PETERSON TOEFL PBT PRACTICE TEST 3 PART 2

PETERSON TOEFL PBT PRACTICE TEST 3

PART2

1.    Although drama is a form of literature, ________ from the other types in the way it is presented.

A.                  it differs

B.                  is different

C.                  despite the difference

D.                 but it is different

2.        Not only ________ the most populous city in the United States in 1890, but it had also become the most congested.

A.                  was New York City

B.                  that New York City was

C.                  New York City was

D.                 has New York City

3.  In 1989, President George Bush appointed Carla A. Hills ________ a special trade representative.

A.                  to

B.                  as

C.                  like

D.                 be

4.        Iguanas are different from most other lizards ________ they are not carnivores.

A.                  in spite of

B.                  even

C.                  so that

D.                 in that

5.        ________ are considered humorous is mainly due to his characters’ use of slang.

A.                  Damon Runyan’s stories

B.                  Damon Runyan’s stories, which

C.                  That Damon Runyan’s stories

D.                 Because Damon Runyan’s stories

6.        The spores of ferns are almost microscopic and are far simpler than ________ in structure.

A.                  that of seeds

B.                  so are seeds

C.                  seeds do

D.                 seeds

7.      Good pencil erasers are soft enough not  ________ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.

A.                  by damaging

B.                  so that they damage

C.                  to damage

D.                 damaging

8.     ________ the outer rings of a gyroscope are turned or twisted, the gyroscope itself continues to spin in exactly the same position.

A.                  However  

B.                  Somehow

C.                  Otherwise

D.                 No matter

9.    Alike (A) the United States, Canada conducts (B) a complete (C) census of its population every (D) ten years.

10.    Natural (A) resources provide material are needed (B) to produce (C) finished goods (D).

11.   Because they (A) are so secretive blind snakes are seldom (B) seen, and its (C) habits are not well known (D).

12.    The main rotor and tail rotor of a (A) helicopter make (B) the same (C) job as the wings (D), propellers, and rudder of an airplane.

13.  X rays are too(A) powerful that they can penetrate most (B) solids as easily (C) as light passes through (D) glass.

14.  Machines that use (A) hydraulic pressure including (B) elevators, dentist chairs (C), and automobile (D) brakes.

15. The Franklin stove, which (A) became (B) common in the 1780s banned wood more efficiency (C) than an open (D) fireplace.

ANSWER KEY

1.        A

2.        A

3.        B

4.        D

5.        C

6.        D

7.        C

8.        A

9.        A

       The word like must be used in place of alike. (The correct patterns are “Like A, B …”and “A and B are alike.”)

10.    B

       The full passive verb are needed should be replaced by a past participle (needed) or by a relative clause (that are needed).

11.    C

      The plural possessive their must be used in place of its because it refers to the plural noun phrase blind ssnakes.

12.    B

         The verb do should be used in place of make.

13.    A

       The word so is required in place of too. (The correct pattern is so + adjective + that clause.)

14.    B

        A main verb (include) must be used in place of the participle. (Used alone, an –ing form can never serve as a main verb)

15.    C

        An adverb (efficiently) is needed rather than the noun efficiency.