TSI /
Assessment
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Practice
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(Reading) Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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When //we //think //of //volcanoes, //eruptions, //lava, //and //smoke- //filled //air //come //to //mind—
all /
/occurring /
/on /
/land. /
/Most /
/people /
/are /
/surprised /
/to /
/learn /
/about /
/the /
/prevalence /
/of /
/underwater /
/volcanoes /
/on /
/our /
/planet. /
/Because /
/the /
/lava /
/and /
/smoke /
/spilling /
/out /
/of /
/an /
,/active, /
/underwater /
/volcano /
/is /
/contained /
/by /
/the /
/ocean, /
/people /
/generally /
/do /
/not /
/take /
/note /
/of /
/these /
/eruptions. /
/However, /
/the /
/largest /
/underwater /
/volcanoes //are //capable //of //creating //huge //tidal //waves, //threatening //coastal //communities.
(The //main //idea //of //the //passage //is //that...)
A. //traditional //volcanoes //and //underwater //volcanoes //are //similar
B. //the //lava //and //smoke //from //an //underwater //volcano //is //contained //by //the //sea
C. //most //tidal //waves //are //caused //by //underwater //volcanoes
D. /
/underwater /
/volcanoes /
/receive /
/little /
/attention /
/but /
/can /
/be /
/dangerous //- /
,/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Choice /
/(D) /
/is /
/correct. /
/The /
/main /
/idea /
/of /
/the /
/passage /
/is /
/that /
/underwater /
/volcanoes /
/receive /
/little /
/attention /
/but //can //be //dangerous. //The //author //explains //that //while //"people //generally //do //not //take
note" /
/of /
/underwater /
/eruptions /
/because //"the /
/lava /
/and /
/smoke //. //. //. /
/is /
/contained /
/by /
/the /
/ocean," /
/such /
/eruptions /
/are /
/dangerous /
/because /
/they /
, /are //"capable //of //creating //huge //tidal //waves, //threatening //coastal //communities." //Choice //(A)
//is /
/incorrect /
/because /
/the /
/passage /
/highlights /
/differences, /
/not /
/similarities, /
/between //traditional //and //underwater //volcanoes. //Choice //(B) //is //incorrect //because //although
//the /
/passage //notes //that //the //lava //and //smoke //from //underwater //volcanoes //is //contained //by //the
//sea, /
/that /
/fact /
/is /
/not /
/the /
/main /
/idea; /
/it /
/supports /
/the /
/larger /
/point /
/about /
/what /
/people /
/notice. /
/Choice /
/(C) /
/is /
/incorrect /
/because /
/the /
/passage //does //not //indicate //that //most //tidal //waves //are //caused //by //underwater //eruptions.
Assessment
/ /
Practice
/ /
(Reading) Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // // //
When //we //think //of //volcanoes, //eruptions, //lava, //and //smoke- //filled //air //come //to //mind—
all /
/occurring /
/on /
/land. /
/Most /
/people /
/are /
/surprised /
/to /
/learn /
/about /
/the /
/prevalence /
/of /
/underwater /
/volcanoes /
/on /
/our /
/planet. /
/Because /
/the /
/lava /
/and /
/smoke /
/spilling /
/out /
/of /
/an /
,/active, /
/underwater /
/volcano /
/is /
/contained /
/by /
/the /
/ocean, /
/people /
/generally /
/do /
/not /
/take /
/note /
/of /
/these /
/eruptions. /
/However, /
/the /
/largest /
/underwater /
/volcanoes //are //capable //of //creating //huge //tidal //waves, //threatening //coastal //communities.
(The //main //idea //of //the //passage //is //that...)
A. //traditional //volcanoes //and //underwater //volcanoes //are //similar
B. //the //lava //and //smoke //from //an //underwater //volcano //is //contained //by //the //sea
C. //most //tidal //waves //are //caused //by //underwater //volcanoes
D. /
/underwater /
/volcanoes /
/receive /
/little /
/attention /
/but /
/can /
/be /
/dangerous //- /
,/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Choice /
/(D) /
/is /
/correct. /
/The /
/main /
/idea /
/of /
/the /
/passage /
/is /
/that /
/underwater /
/volcanoes /
/receive /
/little /
/attention /
/but //can //be //dangerous. //The //author //explains //that //while //"people //generally //do //not //take
note" /
/of /
/underwater /
/eruptions /
/because //"the /
/lava /
/and /
/smoke //. //. //. /
/is /
/contained /
/by /
/the /
/ocean," /
/such /
/eruptions /
/are /
/dangerous /
/because /
/they /
, /are //"capable //of //creating //huge //tidal //waves, //threatening //coastal //communities." //Choice //(A)
//is /
/incorrect /
/because /
/the /
/passage /
/highlights /
/differences, /
/not /
/similarities, /
/between //traditional //and //underwater //volcanoes. //Choice //(B) //is //incorrect //because //although
//the /
/passage //notes //that //the //lava //and //smoke //from //underwater //volcanoes //is //contained //by //the
//sea, /
/that /
/fact /
/is /
/not /
/the /
/main /
/idea; /
/it /
/supports /
/the /
/larger /
/point /
/about /
/what /
/people /
/notice. /
/Choice /
/(C) /
/is /
/incorrect /
/because /
/the /
/passage //does //not //indicate //that //most //tidal //waves //are //caused //by //underwater //eruptions.
