TOEFL Diagnostic Test

1. The North Plate River ___ from Wyoming into Nebraska

• A. it flowed

• B. flows

• C. flowing

• D. with flowing water

2. ____ Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning "first peopke".

• A. The city of

• B. Located in

• C. It is in

• D. The tour included

3. A pride of lions ___ up to forty lions, including one to three males, several females and cubes.

• A. can contains

• B. it contains

• C. contain

• D. Containing

4. ____ tea plant are small and white.

• A. The

• B. On the

• C. Having flowers of

• D. The flowers of

5. The tetracylines, ____ antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

• A. are a family of

• B. being a family of

• C. a family of

• D. their family is

6. Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants ___ marginal at best.

• A. it is

• B. they is

• C. is

• D. as

7. Hendy Adams, born in Boston ____ famous as a historian and novelist.

• A. became

• B. and because

• C. he was

• D. and he become

8. The major cause ____ the pull of the Moon on the Earth.

• A. the ocean tides are

• B. of ocean tides is

• C. of the tides in the ocean

• D. the oceans' tides

9. Still a novely in the late nineteenth century, ___ limited to the rich

• A. was

• B. was photography

• C. it was photography

• D. photography was

10. A computerized mpa of the freeways using information gathered by sensors embedded in the pavement __ on a local cable channed during rush hours.

• A. airs

• B. airing

• C. air

• D. to air