Toefl exam Essentials

TOEFL EXAM ESSENTIALS
Practice
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Find
the answers on page 111.
Storytelling should speak first to the heart and only second to the
intellect. It should, in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s words, “be both clear
and profound,” and it should also entertain. The new writer
should avoid creating pieces that are deliberately obscure and
impossible to understand except by a small, elite group of other
writers.
6. What is the passage suggesting about new writers?
a. They are excellent writers.
b. They write better than those who have practiced the
art of writing.
c. They think that good writing should be difficult to
understand.
d. They aim to please a wide audience.
7. What is the author implying about most readers?
a. They are not very smart.