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TOEFL EX 13-14 Rev. 1-14

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When .... nests during spring nesting season, Canadian geese are fiercely territorial.

a)

building

b)

are building

c)

built

d)

are built

2.

In 1870, Calvin, along with Adirondack hunter Alvah Dunning, made the first known ascent of Seward Mountain, .... far from roads or trails.

a)

a remote peak

b)

it is a remote peak

c)

a remote peak is

d)

which a remote peak

3.

Kokanee salmon begin to deteriorate and die soon .... at the age of four.

a)

they spawn

b)

after spawning

c)

spawn

d)

spawned the salmon

4.

.... behind government secrecy for nearly half a century, the Hanford plant in central Washington produced plutonium for the nuclear weapons of the Cold War.

a)

it is hidden

b)

hidden

c)

which is hidden

d)

the plant is hiding

5.

until ...incorrect, astronomers had assumed that the insides of white dwarfs were uniform.

a)

they

b)

their proof

c)

the astronomers recently proven

d)

recently proven

6.

....artifacts from the early Chinese dynasties, numerous archeologists have explored the southern Silk Road.

a)

they were searching for

b)

it was a search for

c)

searched for

d)

searching for

7.

In Hailey, the best-known lecturer was women's rights activist Abigail Scott Duniway of Portland, Oregon, who could usually be persuaded to speak ...town visiting her son.

a)

she was in

b)

while in

c)

while she was

d)

was in

8.

The national Restaurant ..... Washington, says that federal efforts to regulate workplace smoking would limit restaurants' ability to respond to the desires of their patrons.

a)

Association in

b)

Association is in

c)

Association which is in

d)

Association, based in

9.

..... in North American waterways a little over a decade ago, zebra mussels have already earned a nasty reputation for their expensive habit of clogging water pipes in the Great Lakes area.

a)

the first sighting

b)

although first sighted

c)

Zebra mussels were first sighted

d)

first sighting

10.

Small companies may take their goods abroad for trade shows without paying foreign value-added taxes by acquiring .... an ATA carnet.

a)

a document calls

b)

a document called

c)

calls a document

d)

called a document

11.

In the United States ..... approximately four million miles of roads, streets, and highways.

a)

there

b)

is

c)

they

d)

there are

12.

.... twelve million immigrants entered the United States via Ellis Island.

a)

more than

b)

there were more than

c)

of more than

d)

the report of

13.

The television, ..... so long been a part of our culture, has an enormous influence.

a)

has

b)

it has

c)

which

d)

which has

14.

Psychologists have traditionally maintained that infants cannot formulate long-term memories until ... the age of eight or nine months.

a)

they

b)

they reach

c)

to reach

d)

reach

15.

....... a cheese shop has since grown into a small conglomerate consisting of a catering business and two retail stores.

a)

in the beginning of

b)

it began as

c)

its beginning which was

d)

what began as

16.

primarily a government contractor, ..... preferential treatment from government agencies as both a minority -group member and a woman.

a)

receives Weber

b)

Weber receives

c)

the reception of Weber

d)

according to Weber's reception

17.

Because the project depends on ..... at the federal level, the city and county may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.

a)

it happens

b)

which happening

c)

what happens

d)

that it happens

18.

.... definitive study of a western hard-rock mining community cemetery appears to have been done is in Silver City, Nevada.

a)

most

b)

the most

c)

where most

d)

where the most

19.

One of the areas of multimedia that is growing quickly ....is sound.

a)

yet is easily overlooked

b)

is easily overlooked

c)

it is easily overlooked

d)

that is easily overlooked

20.

....., early approaches for coping with workplace stress dealt with the problem only after its symptoms had appeared.

a)

although well-intending

b)

although it is a good intention

c)

although a good intention

d)

although well-intended