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    11

    SKILL 6
    ANSWER IMPLIED DETAIL QUESTIONS
    CORRECTLY

    You will sometimes be asked to answer a question by drawing a conclusion from a specific
    detail or details in the passage. Questions of this type contain the words implied, inferred,
    likely, or probably to let you know that the answer to the question is not directly stated. In
    this type of question it is important to understand that you do not have to “pull the answer out
    of thin air”. Instead, some information will be given in the passage, and you will draw a
    conclusion from that information.
    The following chart outlines the key information that you should remember about
    implied detail questions:

    IMPLIED DETAIL QUESTIONS


    HOW TO IDENTIFY It is implied in the passage that…
    THE QUESTION It can be inferred from the passage that…
    It is most likely that…
    What probably happened…?

    WHERE TO FIND The answers to these questions are found in order in the
    THE ANSWER passage.

    HOW TO ANSWER 1. Choose a key word in the question


    THE QUESTION 2. Scan the passage for the key word (or a related idea)
    3. Carefully read the sentence that contains the key word
    4. Look for an answer that could be true, according to that
    sentence.
    12

    Example
    The passage :
    Line The Hawaiian language is a melodious language in which all
    words are derived from an alphabet of only twelve letters, the five
    vowels A, E, I, O, U and the seven consonants H, K, L, M, N, P, W.
    Each syllable in the language ends in a vowel, and two consonants
    5 never appear together, so vowels have a much higher frequency in
    the Hawaiian language than they do in English.
    This musical-sounding language can be heard regularly by
    visitors to the islands. Most Hawaiians speak English, but it is quite
    common to hear English that is liberally spiced with words and
    10 expressions from the traditional language of the culture. A visitor
    may be greeted with the expression aloha, and may be referred to as
    malihini because he is a newcomer to the island. This visitor may
    attend an outside luau where everyone eats too much and be invited
    afterwards to dance the hula.

    The question :
    1. Which of the following is probably NOT a Hawaiian word?
    (A) mahalo
    (B) mahimahi
    (C) meklea
    (D) moana

    2. It is implied that a luau is


    (A) a dance
    (B) a feast
    (C) a concert
    (D) a language
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    TOEFL EXERCISE 6. Study each of the passages and choose the best answer to the
    questions that follow.

    PASSAGE (Questions 1-3)

    Line The extinction of many species of birds has undoubtedly been hastened by modern man;
    since 1600 it has been estimated that approximately 100 bird species have become extinct
    over the world. In North America, the first species known to be annihilated was the great auk,
    a flightless bird that served as an easy source of food and bait for Atlantic fishermen through
    5 the beginning of the nineteenth century.
    Shortly after the great auk’s extinction, two other North American species, the Carolina
    parakeet and the passenger pigeon, began dwindling noticeably in numbers. The last Carolina
    parakeet and the last passenger pigeon in captivity both died in September 1914. In addition
    to these extinct species, several others such as the bald eagle, the peregrine falcon, and the
    10 California condor are today recognized as endangered; steps are being taken to prevent their
    extinction.

    1. The number of bird species that have become extinct in the United States since 1600
    most probably is
    (A) more than 100
    (B) exactly 100
    (C) less than 100
    (D) exactly three

    2. The passage implies that the great auk disappeared


    (A) before 1600
    (B) in the 1600’s
    (C) in the 1800’s
    (D) in the last fifty year

    3. It can be inferred from the passage that the great auk was killed because
    (A) It was eating the fishermen’s catch
    (B) fishermen wanted to eat it
    (C) it flew over fishing areas
    (D) it baited fishermen

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