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QUIZ: TOEFL STRUCTURE

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______grow close to the ground in theshort Arctic summer.

a)

Above tundra plants

b)

Tundra plants

c)

Tundra plants are found

d)

For tundra plants

2.

Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in thespecialization of______

a)

occupations

b)

occupies

c)

they occupied

d)

it occupied them

3.

______radio as the first practicalsystem of wireless telegraphy.

a)

Marconi's development

b)

The development by Marconi

c)

Developing Marconi

d)

Marconi developed

4.

The two biggest resort _____Arkansasare Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

a)

in

b)

towns in

c)

towns are

d)

towns are in

5.

Simple sails were made from canvas_____over a frame.

a)

a stretch

b)

stretched

c)

was stretched

d)

it was stretched

6.

Robert E. Lee____the ConfederateArmy to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.

a)

surrendered

b)

he surrendered

c)

surrendering

d)

surrender

7.

Multinational companies______it increasingly important to employ internationally acceptable brand names.

a)

finding

b)

are finding

c)

they find

d)

they are finding

8.

The cornea is located under theconjunctiva, on _____ of the eye.

a)

the part is exposed

b)

exposed the part

c)

the exposed part

d)

exposes the part

9.

______first settled the HawaiianIslands between A.D. 300 and 750.

a)

The Polynesians

b)

The Polynesians arrived

c)

Because of the Polynesians

d)

It was the Polynesians

10.

In some daguerreotype cameras, ______through a hole in the back ofthe box.

a)

the object's view

b)

the object was viewed

c)

from the view of the object

d)

viewed the object

11.

The first steamship to cross the Atlantic ______ Savannah, in 1819.

a)

was the

b)

it was the

c)

the

d)

in it the

12.

The first plant-like organismsprobably_____in the sea, perhapsthree billion years ago.

a)

life

b)

living

c)

lived

d)

it was living

13.

Legislation _____in 1916 and 1917gave the Wilson administration authority to intervene in the national economy if it proved necessary.

a)

it was passed

b)

was passed

c)

passed

d)

passes

14.

During the late 1880s, urbanstreetcars were electrified through _____ large motors.

a)

they used

b)

used

c)

the use of

d)

when they used

15.

In 1905, Henry Flagler _____his plans to extend his Florida East Coast Railway out across the sea to Key West.

a)

it was announced

b)

announcement

c)

the announcement of

d)

announced

16.

Nuclear power can be produced by fusion, _____ produced by fission.

a)

it can also be

b)

it can also

c)

and it can also be

d)

and it can also

17.

If scientific estimates are accurate, _____with the Earth about 20,000years ago.

a)

the Canon Diablo meteorite collided

b)

the collision of the Canon Diablo meteorite

c)

the Canon Diablo meteorite colliding

d)

colliding the Canon Diablo meteorite

18.

An optical microscope magnifies asmuch as 2,000 times, but an electronmicroscope_____ as much as amillion times.

a)

magnifying

b)

it magnifies

c)

can magnify

d)

magnify it

19.

Pressure differences make theeardrum vibrate_____the ear.

a)

enters the sound waves

b)

as sound waves

c)

sound waves enter

d)

as sound waves enter

20.

______mostly made of granite, it alsocontains some human-made materials.

a)

The Empire State Building

b)

The Empire State Building is

c)

Although the Empire State Building is

d)

Although the Empire State Building is built

21.

For more than a decade, ______that certain species are becoming scarce.

a)

the warnings of bird-watchers

b)

warn the bird-watchers

c)

bird-watchers have warned

d)

a warning for bird-watchers

22.

No single factor explains why_____vary so greatly among individuals.

a)

aging affects

b)

the effects of aging

c)

aging has an effect

d)

the aging effect

23.

Lack of clarity about_____the partyin the coming year will be removed at the party's convention.

a)

will lead

b)

lead

c)

they will lead

d)

who will lead

24.

Minute Man National Historical Parkis a monument to where_____

a)

the beginning of the Revolutionary War

b)

in the beginning of the Revolutionary War

c)

the Revolutionary War to begin

d)

the Revolutionary War began

25.

The National Institute of DentalResearch estimates_____influoridated areas have about 25 percent less tooth decay than children elsewhere.

a)

for school children

b)

school children's

c)

that school children

d)

that for school children

26.

Air near the equator _______ a faster west-to-east motion than air farther from the equator.

a)

to have

b)

it has

c)

has

d)

having

27.

______quickly after an animal dies.

a)

In the degradation of DNA

b)

Degrading DNA

c)

DNA degrades

d)

For DNA to degrade

28.

The southern part of Florida is muchwarmer in the winter than thenorthern part, so more_____to thesouth.

a)

flocking tourists

b)

touring flocks

c)

flocks of tourists

d)

tourists flock

29.

The Moon's gravity pulls water onthe near side of the Earth toward theMoon, and this is what_____tides to occur.

a)

the cause

b)

causes

c)

causing

d)

the cause of

30.

The tape measure first evolved from_____used by the Egyptians.

a)

the chains measure

b)

the chains are measured

c)

the chains are measuring

d)

the measuring chains

31.

It is not clear whether thesubdivisions of the neocortex______units.

a)

individual

b)

are individual

c)

they are individual

d)

individually

32.

The first writing_____evidence of is on Mesopotamian clay tablets

a)

we

b)

that we

c)

has

d)

that we have

33.

Benjamin Kabelsky, whom ______ as Jack Benny, was a famous comedian in vaudeville and on radio and television.

a)

most people's knowledge

b)

most people know

c)

knowing most people

d)

the knowledge of most people

34.

______that hunted other animalstended to have very narrow, sharp, curved claws.

a)

For dinosaurs

b)

Dinosaurs are known

c)

Dinosaurs

d)

Like dinosaurs

35.

Chimney Rock, ______500 feet abovethe North Platte River, has eroded considerably in the last two centuries.

a)

stands

b)

in standing

c)

it stands

d)

which stands

36.

_____that accompany recurringbouts of severe depression reduce bone density.

a)

It changes hormones

b)

Hormonal changes

c)

The hormones change

d)

The change in hormones is

37.

Mars's tiny moon Phobos is a smallmountain of rock that _____ from the asteroid belt by Mars's gravitational pull.

a)

was probably captured

b)

it probably

c)

the probable capture

d)

probably the capture

38.

Some scientists think ______be aplanet but a moon of Neptune.

a)

that Pluto does not seem

b)

not Pluto

c)

Pluto that might not

d)

that Pluto might not

39.

With_____of sophisticated oil lamps,elaborate tools were made to cut the wicks.

a)

appeared

b)

the appearance

c)

the appearance was

d)

it appeared

40.

Systems _____the two symbols 0 and 1 are called binary number systems.

a)

use

b)

they use

c)

uses

d)

using