Soal TOEFL.

1. .... the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet of paper over most of the
skin.
a. in the epidermis
b. the epidermis is
c. the epidermis
d. it is the epidermis
2. Before the statue of liberty arrived in the United States, newspapers invited the public
to help determine where .... placed after its arrival.
a. it should be the statue
b. should the statue be
c. the statue being
d.the statue should be
3. Seismic reflection profilling has ... the ocean floor is underlain by a thin layer of
nearly transparent sediments.
a. revealed that
b. reveal that
c. revealed about
d. the revelation of
4. As .... in Geek and Roman Mythology, harpies were frightful monsters that were half
woman and half bird.
a. described
b. to describe.
c. description
d. describing
5. ........ given to the various types of microscopic plants and animals found in water.
a. planktons name
b. the name of plankton
c. named plankton
d. plankton is the name
6. As a protection device, an octopus ejects black or purple ink to cloud the water
when ...
a. its escapes
b. does it escapes
c. escapes it
d. it escapes
7. Ozone is formed when ultraviolet radiation from the sun .... molecules into highly
reactive oxygen atoms
a. to break up oxygen
b. breaks up oxygen
c. oxygen is broken up
d. oxygen breaks up
8. The film Lawrence of Arabia is three hours and forty-one minutes long, one minute ...
Gone with the Wind.
a. longer than is
b. is longer than
c. long is

d. in length like
9. Static electricity .... one cloud to another or between clouds and the ground creates
lightning.
a. is flowing from
b. flowing from
c. the flow from
d. flows from
10. In 1858, the site ... was to become the City of Denver was settle as a way station for
outfitting gold prospectors.
a. of it
b. it
c. of what
d. what
11. Flintlock muskets ... sharp bayonets were standard weapons during the American
Revolution.
a. tip with
b. tipped with
c. the tips of
d. were tipped with
12. Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas produce carbon dioxide when ...
a. are they burned
b. burned
c.they burned
d. are burned
13. Not only ... generate energy, but it also produces fuel for other fission reactors.
a. it is a nuclear breeder reactor
b. a nuclear breeder reactor
c. is a nuclear breeder reactor
d. does a nuclear breeder reactor
14. In .... several vertically aligned honeycombs with hexagonal wax cells stacked close
together.
a. a honeybee hive of
b. a honeybee hive composed of
c. a honeybee hive is
d. a honeybee hive are
15. In general, the cells of large animals and plants are only slightly larger than ... plants
and animals.
a. those smaller
b. are those of smaller
c. smaller
d. are smaller
16. Mosquitoes will accepts(a) the malaria(b) parasite at only one(c) stage of the
parasites complex(d) life cycle.
17. Most polar seals retreat(a) to open water during the winter, but a few(b) types have
learn(c) to survive on and under the ice all year around(d).
18. Aristotle believed(a) that everything in the universe were(b) composed of four
basic(c) elements: earth, water, and fire(d).
19. In the(a) cold climate of the far north, mosquito eggs(b) may remains(c) dormant(d)
autumn until late June.

20. The harpsichord is the most(a) complex(b) and mostlarge(c) of all the plucked(d)
keyboard instruments.
21. During(a) fermentation, complex carbohydrates are converted(b) to another(c)
chemicals by the action of enzymes produced by(d) molds, yeasts, or bacteria.
22. Rhesus monkeys(a) exhibit(b) patterns of shyness(c) similar to that(d) in humans.
23. In space, with no(a) gravity for muscles to work againts(b) , the body (c) becomes
24. The Washington quarter(a) was first(b) minting (c) by the U.S governmebt in 1932
anniversary(d) of George Washingtons birth.
25. White blood cells are(a) the largest (b) of red blood cells and are more varied(c) in
size(d) and in shape.
26. An(a) hiccup is a spasmodic(b) contraction of the diaphragm, which(c) leads to a
massive intake(d) of air.
27. High blood pressure result from(a) either an increased(b) output of blood from the
heart and(c) an increased resistance to its flow(d) through they branches of the
arteries.
28. The betataken house ruins at navajo national monument is(a) among the largest(b) and
most elaborate(c) cliff dwellings in the country(d).
29. The Island of Kaual has much(a) streams, some of which(b) have worn(c) deep
canyons into the rock.
30. Mambas,poisonous(a) African snakes that come from(b) the same family as(c) cobra
posseses an extreme(d) potent venom.
31. A supersonic(a) airplane can fly faster(b) than(c) a(d) speed of sound.
32. In(a) 1821, Emma williard opened officially(b) the doors of the first school in the
dates to offer(c) college-level course for(d) women.
33. The diameter of the sun is more than(a) one hundred times(b) greater(c) than the
earth(d).
34. Unlikely(a) gas sport(b) ballons, hot air ballons do not have(c) nets(d)/
35. Born(a) in Massauchest in 1852, Albert Frankbaks has begun(b) making(c) banjos in
Boston in the late(d) 1870s.