Friday 3 June 2016

PETTERSON TOEFL PBT PRACTICE TEST 2 PART 1



1.       In 1793, Charles Newbold designed a cast iron plow that ______ than the wooden plows then in use.
a)         was more efficient
b)        was of more efficiency
c)         had more efficiency
d)        it was more efficient
2.        ______ think of metallurgy as a modern field of science, but it is actually one of the oldest.
a)         Although many people
b)        Many people
c)         Many people who
d)        In spite of many people
3.   Part of Jane Colden’s work involved collecting plant specimens, cataloguing plants, and ______with other botanists.
a)         exchanging correspondence
b)        her exchange of correspondence
c)         correspondence exchanging
d)        correspondence was exchanged
4.        The walls of arteries ______ into three layers.
a)         they divide
b)        dividing
c)         to be divided
d)        are divided
5.        The art of storytelling is ______ humanity.
a)         as old
b)        old as
c)         as old as
d)        old
6.        A cloud is a dense mass of ______ water vapour or ice particles.
a)         or
b)        whether
c)         both
d)        either
7.    Centuries of erosion have exposed ______ rock surfaces in the Painted Desert of northern Arizona.
a)         rainbow-colored
b)        colored like a rainbow
c)         in colors of the rainbow
d)        a rainbow’s coloring
8.        Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman ______ governor in the United States.
a)         who elected
b)         to be elected
c)         was elected
d)        her election as
9.        Dry farming is a type of agriculture used in areas ______ less than 20 inches of rainfall.
a)         there are
b)        in which is
c)         where there is
d)        which has
10.    Once known as the ‘Golden State’ because of its gold mines, ______.
a)         North Carolina today mines few metallic minerals
b)        few metallic minerals are mined in North Carolina today
c)         there are few metallic minerals mined in North Carolina today
d)        today in North Carolina few metallic minerals are mined
11.    Indoor heating systems have made ______ for people to live and work comfortably in temperate climates.
a)         possible that
b)        it possible
c)         possible
d)        it is possible
12.    ______ of liquids through pipes.
a)         The flow controlled by valves
b)        For valves to control the flow
c)         Valves control the flow
d)        Controlled by valves, the flow
13.    Honey is the only form of naturally occurring sugar that ______ to be refined before it can be eaten.
a)         has not
b)        does not have
c)         not having
d)        does not
14.    ______ species of wild goats, only one, the Rocky Mountain goat, is native to North America.
a)         The ten
b)        Ten of the
c)         Of the ten
d)        There are ten
15.    Snare drums produce a sharp, rattling sound ______.
a)         as striking
b)        when are struck
c)         struck
d)        when struck


ANSWER KEY
1.        A
2.        B
3.        A
4.        D
5.        C
6.        D
7.        A
8.        B
9.        C
10.    A
11.    B
12.    C
13.    B
14.    C
15.    D

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