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Determiners
D t i * adverb(s)**
*+ d b( )** + adjectives(s)
dj ti ( ) + noun
The incredibly fast runner / a very good opportunity
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Missing Object
The protection of technologies and
technological information has become ____ of
many nations.
Examples A the importance of a concern
A.
B. a concern of important
C. the importance concerning
D. an important concern
From: ETS practice books.
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The monarch butterfly’s migration of 1,800 By the 1950’s, Mahalia Jackson’s powerful,
miles or more makes _____ among insects. joyous gospel music style had gained her _____.
A. uniquely A. and she had an international reputation
B. is uniquely B. with an international reputation
C. it unique C. which was her international reputacion
D. it is unique D. an international reputation
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• At the fourth century B.C., the “thumbs up” • Hollywood, a famous center of movie
A A B
gesture was used to give silent instructions to and record production is located
B
C
Etruscan gladiators in the arena about whether or
C D Southern California.
not to spare an opponent’s life. D
• 3. Art Nouveau, a style that was in fashion (A) • 5. Wood, the hardened material from which
in the 1890s (B), was based of (C) long curving (A) trees are composed (B), is made up of
lines inspired by (D) clmibing plants. millions (C) of tiny tubes of fibers (D) packed
together.
• 4. The brain is made up of (A) billions of • 6. Animals that live in areas (A) that are
neurons (B) that differ with (C) each other covered in (B) snow in winter (C) change the
greatly in size and shape (D). color of their coat according (D) the seasons.
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• 7. The need for vitamins (A) of our diet (B) was • 9. Homes that have cable television get their
discovered by (C) the Dutch doctor Christian programs (A) from a local television station (B)
Eijkman in 1896 (D). through a cable (C) connected with (D) the
set.
set
• 8. Many of the satellites (A) of space (B) carry
telescopes and other instruments used in • 10. Henry David Thoreau stressed the
astronomy (C) to look at the stars (D). importance in (A) individuality and of living (B)
in harmony (C) with nature (D).
• Answers:
• 11. The hormone insulin controls by (A) the 1. D
amount of sugar (B) in the blood (C) which 2. A
3. C
provides energy (D) for the body. 4. C
5
5. B
6. D
• 12. Frogs get much of their (A) oxygen by 7. B
means blood (B) capillaries in the surface (C) 8. B
9. D
of the skin (D) 10. A
11. A
12. B
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Broukal, Milada. In-A-Flash: Grammar for the TOEFL Test. New Jersey:
Thomson Learning, Inc. 2001.
Educational Testing Service. TOEFL Sample Test. 6th. Edition. New Jersey:
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Phillips,
hilli Deborah.
b h Longman Preparation i Course for
f the
h TEFL Test. The
h Paper
Test. New York: Pearson Education, 2003.
Phillips, Deborah. Longman Preparation Course for the TEFL Test. The Paper
Test. CD-ROM. New York: Pearson Education, 2003.
Rogers, Bruce. Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test. CBT Edition. New Jersey:
Thomson Learning, Inc. 2001.