Make 10 Tests Of TOEFL
Questions 1-5 :
The next artist in this survey of American artist is James Whistler; he is included in this survey of American artist because he was born in the United States, although the majority of his artwork was completed in Europe. Whistler was born in Massachusetts in 1834, but nine years later his father moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work on the construction of a railroad. The family returned to the United States in 1849. Two years later Whistler entered the U.S. military academy at West Point, but he was unable to graduate. At the age of twenty-one Whistler went to Europe to study art despite familial objections, and he remained in Europe until his death.
Whistler worked in various art forms, including etchings and lithographs. However, he is most famous for his paintings, particularly Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artists Mother or Whistlers Mother, as it is more commonly known. This painting shows a side view of Whistlers mother, dressed I black and posing against a gray wall. The asymmetrical nature of the portrait, with his mother seated off-center, is highly characteristic of Whistlers work.
1. The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses
a. A survey of eighteenth-century art
b. a different American artist
c. Whistlers other famous paintings
d. European artists
2. Which of the following best describes the information in the passage?
a. Several artists are presented
b. One artists life and works are described
c. Various paintings are contrasted
d. Whistlers family life is outlined.
3. The world majority in line 2 is closest in meaning to
a. seniority
b. maturity
c. large pices
d. high percentage
4. In line 8, the etchings are
a. a type of painting
b. the same as a lithograph
c. an art form introduced by Whistler
d. an art form involving engraving
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passsage?
a. a.Whistler work with a variety of art forms.
b. Whistlers Mother is not the official name of his painting.
c. Whistler is best known for his etchings.
d. Whistlers Mother is painted in somber tones.
6. After she had bougt himself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle.
A B C D
7. John has not completed the assignment yet, and Anna hasn’t neither.
A B C D
8. After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book.
A B C D
9. Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice because those clothes that a person
A B C
likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her.
D
10. Maria decided to buy in the morning a new car, but in the afternoon she changed her mind
A B C D
KUNCI JAWABAN
1. B 6. B
2. B 7. D
3. D 8. D
4. D 9. A
5. C 10. B
