TOEFL Practice

The North Platte River____from Wyoming into Nebraska.

• (A) it flowed

• (B) flows

• (C) flowing

• (A) with flowing water

____Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning “first people.”

• (A) The city of

• (B) Located in

• (C) It is in

• (D) The tour included

A pride of lions____up to forty lions, including one to three males, several females, and cubs.

• (A) can contain

• (B) it contains

• (C) contain

• (D) containing

____tea plant are small and white.

• (A) The

• (B) On the

• (C) Having flowers the

• (D) The flowers of the

The tetracyclines, ____antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

• (A) are a family of

• (B) being a family

• (C) a family of

• (D) their family is

Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants____marginal at best.

• (A) it is

• (B) there is

• (C) is

• (D) as

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

• (A) became

• (B) and became

• (C) he was

• (D) and he became

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

Still a novelty in the late nineteenth century, ____limited to the rich.

• (A) was

• (B) was photography

• (C) it was photography

• (D) photography was

A computerized map of the freeways using information gathered by sensors embedded in the pavement ____on a local cable channel during rush hours.

• (A) airs

• (B) airing

• (C) air

• (D) to air