TOEFL - Lesson 15

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1. In his autobiography, 'The education of Henry Adams', Adams attempted to show that his generation ________.
(A) did not know how to live in a technological society
(B) did not know living in a technological society
(C) was not knowing how live in a technological society
(D) had not known living in a technological society
2. We all saw the athlete when he ________ the fastest mile ever run at the school.
(A) run
(B) running
(C) ran
(D) had run
3. The ________wanted to continue their tour even though the bus had broken down.
(A) tourist
(B) tourists have
(C) tourists
(D) tourist had
4. For the investor who ________ money, silver or bonds are good options.
(A) has so little a
(B) has very little
(C) has so few
(D) has very few
5. To relieve pain caused by severe burns, prevent infection, and treat for shock, ________.
(A) taking immediate steps
(B) to take immediate steps
(C) taken steps immediately
(D) take immediate steps
6. Canada does not require that U.S. citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and ________.
(A) Mexico does neither
(B) Mexico doesn't either
(C) neither Mexico does
(D) either does Mexico
7. Flight nineteen from New York and Washington is now arriving at ________.
(A) gate two
(B) the gate two
(C) the two gate
(D) second gate
8. Sesame ________ a herbaceous plant native to the tropics.
(A) is
(B) which
(C) from
(D) it is
9. A log grabber has a long arm ________, which stretches out to pick up logs.
(A) calls a jib
(B) calling a jib
(C) a jib called
(D) called a jib
10. The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately ________.
(A) at the time when the water began to go up to
(B) when the water began to rise
(C) when up was going the water
(D) in the time when the water raised
11. ________ the lip of an open-pit copper mine, the huge tractors and cranes below look like toys, and people look like tiny ants scurrying about.
(A) Where
(B) While
(C) That
(D) From
12. Double stars orbit ________.
(A) each to the other
(B) each other
(C) each other one
(D) other each one
13. The bird's egg is such an efficient structure for protecting the embryo inside ________ difficult for the hatchling to break.
(A) that is
(B) that
(C) and is
(D) that it is
14. Besides rain, ________ is seldom pure.
(A) water naturally
(B) natural water
(C) water of nature
(D) the nature's water
15. A dolphin ________ a porpoise in that it has a longer nose.
(A) different
(B) differs
(C) different than
(D) differs from
16. A symbol of the ancient competition, the Olympic flame burns ________ throughout the games.
(A) in a continuous way
(B) continuous
(C) continuously
(D) continual
17. Although they are both grown in the United States and exported abroad, corn is not native to America and winter wheat ________.
(A) is neither
(B) isn't either
(C) isn't neither
(D) is either
18. Although blood ________ a residue in urine and stool samples, it cannot always be detected without the aid of a microscope.
(A) let
(B) leave
(C) leaves
(D) lets
19. Prospectors rushed to Nevada in 1859 ________ was discovered there.
(A) after gold soon
(B) soon after gold
(C) gold was soon after
(D) they found gold
20. ________ the Christmas shopping season begins.
(A) That is after Thanksgiving
(B) After Thanksgiving it is
(C) It is after Thanksgiving that
(D) It is Thanksgiving that

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TOEFL - Lesson 14

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1. In ________, the advent of the telephone, radio, and telegraph has made rapid long-distance communication possible.
(A) one hundred years later
(B) one hundred years ago
(C) the one hundred years since
(D) the last one hundred years
2. ________ people came to the meeting than we had expected.
(A) Fewer
(B) Less
(C) A little
(D) Little
3. Art lovers should read ________ about what new paintings will be displayed.
(A) noticeably
(B) notices
(C) notice
(D) noticing
4. The committee has met and ________.
(A) they have reached a dicision
(B) it has formulated themselves some opinions
(C) its decision was reached at
(D) it has reached a decision
5. The Cathedral of Seville enjoys the distinction ________ the largest medieval cathedral in the world.
(A) of being
(B) to be
(C) being
(D) it being
6. Anthony Burgess is not only a successful novelist, ________ an expert linguist.
(A) and therefore
(B) however
(C) but also
(D) and also
7. The Order of Elks has been in existence ________ 1868.
(A) starting in
(B) since
(C) after
(D) founded
8. One of the puzzles still mystifying biologists is ________ what to become in an embryo.
(A) how do cells know
(B) how know cells
(C) how cells know
(D) how cells knowing
9. The man gave ________ a diamond necklace.
(A) that is his wife
(B) his wife has
(C) his wife
(D) it to his wife
10. John has not been able to recall where ________.
(A) does she live
(B) she lives
(C) did she live
(D) lived the girl
11. Depressant drugs ________ historically have been known to be addictive are called narcotics.
(A) and
(B) which
(C) they
(D) about which
12. If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their general health ________ better.
(A) be
(B) will be
(C) is
(D) would be
13. At Woolworth's first five-and-ten-cent store, ________ more than a dime.
(A) neither items cost
(B) items not cost
(C) items none costing
(D) no item cost
14. ________ the end of the Ice Age around 8000 B.C., mammoths became extinct.
(A) With
(B) It was
(C) That
(D) In addition
15. There are two basic kinds of air compressors, reciprocating and ________
(A) another kind that is rotating
(B) one that rotates
(C) a rotating kind
(D) rotating
16. Somerset Maugham, a novelist, ________ about a restless man's quest for inner understanding in The Razor's Edge.
(A) who wrote this
(B) who wrote
(C) when he wrote
(D) wrote
17. ________, the jaguar used to roam freely in the southwestern United States.
(A) It is now found only in Central and South America
(B) Now finding in Central and South America
(C) To be found in Central and South America
(D) Now found only in Central and South America
18. When linguists encounter a new language, ________ work to identify all of the sounds it contains.
(A) who
(B) they
(C) and
(D) those
19. Air ________ the carbon dioxide necessary for photosynthesis enters leaves through tiny surface openings.
(A) contains
(B) contained
(C) containing
(D) it contains
20. George did not do well in the class because ________.
(A) he studied bad
(B) he was not good studywise
(C) he was a badly student
(D) he failed to study properly

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TOEFL - Lesson 13

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1. It has been estimated that ________ one hundred thousand men participated in the gold rush of 1898.
(A) approximate
(B) until
(C) as many as
(D) more
2. A seventeen-year-old is not ________ to vote in an election.
(A) old enough
(B) as old enough
(C) enough old
(D) enough as old
3. As soon as ________ with an acid, salt, and sometimes water, is formed.
(A) a base will react
(B) a base reacts
(C) a base is reacting
(D) the reaction of a base
4. The Ford Theater where Lincoln was shot ________.
(A) must restore
(B) must be restoring
(C) must have been restored
(D) must restored
5. The skiers would rather________ through the mountains than go by bus.
(A) to travel on train
(B) traveled by train
(C) travel by train
(D) traveling by the train
6. He has received several scholarships ________
(A) not only because of his artistic but his academic ability
(B) for both his academic ability as well as his artistic
(C) because of his academic and the artistic ability
(D) as a resulting of his ability in the art and the academy
7. The doctor insisted that his patient ________
(A) that he not work too hard for three months
(B) take it easy for three months
(C) taking it easy inside of three months
(D) to take some vacations for three months
8. Legumes take nitrogen into their roots ________ the air.
(A) except
(B) however
(C) but
(D) from
9. So little ________ that he failed the examination.
(A) did the student know
(B) the student knew
(C) the student had known
(D) knew the student
10. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both primitive societies ________ advanced cultures.
(A) and
(B) and in
(C) and also
(D) also
11. Copper is the favored metal for electricians' wire because of ________.
(A) it is an excellent conductor
(B) its excellent conductivity
(C) excellent conductivity of it
(D) so conductive is it
12. Before the Angles and the Saxons ________ to England, the Iberians had lived there.
(A) coming
(B) come
(C) came
(D) did come
13. A college bookstore that sells used textbooks stocks ________ along with the new ones on the shelf under the course title.
(A) its
(B) their
(C) a
(D) them
14. ________ discovery of insulin, it was not possible to treat diabetes.
(A) Prior to the
(B) Prior
(C) The prior
(D) To prior
15. Out of John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society ________ for an increase in public goods, potentially at the expense of private goods.
(A) came the argument
(B) his argument
(C) argued
(D) the economist is arguing
16. The human body has four jugular veins, ________ each side of the neck.
(A) there are two on
(B) it has two on
(C) two are on
(D) two on
17. When ________ of impulses from many of the neurons in one part of the brain, an epileptic seizure occurs.
(A) the simultaneous bursts
(B) simultaneously burst
(C) there are simultaneous bursts
(D) simultaneously bursting
18. Aspirin is used ________ a constriction of the blood vessels.
(A) the counteraction
(B) to counteract
(C) counteract
(D) counteracting
19. ________ gene in the human genome were more completely understood, many human diseases could be cured or prevented.
(A) Each
(B) Since each
(C) If each
(D) Were each
20. Only after food has been dried or canned ________.
(A) that it should be stored for later consumption
(B) should be stored for later consumption
(C) should it be stored for later consumption
(D) it should be stored for later consumption

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