TOEFL Section II - Structure

1. _____________ range in color from pale yellow to bright orange.

• A. Canaries which

• B. Canaries

• C. That canaries

• D. Canaries that are

2. Carnivorous plants ______ insects to obtain nitrogen.

• A. are generally trapped

• B. trap generally

• C. are trapped generally

• D. generally trap

3. A federal type of government results in _________

• A. power is distributed vertically

• B. vertically distributed

• C. a vertical distribution of power

• D. the distribution of power is vertical

4. February normally has twenty-eight days, but every fourth year, _____ has twenty-nine.

• A. there

• B. its

• C. is a leap year

• D. a lap year, it

5. Evidence suggests that one-quarter of operations ______ bypass surgery may be unnecessary.

• they involve

• involve

• involving

• which they involve

6. __ a tornado spins in a counter-clockwise direction in the north hemisphere, it spins in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere.

• A. However

• B. Because of

• C. That

• D. Although

7. The Caldecott Medal, _____ for the best children's picture book, is awarded each January.

• A. which is a prize

• B. is a prize which

• C. which prize

• D. is a prize

8. Sports medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the identification and treatment of injuries to persons _______.

• A. involved in sports

• B. involved in sports

• C. they are involved in sports

• D. sports involve then

9. The Wilmington Oil Field, in Long Beach, California, is one of ______ oil fields in the continental United States.

• A. productive

• B. the most productive

• C. most are productive

• D. productivity

10. Thunder occurs as ______ through air, causing the heated air to expand and collide with layers of cooler air.

• A. an electrical charge

• B. passes an electrical charge

• C. the passing of an electrical charge

• D. an electrical charge passes