TOEFL - Structure and Written Expression

Part 1
1. In the early 1,900's, Eastman .... in expensive brownie box camera
a. it developed
b. it was developed
c. developed
d. developing

2. .... the discovery of the fossilized remnants of tides in one-billion-year-old rocks

a. geological reports
b. geologist report
c. the reports of geologist
d. geologists reports

3. The Brooklyn bridge .... took thirteen years to complete

a. in New York
b. is in New York
c. it is in new York
d. which new York

4. Genes control all of the physical .... we inherit

a. that traits
b. that are traits
c. traits that
d. traits are that

5. Indigo can be extracted from a plant, and then .... to dye cloth blue
a. it
b. using
c. using it
d. it can be used

6. .... in the united state spends 900 hours per year in class and 1,170 hours in front
of the television.
a. the average third-grade
b. the third grade is average
c. there are three grade
d. three average grades

7. Researcher  have begun studying what .... is on human circadian rhythms

a. it is the effect of light
b. the light affects
c. is affecting the light
d. the effect of light

8. If calcium oxide remain exposed to air, .... to calcium carbonate

a. turning
b. turns
c. it turns
d. the turn

9. In 1732, coach travelers could got from new york to Philadelphia in about

two days 
                                A                    B                          C                                             D 
Answer: b

10. Some of the district of Colombia are on low-laying, marshy ground

                     A                                    B   C                         D     
Answer: b

11. Georgia's economy is based main on agriculture
         A                                  B       C                D
Answer: c

12. the Paul revere house was built in 1676, and today its the oldest wooden building

in Boston                                     A                                    B           C        D 
                        
Answer: b

13.Conifers such as cedars, firs and pines bear its seeds in cones

                      A                                              B     C                  D
Answer: c

14. A dome is a semi spherical structure on top of a building

                                 A                    B           C              D
Answer: a

15. Succulents suck up water just in few hour, but they can store it in their stems for
months
                            A                                     B                              C             D
Answer: b

16. Flying buttresses enabled builders to put up tall but thinnest stone walls

                                       A                        B                          C                 D
Answer: c

17. Weather forecasters monitor barometric pressures and record they on charts as

isobars
                                          A                                  B                            C 
Answer: c

18. In many language the forms of a word varies to express such contrasts as

number, 
                   A                                                 B                           C
gender and tense
           D
Answer: b
19. A milky way object that erupt in the constellation scorpious
has provides information to                                               A                                         
B
astronomers since July
       C               D
Answer: c

20. Much fossils are found in coal-bearing rocks 
        A                      B            C              D  
Answer: a
    

PART 2

1. Some early batteries used concentrated nitric acid, .... gave off poisonous fumes.
a. they
b. then they
c. but they
d. but they had

2. The sound produced by an object .... in a periodic way involves more then the
simple sine wave
a. it vibrates
b. vibrating 
c. is vibrating
d. vibrates

3. Prior to the discovery of anesthetics in 1846, surgery was done .... was still
conscious.
a. while the patient
b. the patient felt
c. during the patients
d. while patiently

4. The drastic decline of the beaver helps to illustrated what .... t the ecosystems of
the north america continent.
a. happening
b. the happening
c. has happened
d. about happening

5. The use of shorthand died out in the middle ages because of .... whit witchcraft.
a. the association was imagined
b. associate the imagination
c. imagine the association
d. the imagined association
6. Yacht is steered with a rudder, ... the flow of water that passes the hull
a. which deflecting
b. deflect
c. it deflects
d. which deflect

7. For top speed and sudden acceleration, the acceleration pump feeds additional
gasoline from the float chamber into .... above the venturi tube
a. the air flows
b. the air flow
c. the air is flowing
d. flows the air

8. When sat is added to ice, this mixture become coldy enough to freeze ice 

                          A                  B                                 C                         D 
cream
Answer: c

9. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries long island was chiefly an 

                                                                      A                                      B
agricultural region with fishing, whaling and build ships as the important 
       C                                                                    D

industries.

Answer: d

10. No one who has studied the battle of little bighorn know the exact route that 
                    A                                                                  B
Custer and his detachment took
                    C                           D
Answer: b

11. The folktales which the brothers Grimm had collecting were translated into 

                              A                                                 B                        C

English in 1823
       D

Answer: b

12. In our solar system, nine planets, fifty seven moons, several dozen asteroids, 

           A                                                                                        B

and billions of meteorites have so far been discover

                                                         C                 D

Answer: b

13. From the 1850-s until after the turn of century, many america's super rich 
                                                                                       A
families made Newport his favorite summer resort.
    A          C                    D
Answer: d

14. Mars may looks red because it is covered with layer of soft red iron oxide.

                         A                            B       C               D
Answer: a

15. The radioactive substance that pose the greatest harm to humanity have 

                                                       A

neither very short or very long half lives

                     B      C                       D
Answer: b

16. A robin cock its head to peer at a worm with one eyes and not to hear it, as 
                             A                                 B                    C
was once thought
     D
Answer: c

17. Film sound is often record by an analog system which like the compact disc, 

                 A                    B                                             C

uses light.
   C
Answer: b

18. The scribe of the middle ages used quill pens to produce their high decorated 

                                                            A                        B          C     D
manuscripts 

Answer: c

19. The principles of physics described by Christian Doppler in 1842 for the

                                                      A 
movement of stars has been adapted to evaluate the movement of blood within 
                               B                 C                                                          D
the heart
Answer: b
20. The pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft were the first vehicles of humankind to
                                                                 A          B
venture beyond the limits of ours solar system.
                                 C            D
Answer: d

PART 3
1. A three foot octopus can crawl through a hole ..... in diameter.
a. than one inch less
b. less than one inch 
c. one less inch than
d. than less one inch

2. .... adopted the decimal system of coinage in 1867.

a. Canada
b. when Canada
c. Canada which
d. there was Canada

3. Generally, the representatives .... a legislature are constitutionally elected by a

board spectrum of the population.
a. who they compose
b. who compose
c. had compose
d. compose

4. The actor's studio, a professional actors workshop in New York City, provides ....
where actors can work together without the pressure of commercial production.
a. a place and
b. a place
c. so that a place
d. a place is

5. ..... that life begun billions of years ago in the water.

a. it is believed 
b. in the belief
c. the belief
d. believing

6. By 1872 the united state had 70 engineering collage, ..... astonishing expansion
credited largely to the Morrill Act of 1862
a. because
b. an
c. to which
d. was

7. The artist Romare Bcarden was .... whose yellows, deep blue and fuchsias
contrasted strongly with photographic gray in his bright collages.
a. with a gift for color
b. a gifted colorist
c. a gifted with colorful
d. gifted with coloring

8. The most important chemical catalyst on his planet is chlorophyll, .... carbon
dioxide and water react to form carbohydrates
a. whose presence
b. which is present
c. presenting
d. in the presence of which

9. A variation of collodion photography was the tintype, which captured images on a

black 
             A                                                                             B

or dark brown metal plate instead from on glass

C                                                 D
Answer: d 

10. In case of minor injury to the brain, amnesia is likely to be

A  B C
an temporarily condition
D                                                                                                  
Answer: d

11. The system of chemical symbols, first devised about 1800 gives a concise
A 
and instantly 
           B                                                                                                                 
recognizable description of a element or compound
                                            C               D
Answer: c

12. The fact that white light is light composed of various wavelengths may

             A                                 B           
be demonstrating                                                                  
C
by dispersing a beam of such light through a prism
                                         D
Answer: c

13. Over the course of history, much civilization developed their

A  B   
own number systems.
C                        D                                                                                    

Answer: b

14. In the united state during the second world war, each trade

A 
unions and employers 
            B                                                                                                

avoided federal limits on wages by offering employees nontaxable systems

                                                    C                     D
Answer: a

15. Philosophy in the study of the nature of realty, knowledge, existent and ethics by

A                                                                  B C
means 
      D                           

of rational inquiry

Answer: b

16. Poems vary in length from brief lyric poems to narrative or epic poems, which
can be 
                                  A      B                                         C
as broad in scope than a novel
                D
Answer: d

17. The population of California more than doubled during the period 1940 – 1960,

creating 
                                                        A                          B

problem in road-building and provide water for its arid southern section

                                                   C                                          D

Answer: c

18. Although based it on feudal models, the colony of

A
Pennsylvania developed a reputation 
B                C
for a progressive political and social outlook.
          D
Answer: a

19. Hard and resistant to corrosion, bronze is traditionally used in bell casting and is

the 
          A                                                              B

material used widely most for metal sculpture 

                                C                             D
Answer: c
20. The Appalachian mountain formation a natural barrier between the eastern seaboard 
                                                     A                                         B
and the vast lowlands of the continental interior of North America
                          C                                       D

Answer: a

PART 4

1. One theory of the origin of the universe is .... from the explosion of a tiny,
extremely dense fireball several billion years ago

a. because what formed

b. the formation that
c. that it formed
d. when forming

2. Road in the United state remained crude, .... with graved or wood plank, until the
beginning of the twentieth century.
a. were unsurefaced or they covered them
b. which unsureface or covered
c. unsurfaced or covered them
d. unsurfaced or covered

3. Portrait print were the first reproduction of American painting …. widely distributed
in the united state
a. were
b. that which
c. that being
d. to be

4. Abigail Adam was prodigious letter writer, …. many edition of her letter have been
published.
a. who
b. and
c. in addition to
d. due to

5. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as the locus of all point …. distance from
two fixed point is constant.
a. which as the sum of
b. of the sum which
c. whose sum of whose
d. whose sum that the
6. …. at the site of a fort established by the Northwest Mounted police, Calgary is
now one of Canada’s fastest growing cities
a. built
b. it is built
c. to build
d. having build

7. An image on a national flag can symbolize political ideals that …. express.

a. take many word to otherwise would
b. would take to many otherwise word
c. many word to take would otherwise
d. would otherwise take many word to

8. The president …. the election by a landslide

a. won
b. he won
c. yesterday
d. fortunately

9. The united state census for 1970 showed that the french-speaking residents of

Louisiana 
                                           A               B

were one of the country’s most compact regional linguistic minority.

 C                                                                                               D

Answer: d

10. When used as food addictive, antioxidants prevent fats and oil

A B
from become rancid 
     C                                   
when exposed to air, and thus extend their shelf life
                   D
Answer : c

11. Copper was the first metallic used by human and is second only to iron in its
utility 
                                          A                                    B                            C
through the ages
                   D
Answer: a

12.Despite the fact that lemurs are general nocturnal, the ring-tailed lemur travels by

day in 
        A                                                  B                                                           C
bands of four to twelve individuals
                       D
Answer: b

13. The western world is beset with the range of problem that characterize mature, 

                                                    A                            B                                      C
postindustrial societies.
                           D
Answer: b

14. Acrylic paints are either applied using a knife or diluted and spreading with a 

                     A               B                    C                                         D
paintbrush.   

Answer: d

15. Some marine invertebrates, such as the sea urchin and the starfish, migrate from

deep 
                                                          A                                                            B
water to shallow during spring and early summer to spawn.
                C                                                               D
Answer: b

16. Marshes, wetland areas characterized by plant grassy growth, are

distinguished from 
                                            A                                              B                                       
C
swamps, wetlands where trees grown
                                     D
Answer: b

17. Wampum, beads used as a form of exchange by some native Americans, was
made of 
                                                 A                             B
bits of seashells cut, drill and strung into belts
   C                             D
Answer: c

18. Kangaroos use their long and powerful tail for balance themselves when

sitting upright 
                                A                       B               C                                          D
or jumping.
Answer: c

19. Proper city planning provides for the distribution of public utilities, public

buildings, parks 
                                          A                         B 
and recreation centers, and for adequate and the inexpensive housing.
                    C                                                              D

Answer: d
20. Most traditional dances are made up of a prearranged series of steps and
movements, 
        A                                              B 
but modern dancer are generally free to move as they choice.
                                                             D                                 C
Answer: d

PART 5

1. Neither professor Johnson nor any other faculty member .... to apply for the dean's
position
a. intend
b. intends
c. are intending
d. has intend

2. E. Coli has proven to be .... most dangerous bacteria that can be acquired from
food and water, even in developed countries
a. one of the
b. one of
c. one
d. of one

3. The death toll would .... much higher if immediate action had not been taken
a. probably being
b. probably be
c. probably been
d. be probable

4. A fire in the .... building could be a problem for firefighters.

a. ninety-story-tall
b. ninety-tall-story
c. ninety-stories-tall
d. ninety stories

5. Their office consisted of three rooms, .... was used as a conference room
a. larger of which
b. the largest of which
c. the largest of them
d. largest

6. 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
7. After the first world war, the author Anais Nin become interested in the art
movement known as surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both .... her novels and
shorts stories.
a. in which the influenced
b. of which influenced
c. to have influence
d. its influence in 

8. Muskarats 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

9. Oliver Ellsworth, .... of the united states supreme court, was the author of the bill
that established in 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

10. .... Colonial period the great majority of conecticuts settlers came from England.
a. since
b. the time
c. during the
d. it was

11. Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called
a. of the
b. report
c. his or her name
d. is called

12. Species like snake, lizard. coyotes, squirrel and jack rabbits seems to exit quite

happily in the dessert
a. like
b. seems to
c. quite happily
d. the

13. The freshman failed to follow the advice of her senior that he studied hard and

not go out too much
a. freshman
b. her
c. studied
d. go out
14. Parks which are found in downtown areas where office workers and
store employees can enjoy their lunch hour sitting on the green grass in clean fresh
air
a. which
b. employees
c. lunch hours sitting
d. fresh air

15. The guide told the tourists that it was a good restaurant specializing in

seafood just round the corner from the museum
a. the
b. it was a
c. specializing
d. just around

16. In certain types of poisoning, immediately give large quantities of soapy or salt
water in order to induce vomiting. synonym induce is ....
a. control
b. clean
c. cause
d. stop

17. He was mystified by the look on the strangers face. synonym mystified is ....
a. perplexed
b. shocked
c. upset
d. excited

18. I was horrified to see the child about to cross the expressway alone. synonym
horrified is ....
a. ashamed
b. shocked
c. nervous
d. surprised

19. The secretary left after weeks of harassment by the manager of her department.
synonym harassment is ....
a. teasing
b. irritation
c. absence
d. goading

20. It is very discourteous to intrude during someone's conversation. synonym

intrude is ....
a. find fault
b. disagree
c. be in the way
d. leave quickly
PART 6

1. Neither professor Johnson nor any other faculty member .... to apply for the dean's
position
a. intend
b. intends
c. are intending
d. has intend

2. E. Coli has proven to be .... most dangerous bacteria that can be acquired from
food and water, even in developed countries
a. one of the
b. one of
c. one
d. of one

3. The death toll would .... much higher if immediate action had not been taken
a. probably being
b. probably be
c. probably been
d. be probable

4. A fire in the .... building could be a problem for firefighters.

a. ninety-story-tall
b. ninety-tall-story
c. ninety-stories-tall
d. ninety stories

5. Their office consisted of three rooms, .... was used as a conference room
a. larger of which
b. the largest of which
c. the largest of them
d. largest

6. 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

7. After the first world war, the author Anais Nin become interested in the art
movement known as surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both .... her novels and
shorts stories.
a. in which the influenced
b. of which influenced
c. to have influence
d. its influence in 
8. Muskarats 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

9. Oliver Ellsworth, .... of the united states supreme court, was the author of the bill
that established in 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

10. .... Colonial period the great majority of conecticuts settlers came from England.
a. since
b. the time
c. during the
d. it was

11. Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called
a. of the
b. report
c. his or her name
d. is called

12. Species like snake, lizard. coyotes, squirrel and jack rabbits seems to exit quite

happily in the dessert
a. like
b. seems to
c. quite happily
d. the

13. The freshman failed to follow the advice of her senior that he studied hard and

not go out too much
a. freshman
b. her
c. studied
d. go out

14. Parks which are found in downtown areas where office workers and

store employees can enjoy their lunch hour sitting on the green grass in clean fresh
air
a. which
b. employees
c. lunch hours sitting
d. fresh air
15. The guide told the tourists that it was a good restaurant specializing in
seafood just round the corner from the museum
a. the
b. it was a
c. specializing
d. just around

16. In certain types of poisoning, immediately give large quantities of soapy or salt
water in order to induce vomiting. synonym induce is ....
a. control
b. clean
c. cause
d. stop

17. He was mystified by the look on the strangers face. synonym mystified is ....
a. perplexed
b. shocked
c. upset
d. excited

18. I was horrified to see the child about to cross the expressway alone. synonym
horrified is ....
a. ashamed
b. shocked
c. nervous
d. surprised

19. The secretary left after weeks of harassment by the manager of her department.
synonym harassment is ....
a. teasing
b. irritation
c. absence
d. goading

20. It is very discourteous to intrude during someone's conversation. synonym

intrude is ....
a. find fault
b. disagree
c. be in the way
d. leave quickly

PART 7

1. The decimal numeral system is one of the .... ways of expressing number.
a. useful most world's
b. world's most useful
c. useful world's most
d. most world's useful
2. 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

3. The mountains surrounding Los Angeles effectively shield the city from the hot,
dry wind of Mojave Desert, .... the circulation on air
a. but they also prevent
b. also prevented by them
c. and also to prevent
d. and also preventing

4. Not only .... to determine the depth of the ocean floor, bit it also used to locate oil.
a. to use seismology
b. is seismology used
c. seismology is used
d. using seismology

5. Nebraska has floods in some years, ....

a. in others drought
b. droughts are other
c. while other droughts
d. other in drought

6. It is the role of the national bureau of standards

to establish accurate measurements for science, industrial and commerce
a. it is
b. establish
c. measurements
d. industrial

7. While verbalization is the most common form of language in existence, humans

make use of many others system and techniques to express their thoughts and
feelings
a. the most common form
b. existence
c. others system
d. to express

8. It is interesting to compare the early stylized art forms of ancient civilizations to the

modern abstract forms of art
a. interesting
b. to compare
c. of
d. to
9. For the first time in the history of the country, the person which was
recommended by the president to replace a retiring justice on the supreme court is a
woman
a. which
b. was recommended
c. to replace
d. retiring

10. Although jogging is a good way to lose weight and improve one's physical
condition, most doctors recommended that the potential jogger begin in a correct
manner by getting a complete checkup
a. jogging
b. most
c. in a correct manner
d. getting

11. The fer-de-lance, a kind of viper, is one of the most poisonous snakes. synonym

poisonous is ....
a. deadly
b. vicious
c. bad tasting
d. unhealthy

12. In the early days of baseball, the game was played by young men of means and
social position. synonym of means is ....
a. with skill
b. with equipment
c. with money
d. with ambition

13. Mounting evidence indicates that acid rain is damaging historic sites in Boston

and Philadelphia. synonym mounting is ....
a. hanging
b. tentative
c. increasing
d. irrefutable

14. Carpets from countries such as Persia and Afghanistan often fetch high price in
the united state. synonym carpets is ....
a. artificial
b. rugs
c. pottery
d. textiles

15. Though many scientific breakthroughs have resulted from mishaps, it has taken
brilliant thinkers to recognize their potential. synonym mishaps is ....
a. misunderstanding
b. accidents
c. misfortunes
d. incidentals
16. The greater the number of bacteria attacking the system, ....
a. the sooner treatment must be begun
b. sooner must begin treatment
c. begin treatment as soon as possible
d. must begin treatment sooner

17. A congressional committee has been appointed to study a new procedure .... to
eliminate some costly expenditures.
a. that is expected
b. what is expected
c. which expects
d. that expected

18. Some people send job applications even they are reasonably happy in their
job, .... improving their position
a. with hoping to
b. hoping that
c. with hopes of
d. hoping to

19. Swimming is a beneficial exercise, .... aerobic activity and uses number of
muscle gruops.
a. not only because it provides
b. because it both provides
c. for provision
d. as result of providing

20. The professor instructed the students .... the essay without preparing an outline
first.
a. to not write
b. not to write
c. do not write
d. to not write

PART 8

1. The Greek historian Herodotus reported that one hundred thousand

men are employed for twenty years to build the great Pyramid at Giza
a. are
b. for
c. to build
d. at Giza

2. It was her, Elizabeth I, not her father, king Henry, Who led England in to age of

Empire
a. her
b. her father
c. who
d. led
3. Because blood from different individuals may different in the type of antigen on the
surface of the red cells and the type of antibody in the plasma, a dangerous
reaction can occur between the donor and recipient in blood transfusion
a. because
b. different
c. can occur
d. and

4. When mining for gold, you must first obtain the gold one and then apart the gold
from the ore
a. when mining
b. must first
c. an then
d. apart

5. The amount of woman earning Master's Degree has risen sharply in recent years

a. the amount
b. masters
c. ha risen
d. recent years

6. A multitude of people attended the fund-rising presentation in the mall. synonym

multitude is ....
a. small number
b. select group
c. huge crowd
d. large herd

7. Jan took many snapshots while on vacation in Europe. synonym snapshots is ....

a. notes
b. gifts
c. photo
d. clothes

8. Ralph Nader always speaks out about everything. synonym speaks is ....
a. declares his opinion
b. agrees
c. quarrels
d. has an interest

9. John was not promoted because his work did not meet the
manager's expectations. synonym expectations is ....
a. anticipation
b. expenditures
c. expertise
d. gaudiness

10. Unorganized guessing will not raise at test score as significantly as choosing one

letter as a "guess answer" for the entire examination. synonym unorganized is ....
a. cryptic
b. haphazard
c. economical
d. subsequent

11. It is not clear when ...., although there are many different theory.
a. dinosaurs becoming extinct
b. dinosaurs extinction
c. dinosaurs become extinct
d. did dinosaurs become extinct

12. If the driver's own car .... damaged, the favorite probable would have won the
race
a. had not been
b. not
c. not had been
d. has no be

13. The soldiers were unable to determine where ....

a. the jeep had been left
b. had been leave the jeep
c. had the jeep been left
d. had the jeep left

14. The manager was angry because somebody ....

a. had allowed the photographers to enter the building
b. had let the photographers to enter the building
c. permitting the photographers enter the building
d. the photographers let into the building

15.  The committee members resented .... of the meeting.

a. the president that he did not tell them
b. the president not to inform them
c. the president's not informing them
d. that the president had failed informing themselves

16. .... the demands of aerospace, medicine and agriculture, engineers are creating
exotic new metallic substance.
a. meet
b. being met are
c. to meet
d. they are meeting

17. .... James A Bland, "carry me back to old virginy" was adopted is the state song
of irgina in 1940
a. was written by
b. his writing was
c. he wrote the
d. written by
18. 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

19. 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

20. .... no real boundary to the part of the ocean reffered 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

PART 9

1. Unlike moderate antislavery advocates, abolitionists .... an immediate and to

slavery.
a. demanded
b. they demanded
c. that they demanded
d. in that they demand

2.  A few animals sometimes fool their enemies .... to be dead

a. appear
b. to appear
c. by appearing
d. to be appearing

3. .... of the mourning dove is made 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

4. 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 image representing
d. representing images
5. Abraham Lincoln insisted that .... not just on more opinion but on moral purpose.
a. to base democracy
b. for democracy to be based
c. democracy be based
d. whenever democracy is based

6. Writer and media personnel sell theirselves best by the impression given in their

verbal expression.
a. personnel
b. theirselves
c. by the
d. expression

7. The disposable camera, a single-use camera preloaded with print film, has

appeared in the late 1980's and has become very popular.
a. a
b. preloaded with
c. has appeared
d. has become

8. A largely percentage of Canadian export business is with the united states.

a. largely
b. of
c. is
d. with

9. Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of other

liquids.
a. that young babies
b. smell
c. those
d. other liquids

10. When the ball struck him in the face, the player was collapsed but his
teammates carried on playing.
a. in the face
b. was collapsed
c. but
d. carried on

11. Perhaps more than anything else, it was onerous taxed that led to 'the peasant'
Revolt in England in 1381. synonym onerous is ....
a. multiple
b. unjust
c. burdensome
d. infamous
12. An appendectomy is a routine operation. synonym routine is ....
a. cheap
b. small
c. usual
d. quick

13. In the play "who is afraid of Virginia Woolf?" a woman and her husband spend
most of their time quarreling. synonym quarreling is .... 
a. bickering
b. gossiping
c. teasing
d. chuckling

14. Jane suffered a light blow on her head as she got out of her car. synonym light
blow is ....
a. jump
b. hump
c. bump
d. stump

15. Since the research studies have shown a relationship between cancer and
cigarette smoking, many people have cut down . synonym cut down is ....
a. ceased smoking
b. become frightened
c. decreased the number of cigarettes
d. gotten sick

16. .... is entirely up to him

a. how he travel
b. how traveling
c. he travels
d. how is he traveling

17. Modern blimps like the famous goodyear blimps .... the first ones in that they are
filled with helium of hydrogen
a. differ from
b. different from
c. is different from
d. different

18. Upon hatching ....

a. young duck know how to swim
b. swimming is known by young duck
c. the knowledge of swimming is in young duck
d. how to swim is known in young duck

19. .... a sizable geographic area, its constitutes a biome.

a. that a group of plants and animals occupies
b. a group of plants an animals occupying
c. a group of plants and animals occupies
d. when a group of plants and animals occupies

20. Some forms of mollusks are extremely useful as food, especially the bivalves ....
oysters, clams and scallops
a. such
b. such as
c. as
d. so

PART 10

1. World trade patterns are indicative of the important economic issues .... comfort
the world today.
a. what
b. that
c, who
d. they

2. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not .... kettle drums.
a. as prevalent
b. that prevalent
c. so prevalent as
d. prevalent than

3. 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

4. .... 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

5. .... 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

6. Until the project completed, the effects of new measures will not be known,

especially in rural areas.
a. until
b. completed
d. effects
d. in rural areas
7. Pollution, which effects nearly all countries, increase the risk of disease as well
as harming the environment.
a. which effects
b. increase
c. of
d. harming the environment

8. Some people think that the desire to wear sunglasses are more a need to

impress than to protect the eyes.
a. that
b. are
c. than to
d. the

9. Laser technology is the heart of a new generation of high-speed copier and printer

a. is
b. a
c. generation
d. printer

10. The artist tried stimulate interest in painting by taking his student to the museum

a. stimulate
b. interest in
c. by taking
d. to the

11. After senator smith announced that he planned to run for president, the
telephone at campaign headquarters rang continuously. synonym continuously is ....
a. incessantly
b. ignorantly
c. incisively
d. impartially

12. Since Ron has such an intense dislike for flying, I am certain that he will not want
to go with us. synonym intense dislike is ....
a. avarice for
b. aversion to
c. affection for
d. affirmation of

13. The American bald eagle is not really bald in usual sense. synonym bald is ....
a. mighty
b. majestic
c. hairless
d. flightless

14. He was fired because of his misconduct at the office party. synonym misconduct
is ....
a. mistake
b. impropriety
c. condition
d. singing

15. The 1908 Siberian meteorite explosion brought about considerable depletion of

the northern hemisphere's ozone layer. synonym brought about is ....
a. was caused by
b. resulted in
c. brought back
d. was initiated by

16. .... techniques have been developed in recent years to diagnose genetic
diseases in the developing fetus.
a. several
b. there are several
c. they are several
d. several of

17. .... are prepared from flour or meal derived from some form of grain
a. with bakery products
b. while bakery products
c. bakery products
d. they are bakery products

18. Although the Ojibwa Indians fought frequently with the Sioux, they did not
have .... with early white settlers
a. much contact
b. lots contact
c. many contact
d. large contact

19. The truck .... crushed into the back of a bus scattering glass everywhere.
a. loading with empty bottles
b. which loading with empty bottles
c. it was loading with empty bottles
d. loaded with empty bottle

20. He entered a university ....

a. when he had sixteen years
b. when sixteen years were his age
c. at the age of sixteen
d. at age sixteen years old
PART 11

1. The pilgrims were 102 English emigrants whom, after arriving on the

Mayflower, became the first European settlers in New England
a. whom
b. arriving
c. became
d. the first

2. All the scouts got theirselves ready for the long camping trip by spending their

weekends living in the open.
a. all
b. theirselves
c. the
d. living

3. After to have won the light-heavyweight title at the 1960 olympic games,

Muhammad Ali began to box professionally.
a. to have
b. at the
c. began
d. professionally

4. The information officer at the bank told his customers that there was several

different kinds of checking accounts available
a. at the bank
b. told
c. that
d. there was

5. A turtle differs from all other reptiles in that its body is enchased in an protective
shell of their own.
a. from
b. other
c. their
d. own

6. A two third majority in congress is required if a bill is to become law. synonym

required is ....
a. necessary
b. desirable
c. acquired
d. optional

7. The Chinese people worship their ancestor. synonym ancestor is ....

a. fossil
b. elders
c. forefather
d. heir
8. The dog saw his reflection in the poll of water. synonym reflection is ....
a. image
b. bone
c. imagination
d. leash

9. John didn't enjoy the rock concert because he thought the tempo was bad.
synonym tempo is ....
a. audience
b. rhythm
c. singer
d. weather

10. The old utilities building was demolished and a new high rise took its place.
synonym demolished is ....
a. renovated
b. razed
c. remodeled
d. reconciled

11. In a hot, sunny climate, man acclimatize by eating less, drinking more liquid,
wearing lighter clothing and ....
a. skin change that darken
b. his skin may darken
c. experiencing a darkening of the skin
d. darkens his skin

12. Some of the rainwater from cloud evaporates before ....

a. reaching the ground
b. to reach the ground
c. reach the ground
d. the ground reaches

13. Americans author John Updike, .... spent his boyhood in Shillington,
Pennsylvania.
a. was the only child of high school mathematics teacher
b. who the only child of a high school mathematics teacher
c. the only child of a high school mathematics teacher
d. he was the only child of a high school mathematics teacher

14. With the new technology, cameras can take pictures of underwater valleys ....
color
a. within
b. for
c. in
d. by
15. Recently, there have been several outbreaks of disease like legionnaire's
syndrom and doctor do not know ....
a. what is the cause
b. the cause is what
c. is what the cause
d. what the cause is

16. .... did Arthur realize that there was danger.

a. upon entering the store
b. when he entered the store
c. after he had entered the store
d. only after entering the store

17. Hardly .... the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet
a. he had entered
b. had entered
c. entered
d. had he entered

18. Once the employee had begun receiving financial information on the company ....
income
a. they diligently assisted in reducing cost and increasing
b. it made the employee more eager to assist in reduce cost and increase
c. diligently the assist to reduce cost and increase
d. with extreme diligence helped lower cost and increase

19. The plumber attempted to loosen the nut with regular pliers but then decided he
needed to retrieve his toolbox in order to use ....
a. anther pliers
b. other pliers
c. the others ones
d. another pair

20. The committee has met and ....

a. have approve the budget
b. budget was approve
c. its approval of the budget
d. approved the budget

PART 12

1. Almost all life depends to chemical reaction with oxygen to produce energy.

a. almost all
b. depends to
c. to produce
d. energy

2. It is essential that vitamins are supplied either by foods or by supplementary

tablets for normal growth to occur
a. are
b. or
c. by the supplementary tablets
d. to occur

3.If a rush occurs within twenty-four hours after taking a new medication, the

treatment should discontinued.
a. occurs
b. after taking
c. medication
d. should discontinued

4. According to the theory of natural selection. the man who was able to use the
hands and feet most freely to walk and grasp was the one who survived and evolved
a. the hand and feet
b. freely
c. to walk and grasp
d. who

5. Oil whale lamps were replaced by kerosene lamps in 1860's and multi-

million dollars whale industry came to an end
a. oil whale
b. were replaced
c. multi-million
d. came

6. Joyce is loved by all her friends because she very congenial. synonym congenial is
....
a. pleasant
b. wealthy
c. courageous
d. sensitive

7. Prehistoric cave art portrayed animals in motion. synonym portrayed is ....

a. enhanced
b. hindered
c. criticize
d. depicted

8. The members of the committee were assembled quickly. synonym assembled is ....

a. advised
b. informed
c. gathered
d. consulted

9. A chameleon is a kind of lizard known for its ability to change color. synonym color
is ....
a. scope
b. magnitude
c. span
d. hue

10. It takes roughly 4000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil.

synonym roughly is ....
a. as much as
b. amazingly
c. more or less
d. relatively

11. It now believed that some damage to tissues may result .... them to frequent X-
ray
a. the exposing
b. from exposure
c. from exposing
d. expose

12. Rhododendrons would rather .... in shady place and so would azaleas
a. to grow
b. growing
c. grown
d. grow

13. All of the people at the AAME conference are ....

a. mathematics teachers
b. mathematics teachers
c. mathematics teacher
d. mathematics  teachers

14. At an experimental agricultural station, many type of grass are grown .... various
conditions.
a. under
b. underneath
c. below
d. beneath

15. .... he would have come to class.

a. if mike is able to finish his homework
b. would mike be able to finish his homework
c. if mike could finish his homework
d. if mike had been able to finish his homework

16. After Michelle had taken control of the account receivable department, the
financial situation improved dramatically; her fiscal and management capabilities ....
to the success
a. should contribute
b. should have contributed
c. must have contributed
d. must contribute
17. Having been presented the financial aspects of the proposed agreement,    
a. legal term were addressed by the board member
b. the board members turned their attention to the legal terms
c. the were begun to discuss legal term
d. a discussion of the legal term by the board members

18. Rafael will not be able to attend class tomorrow because .... an interview with the
immigration officials.
a. he must to attend
b. he will be attending
c. of he must attend
d. he will have attending

19. The faculty of the university is not expected to approve the collective bargaining
proposal and ....
a. the administration either
b. neither is the administration
c. neither the administration
d. the administration is not neither

20. The chairman requested that ....

a. a committee appointed to study the problem thoroughly
b. a committee appointed to make thoroughly review of the problem
c. thoroughly review the problem by a committee
d. a committee be appointed to review the problem thoroughly

PART 13

1. The Fertile catkins of the willow tree are the green, caterpillar - like ones,
commonly .... in length.
a. or an inch more
b. or an inch as
c. at least the inches
d. an inch or more

2. .... short handled, long blades weapon, similar to a dagger but larger
a. like a sword
b. a sword is
c. a sword is what
d. before a sword

3. In 1948 the united states secretary of states Dean Acheron .... the marshall plan to
aid the economic recover of Europe after the second world war.
a. begin to carry out
b. began carrying
c. beginning and carrying out
d. to have begun carrying out
4. The protection of technologies and technological information has become .... of
many nations
a. the importance of a concern
b. a concern of important
c. the importance concerning
d. an important concern

5. .... several ears for bamboo seeds to grow into plants that can be used for
commercial purposes
a. to be taken
b. it takes
c. by taking 
d. although taking

6. When a patient 's blood pressure is much higher than it should be, a doctor

usually insist that he will not smoke
a. much
b. than it
c. should be
d. will not

7. Geochemistry try includes the study of the movement of element from one place

to another as a result of processes chemical.
a. the study of
b. of element
c. as a
d. processes chemical

8. Even on he most careful prepared trip, problems will sometime develop

a. even
b. careful
c. trip
d. will sometime

9. I don't care you do just so long as you do it immediately

a. don't care
b. you do
c. so
d. do

10. The master of ceremonies announced in a loud and clear voice and told that the
dinner would be late due to unforseen circumstances
a. of ceremonies
b. and told
c. would be
d. due to

11. The recent medical breakthrough was the culmination of many long years of

experimentation. synonym breakthrough is ....
a. result
b. climax
c. abyss
d. cultivation

12. Magma is the primary source of all the earth's rocks. Synonym primary is ....
a. cheapest
b. first
c. nearest
d. worst

13. Saint Elmo's fire is a Phenomenon that occurs when ships discharging harmless
electrical charges into the atmosphere to shine. synonym shine is ....
a. fade
b. shrink
c. glow
d. vanish

14. Milk is purified b heating it at 60 C for thirty minutes. synonym purified is ....
a. cleansed
b. stored
c. mixed
d. packaged

15. Although monkeys occasionally menace their enemies, they are usually not

dangerous unless they are provoked. synonym menace is ....
a. pursue
b. consume
c. threaten
d. kill

16. After the assassination attempt, President Reagan's doctor suggested that he ....
a short rest at Camp David
a. will take
b. would take 
c. take
d. took

17. Children usually turn to their parents rather than .... for protection from thread in
the environment
a. they turn to other figures of authority
b. authority figures to other
c. to other figures of authority
d. their turning to other figures of authority

18. The evolution of vertebrates suggests development from a very simple hearth in
fish to a .... in man
a. four-chamber heart
b. four-chambers heart
c. four-chamber hearts
d. four-chamber's heart
19. Malaria, which can be fatal if left untreated, is transmitted by the female, .... by
the male, mosquito.
a. not
b. however
c. despite
d. instead

20. John's score on the test is the highest in the class, ....
a. he should study last night
b. he should have studied last night
c. he must have studied last night
d. he must had to study last night

PART 14

1. Arthur Miller's play death of a salesman in the tragic story of a man destroyed by
his own hollow values and those of the society ....
a. he lives in which
b. in which he lives
c. which he lives
d. lives he which in

2. During courtship, .... displays his greenand-gold upper tail feathers before the
peahen.
a. in which the crested peacock
b. which the crested peacock
c. the crested peacock that
d. the crested peacock

3. .... theories approximate the truth is the day to day business of science.
a. determine how closely
b. how closely to determine
c. how one determine
d. one is close to determine

4. The earthworm is a worm .... in moist, warm soil in many geographical areas.
a. where it is found
b. is found
c. and found it
d. found

5. .... advance and retreat in their eternal rhythms, but the surface of the sea itself is
never at rest.
a. not only when the tides do
b. as the tides not only do
c. not only do the tides
d. do the tides not only
6. State university bear the name of their state, and its achievements are recognized
as state achievement
a. bear
b. their
c. its
d. are

7. Narcissus, a character in mythology, gazed at his own images in a pool so

ardently that he fell into itself and downed
a. a character in mythology
b. his own
c. that
d. into it self

8. I do not now where could he have gone so early in the morning

a. could he have
b. gone
c. so early
d. in the

9. in 1961 America's first manned spacecraft launched
a. in
b. america's
c. manned
d. launched

10. Today's job seekers are confronted with such question as "are you computer

literate?" and "can you set up data base?"
a. job
b. confronted
c. such question
d. set up

11. In the Navajo household, grandparents and other relatives

play indispensable roles in raising the children. synonym indispensable is ....
a. dominant
b. exemplary
c. essential
d. demanding

12. Regular use of this cream will help to relieve the rough, dry condition of your skin.
synonym relieve is ....
a. alleviate
b. abstract
c. evaporate
d. abbreviate
13. Because leeches behavior pattern are simple, it is relatively easy to identify
which neurons govern which behavior. synonym behavior is ....
a. apparently
b. comparatively
c. obviously
d. consequently

14. After the bottom fell out of the market, he was virtually bankrupt. synonym
virtually is ....
a. completely
b. finally
c. practically
d. dishonestly

15. She didn't say much, but her tone of voice insinuated more. synonym insinuated
is ....
a. blamed
b. suggested
c. demanded
d. intervened

16. .... the best car to buy is a Mercedes Benz.

a. because of its durability and economy
b. because it lasts a long time, a it is very economical
c. because of its durability and it is economical
d. because durably and economy wise it is better than all the others 

17. It is necessary .... the approaches to the bridge, the road design and alignment in
such a way as to best accommodate the expected traffic flow over and under it
a. plan
b. to plan
c. planning
d. the plan

18. Groups of tissues, each with its own function, .... in the human body.
a. it makes up the organs
b. make up the organs
c. they make up the organs
d. makes up the organs

19. Rarely .... acorn until the tree are more than twenty ears old.
a. when oak trees bear
b. oak trees that bear
c. do oak trees bear
d. oak trees bear

20. Richard was asked to withdraw from graduate school because ...
a. they believed he was not really able to complete research
b. he was deemed incapable of completing his research
c. it was decide that he was not capable to complete the research
d. his ability to finish the research was not believed or trusted

PART 15
1. The monarch butterfly's migration of 1,800 miles or more makes .... among insects
a. uniquely
b. is uniquely
c. it unique
d. it is unique

2. A reagent is any chemical that reacts in a predictable way .... with other chemical
a. when mixed
b. when it mixed
c. it mixed
d. mixed is

3. By the 1950s, Mahalia Jackson's powerful, joyous gospel music style had gained
her ....
a. and she had an international reputation
b. with an international reputation
c. which was her international reputation
d. an international reputation

4. Hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle, are unusual .... travel over land water on a layer
of air.
a. they
b. in they
c. that the
d. in that they

5. in the united states, a primary election is a method .... voters select the nominees
for public office
a. that
b. is that
c. by which
d. by those

6. Nuclear powers production in the US is controlled by the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission ( NRC)
a. powers
b. is
c. controlled
d. the

7. What happened in New York were a reaction from city workers, including firemen

and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs
a. what happened
b. were
c. including
d. their
8. The Indians of the southwestern United State are famous for their beautiful art
work, especially hand made jewelry cast from silver, carved from stone
or decorated with beads and feathers
a. are
b. art work
c. especially
d. decorated

9. Venomous snakes with modified teeth connected to poison glands in which the

venom is secreted and stored
a. with
b. poison glands
c. in which 
d. is secreted

10. Spell correctly is easy with the aid of number of word processing programs for
personal computers
a. spell
b. correctly
c. word processing
d. computers

11. When calcium carbonate crystallizes from a solution, limestone is formed.

synonym formed is ....
a. made
b. framed
c. destroyed
d. outlined

12. After receiving her check, Suzy endorsed it and took it to the bank. synonym
endorsed is ....

a. destroyed
b. signed
c. folded
d. deposited

Answer: b

13. The professor's introductory remarks concerned the development of the laser

beam. synonym introductory is ....

a. preliminary
b. final
c. supplementary
d. interminable
Answer: a

14. The speaker was asked to condense his presentation in order to allow his
audience to ask question. synonym condense is ....

a. abbreviate
b. expand
c. continue
d. delay

Answer: a

15. Immigrants entering the United States at the turn of the century often
encountered living conditions radically different from those they had left behind.
synonym radically is ....

a. apparently
b. drastically
c. admittedly
d. tragically

Answer: b

16. a good student must know ....

a. to study hard
b. to be a good student
c. how to study effectively
d. the way of efficiency in study

Answer: c

17. ...., the outer layer of the skin, contain pigments, pore and ducts.

a. that the epidermis

b. the epidermis is
c. the epidermis
d. the epidermis which

Answer: c

18. Not only .... atoms with their microscopes, but they now can also "feel" them with
the aid of a versatile sensing device the " magic wrist."

a. are today's scientists able to see

b. able to see today's scientists are
c. today's scientists are able to see
d. are able to see today's scientist

Answer: a

19. she didn't know .... when his boss called

a. he was where
b. where he was
c. was he where
d. where was he

Answer: b

20. once an offending allergen has been identified .... test, it is possible for the doctor
to give specific desensitizing injection

a. means of
b. by means of
c. of the means by
d. by means

Answer: b