TOEFL Test 1

SECTION 2. Structure and written expression

Multiple choice
1. This house is so old now. When it rains, the windows leak and the roof needs to be replaced soon,
___________ we love it and would never move to another.
a. nevertheless c. though
b. although d. despite
2. You can't ignore this problem any longer. You have to __________ with it so we can go on with the plan.

a. deal c. solve
b. do d. beat
3. I don't like watching soap operas and films on TV. I prefer documentaries with _________ people talking
about their lives.
a. reality c. authentic
b. real d. genuine
4. Has someone moved the drinks ____________ the table while I was gone? I'm sure that glass in front of Peter
was mine.
a. off c. around
b. along d. on
5. We couldn't find the hotel and it was getting dark ____________ we got out a map and studied it carefully.

a. so c. but
b. and d. if
6. Well, according to the timetable, a bus should be along in _________ two minutes. But I wouldn't be surprised
if we had to wait another half an hour!
a. less c. about
b. below d. round
7. Martin Jones, ____________ as the Gentle Bank Robber during his three-year reign, was jailed for 25 years
today at the Central Court.
a. named c. called
b. reputed d. known
8. I was born about 30km _______ Rome but have always lived in Great Britain.

a. from c. far
b. to d. Near
9. Michelle came nearer the house but then she ran ___________ when she saw our big black dog. She has
never liked dogs!

a. of c. across
b. away d. around
10. The tiger belongs to the big cat family, but _________ the panther which lives in South America, it is found
mainly in Asia.

a. whether c. unlike
b. while d. dissimilar
11. Jason Rewerd, 27, has been charged with abandoning his __________ and failing to report for duty at the
military base in town.

a. gate c. job
b. post d. checkpoint
12. The Antarctic may seem an empty, desolate place but it is actually ___________ to hundreds of different
species of animals.

a. dwelling c. home
b. shelter d. habitat
13. You can see how this artist has _______ the well-known style of earlier artists such as Turner and Renoir.

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 a. repeated c. twinned
b. imitated d. modelled
14. _______ temperatures have made living in this part of the world more and more difficult.

a. raising c. rising
b. enlarging d. growing
15. How much would it cost to put a new ___________ on this old picture Larry? It's for the wife's birthday
a. border
b. surround
c. frame
d. square

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1. More than a century ago, when mail-order catalogs afforded them (A) who lived (B) outside of (C) the big cities

their first major glimpse of a growing (D) new world of consumer goods, many people called them dream books.

2. The fish called menhaden are silvery in color and (A) a distinct black shoulder spot behind (B) their gill opening and a

variable (C) number of smaller spots on (D) their sides.

3. Invented in (A) London in 1906, the permanent wave, or perm as it became (B) known, required a combination of borax

paste and heavy brass rollers weighing up to (C) two pounds each, and they needed (D) six hours to set.

4. Much (A) of our knowledge of (B) ancient Egypt have been (C) derived from scenes carved and painted on the stone

walls of tombs and temples and (D) from artifacts buried in the tombs.

5. In the fifteenth century, Leonardo da Vinci suggested that defective vision can be corrected (A) by placing (B) a lens in

direct contact (C) for (D) the eye.

6. The two centers of the immense (A) biological diversity on Earth are tropical ecosystems, which support (B) almost

unbelievable (C) large numbers of plants and animals, and islands, which by their isolation (D) promote the rapid

evolution of unique life forms.

7. At (A) Chaco Canyon in the San Juan Basin, Anasazi people constructed large towns, they congregated (B) in large

communities, and left behind (C) spectacular (D) ruins.

8. The same as (A) land plants depend on (B) minerals in the soil for (C) their growth, so marine plants are dependent

upon (D) the nutrient salts or minerals in the sea water.

9. By next year the old vaudeville theater had been (A) converted into two small (B) theaters in which (C) films can be

shown (D).

10. Some scholars studying (A) the writings of Emily Bronte have become (B) increasingly (C) interested in the

relationships between her siblings and she (D).

11. At the 1984 Olympic Games, John Moffet and Pablo Morales, who (A) were (B) swimmers at (C) the United States

team, set world records (D).

12. Both Dorothy Sayers plus (A) Carolyn Heilbrun have written (B) scholarly works as well as (C) popular murder

mysteries, demonstrating a diversity of (D) talents and interests.

13. Although (A) the coach had predicted that (B) the team would have a winning season, the fans were (C) surprised by

the success for (D) the young, inexperienced players.

items, the owners of small hardware stores know that you (B) are unlikely to make much (C) profit and may (D), in fact, go

bankrupt.

15. Although science offers the hope of preventing (A) serious genetic diseases, there is (B) difficult ethical questions

raised by (C) the possibility of (D) altering human heredity.

16. In the nineteenth century, careers in business and law were (A) prestigious, but it (B) did not require (C) practitioners

to hold (D) college degrees.

17. Chess players find that playing against a computer is helpful to improve (A) it (B) skills, even though (C) no chess-

playing computer has yet won (D) a championship.

18. Reaching (A) lengths of twelve inches, banana slugs are (B) the much larger (C) of all the slug species that inhabit (D)

North America.

19. Maya Madera proudly (A) wore her sister's most popular invention, a watch (B) for winter campers that flashes the

temperature in (C) lighted numerals and sends out a loud alarm when pressing a button (D).

20. Obviously (A), Whistler's paintings, unlike Klee (B), are conventional in (C) their (D) subject matter.

21. A newly formed organization of homeowners and business people have met with (A) the transportation department to

voice (B) its concerns about (C) plans for (D) a shopping mall in the community.

22. Although (A) she considers her chemistry research complete (B), she has heeded (C) her professor's advice and is

conducting (D) three additional experiments.

23. Princeton University officials first broke with (A) a tradition of awarding (B) honorary degrees only to men (C) when

they awarded it (D) to author Will Cather.

24. His love of politics led (A) him (B) to volunteer in local campaigns as well (C) as a job (D) in a government office in the

state capital.

25. Now that Michiko finished (A) the research, she feels reasonably confident (B) about writing (C) her paper on the rise

of (D) the progressive movement in the United States.

This is the end of section 2

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