1. Both nickel and iron are whitish metals ___.

A. and therefore

A. that are attracted by magnets

B. however

B. that magnets are attracted by them

C. but also

C. are attracted by magnets

D. and also

D. that attract them

7. The manager was angry because somebody ________
2. ___ red clover, high in protein content, is an extremely
important leguminous hay and pasture plant of the eastern
United States. magnets
A. The
B. There us the
C. It is the
D. That the

3. Since Tampa has a mild winter climate, _____ as a tourist

resort.

A. had allowed the photographers to enter the

building
B. had let the photographers to enter into the
building
C. permitting the photographers enter the building
D. the photographers let into the building without the
proper documentations
8. It is only recently that ballets have been based on themes
________ American life.
A. reflecting

A. popular it
B. reflects
B. that as popular
C. is reflecting
C. popular
D. reflected
D. it is popular

4. Helium is ___ all gases to liquefy and is impossible to

solidify at normal air pressure.

9. ________ four major championships on the professional golf

tour.
A. They are

A. more than difficult

B. The
B. the most difficult of
C. In all
C. more difficult of
D. There are
D. most difficult

5. Overexposure to the sun causes ________ health problems.

A. various
B. among
C. but
D. of

6. Anthony Burgess is not only a successful novelist, ________

an expert linguist.

10. Having been selected to represent the Association of

American Engineers at the International Convention,
________.
A. the members applauded him
B. he gave a short acceptance speech
C. a speech had to be given by him
D. the members congratulated him

11. The FDA was set up in 1940 ________ that maintain

standards for the sale of food and drugs.

A. to enforce the laws

A. wherever

B. to enforcing the laws

B. ever where

C. enforcing laws

C. ever

D. enforced the laws

D. there ever

12. Not until a monkey is several years old ________ to exhibit

signs of independence from its mother.

17. ________ fall naturally into two classes, which can be

further subdivided into several subclasses.

A. it begins

A. There are vitamins

B. does it begin

B. Vitamins that

C. and begin

C. Vitamins

D. beginning

D. After vitamins

13. Unlike most Europeans, many Americans ________ bacon

and eggs for breakfast every day.

18. The financial manager's job ________ among the many

sources of finance for the best interest rates available.

A. used to eating

A. to shop around is

B. are used to eat

B. to shop around it is

C. are used to eating

C. is it to shop around

D. used to eat

D. is to shop around

14. Between the California Coast Range and the Sierra

Nevada ________.

19. The attorney told his client that ________.

A. they had little chance of winning the case

A. great Central Valley

B. the case was of a small chance to win
B. the great Central Valley
C. it was nearly impossible to win him the case
C. being the great Central Valley
D. the case had a minimum chance to be won by
D. lies the great Central Valley
him
15. The year 1732 saw the first appearance of Poor Richard's
Almanac, ________ Benjamin Franklin created the character
of Poor Richard.

20. A hero of the war of 1812, ________ President of the

United States.
A. Andrew Jackson later became

A. there
B. that Andrew Jackson later became
B. in which
C. who was Andrew Jackson
C. in it
D. later became Andrew Jackson
D. which in

16. Blue-green algae are found ________ there is ample

moisture.

1. A. that are attracted by magnets

2. A. The

3. D. it is popular
4. B. the most difficult of
5. A. various
6. C. but also
7. A. had allowed the photographers to enter the building
8.A. reflecting
9. D. There are
10.B. he gave a short acceptance speech
11. A. to enforce the laws
12..B. does it begin
13. C. are used to eating
14. D. lies the great Central Valley
15. B. in which
16. A. wherever
17. C. Vitamins
18.D. is to shop around
19. A. they had little chance of winning the case
20. A. Andrew Jackson later became

1. ___ all data into electronic pulses.

A. they heat

A. The computer input unit changes

B. to heat

B. Changing input, the computer unit

C. heating

C. Which changes the computer input unit

D. heat

D. Changes in the computer input units

8. A college bookstore that sells used textbooks stocks

________ along with the new ones on the shelf under the
course title.

2. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have

__________, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to
turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.
A. tastes sharp
B. sharp-tasting
C. a sharp taste

A. its
B. their
C. a
D. them

D. tasting sharp

9. ________ gene in the human genome were more

completely understood, many human diseases could be cured
or prevented.

3. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would

rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf ___of the
telephone.

A. Each

A. than inventing
B. than as the inventor
C. the invention
D. as the inventor
4. The professor's daughter taught ________ to play the guitar.
A. himself
B. hers
C. herself
D. his

B. Since each
C. If each
D. Were each
10. ________ the best car to buy is a Mercedes Benz.
A. Because of its durability and economy
B. Because it lasts a long time, a it is very economical
C. Because of its durability and it is economical
D. Because durably and economywise it is better than all the
others
11. People who have very little technical background have
________ to understand computer language.

5. The adder is a venomous snake ________ bite may prove

fatal to humans.

A. learn

A. its

B. learning

B. whom its

C. learned

C. that

D. learns

D. whose

12. A bat will often spend the daylight hours ________ upside
down in a tree or cave.

6. Jackson, Mississippi, ________ capital, is the largest city in

the state.

A. hanging

A. the

B. which hangs

B. where is the

C. that is

C. is the

D. hangs

D. it is the

13. This university's programs ________ those of Harvard.

7. For thousands of years, people have used vast amounts of

wood for building and ________ their homes.

A. come second after

B. are second only to

C. are first except for

20. The Baltimore American first tried to nominate Theodore

Roosevelt for the Presidency ________.

D. are in second place from

A. when he had only twenty-eight years
14. Warmth, moisture, and oxygen are three neces-sary
requirements ________ most seedlings.

B. when he was only twenty-eight

A. for cultivating

C. when he was age twenty-eight years

B. for cultivate

D. at age twenty-eight years

C. as cultivating

1. A. The computer input unit changes

D. can cultivate

2. C. a sharp taste

15. ________ have captured the spirit of the conquest of

America as well as James Fenimore Cooper.

3. B. than as the inventor

4. C. herself

A. Few writers
5. D. whose
B. The few writers
6. A. the
C. The writers are few
7. C. heating
D. Few are the writers
8. D. them
16. The incidence of anorexia nervosa, ________, is growing
in industrially advanced societies.

9. C. If each

A. is an eating disorder

10. A. Because of its durability and economy

B. an eating disorder which

11. C. learned

C. an eating disorder

12. A. hanging

D. for which an eating disorder

13. B. are second only to

17. Research in the work place reveals that people work for
many reasons ________.

14. A. for cultivating

A. money beside
B. money besides
C. beside money
D. besides money
18. Farmers look forward to ________ every summer.
A. participating in the county fairs
B. participate in the county fairs
C. be participating in the county fairs
D. have participated in the county fairs
19. Perspiration increases ________ vigorous exercise or hot
weather.
A. during
B. when
C. at the time
D. for

15. A. Few writers

16. C. an eating disorder
17. D. besides money
18. A. participating in the county fairs
19. A. during
20. B. when he was only twenty-eight

1. In his writing, John Crowe Ransom describes what ___the

spiritual barrenness of society brought about by science and
technology.

7. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and

sculptors in the United States had begun to exert ___over art.
A. influence worldwide a great

A. he considers
B. a great worldwide influence
B. does he consider
C. influence a great worldwide
C. considers
D. a worldwide influence
D. considers it
2. ___ duties are placed on commodities according to their
value.

8. ___ stereophonic phonograph records, two recordings are

made of the same musical performance
A. Creates

A. Ordinarily, tariff
B. Created
B. Ordinary tariffs are
C. The creating of
C. On ordinary tariff
D. To create
D. Tariffs are ordinarily
3. Not only can walking fish live out of water, _____ they can
also travel short distances over land.

9. In the 1960s, pop art ________ to discover artistic

significance in the commercial artifacts of the consumer
culture.

A. neither

A. seeking

B. and

B. to seek

C. but

C. has sought

D. if

D. sought

4. _____ Eijah McCoys invention of the lubricating cup in the

early 1870s, machinery had to be stopped in order to be
lubricated.

10. Glass that has been tempered may be up to ________.

A. Before

B. as hard as ordinary glass five times

B. When

C. as hard as ordinary glass times five

C. While

D. ordinary glass as hard as five times

D. Lately

11. ________ that the English settled in Jamestown.

5. _____ mineral content in the bones of very young children is

low compared to that of adults.

A. In 1607 that it was

A. If the
B. That is
C. The

A. five times as hard as ordinary glass

B. That in 1607
C. Because in 1607
D. It was in 1607

D. It is the

12. ________ of Country-Western singers may be related to

old English ballads.

6. Sometimes__________to place physics and chemistry into

separate categories.

A. The music

A. difficult
B. is difficult
C. it is difficult
D. that it is difficult

B. Music
C. Their music
D. Musics
13. ________ their territories but rather than fight, they howl.
A. Wolves protectively jealous

B. Jealous of wolves

D. most that two hundred

C. Protection of wolves

20. There are three kinds of solar eclipses: one is total,

another is annular, and ________ .

D. Wolves jealously protect

A. the another is partial
14. It is important that the TOEFL Office ________ an
applicant's registration.

B. the partial is other

A. will confirm

C. other is partial

B. confirm

D. the other is partial

C. confirms

1. A. he considers

D. must confirm

2. A. Ordinarily, tariff

15. Children learn primarily by ________ the world around

them.

3. C. but
4. A. Before

A. experiencing directly of
5. C. The
B. experience direct
6. C. it is difficult
C. directly physical experience
7.D. a worldwide influence
D. direct physical experience of
8. D. To create
16. Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container
because they have ________.

9. D. sought

A. not definite shape

10. A. five times as hard as ordinary glass

B. none definite shape

11. D. It was in 1607

C. nothing definite shape

12. A. The music

D. no definite shape

13. D. Wolves jealously protect

17. Valley Forge National Park commemorates the time that

Washington ________ in Valley Forge with his troops.

14.B. confirm

A. spend
B. spent
C. was spent
D. has been spent
18. Only under special circumstances ________ to test out of
freshman composition and literature.
A. which share
B. are sharing
C. while sharing
D. share
19. Although exact statistics vary because of political changes,
________ separate nation states are included in the official
lists at any one time.
A. more than two hundred
B. as much as two hundred
C. many as two hundred

15. D. direct physical experience of

16. D. no definite shape
17. B. spent
18. C. while sharing
19. A. more than two hundred
20. D. the other is partial

1. ___ reaches the cells of the body, it is oxidized, or slowly

burned

B. will be
C. is

A. As digested food
D. would be
B. Digested food that
C. Food is digested

8. Air ________ the carbon dioxide necessary for

photosynthesis enters leaves through tiny surface openings.

D. Why does digested food

A. contains

2. Asteroids are small and therefore very difficult to identify,

even when ___ to Earth

B. contained
C. containing

A. quite closely
D. it contains
B. are being quite close
C. are they quite closely

9. The president usually ________ unless his press secretary

approves it.

D. they are quite close

A. doesn't do a statement

3. A floodplain is an extension of a river channel, _____ not

inundated except during a flood.

B. doesn't make a statement

C. doesn't statement

A. where is it
D. no statement
B. but it is
10. She didn't know ________ when his boss called.
C. or is
A. he was where
D. in case it
B. where he was
4. ___ a lonely and rugged life, far from home and family.
C. was he where
A. Wherever the early prospector lived
D. where was he
B. The early prospector lived
C. Not only did the early prospector live
D. The early prospector living
5. The truck ________ crashed into the back of a bus
scattering glass everywhere.

11. A major problem in the construction of new buildings

________.
A. is that windows have been eliminated while air conditioning
systems have not been perfected
B. is they have eliminates windows and still don't have good air
conditioning

A. loading with empty bottles

B. which loading with empty bottles
C. it was loading with empty bottles
D. loaded with empty bottles
6. Only after food has been dried or canned ________.
A. that it should be stored for later consumption
B. should be stored for later consumption
C. should it be stored for later consumption
D. it should be stored for later consumption
7. If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their
general health ________ better.
A. be

C. is because windows are eliminated but air conditioners don't

work good
D. is dependent on the fact that while they have eliminated
windows, they are not capable to produce efficient air
conditioning system
12. Although southern California is densely populated,
________ live in the northern part of the state.
A. a little people
B. a few the people
C. few people
D. a little of people
13. Weathering ________ the action whereby surface rock is
disintegrated or decomposed.
A. it is

B. is that

D. to iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and dust the furniture

C. is

20. Professional people appreciate ________ when it is

necessary to cancel an appointment.

D. being
14. A giant kind of grass, bamboo may reach a height of 120
feet and ________.

B. that you would call them

A. a diameter of one foot

C. your calling them

B. its diameter is one foot

D. that you are calling them

C. there is a diameter of one foot

1. A. As digested food

D. which is a diameter of one foot

2. D. they are quite close

15. ________ is the cause of most small-business failures is

virtually an economic truism.

3. B. but it is
4. B. The early prospector lived

A. Undercapitalization
5. D. loaded with empty bottles
B. Undercapitalization that
6. C. should it be stored for later consumption
C. Where undercapitalization
7. D. would be
D. That undercapitalization
8. C. containing
16. The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was greatly
________ , who wanted him to study architecture.

9. B. doesn't make a statement

A. influenced by his mother

10. B. where he was

B. from his mother's influence

11. A. is that windows have been eliminated while air

conditioning systems have not been perfected

C. his mother influenced him

12. C. few people
D. influencing for his mother
13. C. is
17. Since more than 50 percent of all marriages in the United
States end in divorce, about half of the children in America
must ________ in single-parent homes.
A. grow up
B. to grow up
C. growing up
D. have grow up
18. Geomorphology is the study of the changes that ________
on the surface of the earth.
A. taking place
B. takes place
C. take place
D. they take place
19. Harvey will wash the clothes, ________
A. iron the shirts, prepare the meal, dusting the furniture
B. ironing the shirts, preparing the meal, and dusting the
furniture
C. iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and dust the furniture

14. A. a diameter of one foot

15. D. That undercapitalization
16. A. influenced by his mother
17. A. grow up
18. C. take place
19. C. iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and dust the
furniture
20.C. your calling them

1. ___ a continuous mass of water on the Earths surface, all

continents are islands in the strictest sense of the word.

7. The Disney amusement park in Japan is ________ Florida

or California.

A. The form of the oceans

A. the largest than the ones in

B. Since the oceans form

B. larger than the ones in

C. To form the oceans

C. larger the ones in

D. That the oceans form

D. the largest of the ones

2. In the late 1800s Ellen Richards, began work in the new

field of sanitary science which was concerned with waste
removal, water purification and ___.

8. Overexposure to the sun can produce ________ can some

toxic chemicals.
A. more than damage to the skin

A. to ventilate adequately
B. more damage than to the skin
B. adequate ventilation
C. damage more than to the skin
C. adequate ventilate
D. more damage to the skin than
D. ventilation adequately
9. He has received several scholarships ________
3. His invention showed that he understood what was going to
happen in the future and proved he was ___ of his time.

A. not only because of his artistic but his academic ability

A. in front

B. for both his academic ability as well as his artistic

B. before

C. because of his academic and the artistic ability

C. ahead

D. as a resulting of his ability in the art and the academy

D. forward

10. The evolution of vertebrates suggests development from a

very simple heart in fish to a ________ in man.

4. The oldest city in the state, ___

A. four-chamber heart
A. the Hudsons Bay Company founded Vancouver,
Washington, in the early nineteenth century
B. the founding of Vancouver, Washington, by the Hudsons
Bay Company in the early nineteenth century
C. Vancouver, Washington, was founded by the Hudsons Bay
Company in the early nineteenth century
D. In the early nineteenth century with the founding of
Vancouver, Washington, by the Hudsons Bay Company
5. ___ became a state in 1876
A. When Colorado
B. Colorado
C. It was Colorado

B. four-chambers heart
C. four-chamber hearts
D. four-chamber's heart
11. North Carolina is well known not only for the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park ________ for the Cherokee Indian
settlements.
A. also
B. and
C. but also
D. because of

D. Colorado, which

12. Fire-resistant materials are used to retard ________ of

modern aircraft in case of accidents.

6. The human brain ________ only two percent of an adult's

body weight.

A. a damage to the passenger cabin

A. which makes up
B. it makes up
C. makes it up
D. makes up

B. that damages to the passenger cabin

C. damage to the passenger cabin
D. passenger cabin's damages
13. An equilateral triangle is a triangle ________ and three
angles of equal size.

A. that have three sides of equal length

19. Nerve impulses ________ to the brain at a speed of about

one hundred yards per second.

B. it has three sides equally long

A. sending sensations
C. that has three sides of equal length
B. to send sensations
D. having three equal length sides in it
C. send sensations
14. After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United
States had ________ it had previously owned.
A. twice more land than

D. sensations
20. The Internal Revenue Service ________ their tax forms by
April 15 every year.

B. two times more land than

A. makes all Americans file
C. twice as much land as
B. makes all Americans to file
D. two times much land than
C. makes the filing of Americans
15. Although we often use "speed" and "velocity"
interchangeably, in a technical sense, "speed" is not always
________ "velocity."

D. makes all Americans filing

1. B. Since the oceans form

A. alike
2. B. adequate ventilation
B. the same as
3. C. ahead
C. similar
D. as

4. D. In the early nineteenth century with the founding of

Vancouver, Washington, by the Hudsons Bay Company

16. ________ stone tools and animal remains found with the
human fossils, anthropologists have determined that
Neanderthal Man was a successful hunter.

5. B. Colorado

A. When the

7. B. larger than the ones in

B. The

D. the largest of the ones

C. Both the

8. C. damage more than to the skin

D. From the

9. A. not only because of his artistic but his academic

ability

17. A good counselor would rather that the patient ________

his or her own decisions after being helped to arrive at a
general understanding of the alternatives.
A. makes
B. making
C. will make
D. made
18. ________ is necessary for the development of strong
bones and teeth.

6. D. makes up

11. C. but also

12. C. damage to the passenger cabin
13. C. that has three sides of equal length
14. C. twice as much land as
15. B. the same as
16. D. From the
17. D. made

A. It is calcium

18. C. Calcium

B. That calcium

19. C. send sensations

C. Calcium

20. A. makes all Americans file

D. Although calcium