Test B TOEFL Test

 

Assessment Test I (Cont ) Structure and Written Expression …

Part A: Choose the best answer.

51. According to the Christian Bible, when the disciples saw Jesus after he had risen from the dead, they t hey said, ____________. ____________. (A) “It is him.”  him.”   (B) “It is he.”  he.”   (C) “It is  is his.” his.”   (D) “It is himself.”  himself.”  52. Mob  Moby y D ick  is a mythical account of o f evil and revenge as shown by Captain Ahab’s  pursuit of the whale whale that had wounded _____________ _____________ earlier in life. (A) he (B) his (C) him (D) to him 53. Since the earth’s crust is much th thicker icker under the continents, equipment would have to be capable of drilling through 100,000 feet of rock to investigate the mantle _______. (A) beneath them (B) beneath their (C) beneath its (D) beneath they 54. One property of radioisotopes is that t hat ____________ decaying occurs in half-lives over a long period of time. (A) they (B) them (C) they’re (D) their 55. Sports medicine experts agree that ice should be applied immediately when an athlete suffers an injury to ___________ leg. (A) its (B) an (C) the (D) his 56. Charlie Chaplin was a comedian co median _____________ _____________ was best known for his work in silent movies. (A) who (B) which (C) whose 1|Page 

 

(D) what 57. In a parliamentary system, it is not the monarch bu butt the prime minister __________. (A) whom the real power (B) who has the real power (C) whom has the real power (D) who the real power 58. The jaw structure of a snake permits it to eat and digest animals much larger than  _____________  __________ ___ . (A) it (B) itself (C) its (D) it has 59. Business partners can usually usual ly sell their mutually owned property without consulting  _____________  __________ ___ unless they have agreed to a separate contract. (A) other (B) other one (C) one the other (D) each other 60. A desert receives less than t han twenty-five _____________ _____________ of rainfall every year. (A) centimeter (B) a centimeter (C) centimeters (D) of centimeters 61. __________ at 212 degrees F. and freezes at 32 degree F. (A) Waters boils (B) The water boils (C) Water boils (D) Waters boil 62. It is generally believed that an a n M.B.A. degree is good preparation for a career in  ___________.  __________ _. (A) a business (B) business (C) businesses (D) one business 63. Unemployment compensation is money to support an unemployed person while he or she is looking for ____________ . (A) job 2|Page 

 

(B) a job (C) works (D) a work 64. Fire-resistant materials are used to t o retard ___________ of modern aircraft in case of accidents. (A) a damage to the passenger cabin (B) that damages to the passenger cabin (C) damage to the passenger passe nger cabin (D) passenger passenger cabin’s damages 65. Hybids have one more _____________ per plant than the other varieties. var ieties. (A) corns (B) ear of corn (C) corn ears (D) corn’s ears 66. According to estimates by some so me botanists, there are ____________ ____________ of plants. (A) seven thousand type (B) seven thousand types (C) type of seven thousand t housand (D) types seven thousand t housand 67. ___________ trees is a custom that many people engage in to ce celebrate lebrate Arbor Day. (A) The plant (B) Plant (C) Planting (D) To planting 68. ___________ is not a new idea. (A) The planning of cities (B) Cities to plan them (C) Plan cities (D) To planning cities 69. ____________ migrate migrate long distances is well documented. (A) That it is birds (B) That birds (C) Birds that (D) It is that birds 70. Sunspots are known to cause ____________ enormous enormous increase in the intensity of the sun’s electromagnetic radiation. (A) an 3|Page 

 

(B) a (C) some (D) one 71. __________ of Country-Western Country-Western singers s ingers may be related relat ed to old English ballads. (A) The music (B) Music (C) Their music (D) Musics 72. __________ is an ancient source of energy. (A) The wind (B) Winds (C) Wind (D) A wind 73. At Woolworth’s first five-and-ten-cent 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 74. One of ____________ of the late Middle Ages was Saint Thomas Aquinas, a scholar who studied under Albertus Magnus. (A) the thinkers who was great (B) the great thinker (C) the greatest thinkers (D) who thought greatly 75. Although southern California is densely populated, ___________ live in the northern  part of the state. (A) a little people (B) a few the people (C) few people (D) a little of people 76. Although the Ojibwa Indians fought frequently with the Sioux, S ioux, they didn’t hav havee  ____________  __________ __ with early white white settlers. sett lers. (A) much contact (B) lots contact (C) many contact (D) large contact

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77. ___________ is currently available to researchers and physicians who study and treat acromegaly, a glandular disorder characterized character ized by enlargement and obesity. (A) The little information (B) Few information (C) Little information (D) A few information informat ion 78. ___________ can be grown on arid land. (A) Only a few crops (B) Only few crop (C) Only a little crops (D) Only little crop 79. Only ___________ ___________ of the breeds of o f cattle have been brought to the United States. (A) a small amount (B) a little amount (C) a small number (D) a little number 80. ____________ fuel fuel that is used today is a chemical form of so lar energy. (A) Most (B) The most (C) Most (D) Almost the 81. When your body does not get _____________, it cannot make the glucose it needs. (A) enough food (B) food as enough (C) food enoughly (D) enough the food 82. The definitions for “gram calories” or “calories” are ___________ for most engineering work. (A) accurate as enough (B) enough accurate (C) accurate enough (D) as accurate enough 83. There are three kinds of solar eclipses: one o ne is total, another is annular, and _______. (A) the another is partial (B) the partial is other (C) other is partial part ial (D) the other is partial 5|Page 

 

84. Some plants are annuals; ___________ ___________ are biennials; the rest are perennials. (A) some another (B) another (C) others (D) other 85. ____________ planet planet from the sun, Mars has a year of 687 days. (A) The fourth (B) The four (C) Four (D) Fourth 86. ___________ is cheaper for students who maintain a B average because they t hey are a  better risk than average or below-average students. (A) Automobile’s insurance (B) Insurance of automobiles (C) Automobile insurance (D) Insurance automobil auto mobilee 87. The evolution of vertebrates suggests development from a very simple heart in fish to a ___________ in man. (A) four-chamber heart (B) four-chambers heart (C) four-chamber hearts (D) four-chamber’s four-chamber’s heart 88. 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 89. Oil paints are ____________ ____________ they have become the t he most popular painter’s popular painter’s colors. (A) so versatile and durable that (B) so versatile and durable than (C) such versatile and durable as (D) such versatile and durable 90. Water is ____________ that it it generally contains dissolved materials in greater or lesser amounts. (A) such an excellent solvent (B) such excellent a solvent (C) such a excellent solvent 6|Page 

 

(D) a such excellent solvent 91. The tiny pictures on microfilm are ____________ small to be read with the naked eye. (A) so (B) too (C) much (D) such 92. Young rivers have no flood plains and their t heir valleys are __________. (A) very narrow (B) too narrow (C) so narrow (D) narrowly 93. If one is suffering from a psychosomatic illness, that is, a disease contributed to by mental anxiety, one may still st ill feel very ____________. ____________. (A) badly (B) bad (C) worsely (D) worser 94. Although we often use “speed” and “velocity” interchangeably, in a technical sense, “speed” is not always ____________ ____________ “velocity.” (A) alike (B) the same as (C) similar (D) as 95. The vegetation in temperate zones all around the wor world ld is _____________. _____________. (A) similar (B) like (C) same (D) as 96. Although they are smaller, chipmunks are _____________ _____________ most other ground squirrels. (A) like to (B) like as (C) like (D) alike

97. Some retirement communities will not sell property to new residents unless they t hey are about ___________ the rest of the residents. 7|Page 

 

(A) the same age (B) the same old (C) the same age as (D) the same old as 98. Although the name was not popularized until unt il the Middle Ages, engineering _______ civilization. (A) as old as (B) is as old as (C) that is old as (D) as old as that 99. The works of Picasso were quite ___________ during various periods of his artist artistic ic life. (A) differ (B) different (C) different from (D) different than 100. Modern blimps like the famous Goodbye blimps _____________ the first ones in that they are filled with helium instead of hydrogen. (A) differ from (B) different from (C) is different from (D) different

Part B: Choose the incorrect words or phrase and correct it. 59. We know that in 1000A.D. 1000A.D. Leif Eriksson Er iksson landed on the North American coast, and (A) that him and his Norwegian companions were the first white men to see the New World. (B) (C) (D)

60. It was her, Elizabeth I, not her father, fat her, King Henry, who led England in into to the Age of (A) (B) (C) (D) Empire. 61. According to legend, because the Indian Princess Pocahontas said that she loved he, (A) (B) (C) Captain John Smith was set free. (D) 62. According to Amazon legends, legends, men were wer e forced to do all of the household tasks for (A)

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the women warriors who governed and protected the cities for they. (C) (D) 63. Although Barney Clark lived only a few months with the artificial heart, doctor were (A) able to learn a great deal from him having used it. (B) (C) (D) 64. According to the theory of natural selections, the man who was able use the t he hands and feet most freely to walk and grasp was the one who survived and evolved. (A) (B) (C) (D) 65. Absolute zero, the temperature at whom all substances subst ances have zero thermal energy and (A) (B) thus, the lowest possible temperatures, is unattainable in practice. (C) (D) 66. The Pilgrims were 102 English emigrants whom, after arriving on the Mayflower, (A) (B)  became the first European settlers in New England. (C) (D) 67. According to the Fifth Amendment to the t he U.S. Constitution, no person should be (A) (B) compelled to be a witness against him own. (C) (D) 68. The twinkling lights of the firefly are signals so that t hat the male and female of the (A) (B) species can find each to the t he other. (C) (D) 69. In 1950 it was naively predicted that eight or ten computer co mputer would be be sufficient to to (A) (B) (C) handle all of the scientific and business needs ne eds in the United States. (D) 70. The religion attempts to clarify mankind’s mankind’s relationship  relationship with a superhuman power. (A) (B) (C) (D) 71. A space is the last frontier for man to conquer. (A) (B) (C) (D) 72. It is believed that a people could live on Mars with little life support because the (A) (B) (C) atmosphere is similar to that of earth. 9|Page 

 

(D) 73. A progress has been made toward finding a cure for AIDS. (A) (B) (C) (D) 74. A few tiles one Skylab were the only equipments that t hat failed to perform well in outer (A) (B) (C) (D) space. 75. One kinds of tool that was popular during the Stone Age was a flake, used for (A) (B) (C) cutting and scraping. (D) 76. Spell correctly is easy with the aid of o f a number of word processing programs for (A) (B) (C)  personal computers. (D) 77. Writing of instructions for computers is called computer co mputer programming. programming. (A)

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(C)

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78. That it is the moon influence only one kind of tide is not generally known known.. (A) (B) (C) (D) 79. Although almost almost all insects have six legs, a immature insect may not have any. (A) (B) (C) (D) 80. Philosophy of the ancient Greeks has been preserved in the scholarly writing writ ing of (A) (B) (C) Western civilization. (D) 81. The soil is composed of a mixture of organic matter called humus and inorganic (A) (B) (C) (D) matter derived from rocks. 82. Some religions have none deity but are philosophies that function instead of (A) (B) (C) (D) religions. 83. One of the primary cause of accidents in coal mines is the accumulat accumulation ion of gas. (A) (B) (C) (D) 84. Unless one subscribes to a large metropolitan newspaper such as the Wall Stree S treet  t   (A) (B)  Jo  J ourna urnall, or the Was Washi hing ngto ton nP Po ost , one will find very few news from abroad. 10 | P a g e  

 

(C)

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85. Many heavy work that was once done by hand can now be done more easily with the (A) (B) (C) (D) help of compressed air. 86. When there is a few money remaining after all a ll expenses have been paid, we say that (A) (B) a small economic surplus has been created. (D)

(C)

87. Only a little early scientists, scientists , among them Bacon, Copernicus, and Bruno, believed (A) (B) (C) that the principles pr inciples underlying the physical world could be d discovered iscovered and understood (D) through careful observation and analysis. 88. The amount of books in the Library of Congress is more than 58 million volumes. (A) (B) (C) (D) 89. Almost the plants known to us are made up of a great many cells, specialized to (A) (B) (C)  perform different tasks. (D) 90. As soon as the company has as enough earnings to make up for a bad year, the (A) (B) (C) stockholders of cumulative preferred stock dividends dividends for the t he bad year as well as for the (D) good year. 91. Most large corporations provide pension plans for their employees so that t hat they will (A)  be secure enough than to live live comfortably during their retirement. (B) (C) (D) 92. One of the most popular major fields of study for foreign scholars in the United (A) States is business and the another anot her is engineering. (B) (C) (D) 93. In experiments with large numbers of animals crowded cro wded in small cages, some have ` (A) not been affected, but the rest of o f have shown all of the symptoms associated with stress and mental illness.

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94. Labor Day is always celebrated on o n First Monday in September. (A) (B) (C) (D) 95. Sex’s education is education is instituted to help the student understand the process of (A) (B) maturation, to eliminate anxieties related re lated to development, to learn values, and to prevent disease.

(C)

(D)

96. The MX is a four-stages rocket with an 8,000-mile range, larger than that of the (A) (B) (C) (D) Minuteman. 97. It is not surprised that the Arabs, who w ho possessed a remarkable gift for astronomy, (A) (B) (C) mathematics, and geometry, were also skillful mapmakers. (D) 98. By the mid-nineteenth century, land was such expensive in large cities that t hat (A) (B) architechs began to conserve space by designing skyscrapers. (C) (D) 99. Albert Einstein was such brilliant a scientist sc ientist that many of his colleagues had to study (A) (B) (C) for several years in order to form opini opinions ons about his theories. (D) 100. Mercury is not often visible because it is so near the sun to be seen. (A) (B) (C) (D)

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