STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 53-55)

LONGMAN COMPLETE COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 53-55): Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.

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1	On a trip (A) down to the bottom (B) of the Grand Canyon (C), the equipment will in all probability be carried by a (D) burros.
2	Ford designed the first (A) large-scale assembly line (B) at plant (C) in Highland Park, Michigan (D).
3	In the (A) human body, blood flows from a (B) heart through the arteries (C), and it returns through the (D) veins.
4	The scholarship (A) that Wilson received to study history (B) at Cambridge (C) presented an (D) unique opportunity.
5	Observations from Earth indicate that at the (A) solar surface, the outward (B) magnetic field is a (C) strongest at the polar regions (D).
6	A radar (A) images of Venus add details (B) about a planet (C) dominated by volcanoes and lava (D).
7	In 1863 and 1864, the U.S. Congress passed the National Bank Acts (A), which set up a (B) system of privately owned banks (C) chartered by a federal government (D).
8	An (A) human ear (B) responds to a wide range (C) of frequencies (D).
9	Bacteria that live in soil and water (A) play a vital role (B) in recycling carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, and another (C) chemical elements used by living things (D).
10	During the U.S. (A) Civil War, an American (B) balloonist organized a balloon (C) corps in Army (D).

ANSWER KEY

1	D	(omit a)
2	C	a plant
3	B	the heart
4	D	a
5	C	the
6	A	Radar
7	D	the federal government
8	A	A
9	C	other
10	D	the Army