TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 39-42): Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words

that is not correct.

___ 1. As a compilation of useful details (A), a weekly (B) magazine commends itself (C) in
several respect (D).

___ 2. Through aquaculture, or fish farming, more than (A) 500 million tons of fish (B) are
produced (C) each years (D).

__ 3. The legal system has much (A) safeguards to protect the right (B) of a defendant (C) to an
impartial jury (D).

___4. The mystery bookstore was (A) largely (B) a phenomena (C) of the last decade (D).

___ 5. The Song of Hiawatha, by Longfellow, tells (A) the story of the Indian heroism (B) who
(C) married (D) Minehaha.

___ 6. Uranus is (A) the (B) seventh planets (C) from the Sun (D).

___ 7. The sycamore has broad (A) leaves (B) with a large amount (C) of pointed (D) teeth.

___ 8. The first of two such investigation (A) requires (B) the students to read continuously
over a period (C) of four hours (D).

___ 9. A quantitative analysis, using (A) both the computer and quantitative techniques (B), are
used (C) to optimize (D) financial decisions.

___10. To enter (A) the FBI National Academy (B), an application (C) must be between the ages
(D) of twenty-three and thirty-four

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-42): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that
best completes the sentence.

1. Presidential ___ held every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.

(A) electing

(B) elections are

(C) is elected

(D) elected and

2. Studies of carcinogenesis in animals can provide data on ___ in human susceptibility.

(A) differences are

(B) that differences are

(C) differences have

(D) differences
3. Those who favor the new law say that the present law does not set spending limits on
lobbyists' gifts to politicians, nor ___ statewide funds.

(A) it limits

(B) limits it

(C) does it limit

(D) does it

4. The population of the earth is increasing at a tremendous rate and ___ out of control.

(A) they have become

(B) are soon going to be

(C) soon will be

(D) why it will be

5. Starting in 1811, traders and manufacturers were more easily able to send goods upriver in
___ provided the necessary power to counteract the flow of the waters.

(A) steamboats

(B) which

(C) that

(D) that steamboats

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.

___ 6. Temperature indicates (a) on a bimetallic (b) thermometer by the amount (c) that (d)
the bimetallic strip bends.

___ 7. Many (a) of the food consumed (b) by penguins consists(c) of fish obtained from (d) the
ocean.

___ 8. Before the newspaper became widespread (a), a town crier (b) has (c) walked
throughout a village or town singing out (d) the news.

___ 9. All of (a) NASA's manned (b) spacecraft project (c) are headquartered (d) at the Lyndon
B. Johnson Space Center in Houston.

___ 10. Fungi cause (a) more serious (b) plant diseased(c) than do other (d) parasites.