TOEFL Primary Step 2 Test #46 - Reading

It shows a picture of an area of the earth or sky drawn or printed on a flat surface. You use it to find places.

What is it?

This is a smooth thick liquid produced from plants or animals that is used in cooking.

What is it?

Animals live in a natural state. They are not used to living with people and receiving care from them.

They are _____ animals. 

You form something by joining together different parts and materials. It takes you much time to do this.

What are you doing?

This is the knowledge or wisdom gained from such practice or observation.

What is this?

The young man does not like his car because it is old. He buys a new car to replace his old one. He is _____ his car.

What is he doing?

This is the money paid for a journey in a vehicle such as a bus, train, taxi, or airplane.

What is it?

You are confident and free to do things without any help and advice from other people.

You are _____.

This is a formal set of clothes with a jacket and trousers or a skirt made of the same material and color.

What is it?

Read the email. Then answer the questions.

Dear Emma,

It was great to hear from you after days. You seem to be having a nice time in France. Thanks for the photographs. I really love the photo of your family next to the Effiel Tower. France looks so amazing. Some day, I will also go there. There's not much happening here. I'm busy with my work and children. By the way, are you coming home anytime soon? If you are, let me know the dates and we can arrange to meet up. 

Hope to see you soon!

Kate

Where does Emma travel? 

What does Kate want to do with Emma?

Read the email. Then answer the questions.

Dear Oliver,

Thanks for your email. You do lots of sports at school in Canada. I'd love to play ice hockey one day. We do lots of sports at our school too. We've got a swimming pool at school and our class goes swimming every Wednesday. We also play tennis, volleyball, and football. However, football in Australia is different from soccer. You can touch the ball with your hands! How about your subjects at school? Are they interesting?

Write me back!

Your friend, 

Jack

Where does Oliver study?

Which sport does Jack's school NOT have?

Read the poster. Then answer the questions.

According to the poster, what can you do to protect yourself from coronavirus?

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of the disease?

According to the poster, what should you do if you feel ill?

Read the instruction. Then answer the questions.

How to make a hand puppet

Hand puppets are a great craft project for children. All you’ll need is a few basic supplies and some instructions.

Steps to do:

1. Get a clean sock in the desired color. 

2. Figure out the space for the puppet’s face by using your hand. 

3. Make the eyes for the puppet. You can use a variety of objects to make the eyes for your sock puppet. 

4. Attach the eyes. For quick and easy results, you can simply use a glue stick.

5. Make the mouth for your puppet. Put your hand in the sock puppet and figure out the place of the puppet's mouth. Draw the lips around where your fingertips form the lips of the sock puppet.

6. Make hair for the puppet. Simply cut the material down to size and glue it to the top of the sock puppet.

7. Give your puppet a nose. You can simply use crayons and markers.

8. Decorate your sock puppet.

What can be the benefit of making hand puppets for children?

What helps you to form the puppet's lips?

According to the instruction, which of the following may NOT be used to make a hand puppet?

Read a story about Tyler. Then answer the questions.

Tyler asked his mom if he could ride his bike to the park. “As long as you wear your helmet when you are riding,” she said.

When Tyler got to the park, it was filled with people holding garbage bags. A lot of his friends were there and so were some of his teachers. His friend Bella said, “Everyone is pitching in and cleaning the park today.” She asked Tyler if he would help. Tyler said, “Sure,” and asked for a garbage bag.

There was garbage everywhere. Tyler picked up candy wrappers, juice pouches, newspapers and apple cores. It was really gross. After an hour, he had filled three garbage bags. His friends filled a lot of garbage bags too.

When everyone was finished, one of the teachers loaded the filled garbage bags into his pick-up truck to take them to the dump. The park looked great. They put up signs around the park that read, “Please place garbage in garbage cans and help keep the park clean.”

The teachers bought pizza and lemonade for everyone who helped clean the park. After they ate, Tyler and his friends made sure to put their garbage into the garbage cans.

What did Tyler have to do to ride to the park?

What did Tyler agree with his friend Bella?

How many garbage bags did Tyler fill?

What can you learn from the story?

Read a story about Emma. Then answer the questions.

Emma loves to listen to her brother Jake play his guitar. He is 15 years old and has been playing since he was 5 years old. He practices every day, and he is really good. He plays country music and rock and roll.

Emma likes the country songs best. She really likes watching Jake strum the chords and hearing the country sounds that he creates. Emma wants to take lessons so she can play as well as Jake does. “Mom, can I take guitar lessons?” Emma asks.

Her mom replies, “It takes a lot of hard work to play the songs that Jake plays; are you sure you have enough time to put into practicing?”

Thinking about all of her favorite activities, Emma isn’t sure. She loves her ballet classes, her art classes and her chess club. Emma realizes that if she wants to play guitar, she will probably have to give up another activity to make time for practicing. She does not know which activity she would give up because they all mean so much to her. Emma decides that she will just keep enjoying her brother’s guitar playing for now.

How long has the brother of Emma been playing guitar?

Which kind of music does Emma like best?

What would happen if Emma chose to take guitar lessons?

With Emma, ballet, art and chess are _____.

Read the text. Then answer the questions.

A mammal is a kind of animal. A mammal is warm-blooded and has hair. Mammal babies drink milk. You are a mammal. Most mammals have teeth. There is one mammal that does not have teeth. It doesn’t have baby teeth. It doesn’t have adult teeth. What kind of animal is it? How can the animal eat?

It is an anteater. An anteater doesn’t have teeth, but it does have a long, sticky tongue. One anteater has a tongue two feet long! When the anteater puts out its tongue, ants stick to it. The anteater puts its tongue back in its mouth. It flexes its jaw to scrape the ants off its tongue. Then it swallows the ants whole. Anteaters may eat 30,000 ants in one day!

What is NOT true about mammals?

How many ants may an anteater eat in one day?

Most likely, anteaters swallow ants whole because they don't have _____.

Read the text. Then answer the questions.

A long time ago, people thought that cats were special and had superpowers. They thought cats could see things that people could not. They thought cats could hear things that people could not. Now, we know more about cats. We know that they have super senses, but they do not have superpowers.

Cats see very well in the dark, so wild cats hunt at night. Pet cats also play at night. Cats do not see well in full light. They sleep during the day. Cats also hear tiny sounds. They hear mice squeak. They hear birds scratch. People cannot hear these tiny sounds. Cats feel very slight movements. They also feel with their whiskers. Cats use their sensitive sense of touch to hunt. These may seem like superpowers. In fact, they are just cats' super senses!

What do people know about cats today?

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

What can be concluded from the passage?

Read the text. Then answer the questions.

Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus was named after the goddess of beauty and love. It is the sixth-largest planet. It has been known as the brightest planet. For millions of years, humans have noticed Venus.

The first spacecraft to Venus was in 1962. There have been many visits since then. The rotation of Venus is very unusual. It rotates very slowly and in a direction opposite that of the other planets. Venus is very similar to Earth. It is about the same size. They are also made of similar materials. The surface of Venus, however, has too much carbon dioxide to have any life.

Venus is quite dry. It used to have water (like Earth), but it has dried up. On the surface, Venus has slow winds. There are strong winds on the top of the clouds. Venus does not have a moon. Venus is almost always covered with clouds. The surface of Venus has small craters all over it. Venus also has lots of volcanoes on it. Venus is a fascinating planet.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

What is true about Venus?

What are the author's feelings about Venus?