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To answer this question, you should skim for the word capital and then look for its mean-
ing. A capital is the location of the center of government, and this definition is given in the fourth
and fifth lines. Answer (B) is therefore the best answer to this question.
The following chart outlines the key information that you should remember when you
are trying to determine where in the passage something is found:

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE IN THE PASSAGE 11MB

HOW TO IDENTIFY
THE QUESTION Where in the passage...?

WHERE TO FIND
THE ANSWER The answer can be in any of the lines listed in answers to the question.

HOW TO ANSWER 1 . Choose a key word or idea in the question.
THE QUESTION 2. Skim the appropriate part(s) of the passage looking for the key or idea.
3. Choose the answer that contains the key word or idea.
word

TOEFL EXERCISE 6: Study each of the passages and choose the best answers to the questions
that follow.

PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-2)

A geyser occurs when rainwater seeps into the ground and volcanic magma beneath
the surface heats it. The rainwater then turns into steam. The pressurized steam rises to the
surface and bursts out as a geyser.
Line Yellowstone National Park has more geysers than all of the rest of the world together. The
(5) most famous of these geysers is Old Faithful, which erupts in a high arc of steam about once an
hour.
There have not been any volcanic eruptions in the Yellowstone area for 70,000 years.
However, the existence of the geysers is proof that the area is volcanically active.

1. Where in the passage does the
author mention what heats the water in a
geyser?

(A) Lines 1-2
(B) Line 4
(C) Lines 5-6
(D) Line 7

2. Where in the passage does the author state
how long it has been since a volcano erupted
at Yellowstone?.
(A) Line 2
(B) Line 4
(C) Lines 5-6
(D) Lines 7-8

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