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	Created by Jorge Silva Granados almost 9 years ago

Preparacion TOEFL page 342

Each question in this quiz is timed.

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Question 1 of 40

Based on the premise that light was composed of color, the Impressionists came to the conclusion __________ not really black.

Select one of the following:

wich was that shadows
was shadows which
were shadows
that shadows were

Explanation

Question 2 of 40

__________ a parliamentary system, the prime minister must be appointed on the basis of the distribution of power in the parliament.

Select one of the following:

The considered
To be considered
Considering
Considers

Explanation

Question 3 of 40

__________ of the play "Mourning Becomes Electra" introduces the cast of characters and hints at the plot.

Select one of the following:

The act first
Act one
Act first
First act

Explanation

Question 4 of 40

As soon as __________ with an acid, salt, and sometimes water, is formed.

Select one of the following:

a base will react
a base reacts
a base is reacting
the reaction of a base

Explanation

Question 5 of 40

The internal Revenue Service __________ their tax forms by April 15 every year.

Select one of the following:

makes all Americans file
makes all Americans to file
makes the filing of all Americans
makes all Americans filing

Explanation

Question 6 of 40

Although one of his ships succeeded in sailing all the way back to Spain past the Cape of Good Hope, Magellan never completed the first circumnavigation of the world, and __________.

Select one of the following:

most of his crew didn't too
neither most of his crew did
neither did most of his crew
most of his crew didn't also

Explanation

Question 7 of 40

To answer accurately is more important than __________.

Select one of the following:

a quick finish
to finish quickly
finishing quickly
you finish quickly

Explanation

Question 8 of 40

Weathering __________ the action whereby surface rock is disintegrated or decomposed.

Select one of the following:

it is
is that
is
being

Explanation

Question 9 of 40

A telephone recording tells callers __________.

Select one of the following:

what time the movie starts
what time starts the movie
what time does the movie start
the movie starts what time

Explanation

Question 10 of 40

The people of Western Canada have been considering __________ themselves from the rest of the provinces.

Select one of the following:

to separate
separated
separate
separating

Explanation

Question 11 of 40

It costs about sixty dollars to have a tooth __________.

Select one of the following:

filling
to fill
filled
fill

Explanation

Question 12 of 40

Not until a student has mastered algebra __________ the principles of geometry, trigonometry, and physics.

Select one of the following:

he can begin to understand
can he begin to understand
he begins to understand
begins to understand

Explanation

Question 13 of 40

Although Margaret Mead had several assistants during her long investigations of Samoa, the bulk of the research was done by __________ alone.

Select one of the following:

herself
she
her
hers

Explanation

Question 14 of 40

__________ war correspondent, Hemingway used his experiences for some of his most powerful novels.

Select one of the following:

But a
It is a
While
A

Explanation

Question 15 of 40

Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and __________.

Select one of the following:

the another one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
the other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
seventy-eight plus one hundred more as historical sites
as historical sites one hundred seventy-eight

Explanation

Question 16 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Interest in automatic data processing has grown rapid since the first large calculators were introduced in 1950.

Select one of the following:

in automatic
grown
rapid
since

Explanation

Question 17 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Vaslav Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a choreographer.

Select one of the following:

achieved
as both
a dancer
as well as

Explanation

Question 18 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Airports must be located near to major population centers for the advantage of air transportation to be retained.

Select one of the following:

be located
near to
air transportation
to be retained

Explanation

Question 19 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
It is said that Einstein felt very badly about the application of his theories to the creation of weapons of war.

Select one of the following:

It is said
very
badly
to the creation

Explanation

Question 20 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The plants that they belong to the family of ferns are quite varied in their size and structure.

Select one of the following:

that they
belong to
are quite
in their

Explanation

Question 21 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane.

Select one of the following:

Despite of
still
prefer
to travel

Explanation

Question 22 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
All of we students must have an identification card in order to check books out of the library.

Select one of the following:

we students
must have
out
of the library

Explanation

Question 23 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Columbus Day is celebrated on the twelve of October because on that day in 1492, Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas.

Select one of the following:

is celebrated
on the
twelve
because

Explanation

Question 24 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
One of the most influence newspapers in the U.S. is "The New York Times" which is widely distributed throughout the world.

Select one of the following:

the most
influence
is "The New York Times"
widely distributed

Explanation

Question 25 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
An unexpected raise in the cost of living as well as a decline in employment opportunities has resulted in the rapid creation by Congress of new government programs for the unemployed.

Select one of the following:

raise
as well as
resulted in
the rapid

Explanation

Question 26 of 40

It is imperative that a graduate student maintains a grade point average of "B" in his major field.

Select one of the following:

It is
maintains
of "B"
his major

Explanation

Question 27 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Coastal and inland waters are inhabited not only by fish but also by such sea creature as shrimps and clams.

Select one of the following:

are inhabited
not only
such
sea creature

Explanation

Question 28 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase "uderdeveloped nation" and ecouraging the more accurate phrase "developing nation" in order to suggest an ongoing process.

Select one of the following:

to discourage
the use
ecouraging
the more

Explanation

Question 29 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
A gas like propane will combination with water molecules in a saline solution to form a solid called a hydrate.

Select one of the following:

like
combination
to form
called

Explanation

Question 30 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Although it cannot be proven, presumable the expansion of the universe will slow down as it approaches a critical radius.

Select one of the following:

it cannot
be proven
presumable
it approaches

Explanation

Question 31 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be for the students to practice speaking words.

Select one of the following:

Regardless of
should be
to practice
speaking

Explanation

Question 32 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
A City University professor reported that he discovers a vaccine that has been 80 percent effective in reducing the instances of tooth decay among small children.

Select one of the following:

discovers
that
in reducing
among

Explanation

Question 33 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
American baseball teams, once the only contenders for the world championship, are now being challenged by either Japanese teams and Venezuelan teams.

Select one of the following:

once
being
by
either

Explanation

Question 34 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
When they have been frightened, as, for example, by an electrical storm, dairy cows may refuse giving milk.

Select one of the following:

have been
frightened
by an
giving

Explanation

Question 35 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Miami, Florida is among the few cities in the United States that has been awarded official status as bilingual municipalties.

Select one of the following:

among
that
has been awarded
as bilingual

Explanation

Question 36 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
No other quality is more important for a scientist to acquire as to observe carefully.

Select one of the following:

No other
for
as
carefully

Explanation

Question 37 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
After the police had tried unsuccessfully to determine to who the car belonged, they towed it into the station.

Select one of the following:

the police
unsuccessfully
who
it

Explanation

Question 38 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Fertilizers are used primarily to enrich soil and increasing yield.

Select one of the following:

are used
primarily
soil
increasing

Explanation

Question 39 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
If the ozone gases of the atmosphere did not filter out the ultraviolet rays of the sun, life as we know it would not have evolved on earth.

Select one of the following:

did not filter out
as we
know it
on earth

Explanation

Question 40 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The regulation requires that everyone who holds a nonimmigrant visa reports an address to the federal government in January of each year.

Select one of the following:

who
holds
reports
an address

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Preparacion TOEFL page 342

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Question 1 of 40

Based on the premise that light was composed of color, the Impressionists came to the conclusion __________ not really black.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 40

__________ a parliamentary system, the prime minister must be appointed on the basis of the distribution of power in the parliament.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 40

__________ of the play "Mourning Becomes Electra" introduces the cast of characters and hints at the plot.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 40

As soon as __________ with an acid, salt, and sometimes water, is formed.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 40

The internal Revenue Service __________ their tax forms by April 15 every year.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 40

Although one of his ships succeeded in sailing all the way back to Spain past the Cape of Good Hope, Magellan never completed the first circumnavigation of the world, and __________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 40

To answer accurately is more important than __________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 40

Weathering __________ the action whereby surface rock is disintegrated or decomposed.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 40

A telephone recording tells callers __________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 40

The people of Western Canada have been considering __________ themselves from the rest of the provinces.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 40

It costs about sixty dollars to have a tooth __________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 40

Not until a student has mastered algebra __________ the principles of geometry, trigonometry, and physics.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 40

Although Margaret Mead had several assistants during her long investigations of Samoa, the bulk of the research was done by __________ alone.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 40

__________ war correspondent, Hemingway used his experiences for some of his most powerful novels.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 40

Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and __________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Interest in automatic data processing has grown rapid since the first large calculators were introduced in 1950.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Vaslav Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a choreographer.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Airports must be located near to major population centers for the advantage of air transportation to be retained.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: It is said that Einstein felt very badly about the application of his theories to the creation of weapons of war.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Interest in automatic data processing has grown rapid since the first large calculators were introduced in 1950.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Vaslav Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a choreographer.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Airports must be located near to major population centers for the advantage of air transportation to be retained.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
It is said that Einstein felt very badly about the application of his theories to the creation of weapons of war.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The plants that they belong to the family of ferns are quite varied in their size and structure.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
All of we students must have an identification card in order to check books out of the library.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Columbus Day is celebrated on the twelve of October because on that day in 1492, Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
One of the most influence newspapers in the U.S. is "The New York Times" which is widely distributed throughout the world.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
An unexpected raise in the cost of living as well as a decline in employment opportunities has resulted in the rapid creation by Congress of new government programs for the unemployed.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Coastal and inland waters are inhabited not only by fish but also by such sea creature as shrimps and clams.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase "uderdeveloped nation" and ecouraging the more accurate phrase "developing nation" in order to suggest an ongoing process.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
A gas like propane will combination with water molecules in a saline solution to form a solid called a hydrate.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Although it cannot be proven, presumable the expansion of the universe will slow down as it approaches a critical radius.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be for the students to practice speaking words.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
A City University professor reported that he discovers a vaccine that has been 80 percent effective in reducing the instances of tooth decay among small children.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
American baseball teams, once the only contenders for the world championship, are now being challenged by either Japanese teams and Venezuelan teams.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
When they have been frightened, as, for example, by an electrical storm, dairy cows may refuse giving milk.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Miami, Florida is among the few cities in the United States that has been awarded official status as bilingual municipalties.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
No other quality is more important for a scientist to acquire as to observe carefully.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
After the police had tried unsuccessfully to determine to who the car belonged, they towed it into the station.