PETERSON TOEFL PBT PRACTICE TEST 3 PART 3

PETERSON TOEFL PBT PRACTICE TEST 3

PART 3

 

1.        The coastline of (A) Maine is marked (B) by thousand (C) of islands (D) and inlets.

2.        Metals can be beaten (A) into thin sheets (B), melted and poured into (C) molds, or drawing (D) into fine wire.

3.        Stone Mountain, a huge (A) dome of granite near (B) the city of Atlanta, is 1,686 feet height (C) and measures 7 miles around at its base (D).

4.      Since ancient times (A), some people wore (B) amulets, objects that are supposed (C) to give the wearer magical (D) power.

5.       Dance notation is a means of (A) recording (B) the movements (C) of dances by using (D) of special symbols.

6.       Approximately the third (A) of Alaska’s land area (B) lies (C) north of (D) the Arctic Circle.

7.    No (A) cactus has flowers most beautiful (B) or fragrant (C) that those (D) of the night-blooming cereus.

8.      The poet (A) Amy Lowell sometimes (B) wrote literary (C) criticism and biographical (D).

9.       Each of the (A) chemical (B) elements have (C) its own (D) standard symbol.

10.    A balloon rises because of (A) the hot air or (B) gas inside the balloon is lighter than (C) the air outside (D).

11.  Just three years afterwards (A) Martha Graham’s first (B) dance lesson, she (C) starred in the (D) ballet Xochitl.

12.  The delicate (A) color of rose quartz is due the (B) presence (C) of manganese in the mineral (D).

13.  Most (A) large corporations have personnel departments responsible to (B) hiring and firing (C) workers and for keeping employee (D) records.

14.   Costume jewelry is made of (A) plastic, wood, or inexpensive (B) metal, and they (C) may be set with (D) semi-precious or imitation stones.

15.  The medicine (A) of prehistoric peoples probably consisted of (B) a mixture of scientific practices (C), superstitions, and religious believes (D).

ANSWER KEY

1.        C

        The plural form, thousands, is required

2.        D

       To be parallel with the other items in the series (beaten, melted, and pured) another past participle (drawn) is required.

3.        C

        The adjective high is needed in place of the noun height. (The phrase in height could  also be used to correct the sentence.)

4.        B

        The present perfect tense (have worn) is required in place of the past tense (wore). (The present perfect is usually used in sentences that contain the expression since + time word.)

5.        D

         The noun use is needed in place of the gerund using.

6.        A

        The definite article the cannot be used before a fraction; the phrase should correctly read one third or a third.

7.        B

      A comparative form (more beautiful) is needed in place of the superlative (most beautiful)

8.        D

        The noun biography should be used in place of the adjective biographical.

9.        C

        The singular verb has must be used to agree with the subject. (After the phrase each of the – plural noun, a singular verb is always used.)

10.    A

      The word because must be used before a clause. (Because of is used only before a noun phrase)

11.    A

        Before a noun phrase (Martha Graham’s first dance lesson) the word after must be used rather than afterwards.

12.    B

        The word to has been omitted; the phrase should read due to the.

13.    B

        In this sentence, the preposition for must be used after responsible. (It is possible to use responsible to + person).

14.    C

       The singular pronoun it should replace the pronoun they because the pronoun refers to the singular phrase Costume Jewelry.

15.    D

     In order to be parallel with the other words in the series (scientific practices and superstitions) a noun (beliefs) is needed in place of the verb believes.