Test A TOEFL Test

 

Assessment Test I Structure and Written Expression Part A: Choose the best answer.

1. Arizona __________ a very dry climate. (A) has (B) being (C) having (D) with 2. One of the least effective ways of o f storing information is learning _________ iit. t. (A) how repeat (B) repeating (C) to repeat (D) repeat 3. Strauss finished ___________ two of his published compositions before his tenth t enth birthday. (A) written (B) write (C) to write (D) writing 4. Many modern architects insist on ___________ materials materials native to the region that will  blend into the surrounding surrounding landscape. (A) use (B) to use (C) the use (D) using 5. Before the Angles and the t he Saxons ____________ ____________ to English, the Iberians had lived there. (A) coming (B) come (C) came (D) did come 6. By the time a baby has reached his first birthday, he should, without the help of an adul adult, t,  ___________  __________ _ sit up or even stand stand up. (A) to be able to (B) able (C) to be able (D) be able to 7. The theory of Continental Drift assumes that there ____________ long-term climatic changes in many areas during the past. (A) must have been 1|Page 

 

(B) must be (C) must have (D) must 8. The general public ___________ a large number of computers now, because prices are  beginning to decrease. (A) must buy (B) must have bought (C) must be buying (D) must buying 9. Since more than 50 percent of all marriages in the United States St ates end in divorce, about half of the children in America must ____________ in single-parent homes. (A) grow up (B) to grow up (C) growing up (D) have grow up 10. In a liberal arts curriculum, it is assumed that graduates will __________ _____________ ___ about English, languages, literature, history, and the other social sciences. (A) know (B) know how (C) knowledge (D) knowing knowing 11. Harvard ___________ a school for men, but now it is coeducational, serving as many women as men. (A) was used (B) used to be (C) was used to (D) was used to be 12. To check for acidity, one had better ____________ litmus paper. (A) use (B) using (C) to use (D) useful 13. A good counselor would rather that t hat the patient ___________ his or her own dec decisi isions ons after being helped to arrive at a general understanding of the alternatives. (A) makes (B) making (C) will make (D) made 2|Page 

 

14. Please ____________ photocopies photocopies of copyrighted cop yrighted material without the t he permission of the  publisher. (A) no make (B) don’t make  make  (C) not make (D) not to make 15. After her famous husbands’ death, deat h, Eleanor Roosevelt continued _____________ _____________ for  peace. (A) working (B) work (C) the working (D) to working 16. The Palo Verde tree tr ee ____________ in spring. spring. (A) has beautiful yellow blossoms (B) beautiful yellow blossoms (C) having beautiful yellow blossoms (D) with beautiful yellow blossoms 17. The great apes, a generally peaceful species, ____________ in groups. (A) would rather living (B) would rather live (C) would rather they live (D) would rather lived 18. Psychologists believe that incentives ____________ to increase our productivi productivity. ty. (A) make us want (B) make us to want (C) making us want (D) makes us wanting 19. Lobbyists who represent special interest intere st groups get _____________ _____________ that benefits their groups. (A) Congress to pass the legislation (B) Congress passed the legislation (C) the legislation to pass by Congress (D) the legislation that Congress passing 20. Like humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ____________ their teeth. (A) fill (B) filled (C) filling 3|Page 

 

(D) to be filled 21. The Immigration and Naturalization Service often o ften ____________ _____________ _ their visas if they fill out the appropriate papers. (A) lets students extend (B) lets students for extend (C) letting students to extend (D) let students st udents extending 22. In partnership with John D. Rockefeller, Henry Flager ____________ the Standard Oil Company. (A) helped forming (B) helped form (C) he helped form (D) helping to form 23. If water is heated to 212 degrees F, ______________ ______________ at steam. (A) it will boil and escape (B) it is boiling bo iling and escaping (C) it boil and escape (D) it would boil and escape 24. If services are increased, taxes ___________ ______________ ___ . (A) will probably go up (B) probably go up (C) probably (D) going up probably 25. If Americans ate fewer foods with with sugar and salt, their t heir general health __________ ____________ __  better. (A) be (B) will be (C) is (D) would be 26. According to some historians, if Napoleon N apoleon had not invaded Russia, he ___________ ___________ the rest of Europe. (A) had conquered (B) would conquer (C) would have conquered (D) conquered 27. If humans were totally tot ally deprived of sleep, tthey hey _____________ _____________ hallucinations, anxiety, coma, and eventually, death. (A) would experience 4|Page 

 

(B) experience (C) would have experienced (D) had experienced 28. Football teams don’t play in the Super Bowl championship _______ _____________ ______ either the  National or the American Conference. Conference. (A) unless they win (B) but they win (C) unless they will win (D) but to have won 29. If the Normans had not invaded England in the tenth century, the English language  ___________  __________ _ in a very different way. (A) develop (B) developed (C) would develop (D) would have developed 30. In The Wizard Oz , the wizard could not help Dorothy _____________ _____________ . (A) that she return to Kansas (B) return to Kansas (C) returning to Kansas (D) returned Kansas 31. If teaching ______________ more, fewer teachers would leave the t he profession. (A) pays (B) is paying (C) paid (D) had paid 32. Less moderate members of Congress are insisting that changes in the social soc ial security system ____________ made. (A) will (B) are (C) being (D) be 33. It is the recommendation r ecommendation of many psychologists ___________ _____________ __ to associate words and remember names. (A) that a learner uses mental images (B) a learner to use mental menta l images (C) mental image are used (D) that a learner use mental images i mages 5|Page 

 

34. It is necessary __________ the approached to a bridge, the road design, and the alignment in such a way as to best accomm accommodate odate the t he expected traffic flow over and under it. (A) plan (B) to plan (C) planning (D) the plan 35. In the Morrill Act, Congress granted federal lands to tthe he states ____________ agricultural and mechanical arts colleges. (A) for establish (B) to establish (C) establish (D) establishment 36. In the stringed str inged instruments, the tones _____________ by pl playing aying a bow across acr oss a set of strings that may be made of wire or gut. (A) they produce (B) producing (C) are produced (D) that are producing producing 37. The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Lloyd Wright, was greatly ___________, ___________, who wanted him to study architecture. (A) influenced by his mother (B) from his mother’s influence (C) his mother influenced him (D) influencing for his mother 38. The TOEFL examination ____________ by the year 2002. (A) completely revised (B) is revised completely co mpletely (C) is to be revised completely (D) completely is to revise 39. If more than five thousand dollars in monetary instruments is transported tr ansported into the United States, a report r eport needs ____________ ____________ with the customs office. (A) file (B) filing (C) to file (D) to be filed 40. _________ Giant Ape Man, our biggest and probably one of our first human ancestors, was just about the size of a make gorilla. (A) It is believed that (B) That it is 6|Page 

 

(C) That is believed (D) learns 41. People who have very little technical t echnical background have ___________ ___________ to understand computer language. (A) learn (B) learning (C) learned (D) learns 42. Many books _____________, but one of the best is H ow to to Win F r i ends nds and and I nfluenc nfluence e People by Dale Carnegie. (A) have written about success (B) written about success (C) have been written about success (D) about successful 43. By the middle of the twenty-first century, the t he computer ____________ a necessity in every home. (A) become (B) becoming (C) has become (D) will have become 44. Although research scientists had hoped that the new drug inter interferon feron _____________ _____________ to be a cure for cancer, its applications app lications now appear to be more limited. (A) prove (B) had proven (C) would prove (D) will prove 45. The giraffe survives in part because it ___________ ____________ _ the vegetation in the high branches of trees where other animals have not grazed. (A) to reach (B) can reach (C) reaching (D) reach 46. Hydrogen peroxide ___________ ___________ as a bleaching bleac hing agent because it effectively e ffectively whitens a variety of fibers and surfaces. (A) used (B) is used (C) is using (D) that it uses 7|Page 

 

47. There are still many examples of Cro-Magnon Cro -Magnon murals ____________ ____________ in the caves of of France and Spain. (A) they are left (B) leaving them (C) left (D) leave 48. ____________ that Lee Har Harvey vey Oswald may not have acted alone in the assassination assassinat ion of John Kennedy. (A) Thinking (B) To think (C) It is thought (D) The thought 49. Phosphates ___________ to most most farm land in America. (A) need added (B) need to add (C) need to adding (D) need to be added 50. When Franklin Roosevelt Roosevelt became very ver y ill, his wife began to take a more act active ive role in  politics, and many people believed that ____________ ____________ and the president shared his his responsibilities. (A) she (B) her (C) herself (D) hers

Part B: Choose the incorrect words or phrase and correct it. 1. Venomous snakes with modified teeth connected to poison glands in which the (A) (B) (C) venom is secreted and stored. (D)

2. Representative democracy seemed evolve simultaneously simult aneously during the eighteenth and (A) (B) (C) nineteenth centuries in Britain, Europe, and the United States. (D) 3. Many people have stopped to smoke because they are afraid that t hat it may be harmful (A) to their health.

(B)

(C)

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4. During Jackson’s Jackso n’s administration, those who did not approve of permit common (A) (B)  people in the White White House were shocked by shocked  by the president’s insistence that they be they be (C) invited into the mansion. (D) 5. When Columbus Columbus seen the t he New World, he thought that he had reached the East Indies (A) (B) (C)  by way of a Western Western route. (D) 6. Many birds will, in the normal course of their migrations, flying more than three (A) (B) thousand miles to reach their winter homes. (C) (D) 7. When the weather becomes colder we know that the air mass must originated in the (A)Gulf of (B)Mexico. Arctic rather than over the (D)

(C)

8. The American buffalo must be reproduce itself again aga in because it has been removed from (A) (B) (C) (D) the endangered species list. 9. Sheep must have mate in fall since the t he young are born in early spring every year. (A) (B) (C) (D) 10. The Impressionists like Monet and Manet knew to use color in order to create an (A) (B) (C) image of reality rather than reality itself. (D) 11. As television images of the astronauts showed, even for trained professionals who (A) (B) are used to move about in a lessened gravitational gravitat ional field, there are st still ill problems. (C) (D) 12. In today’s today’s competitive  competitive markets, even small businesses had better to advertise on TV (A) (B) and radio in order to gain a share of the t he market. (C) (D) 13. It is said that the American flag has five-pointed stars because Betsy Ross told General(A) Washington she would rather that he changing the six-pointed ones.

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(C)

(D)

14. Please don’t parking in those spaces that have signs reserving then t hen for the (A) (B) (C) handicapped. (D) 15. Insurance rates are not the t he same for different people because they t hey are not likely have (A) (B) (C) the same risk. (D) 16. Many people with with spinal cord injuries can, with the help of computer implants, (A) (B) recovering some of their t heir mobility. (C) (D) 17. Although thousands thousands of grizzly bears used to t o roaming the Western Plains of the (A) (B) United States, today only a few thousand exist. (C)

(D)

18. Although fraternal twins are born at the same time, t ime, they do not tend resembling each (A) (B) other any more than t han do other siblings. (C) (D) 19. Some astronomer contend that in ancient times, the B Big ig Horn Medicine Wheel, an (A) arrangement of stones in Wyoming, must have serve as sighting points for observations (B) (C) (D) of the sun. 20. Because doctors are treating more people peo ple for skin cancer, it is widely believed tthat hat (A) (B) changes in the pr otective otective layers of the earth’s eart h’s atmosphere must be produce harmful (C) (D) effects now. 21. Secretariat run the Kentucky Derby in 1.59 minutes, setting a record recor d that has (A) (B) remained unbroken since 1973. (C) (D) 22. Too much water makes plants turning brown on the edges of their leaves. (A)

(B)

(C)

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23. In order to receive full reimbursement for jewelry jewelr y that might be stolen, tthe he owner (A) (B) must get all pieces appraise. (C) (D) 24. Most presidential candidates have their names print on the ballot in the New (A) Hampshire primary election because it is customarily the first one in the nation, and (B) (C) (D) winning it can give them a good chance to be nominated by their parties. 25. The National basketball Association will not let any athlete to continue playing in (A) (B) the league unless he submits voluntarily to treatment t reatment for drug addiction. (C) (D) 26. Doctors agree that the fluid around the spinal cord helps the t he nourish the brain. (A) (B) (C) (D) 26. If a live sponge is broken into pieces, each piece would turn into a new sponge like (A) (B) (C) the original one. (D) 27. If you don’t register before the last day of regular registration, you paying a late fee. (A) (B) (C) (D) 28. If drivers obeyed the speed limit, fewer accidents acc idents occur. (A) (B) (C) (D) 29. If dinosaurs would have continued co ntinued roaming the earth, man would have evolved e volved quite (A) (B) (C) differently. (D) 29. If we were to consider all of the t he different kinds of motion in discussing the (A) movement of an object, it is very confusing, because even an object at rest is moving as (B) (C) (D) the earth turns. 30. Usually boys cannot become Boy Scouts unless completed the fifth grade. (A) (B) (C) (D)

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31. The Food and Drug Administration, known as the t he FDA, makes grocers and (A) (A) restaurant owners pasteurized all milk before selling it. (C) (D) 32. Besides his contributions to the field of science, Franklin helped the t he people of (A) (B) Philadelphia founded an insurance company co mpany,, a hospital, a public library, librar y, and a night (C) watch, as well as a city militia. (D) 33. If baby geese are hatched in the absence of their mother, they following the first (A) (B) moving object they see. (C) (D) 34. The Rural Free Delivery Act was passed so that t hat people on farms could have their (A) (B) (C) mail deliver cheaper and faster. (D) 35. A temporary driver’s permit lets the learner drives with another licensed driver in the (A) (B) (C) (D) car. 36. Unless complications from the anesthetic, operations to remove r emove the appendix are not (A) (B) (C) considered serious. (D) 37. If the cerebellum of a pigeon was destroyed, destro yed, the bird would not be able to fly. (A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

38. Many architects prefer that a dome is used to roof buildings that need to conserve (A) (B) (C) floor space. (D) 38. Despite their insistence that he will w ill appear when there is an important event, the (A) (B) (C)  president schedules press conferences with the news media at his discretion. (D) 39. It is essential that vitamins are supplied either by foods or by supplementary tablets for normal growth to occur.

(A)

(B)

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(D) 40. Papyrus was used for to make not only paper but also sails, and clothing. (A) (B) (C) (D) 41. Work is often measure in units called foot pounds. pounds. (A) (B) (C) (D) 42. In the ionosphere, gases have been partly ionized for high frequency radiation radiat ion from (A) (B) (C) the sun and other sources. (D) 43. From now on, new buildings buildings in level on earthquake zones in the United Sates are to (A) constructed to withstand a tremor without suffering structural struct ural damage. (B) (C) (D) 44. Because the interstate highway system linking roads across the t he country was built (A) (B) about forty-five years ago, most of the roads in the system now need repaired. r epaired. (C) (D) 45. That it is believed that most of the earthquakes in the worlds occur near the youngest (A) (B) (C) (D) mountain ranges — the the Himalayas, the Andes, and the Sierra Nevadas. 46. Arlington National Cemetery, a memorial area that includes that mast of the (A)  battleship Maine, the Tomb of the the Unknown Soldier, Soldier, and the eternal flame at the grave gr ave of Jonh F. Kennedy, Kennedy, is tthe he site where the families of more than 160,000 American American (B) (C) veterans have bury their loved ones. (D) 47. Gettysburg has been preserve as a national historic histor ic monumen monumentt because it was the site (A) (B) of a major Civil War battle in which many lives were lost. (C) (D) 48. It is believed that by 2010 immunotherapy have succeeded in curing a number of (A) (B) (C) (D) serious illnesses. 49. President Wilson had hoped that World War I be the last great war, but only two (A) 13 | P a g e  

 

decades later, the t he Second World World War was erupting. er upting. (B) (C) (D) 50. According to some scientists, the earth losing its outer atmosphere because of (A) (B) (C) (D)  pollutants.

51. If a rash occurs within twenty-four twent y-four hours after taking a new medication, the (A) (B) (C) treatment should discontinued. (D) 52. The states require that every citizen cit izen registers before voting in an elect election. ion. (A) (B) (C) (D) 53. The money needed to start and continue operating a business known as capital. (A) (B) (C) (D) 54. The purpose of hibernation is maintain animals in winter climates where food (A) (B) supplies are reduced. (C) (D) 55. It is believed that, by the year 2020, many space stations st ations will been constructed (A) (B) (C)  between the earth and the moon. (D) 56. It is essential the t he practice a foreign language in order to retain a high level of (A) (B) (C) (D)  proficiency. 57. Fewer babies born with birth defects because of advances adva nces in prenatal care during this (A) (B) (C) (D) decade. 58. Although the sculptor sculptor had hoped that he be able to finish the large stone sto ne faces at (A) (B) Mount Rushmore, Rushmore, the work was left for his son to complete. (C) (D)

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