TOEFL Structure and Written Expression 9 (Longman PBT)

The hard palate __ between the mouth and nasal passages.

• forming a partition

• a partition forms

• forms a partition

• a form and a partition

Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Rick Blaine in Casablanca __ of Humphrey Bogart's more famous roles.

• they are two

• two of them are

• two of them

• are two

__ , the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet of paper over most of the skin.

• It is the epidermis

• The epidermis

• In the epidermis

• The epidermis is

During the Precambrian period, the Earth's crust formed, and life __ in the seas.

• first appeared

• the first to appear

• the first appearance

• appearing first

When fluid accumulates against the eardrum, a second more insidious type of __.

• otitis media may develop

• developing otitis media

• the development of otitis media

• to develop otitis media

Before the Statue of Liberty arrived in the United States, newspapers invited the public to help determine where __ placed after its arrival.

• should the statue be

• the statue being

• it should be the statue

• the statue should be

A stock __ at an inflated price is called a watered stock.

• is issued

• issued

• it is issued

• which issued

Acidic lava flows readily and tends to cover much larger areas, while basic lava __ .

• viscous

• more viscous

• is more viscous

• it is more viscous

Seismic reflection profiling has __ the ocean floor is underlain by a thin layer of nearly transparent sediments.

• reveal that

• revealed that

• the revelation of

• revealed about

__ and terrifying, coral snakes can grow to 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length.

• They are extremely poisonous

• The poison is extreme

• Extremely poisonous

• An extreme amount of poison