Hi dear friends,
I’m just preparing a student for TOEFL exam and we come across this lesson here. There is a passage about the migration from Asia to North America. Could you please tell me which answer is correct for the question No.1? If you can’t open the link above here is the link for the text: http://www.fumcaustin.org/esl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/TOEFL-Homework-LEsson-4.pdf
1. Which sentence best expresses the essential information in this passage?
a. Human migration across the Bering Strait was remarkably slow.
b. Physical limitations made migration across the Bering Strait almost impossible.
c. Humans readily adapted to life in the Bering Strait.
d. The migration through the Americas was surprisingly fast.
The answers B and C are absolutely out of the question. In my opinion the correct answer is A (Human migration across the Bering Strait was remarkably slow.). Nevertheless, my student says it is D (The migration through the Americas was surprisingly fast.).
In my opinion, the key sentence is “…The Americas were populated at an astounding pace, when one considers the physical limits of the human body …” where the part “when one considers the physical limits of …” tells us that only from this point of view the migration was fast. At the beginning of the article we learn that it “took more than 1,000 years, or 30 generations” which I think is slow process.
Thanks for your consideration and answers.
Oto
I would go with D.
