Latihan Soal TOEFL Reading Skill 9: Menentukan di mana Informasi Spesifik Ditemukan

Text 1

Beavers generally live in family clusters consisting of six to ten members. 'One cluster would

probably consist of two adults. one male and one female. and four to eight young beavers. or kits.

A female beaver gives birth each spring to two to four babies at a time. These baby beavers live

with their parents until they are two years old. In the springtime of their second year they are forced

out of the family group to make room for the new babies. These two-year-old beavers then proceed

to start new family clusters of their own.

1. Where in the passage docs the author give the name of a baby beaver?

(A) Line 1

(B) Line 2

(C) Line 3

(D) Lines 4-5

2. Where in the passage does the author mention the time of year when new baby beavers are born?

(A) Line 1

(B) Line 2

(C) Line 3

(D) Lines 4-5

3. Where in the passage does the author state the age at which beavers must go out on their own?

(A) Line 1

(B) Line 2

(C) Line 3

(D) Lines 4-5

4. Where in the passage does the author indicate why the young beavers must leave their parents' home?

(A) Line 1

(B) Line 2

(C) Line 3

(D) Lines 4-5

Text 2

Chamber music received its name because it was originally intended to be performed in small

rooms in private homes rather than huge concert halls or theaters. Today it has evolved into small

ensemble music in which each performer in the ensemble plays an individual part.

The compositions written for this type of performance can easily be classified into three distinct

periods, each with its style of music and instrumentation. In the earliest period (1450-1650), the

viol and other instrumental families developed considerably, and instrumental music took its first

steps toward equal footing with vocal music. In the second period (1650-1750), trio sonatas

dominated. These ensemble compositions were often written for two violins and a cello; the

harpsichord was also featured in various compositions of this period. In the modern period (after

1750), the preponderance of chamber music was written for the string quartet, an ensemble

composed of two violins, a viola, and a cello.

5. Where in the passage does the author discuss the modern definition of chamber music?

(A) Lines 2-3

(B) Lines 4-5

(C) Lines 8-9

(D) Lines 9-11

6. Where in the passage does the author discuss the period when ensembles for three instruments predominated?

(A) Lines 2-3

(B) Lines 4-5

(C) Lines 7-9

(D) Lines 9-11

7. Where in the passage does the author mention music written for four strings?

(A) Lines 2-3

(B) Lines 4-5

(C) Lines 7-9

(D) Lines 9-11

Text 3

It is common practice to coat metals such as iron and steel with a protective layer of zinc or an

alloy made from zinc mixed with aluminum, cadmium, or tin in a process known as

"galvanization." The purpose of galvanization is to prevent the corrosion of the iron or steel.

The most common method to galvanize metal is the hot-dip galvanizing process. In this process,

the iron or steel is dipped into a hot bath of a zinc alloy to form a protective coating approximately

.003 inches thick. Another method of galvanizing that is not as common is the process known as

electrogalvanizing; in this process the metal is placed in a solution composed of zinc sulphate and

water and is then charged electrically. This causes a thin layer of zinc to coat the metal.

Zinc is effective in galvanizing metals such as iron or steel in that zinc reacts more easily with

oxygen than iron does. If iron is unprotected, it reacts with the oxygen in the air to form iron oxide,

 or rust, which leads to the corrosion of the iron. If, however, the iron is coated with zinc, as it is

in the galvanization process, then it is the zinc rather than the iron which interacts with the oxygen

to form zinc oxide, and the iron is not subject to corrosion.

8. Where in the passage does the author list the components of a zinc alloy?

Lines 1-2

(B) Lines 4-6

(C) Lines 9-10

(D) Lines 11-13

9. Where in the passage does the author present the less routinely used process of galvanization?

(A) Lines 1-2

(B) Lines 4-6

(C) Lines 6-8

(D) Lines 9-10

10. Where in the passage does the author describe what happens when iron and oxygen interact?

(A) Lines 4-6

(B) Lines 6-8

(C) Lines 10-11

(D) Lines 11-13

Kunci Jawaban:

1. B

2. C

3. D

4. D

5. A

6. C

7. D

8. A

9. C

10. C