TOEFL PRACTICE

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

51. _____ of pottery is dependent on the
durability of clay after firing.
A. To make
B. The making
C. When to make
D. It is making
52. Pig iron, wrought iron, and steel contain
iron carbides made up of _____ of carbon.
A. amounts are different
B. different amounts that
C. different amounts
D. which amounts are different
53. The Arctic fox is found throughout the
Arctic, usually on tundra or mountains _____ the
sea.
A. by which near
B. near of
C. because near
D. near
54. The midge, _____ to any of several species
of small flies, refers to a mosquito-like insect
with slender wings and body, long legs, and
antennae.
A. which a term applied
B. a term applied
C. is a term applied
D. applied a term
55. The face is the most _____ of a human
being.
A. part is distinctly
B. distinction in part
C. distinctive part
D. part of distinction
56. The chemical facts _____ as a by-product
of their search for gold became the basis for
modern chemistry.
A. that had been accumulated by alchemists
B. were accumulated by alchemists
C. alchemists accumulating them
D. had been accumulated by alchemists
57. The fluoroscope makes _____ for medical
doctors to view a silhouette of the bones and
internal organs of a patient's body.
A. being possible
B. possibly
C. it is possible
D. it possible
58. The second-oldest continuously occupied
governor's mansion in the United States _____
Jackson, Mississippi.
A. the location in
B. is the location
C. is located in
D. located in
59. A television camera produces an image by
conveying _____ receives into a series of bright
and dark dots.
A. and it
B. it
C. what it
D. that it
60. In so-called nonfiction novels, a
documentary style is combined with fictional
techniques _____ actual events and people.
A. that they describe
B. to describe
C. and in describing
D. are describing
61. Managers often receive considerable
training in the "technical" aspects of their jobs
_____ very little in the "people management"
aspects.
A. so
B. just as
C. yet
D. and that
62. Areas of fertile soil called deltas, usually
_____ are formed by mud deposited at the
mouth of a river.
A. triangular in shape
B. their shape is triangular
C. they have a triangular shape
D. triangular shape
63. Though a respected educator, Alexander
Graham Bell _____ the inventor of the telephone.
A. as is best known
B. best known as is
C. is best known as
D. best is known as
64. Not until the First World War _____ to
improve the road system in the United States.
A. a determined effort was made
B. made a determined effort
C. when a determined effort was made
D. was a determined effort made
65. Often invisible, always in motion, gas is
_____ of matter.
A. the state is most energetic
B. stating the most energetic
C. the most energetic state
D. the state that most energetic
66.Some fish have whiskers, which are
A
sensory organs used for touching and tasting,
B
and which are helpful when are they searching
C D
for food in sand and mud.
67.Cement is produced commercially by to heat
A B
a mixture of limestone and clay in a large,
C
slowly rotating cylindrical furnace.
D
68.In addition to appropriating the subject matter
A B
of mass culture, the pop art movement of the
1950's utilized various technique of mass
C D
production.
69. Practical problems limit the ability of
A B
astronomers to determine the mass
of asteroids, who are small planetary bodies
C
orbiting the Sun.
D
70. An accomplished saxophonist and composer,
A
John Coltrane begun his career playing
B C
in the big bands of the early 1950's.
D
71.Bacteria and similar one-celled organisms
A
reproduce by cell division, each of the
daughter cell then beginning a new life as a
B C D
distinct organism.
72.Many species of birds that breed in
A B
temperate latitudes often show particular
C
patterns of migration while the year.
D
73. Quebec, the most oldest city in Canada,
A B
lies on the north bank of the St. Lawrence
C D
River.
74.Because of the need to maintain the
A
correct balance of salts and minerals in the
B
water, keeping saltwater fish in aquariums
C
requires more work that keeping
D
freshwater fish.
75.Addressing themes that were unique
A B
American, the poet Walt Whitman celebrated
C
the lives of ordinary people.
D
76.Many museums have been founded by
A
private benefactors, and a few have
B
received endowments that help to support
C
theirs routine operations.
D
77.The Bessemer process for converting iron
A
to steel was invention of enormous
B
importance because it led to many significant
C D
changes in industrial processes.
78.Painters have been portraying the sea
A
for centuries, and in the United States a
B
rich tradition of marine painting been developed
C D
during the nineteenth century.
79. The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was a
A

important Confederate military center

B
during the American Civil War and served as the
C temporary state capital in
1862.
D
80. Although all sedimentary rocks contain iron,

but the deposits that are richest in

A B
iron consist predominantly of minerals such as
C D
iron oxides, carbonates, silicates,

and sulfides.
81. In the United States, the attorney general
A
is a cabinet member in charge with the
B C
administration of the Department of Justice.
D
82.The Atlantic cable, which began to operating
A
in 1866, linked the United States to

London and to another cable stretching

B C
eastward to India and beyond.
D
83. Many folk songs were originated to
A
accompany manual work or to mark a specific
B C
ceremonies.
D
84. The shell of the abalone, a marine snail,
A
is especially suited by its hardness and various
B C
of colors for the manufacture of jewelry.
D
85. Geraldine Farrar, who debuted as an opera
A B
singer in 1901, later appeared both on stage
C
and in several silent film.
D
86. The migration of African Americans from the

rural South to the industrial North

A
in the early 1900's were the biggest internal
B C D
migration in American history.
87. Searching for alternate forms of energy
A
does not necessary mean the abandonment
B C
of fossil fuels as an energy source.
D
88.The flamingo constructs a cylindrical mud
A B
nest for its egg, which both parents
C
care for it.
D
89. Due to persistent inbreeding, self-
A
pollinating plants have genetically more
B
uniform

than cross-pollinated plants, which harbor

C
more genetic variability.
D
90.Metaphysical philosophy is concerned with
A B
the principles, structures, and

meaningful that underlie all observable reality.

C D