TOEFL - Lesson 7

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1. ________ a teacher in New England, Webster wrote the 'Dictionary of the American Language'.
(A) It was while
(B) When
(C) When was
(D) While
2. About 20 miles from Boston, ________ a little town named Concord that has a rich history.
(A) has
(B) there is
(C) there are
(D) where is
3. ________ the promotion of health and to helping people avoid injury and disease.
(A) To commit the Red Cross
(B) The Red Cross to commit
(C) Committed to the Red Cross is
(D) The Red Cross is committed to
4. The bank ________ the bookstore has been broken into.
(A) opposite to
(B) across from
(C) between
(D) at
5. It was not until she had arrived home ________ remembered her appointment with the doctor.
(A) when she
(B) that she
(C) and she
(D) she
6. Several of these washers and dryers are out of order and ________.
(A) need to be repairing
(B) repairing is required of them
(C) require that they be repaired
(D) need to be repaired
7. If the United States had not entered the Second World War, probably the 1940 unemployment rate of 14% ________ still further.
(A) would rise
(B) would risen
(C) would have risen
(D) had risen
8. The Baltimore American first tried to nominate Theodore Roosevelt for the Presidency ________.
(A) when he had only twenty-eight years
(B) when he was only twenty-eight
(C) when he was age twenty-eight years
(D) at age twenty-eight years
9. Not only knowledge and skills, but also attitudes ________ in school for students' future adjustment to society.
(A) when cultivated
(B) cultivated
(C) which need to be cultivated
(D) need to be cultivated
10. ________ west of the Rocky Mountains.
(A) Tornadoes almost occur never
(B) Tornadoes never occur almost
(C) Never tornadoes almost occur
(D) Tornadoes almost never occur
11. Vitamins are organic compounds ________ and must be ingested to maintain proper bodily functions.
(A) that they can't be produced by the body
(B) the body can't produce them
(C) that can't be produced by the body
(D) not produced them by the body
12. Seals can ________ because they have a thick layer of blubber under their fur.
(A) keep them warm
(B) keep themselves warm
(C) they keep warm
(D) keep their warm
13. The "Canterbury Tales", written about 1386, is as alive and ________ today as it was nearly 600 years ago.
(A) appealed
(B) appeal
(C) appealing
(D) the appeal of
14. Each of the radioisotopes produced artificially ________ its own distinct structure.
(A) have
(B) has
(C) having
(D) have had
15. "Moby Dick" is a mythical account of evil and revenge as shown by Captain Ahab's pursuit of the whale that had wounded ________ earlier in life.
(A) he
(B) his
(C) him
(D) to him
16. In a suspension bridge ________ that carry one or more flexible cables firmly attached at each end.
(A) there is two towers on it
(B) there are two towers
(C) two towers there are
(D) towers there are two
17. The Kentucky Derby ________ every May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
(A) to be run
(B) run
(C) it may be run
(D) is run
18. The nuthatch ________ six inches long.
(A) grows seldom more than
(B) more than seldom grows
(C) seldom grows more than
(D) grows more than seldom
19. The Andromeda Nebula, ________ more than two million light years away, can be seen from the northern hemisphere.
(A) a galaxy
(B) is a galaxy
(C) a galaxy is
(D) a galaxy which
20. Harvey will wash the clothes, ________
(A) iron the shirts, prepare the meal, dusting the furniture
(B) ironing the shirts, preparing the meal, and dusting the furniture
(C) iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and dust the furniture
(D) to iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and dust the furniture