hmm: )

 

q2)The Passage goes....

 

Isolation and lack of congested urban areas gave the american colonies a deceided advantage in the matter of health and this explains their rapid development.

 

"THIS" in the passage refers to

 

a)Isolation and lack of congested areas

b)Deceided advantage

 

Passage 3:(A part of it).Its about the role of farm women.

 

After husbands had plowed the farm,farm women planted their gardens.Housewives began by setting out onions and potatoes in early april,following up later that month by planting lettuce,beans parsnips,turnips and carrots in the garden,tomatoes and cabbages in window boxes indoors.When danger of late frosta had passed out,the seedlings were moved outside and set out along with May plantings of buckwheat and a garden of kitchen and medicinal herbs.

 

q):Seedlings in the passage refers most closely to

 

1)onions and potatoes

 

2)lettuce,beans parsnips,turnips and carrots in the garden,tomatoes and cabbages

 

3)buckwheat

 

 

Passage 4: Bout young americans of 20th centuary

 

Young americans looked for excitement in the Jazz age.They read Fitzgerald's glittering stories and saw movies of adventure like THe Sheik.They studied John Held's magazine drawings of flashily dressed young people.They adopted any style that defied tradition.A deep gap stretched between them and their parents--- a gap called the Great war --- and it seemed to set off the great rebellion

 

Q)What is the reason other than excitement that led young americans to defy tradition.

 

1)Fitzgerald's glittering stories and saw movies of adventure like THe Sheik

 

2) John Held's magazine drawings of flashily dressed young people

 

3)A deep gap stretched between them and their parents--- a gap called the Great war --- and it seemed to set off the great rebellion

 

Passage 5: About a group of people called 'The Mormon'

 

The Mormon Church, or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,was founded in NewYork in 1830's by Joseph Smith.Moromns live in a theocratic society.Everyone worked for the common good and,at first, each person's property was considered the common property of the church.

 

Q)The word 'founded' can be replaced with

 

1)established

2)built

 

 

 

hey im no wizard so plz let me know if im correct..:tup: thanx