TOEFL >> Reading >> In the reading part of the TOEFL exam, Passages require understanding of rhetorical functions such as cause-effect, compare-contrast and argumentation. Students answer questions about main ideas, details, inferences, essential information, sentence insertion, vocabulary, rhetorical purpose and overall ideas.
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TOEFL Reading - Worksheet 17
Read the poem and choose the best answer to each question.
1. In the poem, what is the meaning of the word "range"?
- enclosed area
- wide-open space
- mountains
2. What animals live on the range?
- deer and antelope
- buffalo, deer, and antelope
- buffalo and deer
3. What is the weather like on the range?
- mostly cloudy
- mostly windy
- mostly sunny
4. Where would the poet like to live?
- in the city
- on the range
- in a large house
5. Why is the night sky bright?
- Many stars are visible and shining.
- It is cloudy.
- The city lights are shining.
6. On the range, do people often argue and criticize others?
- yes
- no
7. In the poem, what is the meaning of the word "seldom"?
- often
- sometimes
- not often
8. In the poem, what is the meaning of the word "exchange"?
- trade
- sell
- buy
Home on the Range
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
How often at night when the heavens are bright,
With the light from the glittering stars,
Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed,
If their glory exceeds that of ours.
Then I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
