THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE PRACTICE TEST 5 Structure and written expression PART 1

THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE

PRACTICE TEST 5

Structure and written expression

PART 1

1	____________ growing awareness of social ills, Edna Saint Vincent Millay wrote increasingly more somber poetry during her later years.
	A	A Because her When a Due to her
	B
	C
	D
2	____________ categorized as lipids.
	A	Fats and also oils While fats and oils Fats and oils are Fats and oils
	B
	C
	D
3	The role of the mass media in influencing public policy decisions, maintaining or changing the status quo of our society, and ____________ outlets for all types of views is enormous.
	A	as it provides to provide provide providing
	B
	C
	D
4	____________ earth might be experiencing a global warming trend which could have devastating climatic effects.
	A	In the The Where the Whole
	B
	C
	D
5	Depressant drugs ____________ historically have been known to be addictive are called narcotics.
	A	and which they about which
	B
	C
	D
6	____________ young, Eugene O'Neill traveled with his father's theatrical company, and the stage was an important part of his life.
	A	When was he He was Was he When he was
	B
	C
	D
7	Vitamins are organic compounds ____________ and must be ingested to maintain proper bodily functions.
	A	that they can't be produced by the body the body can't produce them that can't be produced by the body not produced them by the body
	B
	C
	D
8	____________ business managers plan the tasks that their employees are to carry out.
	A	It is the organizing process They process the organizing While the organizing process Through the organizing process
	B
	C
	D
9	Copper is the favored metal for electricians' wire because of ____________.
	A	it is an excellent conductor its excellent conductivity excellent conductivity of it so conductive is it
	B
	C
	D
10	Chemicals in paint that pose a fire hazard ____________ as combustible, flammable, or extremely flammable.
	A	are listed listed being listed they are listed
	B
	C
	D
11	Scientists believe that the beaver's instinct to build dams is more complex than ____________ other animal instinct.
	A	most all any these
	B
	C
	D
12	Considered unique and exotic, ____________.
	A	over 4,000 American households keep the llama as a pet there are over 4,000 American households that keep the llama as a pet the llama is kept as a pet in over 4,000 American households the llama kept as a pet in over 4,000 American households
	B
	C
	D
13	Anxiety about uncontrollable situations is thought to cause ____________.
	A	to fitfully sleep fitful sleep fitful in sleep sleep fitfully
	B
	C
	D
14	One of the most influential Virginians of colonial times, ____________ in England.
	A	the education received by William Bin was the education that William Bird received William Bird was educated the education that William Bird received
	B
	C
	D
15	By careful seeding, weathermakers can encourage two small clouds to merge into one big cloud ____________ produce a powerful thunderstorm.
	A	so these which and
	B
	C
	D

ANSWER KEY

1. D   A preposition is needed to complete an unfinished prepositional phrase. (A) contains an article. (B) and (C) contain clause markers (Because and When) rather than prepositions. 2. С   A subject and the be part of a passive are needed. Only   (C) contains both of these elements. 3. D   A structure parallel to the gerunds influencing, maintaining, and changing is needed. Only (D) contains such a structure. 4. В   Only an article is needed to complete the subject of this sentence. (A) embeds the subject in a pre­positional phrase.  (C) embeds the subject in a subordinate clause. (D) does not contain an article. 5. В   A relative pronoun is needed to complete an unfinished relative clause. (A) contains a conjunction. (C) contains a subject pronoun. There is already a subject, Depressant drugs. (D) contains an unnecessary preposition before the relative pronoun. 6. D   A subordinate clause needs to be completed. The word order in (A) is incorrect, because it creates a question. (B) and (C) create main clauses. Two main clauses cannot be joined by a comma. 7. C   A completed modifier is needed to describe organic compounds. (A) creates a noun clause, and (B) creates a main clause. These clause types do not act as modifiers. (D) contains an unnecessary object (them). Only (C) creates a relative clause which can modify organic compounds. 8. D   A correctly formed subordinate clause or a modifying phrase is needed. (A) and (B) create main clauses. Two main clauses cannot be joined by only a comma. (C) contains only part of a subordinate clause. Only (D) contains a correctly formed modifying prepositional phrase. 9. B   An object is needed for the preposition because of. (A) contains a main clause, which cannot be the object of a preposition. (C) contains an incorrect of phrase. (D) contains an adjective phrase,which cannot be the object of a preposition. 10. A   Only a correctly formed passive verb is needed. (B) and (C) contain nonfinite verb forms. (D) contains an unnecessary subject (they) before the passive verb. 11. C   A singular word is needed to describe the singular instinct. (A), (B), and (D) contain words that describe plurals. 12. C   A main clause is needed that contains llamas as its subject, to be modified by the phrase considered unique and exotic. (A) and (B) contain the subject over 4,000 American households. (D) is not a complete main clause. It is missing the verb is, which is necessary to complete the passive verb construction z's kept. 13. B   A simple direct object for the infinitive to cause is needed. (A) contains another infinitive, which would need to be preceded by an indirect object (e.g., to cause people to sleep fitfully). (C) does not contain a direct object noun structure. It contains an adjective and a prepositional phrase. In (D), sleep is a noun direct object followed by the adverb fitfully. Adverbs do not modify nouns. 14. С  An appositive to rename One of the most influential Virginians of colonial times and a verb are needed. Only (C) contains these two structures together. 15. D   Two parallel structures, merge and produce, need to be joined together. Only (D) contains a structure (a coordinating conjunction) that can be used to join these two structures.