REVIEW TEST E: STRUCTURE (PETERSON’S TOEFL SUCCESS)

(PETERSON’S TOEFL SUCCESS)

REVIEW TEST E: STRUCTURE

Directions: For Sentence Completion items, select the answer choice—(A), (B), (C), or (D)—which correctly completes the sentence. For Error Identification items, select the answer choice—(A), (B), (C), or (D)—that corresponds to the underlined portion of the sentence that would not be considered correct. 1 ____________, an organism must be able to adapt to changing factors in its environment. (A) If survival (B) For surviving (C) To survive (D) It survives 2 Bricks can be (A) made from many (B) difference (C) types of clay (D). 3 The narrow blades of speed skates allow____________________ speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. (A) for skaters maintaining (B) skaters to maintain (C) skaters maintain (D) maintenance by skaters 4 The game (A) backgammon has (B) been playing (C) since ancient times. 5 The Mummers’ Parade has ____________ every year in Philadelphia on New Year’s Day since 1901. (A) holding (B) been holding (C) held (D) been held 6 Before (A) the late eighteenth century, most textiles (B) were done (C) at home (D). 7 Political science, alike (A) the other (B) social sciences (C), is not an exact (D) science. 8 ____________________ on barren slopes can help prevent erosion. (A) Planting trees (B) For trees to be planted (C) In order to plant trees (D) Trees are planted 9 Animals that (A) hibernate usually (B) eat large numbers (C) of food in the (D) autumn. 10 Lightly, (A) sandy soil absorbs (B) water more quickly (C) than clay or (D) loam. 11 In 1870 Hiram R. Revels ______________ the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate. (A) becoming (B) became (C) to have become (D) has become 12 During (A) the Depression of the 1930s, many (B) artists were giving (C) jobs (D) by the Federal Arts Project. 13 Sand dunes are made of loose sand __________ up by the action of the wind. (A) it builds (B) builds (C) is building (D) built 14 A feeding (A) animal will usually permit competitors approaching (B) only within a certain area, the boundaries of which (C) are called its (D) feeding territory. 15 It is a chemical (A) called capsaicin that gives (B) hot peppers their (C) spice (D) flavor. 16 Amber is a hard, yellowish-brown ___________________ from the resin of pine trees that lived millions of years ago. (A) substance formed (B) to form a substance (C) substance has formed (D) forming a substance 17 The University of Wisconsin was the first (A) school to make (B) a serious effort to teaching (C) students public administration (D). 18 Diaries and (A) journals writing (B) during Colonial times provide the best (C) records of that era (D). 19 Snowshoes let a person to walk (A) on snow without sinking (B) into it because they (C) distribute the person’s (D) weight over a wide area. 20 Beams of ultrasonic sound waves (A) can be send (B) through pieces (C) of metal to detect (D) flaws. 21 A deep-tissue massage is a type of massage therapy __________________ on one part of the body, such as the lower back. (A) its concentration is (B) concentrating (C) why it concentrates (D) to be concentrated 22 Some plants and insects (A) exhibit so (B) high degree of interdependence that the elimination of one results (C) in the elimination of the other (D). 23 Founded (A) in 1620, Plymouth was the soonest (B) of the five colonies (C) established (D) by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts. 24 Trucks can be (A) used to transport (B) a wide (C) various (D) of cargoes. 25 The astronomer (A) George Hale was a pioneer (B) in the art (C) of photograph (D) the sun.

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