TEPT Practice Structure Part A

1.         The Boston Public Library, ...... 1854, was the first library to be financed by donation and proceeds from raffles.

• (A)      found it in

• (B)      founded in

• (C)      was founded in

• (D)      it was found

2. Toolmakers not only ...... elaborate tools but also test them for reliability and utility.

• (A)      does it help to construct

• (B)      help in the construction

• (C)      help to construct

• (D)      do help to construct

3.         Before he turned 14, Mozart ...... a few lesser pieces for the piano.

• (A)      had composed

• (B)       has composed

• (C)       had the composition

• (D)      he had composed

4.    One of the quickest methods ...... personality is the self-report inventory.

• (A)      the measuring of

• (B)       to the measures

• (C)       for measurements

• (D)      of measuring

5.     Ginkgo trees bear seeds ...... an unpleasant odor to discourage animals from eating them.

• (A)      who have

• (B)       that have

• (C)       which they

• (D)      that are

6.    Patrick Henry, born in 1736, ...... by his father, who had advanced training in mechanics.

• (A)      had taught

• (B)       has been taught

• (C)       taught

• (D)      was taught

7.     In the 1950s, many people believed that the more they produced and consumed, ......

• (A)      they were the more affluent

• (B)       the more affluent they were

• (C)       were they affluent

• (D)      they were affluent

8.    A meteor burns brightly ...... through the earth’s atmosphere.

• (A)      as it descends

• (B)       as descending

• (C)       whether it descends

• (D)      when descends

9.    Mass transit systems relieve traffic congestion when the service is convenient, ......, and affordable.

• (A)      comfort

• (B)       comforting

• (C)       comfortable

• (D)      comforted

10.    Automatic fire alarms, ...... smoke detector, are installed in almost all public buildings.

• (A)      such as the ubiquitous

• (B)       so ubiquitous

• (C)       such is the ubiquitous

• (D)      so as the ubiquitous