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TOEFL Structure and Written Expression 8 (Longman PBT)

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__ range in color from pale yellow to bright orange.

a)

Canaries which

b)

Canaries

c)

That canaries

d)

Canaries that are

2.

__ of precious gems is determined by their hardness, color, and brilliance.

a)

The valuable

b)

It is the value

c)

It is valuable

d)

The value

3.

__ a tornado spins in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, it spins in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere.

a)

However

b)

Because of

c)

Although

d)

That

4.

The Caldecott Medal, __ for the best children's picture book, is awarded each January.

a)

a prize

b)

which prize

c)

is a prize which

d)

is a prize

5.

The horn of the rhinoceros consists of a cone of tight bundles of keratin __ from the epidermis.

a)

grow

b)

grows

c)

growing

d)

they grow

6.

Most species of heliotropes are weeds, __ of them are cultivated.

a)

some

b)

but some

c)

for some species

d)

some species

7.

Thunder occurs as __ through air, causing the heated air to expand and collide with layers of cooler air.

a)

an electrical charge

b)

passes an electrical charge

c)

the passing of an electrical charge

d)

an electrical charge passes

8.

Researchers have long debated __ Saturn's moon Titan contains hydrocarbon oceans and lakes.

a)

over it

b)

whether it

c)

whether

d)

whether over

9.

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark grey clouds __ forebode rain.

a)

what

b)

which

c)

what they

d)

which they

10.

__ in several early civilizations, a cubit was based on the length of the forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow.

a)

It was used as a measurement

b)

A measurement was used

c)

The use of a measurement

d)

Used as a measurement

11.

Only when air and water seep through its outer coat __ .

a)

does a seed germinate

b)

to the germination of a seed

c)

a seed germinates

d)

for a seed to germinate

12.

__ seasonal rainfall, especially in regions near the tropics, is winds that blow in an opposite direction in winter than in summer.

a)

Causing

b)

That cause

c)

To cause

d)

What causes

13.

The extinct Martian volcano Olympus Mons is approximately three times as __ Mount Everest.

a)

high

b)

high as is

c)

higher than

d)

the highest of

14.

The flight instructor, __ at the air base, said that orders not to fight had been given.

a)

when interviewed

b)

when he interviewed

c)

when his interview

d)

when interviewing

15.

In the northern and central parts of the state of Idaho __ and churning rivers.

a)

majestic mountains are found

b)

found majestic mountains

c)

are found majestic mountains

d)

finding majestic mountains

16.

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

Light can travels from the Sun to the Earth in eight minutes and twenty seconds.

a)

Light

b)

travels

c)

in

d)

seconds

17.

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

Most sedimentary rocks start forming when grains of clay, silt, or sandy settle in river valleys or on the bottoms of lakes and oceans.

a)

Most

b)

start forming

c)

sandy

d)

or on

18.

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

Most sedimentary rocks start forming when grains of clay, silt, or sandy settle in river valleys or on the bottoms of lakes and oceans.

a)

Most

b)

start forming

c)

sandy

d)

or on

19.

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

The total thickness of the ventricular walls of the heart are about three times that of the atria.

a)

walls

b)

are

c)

about

d)

that

20.

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

The type of jazz known as "swing" was introduced by Duke Ellington when he wrote and records "11 Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing."

a)

known

b)

introduced

c)

he

d)

records

21.

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

The bones of mammals, not alike those of other vertebrates, show a high degree of differentiation.

a)

alike

b)

those

c)

other

d)

differentiation

22.

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

The neocortex has evolved more recently then other layers of the brain.

a)

The

b)

evolved

c)

then

d)

other

23.

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

The United States receives a large amount of revenue from taxation of a tobacco products.

a)

receives

b)

amount

c)

taxation

d)

of a

24.

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

Much fats are composed of one molecule of glycerin combined with three molecules of fatty acids.

a)

Much

b)

combined with

c)

fatty

d)

acids

25.

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

The capital of the Confederacy was originally in Mobile, but they were moved to

Richmond.

a)

capital

b)

originally

c)

they were

d)

moved

26.

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

A pearl develops when a tiny grain of sand or stone or some another irritant accidentally enters into the shell of a pearl oyster.

a)

when

b)

another

c)

irritant

d)

enters into

27.

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

The English horn is an alto oboe with a pitch one-fifth lower than the soprano oboe.

a)

an alto

b)

pitch

c)

than

d)

the

28.

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

In the Milky Way galaxy. the most recent observed supernova appeared in 1604.

a)

most

b)

recent

c)

appeared

d)

in

29.

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

Never in the history of humanity has there been more people living on this relatively small planet.

a)

humanity

b)

has

c)

living

d)

relatively

30.

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

Because of the mobility of Americans today, it is difficult for they to put down

real roots.

a)

mobility

b)

difficult

c)

they

d)

real roots

31.

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

For five years after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee served to president of Washington College, which was later called Washington and Lee.

a)

For

b)

to

c)

which

d)

later

32.

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

The number of wild horses on Assateague is increasing lately, resulting in overgrazed marsh and dune grasses.

a)

number

b)

is

c)

resulting

d)

grasses

33.

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

Hypnoses was successfully used during World War II to treat battle fatigue.

a)

Hypnoses

b)

successfully

c)

during

d)

battle fatigue

34.

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

The lobster, like many crustaceans, can cast off a damaging appendage and regenerate a new appendage to nearly normal size.

a)

like

b)

many

c)

damaging

d)

normal

35.

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

Humans develop normally twenty primary, or deciduous, teeth and thirty-two

permanent ones.

a)

develop normally

b)

primary

c)

or

d)

permanent

36.

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

The curricula of American public schools are set in individual states; they do not determine by the federal government.

a)

The

b)

are

c)

do not determine

d)

federal

37.

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

The fact that the sophisticated technology has become part of revolution in travel delivery systems has not made travel schedules less hectic.

a)

has become

b)

revolution

c)

delivery

d)

less

38.

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

Balanchine's plotless ballets, such Jewels and The Four Temperaments, present dance purely as a celebration of the movement of the human body.

a)

plotless

b)

such

c)

present

d)

purely

39.

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

In a solar battery, a photosensitive semiconducting substance such as silicon crystal is the source of electrician.

a)

solar battery

b)

semiconducting

c)

such as

d)

electrician

40.

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

In early days, hydrochloric acid was done by heating a mixture of sodium chloride with iron sulfate.

a)

In early days

b)

done

c)

heating

d)

with