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TOEFL - Structure (6) TP 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________ a few of the sounds produced by insects can be heard by humans.

a)

only

b)

There are only

c)

That only

d)

With only

2.

Usually, political cartoons ______ on the editorial page of a newspaper.

a)

appear

b)

whose appearance

c)

by appearing

d)

when they appear

3.

Edwin Hubble, the discoverer of the red shifting of galaxies, was __________ .

a)

the American astronomer

b)

an American astronomer

c)

American astronomers

d)

an American astronomers

4.

__________ tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean in December 2004, claiming more than 200,000 lives.

a)

The major is

b)

It is a single major

c)

Every major

d)

A major

5.

On July 4, 1776, __________ in North America declared their independence from England.

a)

thirteen British colonies

b)

thirteen British colony

c)

a thirteen British colony

d)

thirteenth British colony

6.

__________ in physics that work has a much more specific definition.

a)

There is clear

b)

It is clear

c)

Clear it is

d)

Though it is clear

7.

__________ no distinction between axons, the nerve fiber, and dendrites in invertebrates' nerve net system.

a)

It has

b)

There has

c)

There is

d)

It is

8.

Some birds have strong hooked beaks for tearing fish and __________ have dagger-like bills for spearing and grasping fish and frogs.

a)

the others

b)

others

c)

the other birds

d)

others birds

9.

The Sahara was a friendly landscape __________ Neolithic communities progressed from hunting and gathering to the herding of cattle.

a)

where in

b)

which in

c)

in which

d)

in where

10.

The decaying remnants of the last __________ dodo, an extinct bird species, in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, were burned in 1755.

a)

stuffing

b)

stuff

c)

stuffed

d)

stuffy

11.

In the United States, __________ in the plays of Eugene O'Neill.

a)

naturalism became popularly

b)

it became popular naturalism

c)

became popular naturalism

d)

naturalism became popular

12.

The art and architecture of ancient Greece __________ Western Art up to the present day.

a)

have influenced it greatly

b)

have greatly influenced

c)

have great influence

d)

have great influence in

13.

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, the mastermind of the Soviet Space Program, pioneered the work on __________ fuel in Russia in 1933.

a)

rockets liquid

b)

liquid rockets

c)

liquid rocket

d)

rocket liquid

14.

Tens of thousands of Maoris __________ between 1815 and 1840 in intertribal wars.

a)

when died

b)

they died

c)

dying

d)

died

15.

The Acropolis, __________ in ancient Greece, dominates the city of Athens.

a)

a fortified natural stronghold

b)

by fortifying a natural stronghold

c)

to fortify a natural stronghold

d)

fortifying a natural stronghold

16.

Unconscious is a term using to describe such mental processes as thoughts, ideas, and feelings that go on in people's minds.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

is

b)

using

c)

processes

d)

go

17.

Andre Marie Ampere, a French mathematician and scientist, was born at Polemieux, near the Lyons, France.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

a

b)

mathematician

c)

was born

d)

near the Lyons

18.

Mohandas Gandhi was in charge of a Red Cross units during the Boer War.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

in charge

b)

units

c)

the

d)

Boer War

19.

In every living organisms, complex chemical reactions occur among thousands of substances.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

organisms

b)

reactions

c)

among

d)

substances

20.

UNESCO is headquartered in Paris, France, with an over 50 field offices and several institutes and centers throughout the world.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

an

b)

several

c)

centers

d)

the world

21.

Aoudads, wild horned sheeps of six subspecies, live in North Africa.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

sheeps

b)

six

c)

subspecies

d)

North Africa

22.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has taken a role in coordinating international action on a corruption by creating Anti-bribery Convention.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

role

b)

international

c)

action

d)

a corruption

23.

New York City is a center of international finance, politics, communications, musics, fashion, and culture.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

a center

b)

politics

c)

musics

d)

culture

24.

Astronomy is a study of the universe, consisting of celestial bodies, gas, and dust.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

a

b)

the universe

c)

bodies

d)

dust

25.

Disabled demanded that public facilities, such as train and bus stations and libraries be constructed to accommodate them.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

Disabled

b)

public facilities

c)

stations

d)

libraries

26.

Born in the family fond of tennis, the tennis champion Christine Evert was the most famous woman athlete in the United States.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

the family

b)

the tennis champion

c)

the most

d)

the

27.

Many people considered the roses a symbol of romance.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

people

b)

the roses

c)

a

d)

romance

28.

Coal is the major export of Queensland and large quantities of them are used for the production of electricity in Australia.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

the

b)

export

c)

them

d)

electricity

29.

Roosevelt introduced an idea of him, the New Deal, to overcome the effects of the Great Depression.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

introduced

b)

an

c)

him

d)

the

30.

Jericho, what is believed to be the earliest known town, started to evolve from an area covering 10 acres into a town in 8000 B.C.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

what

b)

the earliest

c)

an

d)

covering

31.

Worchester was the location of the battle of 1651 in where Oliver Cromwell defeated Charles II, ending the English Civil War.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

defeated

b)

the location

c)

in where

d)

Civil War

32.

While millions of refugees driven by civil war, natural disaster and persecution seek safety outside of their countries, millions of others people leave for temporary work.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

millions

b)

refugees

c)

others

d)

work

33.

It is the long of the rod that determines how fast the pendulum swings back and forth.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

long

b)

determines

c)

fast

d)

swings

34.

The egg of a penguin remains warmly in the pouch above its feet.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

of

b)

penguin

c)

warmly

d)

its

35.

Harold Ickes opposed the exploitation of his country's limiting natural resources.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

opposed

b)

exploitation

c)

his

d)

limiting

36.

Clocks have special devices that give the pendulum a tiny push at regularly intervals.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

Clocks

b)

give

c)

tiny

d)

regularly

37.

Only a canal pilot with years of experience can safe guide fast ships through narrow


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

Only

b)

canal pilot

c)

safe

d)

fast

38.

In other words, the ant colony consist of the queen and her children - the workers.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

in

b)

the

c)

consist

d)

her

39.

The cause of narcolepsy, a disease that causes excessive sleepiness, is hard known.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

cause

b)

a

c)

causes

d)

hard

40.

A machine can never make more work than the energy put into it.


Directions: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

a)

A machine

b)

make

c)

into

d)

it