TOEFL Structure - TEST 1

The human brain __________ only two percent of an adult's body weight

• it makes up

• makes it up

• makes up

• which makes up

The foreign policies __________ the Hoover administration undertook in 1929 were marked by good will and peaceful purpose.

• that

• where

• on which

• of

Children usually turn to their parents rather than __________ for protection from threats in the environment.

• they turn to other figures of authority

• authority figures to other

• to other figures of authority

• their turning to other figures of authority

__________ cause extensive damage to Pacific Island nations each year.

• Because of the high tides and winds during hurricanes

• The high tides and winds of hurricanes

• The high hurricane tides and winds which

• That the high tides and winds of hurricanes

Anthropologists __________ within their environments and evaluate the adaptations they have made.

• societies are studied

• study societies

• who study societies are

• their societies are studied

Malaria, which can be fatal if left untreated, is transmitted by the female, __________ by the male, mosquito.

• not

• however

• despite

• instead

__________ , Henry David Thoreau is known for his transcendental views.

• He was like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson

• His predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was like him

• Like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson

• That he was like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson

The tallest bird on the North American continent, the white whooping crane, __________ four and a half feet tall.

• stands

• which stands

• it stands

• standing

For thousands of years, people have used vast amounts of wood for building and __________ their homes.

• they heat

• to heat

• heating

• heat

Past experience has shown that even well-trained __________ overwhelming success in forecasting interest rates.

• experts do not always have

• do not always have expert

• there are experts who do not always have

• always do not have experts