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E11: TOEFL S&W.E Skill 1-57 - Structure Practice (1)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A three-foot octopus can crawl through a hole _______ in diameter.

a)

than one inch less

b)

less than one inch

c)

one less inch than

d)

than less one inch

2.

_______ adopted the decimal system of coinage in 1867.

a)

Canada

b)

When Canada

c)

Canada, which

d)

There was Canada

3.

Generally, the representatives ________ a legislature are constitutionally elected by a broad spectrum

of the population.

a)

who they compose

b)

who compose

c)

had compose

d)

compose

4.

The Actor’s Studio, a professional actors’ workshop in New York City, provides _____where actors can work together without the pressure of commercial production.

a)

a plce and

b)

a place

c)

so that a place

d)

a place is

5.

_____ that life began billions of years ago in the water.

a)

It is believed

b)

In the belief

c)

The belief

d)

Believing

6.

By 1872, the United States had 70 engineering colleges, ______ astonishing expansion credited largely to the Morrill Act of 1862.

a)

because

b)

an

c)

to which

d)

was

7.

The artist Romare Bcarden was ______ whose yellows, deep blues, and fuchsias contrasted strongly with photographic gray in his bright collages.

a)

with a gift for color

b)

a gifted colorist

c)

a gift with colorful

d)

gifted with coloring

8.

The most important chemical catalyst on this planet is chlorophyll, _______ carbon dioxide and water react to form carbohydrates.

a)

whose presence

b)

which is present

c)

presenting

d)

in the presence of which

9.

One theory of the origin of the universe is ______ from the explosion of a tiny, extremely dense fireball several billion years ago.

a)

because what formed

b)

the formation that

c)

that it was formed

d)

when forming

10.

Roads in the United States remained crude, ________ with graved or wood planks, until the beginning of the twentieth century.

a)

were unsurfaced or they covered them

b)

which unsurface or covered

c)

unsurfaced or covered them

d)

unsurfaced or covered

11.

Portrait prints were the first reproductions of American paintings ________ widely distributed in the United States.

a)

were

b)

that which

c)

that being

d)

to be

12.

Abigail Adams was prodigious letter writer, ________ many editions of her letters have been published.

a)

who

b)

and

c)

in addition to

d)

due to

13.

In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as the locus of all points _______ distances from two fixed points is constant.

a)

which as the sum of

b)

of the sum which

c)

whose sum of whose

d)

whose sum that the

14.

_____ at the site of a fort established by the Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is now one of Canada’s fastest growing cities.

a)

Built

b)

It is built

c)

To build

d)

Having built

15.

An image on a national flag can symbolize political ideals that _______ express.

a)

take many words to otherwise would

b)

would take to many otherwise words

c)

many words to take would otherwise

d)

would otherwise take many words to