TOEFL EXERCISE 5 (Written Expression)

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Written Expression
Directions: In these questions, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Look at the following examples. Example I The four string on a violin are tuned A B C D in fifths. The sentence should read, The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths. Therefore, you should choose answer (B). Example II The research for the book Roots taking A B C Alex Haley twelve years D The sentence should read, The research for the book Roots took Alex Haley twelve years. Therefore, you should choose answer (C). Sample Answer Sample Answer

1. Cone shells live in much different seas and feed mainly on small fish and worms A B C D 2. The leaves of the common sunflower are rough to the touch on both side. A B C D 3. Hemoglobin enables the red blood cells to carry oxygen and small numbers of carbon dioxide. A B C D 4. Those with narcolepsy experience the uncontrollable desire to sleep, perhaps several time in A B C one day.

5. Another great artists of the time and possibly the most gifted silversmith in the colonies was A B C D Paul Revere. 6. Alzheimers disease afflicts two in ten person over the age of seventy in the A B C D United States. 7. The red cardinal spends many of its time feeding on the ground. A B C D 8. In the 1920s, Tulsa had a higher number of millionaire than any other U.S. city A B C D 9. Because Washington is a district and not a state, its residents have less right than other A B C Citizens.

10. Implosive consonants occur in many different language but they are particularly common in A B C D American Indian and African languages. 11. A single protein molecule may being composed of tens of thousands of atoms A B C D 12. Less plants grow in the poor taiga soils beneath the trees. A B C D 13. Vast reserves of oil and gas is located in the Gulf of Mexico. A B C D 14. Helium is a colorless, odorless, taste element often used to inflate balloons. A B C D 15. The common was the heart of every New England villages built in the eighteenth century A B C D 16. Some of the regulations that bind U.S. institutions allows foreign banks to package loans at A B C hard-to-beat interest rates. D 17. In angioplasty, a catheter is thread through an artery and guided through the body to the A B C blocked area. D

18. Animals like frogs have waterproof skin that prevents they from drying out quickly in air, A B C sun, or wind D 19. Because of its ability to survive close to human habitations, the Virginia deer has actually A B C increased their range and numbers. D 20. John D. Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, and he was the richest A B man in the world at the time of her retirement. C D 21. The aorta arches out of the heart, and then its moves down toward the lower body. A B C D 22. Global average temperatures are now .6 degrees Celsius warmer than we were 100 years ago A B C D 23. During the Civil War, Clara Barton became known as the Angel of the Battlefield for hers A B C fearless care of wounded soldiers. D 24. Our Sun is a medium-sized star orbiting near the edge of a collection of stars that our call the A B C D Milky Way. 25. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to The Star-Spangled Banner as they stood alone A B C D watching the British bombardment of Fort McHenry. 26. Some scallops can open and close theirs valves and swim away rapidly when they are disturbed A B C D 27. Pearl S. Buck began her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, in 1925, while her was traveling A B C D between the United States and China.

28. In 1785 Henry Knox was appoint the new republics first secretary of war. A B C D

29. Biophysics is one of the various branch of physics A B C D 30. Unlike many great writers, Longfellow was an enormously popular poet in him day. A B C D 31. After Lincolns assassination, Fords Theater was closed and parts of it was converted to A B C government office space D 32. Most of the Earths ice is found either in the two great ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland and A B C D on the tall mountains of the world.

33. Except for a few species, such as the spotted salamander, the courtship of salamanders are A B secretive and not often observed. C D 34. Unlike most mollusks, crustaceans outgrow their shells and need to build several completely A B C new casings throughout they lives. D 35. Sounds quieter than 10 decibels are impossibly for the human ear to hear A B C D 36. Often the best farmland is next to a river that floods periodical A B C D 37. The planet Mercury has a moderately elliptically orbit. A B C D 38. An 18-watt fluorescent bulb seems as brightly A B as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. C D

39. The telephone works by changing the voices sound waves into electrically signals. A B C D 40. In the northern United States, two European species of small white birch are extensive planted A B C as ornamentals. D

41. Fifty million Americans continue to smoke despite abundant evidence that smoking is A B extremely unhealthfully C D 42. The U.S. Military Academy sits on scenic heights overlooking a strategically bend in the A B C D Hudson River. 43. The Erie Canal became so successfully at providing cheap transportation that it was greatly A B C enlarged between 1835 and 1862. D 44. The Infra-Red Astronomy Satellite (IRAS), launched in 1983, contained a special coded A B C reflecting telescope that detected infrared rays. D 45. The abrasively action of the wind wears away softer layers of rock. A B C D 46. There are two way of making a gas condense: cooling it or putting it under pressure. A B C D 47. Researchers have discovered that the application of bright light can sometimes be uses to A B C overcome jet lag. D 48. Salmon migrations may include having to jump up waterfalls, swim up rapids, or climbing A B C fish ladders at dams. D 49. If a strike is called in violation of an existing contract between labor and management, its a A B C D wildcat strike. 50. Snapping turtles are easily recognized because of the large head, the long tail, and the shell A B C that seems insufficiently to protect the body. D

TOEFL EXERCISE 5
(WRITTEN EXPRESSION)

ANSWER KEYS

1. B 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C 16. C 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. D

21. C 22. D 23. C 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. D 33. B 34. D 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. C

41. D 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. A 47. C 48. C 49. D 50. D

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