TOEFL Exercise (Skills 37 - 38)

__________ discussed by the board of directors when it was proposed again by the supervisors.

• The problem had already

• The problem is already

• The problem has already been

• The problem has already

Much of the carnage of elephants, giraffes, and big cats __________ uncaring hunters.

• must commit by

• must be commited

• must have commited

• must have been committed by

The x-ray treatments __________ up to the time that he was dismissed from the hospital.

• gave daily

• were given daily

• basically have given

• daily had been given

Particular issues that concern teenagers were covering in the half-hour program.

• issues

• concern

• were

• covering

Electrical impulses may also picked up by the optic nerve.

• impulses

• may

• picked

• by the optic

Workers training for a specific job have a strong possibility of being replace by a machine.

• training

• have

• being

• replace

On June 30, 1992, international timekeepers in Paris were added an extra second to the day.

• On

• were added

• second

• the day

The report could not be turned in on time because all the needed work lost.

• could not be

• turned

• needed

• lost

In English these questions have be formed by changing the word order of a statement, whereas in some languages the word order remains the same.

• have be

• formed

• changing

• remains

He was not able to define the process by which the body had protected by the immunologic system.

• was not

• to define

• by which

• had protected