TOEFL EXERCISE: (B) focuses on

A. Choose the letter of the word or (C) focusing

group of words that best (D) to focus on
completes the sentence. 8. Dolphins form extremely complicated
1. The North Platte River____from allegiances and_____continually change.
Wyoming into Nebraska. (A) enmities that
(A) it flowed (B) that are enmities
(B) flows (C) enmities that are
(C) flowing (D) that enmities
(D) with flowing water 9. Only for a short period of time____run at
2. ____Biloxi received its name from a top speed.
Sioux word meaning “first people.” (A) cheetahs
(A)The city of (B) do cheetahs
(B)Located in (C) that a cheetah can
(C) It is in (D) can
(D) The tour included 10. The wedges____dart board are worth
3. A pride of lions____up to forty lions, from one to twenty points each.
including one to three males, several (A) they are on a
females, and cubs. (B) are on a
(A) can contain (C) are they on a
(B) it contains (D) on a
(C) contain 11. ____producing many new movies for
(D) containing release after the new season begins.
4. ____tea plant are small and white. (A) His company is
(A) The (B) His companies
(B) On the (C) The company
(C) Having flowers the (D) Why the company is
(D) The flowers of the 12. The Dewey Decimal System, currently
5. The tetracyclines,____antibiotics, are used in libraries throughout the
used to treat infections. world,_____all written works into ten
(A) are a family of classes according to subject.
(B) being a family (A) dividing
(C) a family of (B) divides
(D) their family is (C) it would divide
6. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth (D) was divided
century,____limited to the rich. 13. Among bees____a highly elaborate form
(A) was of communication.
(B) was photography (A) occur
(C) it was photography (B) occurs
(D) photography was (C) it occurs
7. As its name suggests, the Prairie (D) they occur
Wetlands Resource Center____the 14. ________ heated by solar energy have
protection of wetlands on the prairies of the special collectors on the roofs to trap
Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, and sunlight.
Nebraska. (A) A home is
(A) it focuses (B) Homes are
(C) A home on observations made without a telescope.
(D) Homes D
15. The musical instrument____is six feet 7. Only with a two-thirds vote by both
long. A
(A) is called the bass houses are the U.S. Congress able to
(B) it is called the bass B C
(C) called the bass override a presidential veto.
(D) calls the bass D
8. Of all the evidence that has piled up since
A
B. Choose the letter of the underlined Webster’s paper was published,
word or group of words that is not
correct. there is no new ideas to contradict his
1. Each number in a binary system are B C D
A B original theory.
formed from only two symbols.
C D 9. More than half of the children in the
2. Scientists at the medical center is trying to A B
A 1,356 member district qualifies for
determine if there is a relationship C
B C reduced-price or free lunches.
between saccharine and cancer. D
D 10. Five miles beyond the hills were a fire
3. On the rim of the Kilauea volcano in the A B
A with its flames reaching up to the sky.
Hawaiian Islands are a hotel called the C D
B C D 11. When is a flag hung upside down, it is
Volcano Hotel. A B C
4. The great digital advances of the an internationally recognized symbol of
A D
electronic age, such as integrated circuitry distress.
B 12. Fire extinguishers can contain liquefied
and a microcomputer, has been planted in A B
C D gas, dry chemicals, or watery.
tiny chips. C D
13. The U.S. Congress consists of both the
5. There are many frequently mentioned A B
A B Senate as well as the House of
reasons why one out of four arrests C D
C Representatives.
involve a juvenile.
D 14. The prison population in this state, now
6. Kepler’s Laws, principles outlining A
planetary movement, was formulated based at an all time high, is higher than any state.
A B C B C D
15 . A well-composed baroque opera
A 23. On June 30,1992, international
achieves a delicate balance by focusing A
B C timekeepers in Paris were added an extra
alternately on the aural, visual, emotional, B
and philosophy elements. second to the day.
D C D
16. In 1870, the attorney general was made 24. The report could not be turned in on time
A A B
head of the Department of Justice, because all the needed work lost.
C D
given an enlarged staff, and endow with 25. He was not able to define the process
B C A B
clear-cut law-enforcement functions. since the body had protected by the
D C D
17. The General Sherman Tree, the largest immunologic system.
A
of all the giant sequoias, are reputed to be
B C
the world’s largest living thing.
D
18. The skeleton of a shark is made of
A B
cartilage rather than having bone.
C D
19. At least one sample of each of the brands
A
contains measurable amounts of aflatoxin,
B
and there is three which exceed the
C D
maximum.

20. Particular issues that concern teenagers

A B
were covering in the half-hour program.
C D
21. Electrical impulses may also picked up
A B C
by the optic nerve.
D
22. Workers training for a specific job have
A B
a strong possibility of being replace by a
C D
machine.