2016-03-07 Pre-TOEFL: "real" reading practice

Greg Malivuk
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Take 15 minutes to read the passage and answer the questions.
8 B “many talented African American writers connected with the Harlem Renaissance”
9 D
10 C
11 A
12 A
13 D “readers preferred themes...of the times” = They read new things instead of Hughes
14 B
15 D (This is the only position after it talks about a book.)
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Words that you didn’t understand:
ship out = go to another place as a soldier (especially the navy, coast guard, or merchant marines)
transitory = temporary, passing
mature = older, more developed, in its final form