TOEFL REVIEW (Skills 1-23)

TOEFL REVIEW (Skills 1-23): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1	________ several unsuccessful attempts, Robert Peary reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. A.                After B.                 He made C.                  When D.                 His
2	The musical instrument ________ is six feet long. A.                is called the bass B.                  it is called the bass C.                  called the bass D.                 calls the bass
3	One problem with all languages ________ they are full of irregularities. A.                when B.                  so C.                  is that D.                 in case
4	________ of economic cycles been helpful in predicting turning points in cysles, they would have been used more consistently. A.                Psychological theories B.                Psychological theories have C.                 Had psychological theories D.                Psychologists have theories
5	Hospital committees ________ spent weeks agonizing over which artificial kidney candidate would receive the treatments now find that the decision is out of their hands. A.                 once B.                  that once C.                  have D.                 once had
6	More than (A) half of the (B) children in the 1,356-member district qualifies (C) for reduced-price (D) or free lunches.
7	Five mils beyond the hills (A) were (B) a fire with its (C) flames reaching (D) up to the sky.
8	Kettledrums, what (A) were first played (B) on horseback, were (C) incorporated into the (D) orchestra in the eighteenth century.
9	When is a flag (A) hung (B) upside down, it is (C) an internationally (D) recognized symbol of distress.
10	The Museum of the Confederation in Richmond hosts (A) an exhibition which documenting (B) the origins and history of the banner that most Americans (C) think of as (D) the confederate flag.

ANSWER KEY

1	A
2	C
3	C
4	C
5	B
6	C	qualify
7	B	was
8	A	which
9	A	a flag is
10	B	documents