Reading Comprehension TOEFL Exams 65

TOEFL Exams: Reading Comprehension - Lesson 65 (Đọc hiểu - TOEFL - Bài 65)

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Several hundred grave sites have been found throughout Iceland dating from the time of the first settlements, some 1,100 years ago, to the time the Icelandic people embraced Christianity around the year 1000 A.D. The evidence they offer of that pagan era suggests some 5 Viking influence as bodies were occasionally laid in boats, but the dead were more commonly provided with one or, exceptionally, two small Icelandic horses. This custom, of course, equally connotes a journey to the land of the dead, and it also provides evidence both that these horses have been the Icelanders' companions from 10 the very first and that the breed has remained pure over the centuries right down to the present day.

1. Approximately how long did the "pagan era" in Iceland last ?
(A) one hundred years
(B) several hundred years
(C) one thousand years
(D) one thousand one hundred years
2. Which of the following can be said of the grave sites found in Iceland?
(A) They are all located in the very first settlements.
(B) They were discovered about 1,100 years ago.
(C) They are located in many different parts of the country .
(D) They were usually by travelers.
3. What can be inferred from the passage about the first settlers?
(A) They were unquestionably Vikings.
(B) They arrived on horseback.
(C) They embraced Christianity.
(D) They were not Christians.
4. Which of the following cannot be said of the contents of the pagan graves?
(A) The bodies were rarely laid in boats.
(B) They occasionally evidenced Viking influence.
(C) The bodies were generally accompanied by two small horses.
(D) They had not been given a Christian burial.
5. According to the passage, the idea of journey after death was believed by
(A) all the Icelanders nowaday.
(B) the Vikings and the pagan Icelanders.
(C) the Christian Icelanders.
(D) the pagan Icelanders only.
6. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(A) The small Icelandic breed of horses has remained unchanged for over a thousand years.
(B) The first Vikings brought Christianity Iceland.
(C) Icelandic horses live to a great age.
(D) Horses were first brought to Iceland by Christian missionaries.