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Department of Foreign Languages TOEFL STRUCTURE TEST 12

C STRUCTURE TEST 12
PART A. These questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see fou
r words or phrases marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best c
ompletes the sentence.

1. _____ its name suggests; the Iron Age refers to 7. Some New Age religions assert _____ a soul
the period of civilization in which iron tools transmigrates, moving from the dead body
began to be used. into a living one.
A) Since A) when death
B) For B) while on death
C) As C) whereas death
D) Because D) that at death

2. _____ would take to transform the world into a 8. Alexander Selkirk, immortalized forever by
peaceful place is hard to imagine. Daniel Defoe as Robinson Crusoe, was an
A) It English sailor who _____ on an uninhabited
B) How it desert island.
C) That it A) actually ashore was washed
D) What it B) was ashore actually washed
C) was actually washed ashore
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who became President D) was washed actually ashore
after Harry Truman, presided over a time
marked by _____ 9. Usually made in the form of a graduated semi-
A) increased American military power that circle, _____ is an instrument used for drawing.
B) American military power increased A) to protract which
C) increasing American military power B) it is a protractor
D) that increased American military power C) protraction that
D) a protractor
4. The amount of light _____ is regulated by the
iris. 10. Equations in which the second power is the
A) that enters the eye highest to which the unknown quantity is raised
B) which the eye is entering _____ known as quadratic equations.
C) enters the eye A) is that
D) is entering the eye B) are what are
C) which are
5. Severely torn knee cartilage _____ through D) this is
surgery.
A) can only be repaired 11. According to Greek mythology, Icarus, _____ ,
B) is only repairing flew so close to the sun that his wings melted
C) only has repaired causing him to plunge to his death in the ocean.
D) has been only repairing A) the son of Daedalus
B) that was the son of Daedalus
6. A bank will foreclose a mortgage _____ the C) he was the son of Daedalus
mortgagee is unable to make the required D) whose son of Deadalus
payments.
A) however 12. The Pequots, or _____ later called the Alonquins,
B) whatever were a Native American tribe that settled in
C) whenever what is known as Connecticut.
D) that A) as they were
B) and they
C) whose were
D) which was
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Department of Foreign Languages TOEFL STRUCTURE TEST 12

14. The Troilus butterfly _____ by the yellow

13. _____ , the stovepipe hat peaked in popularity spots on the edge of its front wings and
during the mid-19th century and was made most the blue spots on the borders of its rear
famous by Abraham Lincoln. wings.
A) No longer worn A) identified
B) It is no longer worn B) identify
C) It is not worn any longer C) can identify
D) Longer worn it is not D) can be identified

15. Mammals are viviparous _____ reproduce by

live birth as opposed to laying eggs.
A) in that they
B) because of they
C) which they
D) they

PART B: In these questions, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The fou
r underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the one unde
rlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

16. The state motto of West Virginia, “Mountaineers are always free,” is a reflection of the
A B
fiercely independent personal of the state’s citizens.
C D
17. The Hoover Dam and Lake Mead are justly two of the many tourist attractions that can be
A B C D
found in Nevada.
18. Monosaturated oil such as olive oil has shown to be healthier than polysaturated oil.
A B C D
19. Consumer protection agencies are value safeguards against business fraud.
A B C D
20. Lake Itasca, in northern Minnesota, is being the source of the Mississippi River.
A B C D
21. Amelia Earhart’s exploits were closely followed in newspapers and radios programs of her day.
A B C D
22. Filibustering is the process on which one political party in a legislature attempts to block
A B C
legislation proposed by another political party.
D
23. The low temperature ever recorded in the United States was -80 degrees Fahrenheit.
A B C D
24. So many plays have been based onto Shakespeare’s plays that they are impossible to count.
A B C D
25. According to Nepalese customers, a small monument is constructed each time a climber dies.
A B C D
26. The Daughters of the American Revolution are a women’s organization dedicated to
A B C
research about the Revolutionary period.
D
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Department of Foreign Languages TOEFL STRUCTURE TEST 12

27. Excluding the mountains of Asia, Mount Aconcagua in Argentina is world’s tallest
A B C
mountain, measuring 22,834 feet in height.
D
28. In practical every government department, there is a redundancy of personnel that
A B C
frustrates and infuriates tax payers.
D
29. African conservations have begun to remove the horns of rhinoceros in a desperate attempt
A B
to safety the animals from poachers.
C D
30. Characterized in intense abdominal pains, painter’s colic results from the ingestion of too
A B C D
much lead.
31. Acetic anhydride, a colorless liquid what water can decompose into acetic acid, is used as a
A B C D
reagent in organic synthesis.

32. Somnambulant people, particularly those who like to wander about their house instead of
A B
sleeping in their bed, has given rise to many tales about sleepwalking.
C D
33. The honorary position of poet laureate of the United States is generally bestowed upon the
A B
poetry whose work best symbolizes the values of America.
C D
34. Nimbostratus clouds are usually low and gray, created an overcast sky from which comes
A B C
rain or snow.
D
35. Perception is too based on subjectivity that many philosophers and even mathematicians
A B C
have made distinctions between reality and actuality.
D
36. The ability of bacteria, viruses, and parasites to become resistant to drugs is a naturally
A B
occurring phenomenon involves mutation and survival of the fittest microbes.
C D
37. William Butler Yeats, Irish essay, poet, and dramatist, received the Nobel Prize for
A B C
Literature in 1923.
D
38. The Winnipeg River, one of the shortest of Canadian river, flows only 140 miles from the
A B C
Lake of the Woods to Lake Winnipeg.
D
39. A standard thermos bottle can keep liquids at its original temperature for several hours.
A B C D
40. Apple manufactures mobile electronic devices, mostly mobile telephones and other devices
A B C
relating to communication.
D
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C LEVEL TOEFL STRUCTURE TEST 12

ANSWER KEY

1. C 21.C  RADIO
2. D 22.B  IN WHICH
3. C 23.A  LOWEST
4. A 24.C  ON
5. A 25.A  CUSTOMS
6. C 26.A  IS
7. D 27.C  THE WORLD’S
8. C 28.A  PRACTICE
9. D 29.C  SAVE
10.B 30.A  BY
11.A 31.B  THAT / WHICH
12.A 32.C  HAVE GIVEN
13.A 33.C  POET
14.D 34.B  CREATING
15.A 35.A  SO
16.D  PERSONALITY 36.C  INVOLVING
17.B  JUST 37.A  ESSAYIST
18.C  BEEN SHOWN 38.B  RIVERS
19.C  VALUABLE 39.C  THEIR
20.B  omit BEING 40.D  RELATED TO