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	Created by Jorge Silva Granados almost 9 years ago

Preparacion TOEFL page 382

Each question in this quiz is timed.

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Question 1 of 40

It is important that the TOEFL Office ______ an applicant's registration.

Select one of the following:

will confirm
confirm
confirms
must confirm

Explanation

Question 2 of 40

Deserts are often formed ______ they are cut off from rain-bearing winds by the surrounding mountain ranges.

Select one of the following:

because
in spite of
so
due

Explanation

Question 3 of 40

______ that the English settled in Jamestown.

Select one of the following:

In 1607 that it was
That in 1607
Because in 1607
It was in 1607

Explanation

Question 4 of 40

Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

Select one of the following:

twice more than
twice as much as
as much twice as
as much as twice

Explanation

Question 5 of 40

When friends insist on ______ expensive gifts, it makes most Americans uncomfortable.

Select one of the following:

them to accept
their accepting
they accepting
they accept

Explanation

Question 6 of 40

Gilbert Stuart is considered by most art critics ______ greatest portrait painter in the North American colonies.

Select one of the following:

that he was
as he was
who was the
the

Explanation

Question 7 of 40

As a safety measure, the detonator for a nuclear device may be made of ______, each of which is controlled by a different employee.

Select one of the following:

two equipments
two pieces of equipments
two pieces of equipment
two equipment pieces

Explanation

Question 8 of 40

An equilateral triangle is a triangle ______ and three angles of equal size.

Select one of the following:

that have three sides of equal lenght
it has three sides equally long
that has three sides of equal lenght
having three equal length sides in it

Explanation

Question 9 of 40

______ are found on the surface of the moon.

Select one of the following:

Craters and waterless seas that
When craters and waterless seas
Craters and waterless seas
Since craters and waterless seas

Explanation

Question 10 of 40

______ two waves pass a given point simultaneously, they will have no effect on each other's subsequent motion.

Select one of the following:

So that
They are
That
If

Explanation

Question 11 of 40

A child in the first grade tends to be ______ all of the other children in the class.

Select one of the following:

the same old to
the same age than
as old like
the same age as

Explanation

Question 12 of 40

The bird's egg is such an efficient structure for protecting the embryo inside ______ difficult for the hatchling to break

Select one of the following:

that is
that
and is
that it is

Explanation

Question 13 of 40

We had hopped ______ the game, but the other team played very well.

Select one of the following:

State University to win
that State University win
that State University would win
State University's winning

Explanation

Question 14 of 40

The artistic medium of clay is ______ that images have been found near the remains of fires from the last Ice Age.

Select one of the following:

so old
such an old
oldest
old

Explanation

Question 15 of 40

Unlike most Europeans, many Americans ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast every day.

Select one of the following:

used to eating
are used to eat
are used to eating
use to eat

Explanation

Question 16 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The Pickerel Frog, native to Southern Canada and the Eastern United States, should be avoided because their skin secretions are lethal to small animals and irritating to humans.

Select one of the following:

The
should be avoided
their
irritating

Explanation

Question 17 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The most common form of treatment it is mass inoculation and chlorination of water sources.

Select one of the following:

The most common
of
it
water resources

Explanation

Question 18 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
People with exceptionally high intelligence quotients may not be the best employees since they become bored of their work unless the job is constantly changing.

Select one of the following:

exceptionally
the best
bored of
changing

Explanation

Question 19 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Neither the mathematics department nor the biology department at State University requires that the students must write a thesis in order to graduate with a master's degree.

Select one of the following:

nor
must write
to graduate
master's degree

Explanation

Question 20 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The oxygen content of Mars is not sufficient enough to support life as we know it.

Select one of the following:

sufficient enough
to support
as
it

Explanation

Question 21 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Students in the United States often support themselves by babysitting, working in restaurants, or they drive taxicabs.

Select one of the following:

often
themselves
by
they drive

Explanation

Question 22 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Those of us who have a family history of heart disease should make yearly appointments with their doctors.

Select one of the following:

who
should make
yearly
their

Explanation

Question 23 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Although federal support for basic research programs are much less than it was ten years ago, more funds are now available from the National Science Foundation.

Select one of the following:

for
are
much
it

Explanation

Question 24 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Living in New York, apartments cost more to rent than they do in other, smaller cities.

Select one of the following:

Living
more
than
smaller

Explanation

Question 25 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
This new model not only saves time but also energy by operating on two batteries instead of four.

Select one of the following:

This
energy
operating
instead

Explanation

Question 26 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The government requires that a census be taken every ten years so accurate statistics may be compiled.

Select one of the following:

be taken
every ten years
so
may be compiled

Explanation

Question 27 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
In 1975, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average life expectancy for people born during that year is 72.4 years.

Select one of the following:

according to
born
during
is

Explanation

Question 28 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Traditionally, the flag is risen in the morning and taken down at night.

Select one of the following:

risen
in the morning
taken
at night

Explanation

Question 29 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
When the silkworm gets throught to lay its eggs, it dies.

Select one of the following:

the silkworm
to lay
its
it dies

Explanation

Question 30 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Frank Lloyd Wright has been acclaimed by colleagues as the greater of all modern architects.

Select one of the following:

has been acclaimed
by colleagues
as
the greater

Explanation

Question 31 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Scientists had previously estimated that the Grand Canyon in Arizona is ten million years old; but now, by using a more modern dating method, they agree that the age is closer to six million years.

Select one of the following:

previously
is ten million
by using
six million years

Explanation

Question 32 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The corals can be divided into three groups, two of which is extinct.

Select one of the following:

can be divided
groups
of which
is

Explanation

Question 33 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Without alphabetical order, dictionaries would be impossibility to use.

Select one of the following:

dictionaries
be
impossibility
to use

Explanation

Question 34 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Jane Addams had already established Hull House in Chicago and began her work in the Women's Suffrage Movement when she was awarded the Nobel prize for peace.

Select one of the following:

already
in Chicago
began
awarded

Explanation

Question 35 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The extent to which an individual is a product of either heredity or environment cannot proven, but several theories have been proposed.

Select one of the following:

to which
cannot proven
several theories
have been

Explanation

Question 36 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Although jogging is a good way to lose weight and improve one's physical condition, most doctors recommend that the potential jogger begin in a correct manner by getting a complete checkup.

Select one of the following:

jogging
most
in a correct manner
getting

Explanation

Question 37 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The flag of the original first colonies may or may not have been made by Betsy Ross during the Revolution.

Select one of the following:

original first
have been made
by Betsy Ross
during the Revolution

Explanation

Question 38 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Some conifers, that is, tree that have cones, are able to thrive on poor, thin soil.

Select one of the following:

Some
that is
tree
are

Explanation

Question 39 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The Indians of the southwestern United States are famous for their beautiful art work, especially handmade jewelry cast from silver, carved from stones, or decorations with beads and feathers.

Select one of the following:

are
art work
especially
decorations

Explanation

Question 40 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Because the solar tiles were very secure fastened, only a few became detached when the Space Shuttle reentered the earth's atmosphere.

Select one of the following:

secure fastened
a few
detached
the earth's atmosphere

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Preparacion TOEFL page 382

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Question 1 of 40

It is important that the TOEFL Office ______ an applicant's registration.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 40

Deserts are often formed ______ they are cut off from rain-bearing winds by the surrounding mountain ranges.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 40

______ that the English settled in Jamestown.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 40

Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 40

When friends insist on ______ expensive gifts, it makes most Americans uncomfortable.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 40

Gilbert Stuart is considered by most art critics ______ greatest portrait painter in the North American colonies.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 40

As a safety measure, the detonator for a nuclear device may be made of ______, each of which is controlled by a different employee.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 40

An equilateral triangle is a triangle ______ and three angles of equal size.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 40

______ are found on the surface of the moon.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 40

______ two waves pass a given point simultaneously, they will have no effect on each other's subsequent motion.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 40

A child in the first grade tends to be ______ all of the other children in the class.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 40

The bird's egg is such an efficient structure for protecting the embryo inside ______ difficult for the hatchling to break

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 40

We had hopped ______ the game, but the other team played very well.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 40

The artistic medium of clay is ______ that images have been found near the remains of fires from the last Ice Age.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 40

Unlike most Europeans, many Americans ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast every day.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The Pickerel Frog, native to Southern Canada and the Eastern United States, should be avoided because their skin secretions are lethal to small animals and irritating to humans.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: The most common form of treatment it is mass inoculation and chlorination of water sources.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: People with exceptionally high intelligence quotients may not be the best employees since they become bored of their work unless the job is constantly changing.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 40

Find the wrong part based in English grammar: Neither the mathematics department nor the biology department at State University requires that the students must write a thesis in order to graduate with a master's degree.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The Pickerel Frog, native to Southern Canada and the Eastern United States, should be avoided because their skin secretions are lethal to small animals and irritating to humans.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The most common form of treatment it is mass inoculation and chlorination of water sources.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
People with exceptionally high intelligence quotients may not be the best employees since they become bored of their work unless the job is constantly changing.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Neither the mathematics department nor the biology department at State University requires that the students must write a thesis in order to graduate with a master's degree.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The oxygen content of Mars is not sufficient enough to support life as we know it.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Students in the United States often support themselves by babysitting, working in restaurants, or they drive taxicabs.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Those of us who have a family history of heart disease should make yearly appointments with their doctors.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Although federal support for basic research programs are much less than it was ten years ago, more funds are now available from the National Science Foundation.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Living in New York, apartments cost more to rent than they do in other, smaller cities.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
This new model not only saves time but also energy by operating on two batteries instead of four.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The government requires that a census be taken every ten years so accurate statistics may be compiled.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
In 1975, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average life expectancy for people born during that year is 72.4 years.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Traditionally, the flag is risen in the morning and taken down at night.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
When the silkworm gets throught to lay its eggs, it dies.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Frank Lloyd Wright has been acclaimed by colleagues as the greater of all modern architects.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Scientists had previously estimated that the Grand Canyon in Arizona is ten million years old; but now, by using a more modern dating method, they agree that the age is closer to six million years.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The corals can be divided into three groups, two of which is extinct.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Without alphabetical order, dictionaries would be impossibility to use.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Jane Addams had already established Hull House in Chicago and began her work in the Women's Suffrage Movement when she was awarded the Nobel prize for peace.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The extent to which an individual is a product of either heredity or environment cannot proven, but several theories have been proposed.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
Although jogging is a good way to lose weight and improve one's physical condition, most doctors recommend that the potential jogger begin in a correct manner by getting a complete checkup.

Find the wrong part based in English grammar:
The flag of the original first colonies may or may not have been made by Betsy Ross during the Revolution.