TOEFL Test Part 3 - Structure & Written Expression

2o2o2o2o2o2o202 SE,CTION 2 STRUCTTJRE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Time-25 minutes (including the reading of the directions) Now set your clock for 25 minutes. This section is designed to measure your abilitv to recognize language that is appropriate for standard rvritten English. There are tu'o tvpes of questions in this section, rvith special directions fbr each type.

Structure Directions: These questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you rvill see four rvords or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), ancl (D). Choose the one r,,'orcl or phrase that best completes the sentence. TJren, on your ans\\'er shect, find the nunrber of the question ancl fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the ansuer vou hzrle chosen.

Look at the follor.r'ing eramples.

Example

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Sample Answer

The president

the election br' :r

(A) r'r'on (B) he rvon (C) vesterdav (D) fortunatelv

landslide.

O @ C 6)

The sentence should re:rd, "The pre'sider.rt lrron the election bv a landslide." Therefore, you should choose ansrver (A).

Example

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When

(A) the (B) did(C) the (D) the

Sample Answer the conference?

doctor attended the doctor zLttend doctor rvill attend

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o

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doctor's attenclance

The sentence should read, "When did the dor:tor-attend the conlerence?" Therefore, \'ou should choose answer (B).

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2o2o2o2o2o2o2o2 l. The Arctic Circle

thrrrrgh northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

(A) the pass (B) passing (C) it passes (D) passes

Venus is almosl the same size as thc Earth, mountain ranges are much highcr.

--

-(A) (B) (C) (D)

thev but rhev its but its

In concrete poetn the prinrarl consideration is the riav that

E;rrth's gravitr, pulls ever-vthing torvard the Earth.

-(A) it centers (B) the center ol (C) centered it (D) the center

poem.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

The forces e:rrthquakes ;rre the same ones lhat huiltl morrntains.

9.

(A) unleash(B) r-rnleashes (C) that unleash (D) that unleashing

in the

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r.r'olds are arranged

the an'angement of rvords arr-anging the rvords

rvords in an arrangement

Scientists arc no\\ onlr bcginning to understand the factors cigarette

addiction.

4. Since the eighteenth century

(A) (B) (C) (D)

tl're

cause

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causing the-v cause causes

major genre of litcrature in most literate

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societies.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

10.

becoming the novel has the nrivel becomc a becoming nor,el the novel has become

Agricultural

largelv responsibie for the unlolding of nutritional knor.vledge of vitamins and- minerals e:rrlv in tlre last centun:

(A) (B) 1f ) (D)

ol a computer Under a microscope chip looks like a nc-tri'or-k of aluminum

u'as

chemists u,ith chemists chemists were

tracks.

(A) the circuitr-r' (B) rvith the circuitn' (C) alter the circuitn. (D) it circr-riates 6.

Dinosaurs became ertinct 64 million vears first people ever appeared on Earth.

-(A) prior to the (B) the preceding (C) before tl-re (D) thc

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Each summel the Roanoke F{istorical Association sponsors a plav that shou's about the fate of the earlv colonli

--(A) knou.n (B) t'hat is knou,n (C) rvhat knou'ing (D) is knorvn

2o2o2o2o2o2o2o2 12. Agriculture requires a steady supply of in water to keep the plants alive, so areas u,ith a lot of rainfall.

(A) naturally stafied (B) stafiing nature (C) it naturallv started (D) its natural start l3 Even though

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about $4,000 to full1'

train a hearing dog, these dogs are generallv given - u'ithout charge to qualified candidates.

(A) it costs (B) the cost of it (C) the cost (D) costs

IA t+.

The reactor core of a nuclear reactor is bv a thick housed in a steel vessel layer of concrete.

(A) is surrounded (B) it surrounds (C) surrounds (D) surrounded 15.

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The properties of every protein depend on how are arranged in the molecular chain.

(A) -all the amino acids (B) all of the amino acid (C) all of the aminos acidify (D) of all the amino acids

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2o2o2o2o2o2o2o2 Written Expression Directions: In these questions, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined v,,'ord or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on vour ansu,er sheet, find the number of thc'question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the ansu'er you have chosen.

Look at the follou'ing examples.

Example

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Sample Answer

The four strins on a violin are tuned

AB

CD

in fifths.

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The sentence should read, "The four strines on a violin are tuned in fifths." Therefore, vou should choose answer (B).

Example

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Sample Answer

The research for the book Roors taking

ABC

Alex Halev twelve vears. D

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The sentence should read, "The research for the book Roots took Alex Flaley tvu'elve years." Therefore, you should choose ansrver (C).

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2o2o2o2o2o2o2oz 16. Polar u'inters

ar-e

length, dark, and cold

most plants

AB

D_

17. The remains of verv ancient u,oocl have turn into coal

AB

CD

18. In 1893, Henn,Ford brrilt his flr-st car engine in !e home

CD

AB

\glblgp

in Detr-oit

19. Armies of laborers toiled lor eight vear to build the Erie Canal.

-A

20

B-

C

D_

Sorne of the star-s in the closing stages of their lives becomes uhite du'arfs.

A

B

D-

C

2l The normall]' folce of grlrt.y at the Eartht surface is called

19.

ABCD 22

Edu'ard McDoue-ll is lemember iis lhe c'omposer of such perennial favoriles as "To a Wild Rose."

ABCD L3

Because he is

grar,itational\ bound to the Milkv

ttA'a1:

the Andromeda gala.rv is currenth'

ABC approacl'ring Earlth. D

24. CAT scanners are used not onlv for delecting conditions btrt also for obsen,ation the elfects

of

A-BC' therap)'. D 25

The chain ol'rider stations along the r.var,rrere crucial to the success ol the Ponv Exptess.

-B

A 26. The

funclional

r-e-.lationship bc'trveen the

A

C

D-

]r.U! tu.o hemispheres BCD

has been a mirior focr-rs of rnr,rch

studies in neuropsl'chologr.

27. The Great Salt Lake is the renrnar.rt of a vast inlanci seas.

ABCD

28. A desire to cradicate

!f9g!![

speilings in English can being traced back to the sixteenth century

CD

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2o2o2o2o2o20202 29. Jade can actuallJ' refer-to either the less common and more valuable iadeite and the more

A

C

-B

common and less valuable nephrite. D

30. The number o[ e]ectrons in an atom match the number of charged particles, or protons.

-ABCD 31. The neocortex becomes progressive more developed in the more advanced mammals.

ABCD

32. During their first attempts as a songu'riter, George Gershrvin diligentlr,continued to studv the

ABC

piano, harnronr; theorJ, and orchestration. D

33. Alexander Graham Bell

rvas tr.r'entv-nine rvhen A

him u,as granted a telephone patent in

BCD

1876.

34. Earlv television sets such as the RCA Victor model had small screens but containing a mass of

AB-C

additional components. D

35. A huge amount of immigrants

passed through the Great Hall on Ellis Island between 1892 and

CD

A 1954.

36. The cliff drvellings in Mesa Verde rvere br-rild in the thirteenth centr-rn.bv Native Americans u,ho

ABC

farmed the green plateau. D 37. The poet Walt Whitman \\Ias an eas)' recognized figure

ABCD_

u'ith his

lr.rng, rvhite beard and u'ide-

brimmed hat.

38. The sand doilars are a distinctive group

A

B-

o1 sea

shores.

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urchins that have adapt especialll'to lie on sandv

C

-D

2o2o2o2o2o2o2o2 39. Someone ri'ho personifies the "American Dream" are Andreu'Carnegie, nho imnrigrated to the

AB United States from Scotland vuithout nlone\,and made millions in the steel inclLrstr-r,,.

CD 40. The Nez Perce lived peacefulli' u'ith the trappers and traders u'ho tra.,.eled theirs lands until the

ABC

discriverr,of gold in 1860 brought miners and settlers into the regton. D

This is the end of Section 2. lf you finish before 25 minutes has ended, check your work on Section 2 only.

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