Toefl ibt internet based test 2006 - 2007 part 24 ppsx

READING SECTION , 55 -+ Western selllement and the opening oIlhe northern resource frontier stim- ulated industrial expansion, particularty in C811tral Canada. As the National Pol- icy had intended, a growing agricultural population in the West increased the demand lor eastern manufactured goods, thereby giving rise to agricultural implements worM , iron and steelloundries , machine shops , railway yards, tex- tile mills, boot and shoe factOries, and numerous smaller manufacturing ef1te r- prises that suppli ed consumer goods. ~ ~ ~ " - ;:'':':1. L _ To climb the tariff wall, large American industrial firms opened branches in Canada, and the governments 01 Ontario and Quebec aggreSSively urged by offering bonuses, subsidies, and guarantees to locate new plants within their borders. canadian industrial enterprises became increas- ingly attractive to foreign Investors, especially from the United States and Great Britain. Much 01 the over $600 million of American capital that flowed into Canada from 19CN) to 1913 was earmamKI for mining and the pulp and paper industry, while British investors conlributed near $1.8 billion, mostly in railway building, business development, and the construction 01 ulban infrastructure. As a result, the gross value of Canadian manufactured prcx:lUCIS quadrupled from 189110 1916. 1. Why does the author meotion the railroads in paragraph I? <D Because miners were traveling 10 camps in the west <D Because minerai deposits were discover-ed when the railroads were built <D Because the western frontier was being sellied by families <D Because traders used the railroads to transport their goods Paragraph 1 is marked with an arrow ( -+ ]. 2. In paragraph I, the author identifies Sudbury as <D an important stop on the new railroad line <D e large mar1tetlor the metals produced in Ontario <D a major industrial C811ter lor the production 01 nickel CD a mining town in the Klondike region Paragraph 1 is marked with an arrow (-+]. 3. The word eobaoce in !he passage is closest in mean i og to <D disrupt <D restore <D identify <D improve 150 MODEL T ES T 2: PROGRESS TEST 4, According to paragraph 2, why wa s the Yukon Territory Cl'eated? G> To encourage people to settle the region <D To prevent Alaska fr om acquiring it <D To establish law and order in the area G> To legalize the mining claims Paragraph 2 is marlted wi th an arrow [-+ J. 5. The word oravjously in the pa ssage is closest in meaning to G> frequently $ suddenly <D routinely a> formerly 6. How did the poetry by RODert Service contribute to the development of Cana<la? CD It made the Klondike gold rush famous. <D It encouraged families to settle in the Klondike. <D It captured the beauty of the western Klondike. G> It ~evented the Klondike's annexation to Alaska. 7. According to paragraph 3, the f ore st industry supported the development of Canada in all of the following ways EXCEPT G> by supplying wood for the construction of homes and buildings <D by clearing the land for expanded agricultural uses <D by ~oduc i ng the power for the hydroelectric plants $ by exporting wood and newsprint to foreign marltets Paragraph 3 is marlted with an arrow [-+ ]. 8. The word Furthermore in the passage is closest in meaning to CD Although <D Because <D Therefore (Jtl Moreover ~ bask tlet matenale READING SECTION 151 9. Which 01 the sentences below best exp!"&Sses the Information in the highlighted statement in the passage? The other choices change the meaning or leave out important information. <D New businesses and Industries were created by the federal government to keep the prices of manufactured goods low. «> The lower price 01 manufacturing attracted many foreign businesses and new Ind us - tries to the area. <D Federal was on cheaper impo rt ed goods were responsible for protecting domestic industries and supporting new businesses. ~ The fedefal tax laws made it difficult for manufacturers to sell their goods to foreign mattets. 10. The word 1bmn in the passage refers to <D govemments <J) plants <D firms G) policies 11. According to paragraph 4, British and American bUSinesses opened affiliat es in Canada """','" a:> the Canadian government offered Incentives <J) the raw materials were available In Canada <D the consumers in Canada were eager to buy their goods en> the infrastructure was attractive to invesl OfS Paragraph 4 is matted wi th an arrow [-+ [. 12. Look al\he four SQuares , _ [ that show where the following sentence could be inserted in the passage. Railway construction through the Kootenay region of southeastern British Colum - bia also led to significant discov eries of gold, Illver , cOP9Qr , lead, snd zinc. Where could the sentence bes l be added? Click on a square (- 1 to insert the sentence in the passage. ~ bask tlet materl3le 1 58 MODEL TE ST 2: PROGRESS TE ST 13. Di rec ti ons: An introdlJClion for a short summary of the passage appears below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that ITl9fltion the most Important points In the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express Ideas that are nol included in the passage or are minor points from the passage. Th is question is worth 2 points . The northern frontier provided msny natural resouren that contributed to Indu s- trial expan a lon of Canada. • • • An s wer Choice s !!I The Yukon Territory was created in 1898 during the gold rush In the Klondike and Yukon River valleys. !SJ The frontier was documented in the p0p- ular press, which published tales of heroes and gold strikes. !Cl Signilicant discoveri es of mineral deposits encouraged prospectors and senters 10 move into the territories. PART II 1INd1", 2 "1MIr/",.t 1lIutJ. JI&ttKJ " IDl Wheat and other agricultural crops were planted after the forests were cleared, creating the central plains. lEI Powered by hydroelectricity. lumbef and paper mills exploited the forests for both domestic and foreign markets. lEI Incentives encouraged American and British Investors to help expand manu- facturing plants in Canada. -+ One Greek theatre Is through arche- ology, such as architecture, inscriptions, sculpture, vase painting, and other loons 01 decorative art. fAJ Serklus on-site excavations began in Greece around 1870, but W. DOrpfeld did not begin the first extenSive study of the Theatre of Oionysus until 1886 .1!l Since that time, more than 167 other Greek theatres have been identified and many 01 them have been excavated. ICl Nevertheless, they still do not permit us 10 describe bas tlet mat na READING SECTION 151 ",pe'~"" of the skene (i llustrations printed in books are conjec- reconstructions), since many pieces are irrevocably lost because the buildings in later periods became sources 01 stone lor other projects and what remains is usually broken and scattered. [DJ That most 01 the buildings were remodeled many limes has created great problemS lor those seeking to date both the paris and the sll"X'm'sive versions. Despite these drawbacks, archeol- ogy provides the most concrete evidence we !\ave about the theatre structures 01 ancient Greece. But. if they heve told us much , archeologists !\ave not com- pleted their worX, and many sites !\ave scarcely been touched. -+ Perhaps the use 01 archeological evidence in theatre history is vase paintings, thousands 01 wh ich have survived from ancient Greeoe. (Most 0I1hose used by theatre scholars are repmduced in Margarete Bieber's The Histoty of ItJe Greek and Roman Theatre .) Depicting scenes Irom mythology and daily life, the vases are the most graphic pictorial evidence we have. But they are also easy to misinterpret. Some scholars have considered any vase that depicts a subject treated In a surviving drama or any scene show- ing masks , flute players, or ceremonials to be valid evidence 01 theatrical prac- tice. This Is a highly questionable assumption, since the Greeks made widespread use 01 masks, dances, and music outside the theatre and since the myths on wh ich dramatists drew were known to everyone, including vase pairlters, who might well depict the same subjects as dramatists without being indebted to them . Those vases showing scenes unquestionably theatrical are lew in number. -+ Written eviclenoe about ancient Greek theatre is often treated as less reli- able than archeological evidence because most written accounts are separated so lar in lime from the events they describe and because they provide no irllor- mation about their own sources. Of the written evidellCe, the surviving plays are usually treated as the most reliable. But the oldest surviving manuscripts of Greek plays date from around the tenth century, C.E., some 1500 years after they were lirst perlormed. Since printing did not exist during this lime span, copies 01 plays had to be made by hand , and therefore the possibility 01 textual errors aeeping in was magnified. Nevertheless, the scripts offer us our readiest access to the cultural and theatrical conditions out 01 which they came . But these scripts, like other kinds 01 evidence, are subject to varying Interpretations. Certainly perlormances embodied a male perspective, lor example, since the plays were written, selected, staged, and acted by men. yet the exiSting plays leature numerous choruses 01 women and many leature strong lemale charac- ters. Because these characters often seem victims 01 their own powerlessness and appear to be governed, especially in the comedies, by se:cuat desire, some critics have seen these plays as ralionalizatiorls by the maIe-Oominated culture lor keeping women segregated and cloistered. Other critics, howeV9f, have seen in these same plays an attempt by male authors to lorce their male audi- ences to e:cam i ne and call into question this segregation and cloistering 01 Athenian women . 160 MODEL TEST 2: PA OO AESS TEST ~ By far Ihe majOrity of written ref&rences 10 Greek theatre date from several hundred years after the events they report. The writers seldom mention their sources of evidence, and thus we do no t know what credence to give MW. In the absence of material nearer in time 10 the events, however, historians have used the accounts and have been grateful to have them. Overall, historical treatment of the Greek theatre Is something like assembling a Jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces are missing: historians arrange what they have and imagine (with the aid of the remaining evidence and logic) what has been Iosl. As a result, though the broad oullines of Greek theatra history are reasooably clear, many of the details remain open 10 doubt. Glossary skene: a stage building where actors store their ma sks and change their costumes 14. According to paragraph 1, why is it impossible to identify the time periOO f()( theatres in Greece? <D There are too few sites that have been excavated and very little data collected about them. <1> The archeologists from eariier periods were not careful, and many artifacts were broken. ¢) It is confusing because stones from early sites were used 10 build later structures. <D Because it is very difficult to date the concrete that was used in construction during earty periOOs. Paragraph t is marked with an arrow [ ~I . 15 . What can be inferred from paragraph 1 aboutlhe fJk_ln Iheatre history? <D Drawings in books are the only accurate visual records. <D Not enough evidence is available to make a precise model. ¢) A1chaeologists have excavated a large number ol lhem. (I) It was not identified or studied unlilthe early lBOOs. Paragraph 1 Is marked wilh an arrow I ~ l . 16. The word orima()l in the passage is closest in meaning to ® reliable <I> important «> unusual <D accepted 17. The word precise in the passage is closest in meaning to <D attractive <I> simple ¢) dilliCuh (I) exact ~ bask ttel matarlala READING SECTION 161 18. In paragraph 2. the authOr explains that all vases with paintings of masks or mus icians may not be evidence of theatrical subjects by <I> arguing that the subjects could nave been used by artists without reference to a drama CD Identifying some of the vases as reproductions that were painted years after the originals CD casting doubt on the qualifications of the scholars who produced the vases as .""""'" $ pointing out that there are very few vases that have survived from the time of earty de"""" Paragraph 2 is marked with an arrow [ -+ J. 19. The word ooolroyersial in the passage is closest in meaning to <I> accepted CD debated CD limited $ complicated 20 . In paragraph 3, the author states that lemale characters in Greek theatre <I> had no featured parts in plays CD were mostly ignored by critics CD did not partiCipate in the chorus G) frequently played the part of victims Paragraph 3 is marked with an arrow [ -+ ]. 21. According to paragraph 3, scripts of plays may not be accurate because (l) the sources cited are not welt known CD copies by hand may oontain many errors CD they are written in very old language G) the printing is dilflCUtt to fead Paragraph 3 is marked with an arrow [ -+ 1. 22. The word 1bem in the passage refers to "" , CD sources CD writers <lD references 23. Why does the author mentiOn a jigsaw puzzle In paragraph 4? <I> To demonstrate the dilflCUlty in drawing conclusions from partial evidence CD To oompare the written felerences lor plays to the paintings on vases CD To justify using acoounts and f'9(X)fds that historians have located <lD To introduce the topic for the next reading passage in the textbook Paragraph 4 is mar1I:ed with an arrow 1-+1. . SECTION , 55 -+ Western selllement and the opening oIlhe northern resource frontier stim- ulated industrial expansion, particularty in C811tral Canada. As the National Pol- icy had intended,. featured parts in plays CD were mostly ignored by critics CD did not partiCipate in the chorus G) frequently played the part of victims Paragraph 3 is marked with an arrow [ -+ ] encouraged American and British Investors to help expand manu- facturing plants in Canada. -+ One Greek theatre Is through arche- ology, such as architecture, inscriptions, sculpture, vase