TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1 – 19)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1 – 19): choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1.             ________ variety of flowers in the show, from simple  carnations to the most exquisite roses.

A.       A wide

B.       There was a wide

C.       Was there

D.      Many

2.             The wedges ________ dart board are worth from one to twenty points each.

A.       they are on a

B.       are on a

C.       are they on a

D.      on a

3.             ________ producing many new movies for release after the new season begins.

A.       His company is

B.       His companies

C.       The company

D.      Why the company is

4.             ________ that Emily Dickinson wrote, 24 were given titles and 7 were published during her lifetime.

A.       Of the 1,800 poems

B.       There were 1,800 poems

C.       Because the 1,800 poems

D.      The 1,800 poems

5.             Since an immediate change was needed on an emergency basis, ________ by the governor to curtail railway expenditure.

A.       so it was proposed

B.       was proposed

C.       because of the proposal

D.      it was proposed

6.             In the Morgan Library in New York City ________ of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.

A.       a collection is

B.       in a collection

C.       is a collection

D.      which is a collection

7.             Some fishing fleets might not have been so inefficient in limiting their catch to target species ________ more strict in enforcing penalties.

A.       the government had been

B.       if the government had

C.       had the government been

D.      if the government

8.             The Dewey Decimal System, currently used in libraries throughout the world, ________ all written works into ten classes according to subjects.

A.       dividing

B.       divides

C.       it would divide

D.      was divided

9.             Individual differences in brain – wave activity may shed light on why some people are more prone to emotional stress disorders ________ .

A.       that others are

B.       and others are

C.       others are

D.      than are others

10.         ________ squeezed, the orange juice in a one – cup serving provides twice the minimum daily requirement for vitamin C.

A.       It is freshly

B.       If freshly

C.       You freshly

D.      If is freshly

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