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[TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 4-1

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Deer Populations of the Puget Sound Two species of deer have been prevalent in the Puget Sound area of Washington State in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The black-tailed deer, a lowland, west-side cousin of the mule deer of eastern Washington, is now the most common. The other species, the Columbian white-tailed deer,… Continue reading [TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 4-1

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[TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 4-2

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Cave Art in Europe The earliest discovered traces of art are beads and carvings, and then paintings, from sites dating back to the Upper Paleolithic period. We might expect that early artistic efforts would be crude, but the cave paintings of Spain and southern France show a marked degree of skill. So do the naturalistic paintings on… Continue reading [TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 4-2

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[TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 4-3

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Petroleum Resources Petroleum, consisting of crude oil and natural gas, seems to originate from organic matter in marine sediment. Microscopic organisms settle to the seafloor and accumulate in marine mud. The organic matter may partially decompose, using up the dissolved oxygen in the sediment. As soon as the oxygen is gone, decay stops and the remaining organic… Continue reading [TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 4-3

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[TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 3-3

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The Long Term Stability of Ecosystems Plant communities assemble themselves flexibly, and their particular structure depends on the specific history of the area. Ecologists use the term "succession" to refer to the changes that happen in plant communities and ecosystems over time. The first community in a succession is called a pioneer community, while the long-lived community… Continue reading [TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 3-3

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[TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 3-2

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Depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer The vast grasslands of the High Plains in the central United States were settled by farmers and ranchers in the 1880s. This region has a semiarid climate, and for 50 years after its settlement, it supported a low-intensity agricultural economy of cattle ranching and wheat farming. In the early twentieth… Continue reading [TOEFL iBT Official Practice Test] Reading 3-2