Written expression exercise of TOEFL

The 2000 Census showed that married couples _____ half of the 2 million households in the state, and 46 percent of those couples had children under roof.

• and made up

• to make up

• which they made up

• made up

There are 4 underlined sections in the text below. Select the one which is wrong.

Crushed ice is use to cool drinks, and is often applied to injuries where there is swelling, to remove excess heat generated in the tissues.

• is often

• where there is

• use

• generated

The hospital is now discounting 10 standard operations and _____ , ranging from having a baby and treating a cataract to undergoing a heart bypass.

• equipment

• visits

• procedures

• medication

Across the country, recreational and commercial fishers have been pointing fingers for decades over which group is responsible for _____ stocks of sports fish.

• increasing

• reduce

• dwindling

• growing

There are 4 underlined sections in the text below. Select the one which is wrong.

The Eiffel Tower was built the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution.

• of

• the

• was built

• commemorating

By far the most noticeable blemishes on the surface of the Sun _____ sunspots.

• that are

• the

• are

• in the

The problems of squaring a pan-European agenda with the national interests of 25 separate countries _____ the process of integration a slow, complex and at times divisive one.

• have made

• causes

• often affect

• resulting in

There are 4 underlined sections in the text below. Select the one which is wrong.

Full-time jobs for men are declining, while more women are finding part- and full-time work. The result is declining social status for men so they lose their role as the sole financial provider.

• while

• is

• so

• as

_____ films about writers are so dull is that writers don't dress up to practice their craft.

• One of the reasons

• Everybody says

• It is often claimed

• Because

Alaska's salmon stocks should continue to produce healthy harvests _____ foreseeable future, barring significant damage to their habitat either via local activities or global warming.

• in

• during

• on

• for the