TOEFL PETERSON PRACTICE TEST 1 PART 2

1.             In an essay (A) writing (B) in 1779, Judith Sargeant Murray promoted the cause of (C) women’s education (D).

2.             A metallic object that (A) is in contact with (B) a magnet becomes (C) a magnet themselves (D).

3.             The change from (A) summer to winter occurs (B) very abrupt (C) in the tundra regions (D) of No rth America.

4.             In (A) outer space, spacecraft can be (B) maneuvered by means (C) small steering (D) rockets.

5.             Echoes occur when (A) sound waves (B) strike a smooth (C) surface and bounces (D) backwards.

6.             A good carpentry (A) must possess (B) a wide variety (C) of skills (D).

7.             Grover Cleveland was the only (A) American president which (B) served (C) two nonconsecutive terms (D).

8.             The American soprano Mary Gardner, who had (A) one of the greatest (B) operatic voicesof her era, retired at the height (C) of the (D) career.

9.             On the nights when is the sky (A) clear and the air calm (B), the earth’s surface rapidly (C) radiates heat into (D) the atmosphere.

10.         Dreams are commonly (A) made up of (B) both visual or (C) verbal images (D).

ANSWER KEY

 

1.        B

The past participle written should be used in place of the present participle writing. The past participle is used to reduce (shorten) a relative clause with a passive verb. In an essay written in 1779 is a short way to say in an essay that was written in 1779

2.        D

A singular pronoun (itself) must be used because the pronoun refers to a singular noun phrase (a metallic object)

3.        C

An adverb (abruptly) must be used in place of the adjective abrupt because this word is used to modify a verb (occurs)

4.        C

The preposition of has been omitted from the phrase by means of.

5.        D

A plural verb form (bounce) is required the subject of the clause (sound waves) is plural

6.        A

The correct word form is carpenter. (Carpentry refers to the field; catpenter refers to a person who works in that filed.)

7.        B

The relative pronoun who is used to refer to persons. The pronoun which should be used to refer to inanimate things.

8.        D

A possessive adjective (her) should be used in place of the to indicate that this is the career of a particular person (Mary Gardner).

9.        A

The correct word order is the sky is. (The expression when the sky is clear is an adverb clause, not a direct question; therefore, the word order is subject t+ verb, not verb + subject as in direct questions.)

10.    C

The correct word pattern is both…..and……