TOEFL Practice Sheet No. 4
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. sophisticated
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
ELTI
Grammar Level 4
TOEFL Practice Sheet No. 5
Select the best possible answer from the choices given.
1. ____________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
2. __________________, 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
3. _______________, 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
4. ________________Georgia's early days, most of the school buildings
were cabins built by local farmers.
a. Nevertheless
b. Among
c. Although
d. During
5. Jane Goodall won the trust of many chimpanzees______________
daily contact with them.
a. at
b. through
c. with a
d. when
6. 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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7. 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
8. In 1942, Enrico Fermi and other scientists at the University of
Chicago launched the nuclear age.
a. collaborated
b. described
c. constituted
d. inaugurated
9. In contrast to realistic novels, romantic novels portray
idealized versions of life.
a. Analyzing
b. Opposed to
c. Unlike
d. In protest of
10. In for, 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
11. Susan B. Anthony lived to see four states grant suffrage
to women.
a. bondage
b. permission
c. tolerance
d. voting rights
12. George Gershwin's compositions are infused with melodies,
rhythms, and harmonies.
a. accented
b. played
c. instilled
d. intertwined
13. 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
14. Many of Fats Waller's songs have lively, witty lyrics.
a. energetic
b. clever
c. crazy
d. frisky
15. During the War of 1812, "The Constitution" earned its
nickname.
a. familiar name c. official name
b. formal name d. distinguished name
Grammar Quiz--time/"if-clauses"
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.
1/2. Before Tom (go)_____________________________ to bed later
tonight, he (write)_____________________________ a letter to his friend.
(GOES, HE'LL WRITE)
3/4. Before Tom (go)____________________________to bed last
night, he (take) ____________________________ a shower.
(WENT, TOOK)
5/6. The phone (ring)______________________________
while Tom (take)__________________________a shower last
night.
(RANG, WAS TAKING)
7/8. As soon as the phone (ring)________________________last
night, Tom (jump)____________________________out of the shower to answer
it.
(RANG, JUMPED)
9/10. As soon as Tom (get)______________________________up
tomorrow morning, he (brush)__________________his teeth.
(GETS, HE'LL BRUSH)
11/12. Tom always (brush)_______________________his teeth as soon
as he (get)___________________________up.
(BRUSHES, GETS)
13/14. I (get)__________________________a good grade on the quiz
if I (pay) _______________________________ attention in class.
(I'LL GET, PAY)