TOEIC ERRORS

The technology, developed in coal-rich Germany in the 1920s, involves partly burning coal to turn it into a gas, then using a catalyst, usually a metal, make it a liquid.

• involves partly

• turn it into

• coal-rich

• make it

The economy is heavy dependent on industry, and economic growth has always been of greater concern than environmental preservation

• on industry

• heavy

• has always been

• than

Should we really speak of the “breakdown” of families when we are perhaps witnessing new family forms and a new social structure arising late capitalism?

• when we are

• arising

• Should we

• speak of

Most of the large industries in the country are well organised and structured and are sometimes backed up internationally reputable mother companies.

• in the

• are

• Most of

• backed up

Education should emphasize our interdependence with peoples, with other species and with the planet as a whole.

• our

• with

• should

• as a whole

The minimum wage bill provides for a gradual reduction of the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour over two years.

• bill

• reduction

• minimum

• over two years

In 2004, a team led by the government environment ministry say that chemicals from the factory had contaminated sediment in the bay and entered the food chain.

• say that chemicals

• contaminated sediment

• entered

• led by

The increase population, and rapid economic growth in recent years, have put a large and increasing stress on the water resources and environment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

• in recent years

• on the water resources

• increase

• in

Advocacy for child war victims, children in hazardous work, abused children and those variously exploited or handicapped has attracted the attention and commitment of legislators and policy-makers through the world.

• those

• has attracted

• through

• in

Public opinion polls have consistently demonstrated the public’s willingness for 'tradeoff' economic growth for environmental protection.

• consistently

• for

• opinion polls

• environmental