TOEFL Practice Test

The tulip tree is native to the eastern United States,_____________ the tallest and largest broadleaf tree.

• (A) where

• (B) where it is

• (C) it is where

• (D) is where

Over the centuries,____________ that try to explain the origins of the university.

• (A) although many theories

• (B) many theories

• (C) have many theories been

• (D) there have been many theories

The planet Venus is almost exactly the same size and mass ____ Earth, with a similar interior, including a nickel-iron core.

• (A) to

• (B) as

• (C) is

• (D) than

George Washington Carver ___________ international fame for revolutionizing agriculture research in the southern United States during the early twentieth century.

• (A) won

• (B) winning

• (C) who has won

• (D) the winner of

Constituting one of the earliest engineering techniques, _____________ in Paleolithic time was done in order to extend natural caves.

• (A) tunnels were built

• (B) which built tunnels

• (C) the building of tunnels

• (D) tunnels whose building

Elementary schools in the United states provide formal education____________arithmetic, science, social science, and communication skills that including reading, writing, spelling, and speaking.

• (A) such subjects as basic in

• (B) as basic subjects in such

• (C) in such basic subjects as

• (D) as in such basic subjects

____________ land and money enabled construction of the Union Pacific railroad to begin from Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1865.

• (A) By the government granting of

• (B) Government grants of

• (C) For the government to grant

• (D) Government grants so that

Appointments to the United States Supreme Court and all lower federal courts ______ by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.

• (A) making

• (B) to make

• (C) are made

• (D) have made

The name “squirrel” is commonly used for those forms of the family Sciuridae that live in trees, _____ it is equally accurate for ground dwelling types.

• (A) whether

• (B) that

• (C) although

• (D) in spite of

Green plants combine _____________with water and carbon dioxide to make food.

• (A) energy derived from light

• (B) energy, derived it from light

• (C) energy is derived from light

• (D) from light, and energy derived