Toefl Test - English Foundation Center

1. _____ of classical ballet in the United States began around 1830. To teach Is teaching It was taught The teaching

2. Mason bees are solitary bees, which means _____ in colonies like honeybees or bumblebees. do not live when they do not live that they do not live that do not live

3. Long before the advent of written literature, _____ their myths and stories in oral poems told by successive generations. people recorded recording people people’s recordings people who recorded

4. Comparative anatomy is _____ classification of both plants and animals. the basis for for basics the basis that the basically

5. Although legend has it that the Pilgrims first set foot in America on Plymouth Rock in 1620, _____ documentary evidence confirming this. no still is no there is no but no

6. Despite its fishlike form, the whale is _____ and will drown if submerged too long. an animal breathes air that an animal that breathes air an animal breathes air that an animal breathes air

7. Clouds _____ in warm air rises, cools, and condenses. when form water vapor form when water vapor form vapor water when vapor form when water

8. Portland, _____ , is located primarily on two hilly peninsulas overlooking Casco Bay and its many islands. which Maine’s largest city Maine’s largest city where is Maine’s largest city Maine’s largest city

9. Mars, the so-called red planet, is actually colored red by iron oxide and other impurities _____ the whole surface. that cover in which are covered that they cover and covered

10. The more she practiced speaking, ________ her pronunciation became. the clearer clearer more clear the most clear

11. When played in certain ways, the bassoon can produce comical sounds, _____ it is sometimes referred to as the clown of the orchestra. or that so whether

12. In modern societies, _____ authorized body such as a legislature or a court makes the law. some some of some the for some

13. Rhymes result from sound rather than spelling, and words neither have to be spelled the same way_____ look alike in order to rhyme. not and nor either

14. The professor insisted that the final report ________ by Monday morning. submit submitted be submitted being submitted

15. Boise became _____ of the state of Idaho in 1864. as the capital the capital to be the capital the capital was

16.

The wave (A) lengths of ultraviolet light are (B) short than those are (C) visible light but longer than those of X-rays

A B C

17.

(A) All thoroughbreds are descended (B) from three Arabian (C) stallion imported (D) into England between 1689 and 1724.

A B C D

18.

By (A) measuring the rate of decay of potassium isotopes in volcanic ash, scientists (B)can date the layers of volcanic ash and any human (C)remains in (D) they.

A B C D

19.

(A) Hundreds of partial (B)to complete fossil skeletons of triceratops have been (C) gather in North America from (D)rocks of the late Cretaceous period.

A B C D

20.

By (A) the time of the dinosaurs, turtles (B) have already developed the hard shell (C)into which their heads and legs could be (D)drawn.

A B C D