11B: TOEFL Structure Skills 49-51 (More Adjectives)

As the only major American river that flowed in a west direction, the Ohio was the preferred route for settlers.

• the only

• flowed

• west

• preferred

Answer explanation

west should be westerly

During the annually salmon migration from the sea to fresh water, Alaska's McNeil River becomes a gathering place for brown bears waiting eagerly to catch their fill.

• annually

• fresh

• gathering

• eagerly

Answer explanation

annually should be annual

Edelman stresses the mounting evidence showing that greatly variation on a microscopic scale is likely.

• mounting

• showing

• greatly

• likely

Answer explanation

greatly variation should be great variation

Perhaps the most welcoming and friendly of the park's wild places is the live oak forest that surrounds the district's alone visitors' center in Gulf Breeze.

• welcoming

• friendly

• live

• alone

Answer explanation

alone visitors' center should be lone visitors' center

Halley's comet, viewing through a telescope, was quite impressive.

• viewing

• through

• quite

• impressive

Answer explanation

viewing through should be viewed through

The state of deep asleep is characterized by rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep.

• deep

• asleep

• characterized

• by

Answer explanation

deep asleep should be deep sleep

Among the disputing sections of the Monteverdi opera are the sinfonia, the prologue, and the role of Ottone.

• Among

• disputing

• sections

• are

Answer explanation

disputing sections should be disputed sections

Most probably because of the likable rapport between anchors, the night newscast on the local ABC affiliate has recently moved well beyond its competitors in the ratings battle.

• probably

• likable

• night

• recently

Answer explanation

night newscast should be nightly newscast

Signing at the outset of a business deal, a contract offers the participants a certain degree of legal protection from costly mistakes.

• Signing

• outset

• a certain

• costly

Answer explanation

Signing at the outset should be Signed at the outset

The story presented by Fischer is a headlong tale told so effectively that its momentum carries the reader right through the live endnotes.

• headlong

• effectively

• its momentum

• live

Answer explanation

live endnotes should be lively endnotes