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TOEFL Structure & Written Expression

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Mayflower was bound for Virginia, but a hurricane________off course.

a)

blew it

b)

to blow it

c)

it blew

d)

blowing it

2.

________in scope, romanticism was a reaction against neoclassical principles.

a)

Mainly literary

b)

It was mainly literary

c)

The main literature was

d)

The literature was mainly

3.

Oil shale is a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock ________oil and natural gas are obtained.

a)

from

b)

is from

c)

is which

d)

from which

4.

According to the World Health Organization, ________ there to be an outbreak of any of the six most dangerous diseases, this could be cause for quarantine.

a)

were

b)

they were

c)

there were

d)

were they

5.

_______ lived on Earth for nearly 150 million years.

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Dinosaurs who

c)

If dinosaurs

d)

Since dinosaurs

6.

_______ along most of its length into an upper chamber and a lower chamber.

a)

The divided cochlea

b)

Dividing the cochlea

c)

The cochlea is divided

d)

With a divided cochlea

7.

Yeast is an organic catalyst ______ known to prehistoric humanity.

a)

was

b)

which was

c)

which it

d)

which

8.
________ in Stevenson's landscapes, the more vitality and character the paintings seem to possess.
a)
The brushwork is loose
b)
The looser brushwork
c)
The loose brushwork is
d)
The looser the brushwork is
9.

Not only ……… profits, but it also had to lay off the workers.

a)

the company did lose

b)

the company lose

c)

did the company lose

d)

do the company lose

10.

The Colorado beetle is a beautiful insect, …… it causes a great deal of damage to food crops.

a)

and

b)

what

c)

or

d)

but

11.

Snowshoes allow a person ……… on snow without sinking into it because they distribute the person’s weight over a wide area.

a)

A. to walk

b)

B. walk

c)

C. walking

d)

D. to walking

12.

_______ creation of such a community was a desirable step, the requisite political upheaval had to be accepted.

a)

Since the

b)

The

c)

Later, the

d)

It was the

13.

Most of Annie Jump Cannon’s career as an astronomer involved the observation, classification, and _________________.

a)

she analyzed stars

b)

the stars’ analysis

c)

stars were analyzed

d)

analysis of stars

14.

The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade, _____ new report.

a)

according a

b)

published in a

c)

according to a

d)

stated in a

15.

......................be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.

a)

Hydroelectric power should

b)

When hydroelectric power

c)

Hydroelectric power

d)

Should hydroelectric power

16.

In 1792 a corporation constructed a sixty-miles toll road from Philadelphia to Lancaster, ABC -DPennsylvania

a)

In

b)

constructed

c)

sixty-miles

d)

from

17.

In typical pioneers settlements, men, women, and children worked from morning until night at farm and household tasks.

a)

pioneers

b)

men

c)

children

d)

farm

18.

Modern motorcycles are lighter, faster, and specialized than motorcycles of 25 years ago.

a)

Modern

b)

lighter

c)

and specialized

d)

motorcycles

19.

As a breed, golden retrievers are intelligent, loyally, and friendly dogs.

a)

a breed

b)

intelligent

c)

loyally

d)

friendly

20.

The teeth front are used to bite food, the canines to tear it, and the molars to grind it.

a)

teeth front

b)

bite

c)

canines

d)

molars

21.

Jaguars which resemble leopards, but they are larger and are marked with rosettes rather than spots.

a)

which resemble

b)

they

c)

are marked

d)

than

22.

In general, the only kind of cells that cannot replace itself are nerve cells.

a)

general

b)

that

c)

itself

d)

nerve cells

23.

The naturalist Edwin Teal illustration his books with photographs he had taken himself.

a)

illustration

b)

his

c)

he

d)

himself

24.

Person must be at least thirty years age in order to serve as a US. senator.

a)

must be

b)

least

c)

age

d)

to serve as

25.

One of the latest methods of quarrying stone is to cutting the stone with a jet torch.

a)

the latest

b)

of quarrying

c)

to cutting

d)

with a

26.

Fishing cats, found in Southeast Asia, are distinguished by their webbed feet, which enable them catching fish

a)

found

b)

distinguished

c)

webbed

d)

catching

27.

Hypnosis is sometimes employed as a means of helping people to quit to smoke.

a)

is sometimes

b)

employed

c)

as a

d)

to smoke

28.

In the 1920's, gasoline companies began giving away free road maps to the customers.

a)

the 1920's

b)

gasoline

c)

free

d)

the customers

29.

On nights when is the sky clear and the air calm, the Earth's surface rapidly radiates heat into the atmosphere.

a)

is the sky

b)

air calm

c)

Earth's surface

d)

rapidly radiates

30.

Stone fruits are fruits such as peaches and plums in which a hard pit surrounded is by soft pulp.

a)

such as

b)

in which

c)

surrounded is

d)

soft pulp

31.

Dieticians urge people to eat the banana a day to get enough potassium in their diet.

a)

to eat

b)

the banana

c)

enough potassium

d)

their diet

32.

In spite of the abundance of less expensive fabrics, nothing have replaced silk as the first choice for elegant clothing.

a)

In spite of

b)

have

c)

silk as

d)

clothing

33.

Most of the bones of a bird is hollow, with the interior honeycombed to give added strength.

a)

Most

b)

a

c)

is

d)

to give

34.

Only with the control of poaching does the African elephants have a chance to survive through the twenty-first century.

a)

does

b)

chance to

c)

survive

d)

the

35.

Because mistletoe berries are poisonous, everyone with Christmas decorations containing mistletoe need to be aware of the potential danger.

a)

poisonous

b)

containing

c)

need

d)

danger

36.

When Pierre L'Enfant designed the national capital in 1791, her envisioned a broad boulevard linking the White House and the Capitol.

a)

designed

b)

capital

c)

her

d)

linking

37.

The earliest known artworks were done by cavemen which used a mixture of clay, chalk, and burned wood and bones

a)

earliest

b)

done

c)

which

d)

chalk

38.

Though aluminum is more common than iron, it is extremely difficult to break their hold on other atoms.

a)

Though

b)

it is

c)

their

d)

other

39.

The population of California was more than doubled during the period 1940-1960, creating problems in road-building and provide water for its arid southern section.

a)

more than

b)

during the

c)

provide

d)

southern section

40.

The United States census for 1970 showed that the French-speaking residents of Louisiana were one of the country’s most compact regional linguistic minority.

a)

for

b)

showed that

c)

were

d)

minority