Soal Post Test TOEFL: Structure and Written Expression

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Structure

These questions are incomplete sentences. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

_______ range in color from pale yellow to bright orange.

Canaries
Canaries which
That canaries
Canaries that are

Carnivorous plants _______ insects to obtain nitrogen.

are generally trapped
trap generally
are trapped generally
generally trap

A federal type of government results in _______

a vertical distribution of power
power is distributed vertically
vertically distributed
the distribution of power is vertical

February normally has twenty-eight days, but every fourth year, _______ has twenty­ nine.

there
its
is a leap year
a leap year, it

Evidence suggests that one-quarter of operations _______ bypass surgery may be unnecessary.

they involve
involve
involving
which they involve

_______ a tornado spins in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, it spins in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere.

However
Because of
Although
That

The Caldecott Medal, _______ for the best children's picture book, is awarded each January.

is a prize which
which prize
which is a prize
is a prize

Sports medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the identification and treatment of injuries to persons _______

sports are involved
involved in sports
they are involved in sports
sports involve them

The Wilmington Oil Field, in Long Beach, California, is one of _______ oil fields in the continental United States.

productive
the most productive
most are productive
productivity

Thunder occurs as _______ through air, causing the heated air to expand and collide with layers of cooler air.

an electrical charge
passes an electrical charge
the passing of an electrical charge
an electrical charge passes

The population of Houston was ravaged by yellow fever in 1839 _______ in 1867.

it happened again
and again
was ravaged again
again once more

Researchers have long debated _______ Saturn's moon Titan contains hydrocarbon oceans and lakes.

over it
whether the
whether over
whether

According to Bernoulli's principle, the higher the speed of a fluid gas, _______ the pressure.

it will be lower
lower than the
the lower
lower it is

The flight instructor, _______ at the air base, said that orders not to fight had been issued.

when interviewed
when he interviewed
when to interview
when interviewing

In the northern and central parts of the state of Idaho _______ and churning rivers.

majestic mountains are found
are majestic mountains found
are found majestic mountains
finding majestic mountains

Written Expression

In these questions, each sentence has four bolded words or phrases. Identify the one bolded word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

Light can travels from the Sun to the Earth in eight minutes and twenty seconds.

Light
travels
the Sun
in eight minutes

Every human typically have twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in most cells.

typically
have
pairs of
most cells.

In the sport of fencing, three type of swords are used: the foil, the epee, and the sabre.

In the
sport
type
are used

The Internal Revenue Service uses computers to check tax return computations, to determine the reasonableness of deductions, and for verifying the accuracy of reported income.

uses
computations
for verifying
reported income

There was four groups of twenty rats each involved in the test.

was
twenty rats
each involved
test

The type of jazz known as "swing" was introduced by Duke Ellington when he wrote and records "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing."

known as
introduced
he
records

The bones of mammals, not alike those of other vertebrates, show a high degree of differentiation.

not alike
those
other
show

The United States receives a large amount of revenue from taxation of a tobacco products.

receives
large amount
taxation
a

Much fats are composed of one molecule of glycerin combined with three molecules of fatty acids.

Much
one molecule
combined with
fatty acids

The capital of the Confederacy was originally in Mobile, but they were moved to Richmond.

capital
originally
they were
moved

A pearl develops when a tiny grain of sand or some another irritant accidentally enters into the shell of a pearl oyster.

when
another
irritant
enters into

The English horn is an alto oboe with a pitch one fifth lower as that of the soprano oboe.

an alto
a pitch
as
that

In the Milky Way galaxy , the most recent observed supernova appeared in 1604.

the most
recent
appeared
in

Although the name suggests otherwise , the ship known as Old Ironsides was built of oak and cedar rather than it was built of iron.

Although
otherwise
known as
it was built

Never in the history of humanity there have been more people living on this relatively small planet.

in the history
there have
more people
living

Because of the mobile of Americans today, it is difficult for them to put down real roots.

the mobile
it is
them
real roots.

For five years after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee served to president of Washington College, which later was called Washington and Lee.

years after
to
which
was called

Doctors successfully used hypnosis during World War II to treat fatigue battle.

successfully
during
to treat
fatigue battle

The lobster, like many crustaceans, can cast off a damaging appendage and regenerate a new appendage to nearly normal size.

like
many
a damaging
nearly normal size

The main cause of the oceans' tides is the gravitation pull of the Moon.

oceans' tides
is
gravitation
the Moon

The curricula of American public schools are set in individual states; they do not determine by the federal government.

The
are
set in
do not determine

The fact that the sophisticated technology has become part of revolution in travel delivery systems has not made travel schedules less hectic.

has become
revolution
delivery systems
less hectic

Balanchine's plotless ballets, such Jewels and The Four Temperaments, present dance purely as a celebration of the movement of the human body.

plotless
such
present
purely

In a solar battery, a photosensitive semiconducting substance such as silicon crystal is the source of electrician.

semiconducting
such as
the source
electrician

In early days hydrochloric acid was done by heating a mixture of sodium chloride with iron sulfate.

In early days
done
heating
with