TOEFL EXERCISE SKILL 1-8

_____ tea plant are small and white.

• the

• on the

• having flowers the

• the flowers of the

The tetracyclines, _______antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

• are a family of

• being a family

• a family of

• their family is

      The president of the U.S. appoints the cabinet members, _______

appointments are subject to Senate approval.

• their

• with their

• because their

• but their

The prisoners were prevented from speaking to reporters because        

• not wanting the story in the papers

• the story in the papers the superintendent did not want

• the public to hear the story

• the superintendent did not want the story in the papers

       According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the ________ migrate by following magnetic fields.

• target monarchs

• target since monarchs

• target since monarchs are

• target

______show the relations among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility that other aspects are important.

• neutral theories

• a neutral theory

• although neural theories

• however neural theories

_______or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow

account to ensure the payment of property taxes and homeowner's insurance.

• A home is

• A home is bought

• When a home

• When a home is bought

Henry Adam, born in Boston,_______famous as a historian and novelist.

• became

• and become

• he was

• and he become

The charter for the Louisiana lottery was coming up for renewal,

______spared no expense in the fight to win renewal.

• the lottery committee

• so the lottery committee and

• so the lottery committee

• the lottery committee made

Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual ________

most of the chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination.

• in

• so

• and

• that in