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Toefl : Structure 1- 5
Toefl 1:
1. According to the third law of thermodynamics, _____ possible is –273.16 degrees centigrade.
(A) that temperature is lowest
(B) the temperature is lower
(C) lowest temperature
(D) the lowest temperature.
2. After the First World War, the author Anais Nin became interested in the art movement known as Surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both _____ her novels and shorts stories.
(A) in which the influence
(B) of which influenced
(C) to have influence
(D) its influence in
3. Muskrats generally _____ close to the edge of a bog, where their favorite plant foods grow plentifully.
(A) staying
(B) they are staying
(C) stay
(D) to stay there
4. Oliver Ellsworth, _____ of the United States Supreme Court, was the author of the bill that established the federal court system.
(A) he was the third chief justice
(B) the third chief justice was
(C) who the third chief justice
(D) the third chief justice
5. _____ Colonial period the great majority of Connecticut's settlers came from England.
(A) Since
(B) The time
(C) During the
(D) It was
6. A politician can make a legislative proposal more _____ by giving specific examples of what its effect will be.
(A) to understanding
(B) understandably
(C) understandable
(D) when understood
7. Playing the trumpet with dazzling originality, _____ dominated jazz for 20 years.
(A) Louis Armstrong
(B) The influence of Louis Armstrong
(C) The music of Louis Armstrong
(D) Louis Armstrong's talent
8. Before every presidential election in the United States, the statisticians try to guess the proportion of the population that _____ for each candidate.
(A) are voted
(B) voting
(C) to be voted
(D) will vote
9. _____ at a river ford on the Donner Pass route to California, the city of Reno grew as bridges and railroad were built.
(A) Settle
(B) To settle
(C) It was settling
(D) Having been settled
10. The air inside a house or office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants _____ heavily polluted outside air.
(A) than does
(B) more
(C) as some that are
(D) like of
11. The decimal numeral system is one of the _____ ways of expressing numbers.
(A) useful most world's
(B) world's most useful
(C) useful world's most
(D) most world's useful
12. Emily Dickinson's garden was a place _____ great inspiration for her poems.
(A) that she drew
(B) by drawing her
(C) from which she drew
(D) drawn from which
13. The mountains surrounding Los Angeles effectively shield the city from the hot, dry winds of the Mojave Desert, _____ the circulation of air.
(A) but they also prevent
(B) also prevented by them
(C) and also to prevent
(D) and also preventing
14. Not only _____ to determine the depth of the ocean floor, but it is also used to locate oil.
(A) to use seismology
(B) is seismology used
(C) seismology is used
(D) using seismology
15. Nebraska has floods in some years, _____.
(A) in others drought
(B) droughts are others
(C) while other droughts
(D) others in drought
16. Pop Art was a movement of the 1950's and 1960's whom imagery was based on
A B C
readily recognized American products and people.
D
17. Because the tachinid fly is a parasite of harmful insects, much species have been
A B C
imported into the United States to combat insect pests.
D
18. All almost the electricity for industrial use comes from large generators driven by steam turbines.
A B C D
19. The Egyptians first discovered that drying fruit preserved it, made it sweeter, and
A B C
improvement its flavor.
D
20. During his twelve year there, Ellsi Marsalis turned the New Orleans Center for the
A B
Creative Arts into a rich training place for future jazz stars.
C D
21. Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of
A B
numbers or other elements that are often represented at symbols.
C D
22. As her focus changed, the love poetry that Edna St. Vincent Millay produced in
A B C
the 1920's increasing gave way to poetry dealing with social injustice.
D
23. When a pearl is cut in half and examined under a microscope, but its layers can be seen.
A B C D
24. A conductor uses signals and gesture to let the musicians to know when to play
A B C D
various parts of a composition.
25. If a glass lizard loses its tails, a new one grows to replace it.
A B C D
26. Many of the recording instruments used in vary branches of science are kymographs.
A B C D
27. It was near end of prehistoric times that the first wheeled vehicles appeared.
A B C D
28. Martin Luther King Jr.'s magnificent speaking ability enabling him to effectively
A B C
express the demands for social justice for Black Americans.
D
29. Designers of athletic footwear finely tune each category of shoe to its particularly
A B C
activity by studying human motion and physiology.
D
30. Gothic Revival architecture has several basis characteristics that distinguish it
A B C
from other nineteenth-century architectural styles.
D
31. Since rats are destructive and may carry disease, therefore many cities try to exterminate them.
A B C D
32. In the United States among 60 percent of the space on the pages of newspapers
A B
is reserved for advertising.
C D
33. Recently in the automobile industry, multinational companies have developed to
A
the point where such few cars can be described as having been made entirely in one country.
B C D
34. Scientists believe that by altering the genetic composition of plants it is possible to
A
develop specimens that are resisting to disease and have increased food value.
B C D
35. The purpose of traveler's checks is to protect travelers from theft and accidental
A B C
lost of money.
D
36. The early periods of aviation in the United States was marked by exhibition flights
A B
made by individual fliers or by teams of performers at country fairs.
C D
37. The American anarchist Emma Goldman infused her spirited lectures, publishes,
A
and demonstrations with a passionate belief in the freedom of the individual.
B C D
38. Being the biggest expanse of brackish water in the world, the Baltic Sea is of
A B C
special interesting to scientists.
D
39. The main advertising media include direct mail, radio, television, magazine, and newspaper.
A B C D
40. While studying the chemistry of human body, Dr. Rosalyn Yalow won a Nobel Prize for the
A B
research she conducted on the role of hormones.
C D
Toefl 1:
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Toefl 2:
1. _____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, engineers are creating exotic new metallic substances.
(A) Meet
(B) Being met are
(C) To meet
(D) They are meeting
2. _____ James A. Bland, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" was adopted is the state song of Virginia in 1940.
(A) Was written by
(B) His writing was
(C) He wrote the
(D) Written by
3. Mary Garden, _____ the early 1900's, was considered one of the best singing actresses of her time.
(A) a soprano was popular
(B) in a popular soprano
(C) was a popular soprano
(D) a popular soprano in
4. In the realm of psychological theory, Margaret F. Washburn was a dualist _____ that motor phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
(A) who she believed
(B) who believed
(C) believed
(D) who did she believe
5. _____ no real boundary to the part of the ocean referred to as a "deep" because of changing water levels and movement in the sea floor.
(A) It is
(B) To be
(C) Being
(D) There is
6. Unlike moderate antislavery advocates, abolitionists _____ an immediate end to slavery.
(A) demanded
(B) they demand
(C) that they demanded
(D) in that they demand
7. A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _____ to be dead.
(A) appear
(B) to appear
(C) by appearing
(D) to be appearing
8. _____ of the mourning dove is made only by the male.
(A) That the sad cooing call
(B) The sad cooing call
(C) Is the sad cooing call
(D) The cooing call is sad.
9. The work of painters in the United States during the early twentieth century is noted for _____ as well as telling stories.
(A) it is representing of images
(B) which images representing
(C) the images representing
(D) representing images
10. Abraham Lincoln insisted that _____ not just on mere opinion but on moral purpose.
(A) to base democracy
(B) for democracy to be based
(C) democracy be based
(D) whenever democracy is based
11. World trade patterns are indicative of the important economic issues _____ confront the world today.
(A) what
(B) that
(C) who
(D) they
12. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not _____ kettle drums.
(A) as prevalent
(B) that prevalent
(C) so prevalent as
(D) prevalent than
13. Most natural ports are located where the shoreline is irregular and _____.
(A) deep water
(B) is the water deep
(C) the water is deep
(D) there is the deep water
14. _____ to the reproductive rates of other small mammals, that of the bat is very low indeed.
(A) Compared
(B) It is compared
(C) To be comparing
(D) Have compared
15. _____ native to Europe, the daisy has now spread throughout most of North America.
(A) Although
(B) If it were
(C) In spite of
(D) That it is
16. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consists of a nearly hundred
A B
large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.
C D
17. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earth's than are
A B C
those of any other planet in the solar system.
D
18. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky for
A B C
twenty-four hours or longer.
D
19. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering,
A B C
hunting, and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.
D
20. Among the parameters that determine whether an environment is suitably for life
A B
as se know it are temperature, water availability, and oxygen content.
C D
21. When eggs of some species of insects hatch, the newly born insects look almost
A B C
like its adult counterparts.
D
22. Although there are more than 2,000 different variety of candy, many of them are
A B
made from a basic boiled mixture of sugar, water, and corn syrup.
C D
23. The capital of the United States, originally New York City, was moved to
A B C
Philadelphia where stayed until 1800.
D
24. Migration of animals may be initiated by physiological stimuli such as
A B
reproductive changes, external pressures such as weather changes, or a combination
C
of either types of changes.
D
25. Lawrence Robert Klein received the 1980 Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering
A B
the useful of computers to forecast economic activity.
C D
26. The strength, size, and surefootedness of the Hama make it as excellent beast of
A B C
burden in mountainous regions today as it was in the past.
D
27. Nuclear energy, despite its early promise as a source of electrical power, is still
A B C
insignificant in compared with older and safer energy sources.
D
28. Hawaii's eight major islands and numerous islets form the only state in the United
A B C
States that is not lie on the mainland of North America.
D
29. Established about 1300, the Acoma pucblo in New Mexico is believed to be oldest
A B C
continuously occupied settlement in the United States.
D
30. Nocturnal creatures, raccoons forage primarily at night and spend their days rest
A B C D
in their dens.
31. Marian Anderson, in addition to gaining fame as a concert soloist, also served as a
A B C
United States delegates to the United Nations.
D
32. Good dental hygiene and a proper diet are necessary for the maintain of sound teeth.
A B C D
33. Rice adapt better than other grain crops to areas with unfavorable saline, alkaline,
A B C
or acid sulfate soils.
D
34. Jeanette Rankin, pacifist and lifetime crusader for social and electoral reform, was
A B
the first woman to be a membership of the United States Congress.
C D
35. In the United States, Maryland ranks second only to Virginia as a oyster-producing state.
A B C D
36. The social games of children help to prepare themselves for their adult roles.
A B C D
37. Algae have been an extremely important link in the food chain after the beginning
A B C
of life on Earth as we know it.
D
38. The chorus plays a large part in any oratorio, linking areas were sung by soloists
A B C D
with segments of choral music.
39. Butte, Montana, had built above large deposits of silver, gold, and copper and
A B
became known as "the richest hill on Earth."
C D
40. Realistic novels, in trying to present life as it actually is, have written many works
A B C
that are notable for their artistry of style.
D
Toefl 2:
CDDBD ACBDC BCCAA BBBDB DBDDC CDDCD DCADD CCDAA
Toefl 2:
1. _____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, engineers are creating exotic new metallic substances.
(A) Meet
(B) Being met are
(C) To meet
(D) They are meeting
2. _____ James A. Bland, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" was adopted is the state song of Virginia in 1940.
(A) Was written by
(B) His writing was
(C) He wrote the
(D) Written by
3. Mary Garden, _____ the early 1900's, was considered one of the best singing actresses of her time.
(A) a soprano was popular
(B) in a popular soprano
(C) was a popular soprano
(D) a popular soprano in
4. In the realm of psychological theory, Margaret F. Washburn was a dualist _____ that motor phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
(A) who she believed
(B) who believed
(C) believed
(D) who did she believe
5. _____ no real boundary to the part of the ocean referred to as a "deep" because of changing water levels and movement in the sea floor.
(A) It is
(B) To be
(C) Being
(D) There is
6. Unlike moderate antislavery advocates, abolitionists _____ an immediate end to slavery.
(A) demanded
(B) they demand
(C) that they demanded
(D) in that they demand
7. A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _____ to be dead.
(A) appear
(B) to appear
(C) by appearing
(D) to be appearing
8. _____ of the mourning dove is made only by the male.
(A) That the sad cooing call
(B) The sad cooing call
(C) Is the sad cooing call
(D) The cooing call is sad.
9. The work of painters in the United States during the early twentieth century is noted for _____ as well as telling stories.
(A) it is representing of images
(B) which images representing
(C) the images representing
(D) representing images
10. Abraham Lincoln insisted that _____ not just on mere opinion but on moral purpose.
(A) to base democracy
(B) for democracy to be based
(C) democracy be based
(D) whenever democracy is based
11. World trade patterns are indicative of the important economic issues _____ confront the world today.
(A) what
(B) that
(C) who
(D) they
12. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not _____ kettle drums.
(A) as prevalent
(B) that prevalent
(C) so prevalent as
(D) prevalent than
13. Most natural ports are located where the shoreline is irregular and _____.
(A) deep water
(B) is the water deep
(C) the water is deep
(D) there is the deep water
14. _____ to the reproductive rates of other small mammals, that of the bat is very low indeed.
(A) Compared
(B) It is compared
(C) To be comparing
(D) Have compared
15. _____ native to Europe, the daisy has now spread throughout most of North America.
(A) Although
(B) If it were
(C) In spite of
(D) That it is
16. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consists of a nearly hundred
A B
large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.
C D
17. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earth's than are
A B C
those of any other planet in the solar system.
D
18. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky for
A B C
twenty-four hours or longer.
D
19. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering,
A B C
hunting, and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.
D
20. Among the parameters that determine whether an environment is suitably for life
A B
as se know it are temperature, water availability, and oxygen content.
C D
21. When eggs of some species of insects hatch, the newly born insects look almost
A B C
like its adult counterparts.
D
22. Although there are more than 2,000 different variety of candy, many of them are
A B
made from a basic boiled mixture of sugar, water, and corn syrup.
C D
23. The capital of the United States, originally New York City, was moved to
A B C
Philadelphia where stayed until 1800.
D
24. Migration of animals may be initiated by physiological stimuli such as
A B
reproductive changes, external pressures such as weather changes, or a combination
C
of either types of changes.
D
25. Lawrence Robert Klein received the 1980 Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering
A B
the useful of computers to forecast economic activity.
C D
26. The strength, size, and surefootedness of the Hama make it as excellent beast of
A B C
burden in mountainous regions today as it was in the past.
D
27. Nuclear energy, despite its early promise as a source of electrical power, is still
A B C
insignificant in compared with older and safer energy sources.
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