READING (23) BUILDING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SKILLS READING (23)

 

EXERCISE R10 Understanding exceptions Read each passage. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence that follows it. 1 Whereas the scene of colonial North America was one of the complex cultural negotiations and explosive interactions among Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans, history books have portrayed the settlement of North America as a unilateral push of Europeans into a virgin land. Although primary documentation-government reports, travel accounts, trade journals, all written from a European perspective – is filled with observations concerning Native American customs and beliefs, history books are more interested in outlining important battles. Ethnohistorians, the scholars who blend anthropology’s insights with historical research to produce a cultural understanding of the past, have been making advances in understanding the Native American perspective on European colonialization. The author mentions all of the following as sources of primary documentation EXCEPT A government reports B travel accounts C trade journals D history books 2 Although Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is best known for his realistic watercolours of powerfully dramatic seascapes, he first won acclaim in the art world as an illustrator for the reportage of the American Civil War. This led to his illustrating texts of prose and poetry. His more than 160 drawings reached print as lithographs, wood engravings, and photomechanical cuts. Despite the sill and serious intent he invested in them, Homer’s book illustrations made little impact during his lifetime. Even today, most of his illustrations are not discussed in the literature covering his work, and nearly all of them have been excluded from even the most comprehensive exhibitions of Homer’s art. The author mentions all of the following as types of work Winslow Homer did EXCEPT A photography B lithographs C watercolours D illustrations 3 4 5

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