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"?

  1. enclosed area
  2. wide-open space
  3. mountains

2. What animals live on the range?

  1. deer and antelope
  2. buffalo, deer, and antelope
  3. buffalo and deer

3. What is the weather like on the range?

  1. mostly cloudy
  2. mostly windy
  3. mostly sunny

4. Where would the poet like to live?

  1. in the city
  2. on the range
  3. in a large house

5. Why is the night sky bright?

  1. Many stars are visible and shining.
  2. It is cloudy.
  3. The city lights are shining.

6. On the range, do people often argue and criticize others?

  1. yes
  2. no

7. In the poem, what is the meaning of the word "seldom"?

  1. often
  2. sometimes
  3. not often

8. In the poem, what is the meaning of the word "exchange"?

  1. trade
  2. sell
  3. 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.

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