TOEFL STRUCTURE TEST
Practice
Choose
the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
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Andy Warhol was _____ in
the Pop Art movement who was known for his multi-image silkscreen paintings.
A. that one of a leading figure B. a leading figure
C. leading figures D. who leads figures
Even with vast research, there
is still a great deal that is _____ known about the workings of the human
brain.
A. neither
B. none
C. no D. not
_____ the
A. In spite of
B. Despite
C. Even though D. Whether
Typically, _____ in meadows
or damp woods and bloom in the spring.
A. wild violets grow
B. wild violets growth
C. growing wild violets D. the growth of wild
violets
The art works of Madlyn-Ann
Woolwich are characterized by strong, dark colors and fine attention to
patterns of light _____ the viewer’s eye.
A. that attract B. when attracted
C. which attraction
D. attract to
A grass-eating,
river-dwelling mammal, the hippopotamus _____ to the pig.
A. being related
B. is related
C. relate
D. relating
Woodrow Wilson _____ as
governor of
A. to have served B. who has
served
C. serving
D. served
_____ fish in
A. Why no B. No
C. Not only
D. There are no
An etude is a short musical
composition written especially _____ a particular technique.
A. enable students practicing B. enables students
practicing
C. enable students to practice D. to enable students to practice
Seldom _____ games been of
practical use in playing real games.
A. theories of mathematics B. has the
mathematical theory of
C. theorized as mathematics D. the
mathematical theory has
The city of
A. meant
B. meaning
C. that it meant
D. whose meaning
Jet propulsion involves
_____ of air and fuel, which forms a powerful exhaust.
A. a mixture is ignited B. to
ignite a mixture
C. a mixture of igniting D. the ignition of a mixture
Salt is manufactured in
quantities that exceed those of most, _____, other commercial chemicals.
A. of all not
B. not if all are
C. are not all
D. if not all
The United States consist
of fifty states, ______ has its own government.
A. each of which
B. each they
C. they each
D. each of
Though smaller than our
solar system, a quasar, which looks like an ordinary star, emits more light
______ galaxy.
A. than an entire
B. entirely as
C. that the entire
D. entirely than
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Identify the one underlined word or
phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be grammatically
correct.
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People usually wear
clothing on two basic purposes – warmth and decoration.
A B C
D
In 1980, Kate Hurd-Mead became
medical director of the
A
B
C
first schools in the
D
A B C D
construction.
Weather is the transitory
expression of climate that can change great from day to
day or season to
A B C D
season.
Archeological investigations
indicate that control of fire is an extremely old technical
attainment,
A
B
though the time,
place, and mode of his origin may never be learned.
C D
Paul Revere designing
the metal plates on which the first paper money in the
A
B C D
printed.
It was after shortly
microscopes were introduced at the beginning of the seventeenth
century that
A B C
microorganisms were actually
sighted.
D
Until the 1840’s, practically the only pioneers
who had ventured to the western
A B
C
trappers and a little
explorers.
D
Medical research indicates but large amount of histamines can be
responsible for colds, hay fever,
A B C D
and other respiratory
reactions.
Yttrium is a silvery, metallic element
used in the made of red phosphors for television picture tubes.
A B
C D
Tropical forests exist close the equator, where
both high temperature and abundant rainfall occur
A B C
D
year-round.
Paintings of a religious,
ceremonial, or history character tend to elevate their
subjects above the level
A B C
of ordinary
existence.
D
According to classical musical tradition, the term
“sonata” is given to those works are written for
A B C
solo piano or for a solo
wind or stringed instrument.
D
Precisely because
photographs are produced by mechanical devices, a camera’s
images now seem to
A B
some artists the perfect
means for expression the
modern era.
D
For at least 4,000
years, Native American artists adorned rocks, cliff walls, and caves
in the
A
B
American Southwest with an
amazing various of symbolic figures.
C D
Animal researchers have
identified many behavioral patterns associated with selection a
place
A B
to live, avoiding predators, and finding food.
C D
Average world
temperatures have risen on half a degree Celcius since
the mid-nineteenth century.
A B C D
The plan connected
the Hudson River with Lake Erie by a canal was first proposed in the late
A B
C D
eighteenth century.
Why certain plants contain alkaloids remains a
mystery, although botanists have formulated
A B C
a number of theory
to explain it.
D
Dimness of light will
not harm the eyes any more than taking a photograph in dimly
light can harm
A B C D
a camera.
Petroleum it is
composed of a complex mixture of hydrogen and carbon.
A B C D
The company, a long time
producer of cars, has hired a public relations firm to inform the public of
A
B C
their antipollution program.
D
How I wish it had been me whom you had
frightened and not she!
A B C
D
Outside of
A B C D
Along the northern border of
A B C D
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