Grammar -- TOEFL Practice 2
Select the best possible answer from the choices given.
1. _______________a person wears glasses, the more dependent on them s/he tends to become.
a. When
b. The longest
c. The longer***
d. If
2. A radiologist deals with objective reproducible evidence_______________with patients' subjective descriptions.
a. rather than***
b. instead than
c. than
d. than rather
3. ________________pitched his first major-league game, Joe Nuxhall was only fifteen years old.
a. Because of he
b. He
c. When he***
d. Surprisingly he
4. ________________the coming of autumn, thousands of tourists follow the Blue Ridge Trail to observe the brilliant autumnal foliage.
a. As soon as
b. With***
c. Arrived
d. When
5. David Bushnell, of Yale, _______________ a submarine in 1775.
a. has built
b. built***
c. he built
d. was built
6. Not until the mid-nineteenth century__________________achieve recognition.
a. had El Greco's work
b. did El Greco's work***
c. El Greco's work
d. El Greco's work did
7. There are now___________________methods for studying color vision in infants than there once were.
a. more sophisticated than
b. much more sophisticated***
c. much sophisticated
d. unsophisticated
8. _________________yak is taken below 11,000 feet, it is likely to become sick.
a. A
b. If a***
c. Frequently a
d. Because of a
9. Juggling__________________at least 5,000 years to the early Egyptians.
a. dating back
b. is dating back
c. which dates back
d. dates back***
10. ________________powerful member of the entire cat family is the tiger.
a. Most
b. The most***
c. More
d. The more
11. Maine____________________more than 5,000 rivers and streams.
a. is
b. although
c. has***
d. which
12. ___________________made after English settlers came to Jamestown was a map of Virginia by John Smith, the famous adventurer.
a. The first map***
b. It was the first map
c. That the first map
d. There was a first map
13. The overwhelming majority of soldiers who_______________in the Union armies were volunteers.
a. they served c. did they serve
b. serving d. served***
14. _____________is found in many kinds of trees and plants.
a. Latex*** c. Since latex
b. It is latex d. That latex
15. ____________the 1830s, the working day in Lowell, Massachusetts, was thirteen hours long in summer, and from sunrise to sunset in winter.
a. The
b. In the***
c. It was in the
d. When in the
16. __________________, Norman Rockwell painted everyday people and situations that usually tell stories, often humorous ones.
a. He is an American illustrator
b. An American illustrator***
c. The American illustrator which
d. He is an illustrator who is American
17. _______________, a television set is in use in every home for about 6 1/2 hours each day.
a. It is averaged
b. On the average***
c. The average that
d. The average
18. ________________Georgia's early days, most of the school buildings were cabins built by local farmers.
a. Nevertheless
b. Among
c. Although
d. During***
19. Jane Goodall won the trust of many chimpanzees______________
daily contact with them.
a. at
b. through***
c. with a
d. when
20. Arizona has___________________Indian population in the United States.
a. third largest'
b. the third largest***
c. the largest third
d. a third of the largest
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21. Ralph Nader has argued that the U.S. automobile industry emphasized profits and style over safety.
a. on top of c. before***
b. after d. in addition to
22. In 1942, Enrico Fermi and other scientists at the University of Chicago launched the nuclear age.
a. collaborated
b. described
c. constituted
d. inaugurated***
23. In contrast to realistic novels, romantic novels portray idealized versions of life.
a. Analyzing
b. Opposed to***
c. Unlike
d. In protest of
24. In form, style, and theme, many of Carl Sandberg's poems resemble the poems in Walt Whitman's collection "Leaves of Grass."
a. verse
b. prose
c. subject***
d. meter
25. Susan B. Anthony lived to see four states grant suffrage to women.
a. bondage
b. permission
c. tolerance
d. voting rights***
26. George Gershwin's compositions are infused with melodies, rhythms, and harmonies.
a. accented
b. played
c. instilled***
d. intertwined
27. The brisk air, deep snows, and long winters in New Hampshire and Vermont help make these states popular winter playgrounds.
a. frigid
b. stimulating***
c. stormy
d. piercing
28. Many of Fats Waller's songs have lively, witty lyrics.
a. energetic
b. clever***
c. crazy
d. frisky
29. During the War of 1812, "The Constitution" earned its nickname.
a. familiar name*** c. official name
b. formal name d. distinguished name