READING (30) BUILDING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SKILLS READING (30)

 

Exercises R15-R21 Use Exercises R15-R21 to build your skills in making inferences and drawing conclusions in reading passages. EXERCISE R16 Locating sources for inferred information Read the passage and the statement about inferences that follows it. Underline the part or parts of the passage from which the interference can be made. 1 Unlike other toads, the male golden toad is nearly voiceless. It attracts its mate through its unmistakable orange color. When the clouds are thick in the rain forest, usually in April and May, the male toads appear like flashing neon signals, which is as effective as croaking in luring females during the mating season. It can be inferred from this passage that most toads attract their mates by making sounds. 2 The great temple of Borobudur is stepped pyramid of unmortared andesite and basalt volcanic stone, with a perimeter of 403 feet and standing 105 feet high. This holy place lay abandoned and forgotten for more than 800 years after a devastating earthquake and an eruption of one of the four surrounding volcanoes caused its population to flee in 1006. Besides earthquakes and volcanoes, torrential rains, encroaching tropical vegetation, and time have all taken their roll. It can be inferred from this passage that the temple of Borobudur is in ruins.

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