Five additional paper-format tests are available in Volume B, These tests can be given periodically Throughout a course chac is focused on the paper version of the TOEFL test. The additional tests can be given either as complete tests or as individual test sections in listening, structure, and reading. | 414 READING 10 The incident attracted a lot of attention among journalists. First a cartoon drawn by Clifford K. Berryman to make fun of this situation appeared in the Washington Post and the cartoon was widely distributed and reprinted throughout the country. Then toy manufacturers began producing a toy bear which they called a teddy bear. The teddy bear became the most widely recognized symbol of Roosevelt s presidency. 1. According to line 1 of the passage what is a teddy bear A A ferocious animal B The president of the United States C A famous hunter D A plaything 2. Look at the word pastimes in paragraph 2. This word could best be replaced by CD past occurrences O previous jobs O hunting trips O leisure activities 3. Look at the word extricated in paragraph 2. Click on another word or phrase in paragraph 2 that is close in meaning to extricated. 4. In line 10 a cartoon could best be described as A a newspaper B a type of teddy bear C a drawing with a message D a newspaper article PASSAGE TWO Questions 5-8 A supernova occurs when all of the hydrogen in the core of a huge star is transformed to iron and explodes. All stars die after their nuclear fuel has been exhausted. Stars with little mass die gradually but those with relatively large mass die in a sudden explosion a supernova. The Line sudden flash of light can then be followed by several weeks of extremely bright light perhaps as 5 much light as twenty million stars. Supernovae are not very common they occur about once every hundred years in any galaxy and in 1987 a supernova that could be seen by the naked eye occurred in the Magellan Cloud a galaxy close to the Milky Way. Scientists periodically detect supernovae in other galaxies however no supernovae have occurred in the Milky Way the galaxy that includes Earth since 1604. One 10 very impressive supernova occurred in the Milky Way on July 4 1054. There was a great explosion followed by three months of lighted skies and historical chronicles of the time
