TOEFL Structure 41

Almost everyone fails ___ the driver's test on the first time.

• passing

• to have passed

• to pass

• in passing

Find the Mistake:

When the Silkworm gets through to lay its eggs, it dies.

• the silkworm

• to lay

• its

• it dies

If endangered species ___ saves, 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, many doctors agreed ___ truthful with their terminally ill patients, a trend that has reversed itself in modern 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 establishing

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

Find the Mistake:

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

• A barometer

• sealed

• to reading

• air