Review Grammar TOEFL Test - L

The three basic chords in ________ the tonic, the dominant, and the subdominant.

• A. functional harmony

• B. functional harmony is

• C. functional harmony are

• D. functional harmony they are

___________ Hale Telescope, at the Palomar Observatory in southern California, scientists can photograph objects several billion light years away.

• A. The

• B. With the

• C. They use the

• D. It is the

Without the proper card installed inside the computer, ________

impossible to run a graphics program.

• A. is definitely

• B. because of

• C. it is

• D. is

The charter for the Louisiana lottery was coming up for renewal, _____ spared no expense in the fight to win renewal.

• A. the lottery committee

• B. so the lottery committee and

• C. so the lottery committee

• D. the lottery committee made

While in reality Alpha Centauri is a triple star, _______

to the naked eye to be a single star.

• A. it appears

• B. but it appears

• C. appears

• D. despite it

The Sun's gravity severely distorted the path of the comet ________ entered its

wildly erratic orbit around Jupiter.

• A. it

• B. when

• C. after the comet came into it

• D. once the comet

Each object ________ Jupiter's magnetic field is deluged with electrical charges.

• A. enters

• B. it enters

• C. entering

• D. enter

As its name suggests, the Prairie Wetlands Resource Center _______ the protection of wetlands on the prairies of the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, and Nebraska.

• A. it focuses

• B. focuses on

• C. focusing

• D. to focus on

One of the largest and most powerful birds of prey in the world, ________ a six-foot wingspan and legs and talons roughly the size of a man's arms and

legs.

• A. so the harpy has

• B. the harpy having

• C. with the harpy having

• D. the harpy has

___________ creation of such a community was a desirable step, the requisite political upheaval had to be accepted.

• (A) Since the

• (B) The

• (C) Later, the

• (D) It was the