Practice Ex TOEFL Barron 6th_Ex 41_Verb_Pg 84_Structure

Almost everyone fails __ the driver's

test on the first try.

• passing

• to have passed

• to pass

• in passing

When the silkworm gets through to lay its

eggs, it dies.

• silkworm

• to lay

• its

• it dies

If endangered species ___ saved, rain

forests must be protected.

• are to be

• be

• can be

• will be

The average spoken sentence in conversational English takes 2.5 seconds

• for to complete

• completing

• to complete

• by completing

Only twenty years ago, most doctors agreed truthful with their terminally ill patients, a trend that has reversed itself in modem medical practice.

• don't to be

• not to be

• we shouldn't been

• not to been

William Torrey Harris was one of the first educators interested ___ a logical progression of topics in the school curriculum.

• in establishing

• for establishing

• establishing

• to establish

North American Indian tribes used sign language ___ with tribes that spoke a different language or dialect.

• to communicating

• for communicate

• to communicate

• for communicated

Art tends to be ___ more after the death of the artist, but most literary works tend to decrease in value when the writer dies.

• price

• worthy

• worth

• value

Adult eagles let their offspring ___ nests near their original nesting area.

• build

• builds

• building

• to build

A barometer is a device with a sealed metal chamber designed to reading the changes in the pressure of air in the atmosphere.

• barometer

• sealed

• to reading

• air