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

THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE

PRACTICE TEST 1

Structure and written expression

PART 1

1	The human brain ________ only two percent of an adult's body weight.
	A	which makes up it makes up makes it up makes up
	B
	C
	D
2	The foreign policies ________ the Hoover administration undertook in 1929 were marked by good will and peaceful purpose.
	A	that where on which of
	B
	C
	D
3	Children usually turn to their parents rather than ________ for protection from threats in the environment.
	A	they turn to other figures of authority authority figures to other to other figures of authority their turning to other figures of authority
	B
	C
	D
4	________ cause extensive damage to Pacific Island nations each year.
	A	Because of the high tides and winds during hurricanes The high tides and winds of hurricanes The high hurricane tides and winds which That the high tides and winds of hurricanes
	B
	C
	D
5	Anthropologists ________ within their environments and evaluate the adaptations they have made.
	A	societies are studied study societies who study societies are their societies are studied
	B
	C
	D
6	Malaria, which can be fatal if left untreated, is transmitted by the female, ________ by the male, mosquito.
	A	not however despite instead
	B
	C
	D
7	------- Henry David Thoreau is known for his transcendental views.
	A	He was like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, His predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was like him Like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, That he was like his predecessor, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
	B
	C
	D
8	The tallest bird on the North American continent, the white whooping crane, ________ four and a half feet tall.
	A	stands which stands it stands standing
	B
	C
	D
9	For thousands of years, people have used vast amounts of wood for building and ________ their homes.
	A	they heat to heat heating heat
	B
	C
	D
10	Past experience has shown that even well-trained ________ overwhelming success in forecasting interest rates.
	A	experts do not always have do not always have experts there are experts who do not always have always do not have experts
	B
	C
	D
11	________ gene in the human genome were more completely understood, many human diseases could be cured or prevented.
	A	Each Since each If each Were each
	B
	C
	D
12	________ of the United States grown during a Republican administration.
	A	Rarely the federal government has Rarely has the federal government Has the federal government rarely The federal government has rarely
	B
	C
	D
13	Water, ________ is also one of the most abundant compounds on earth.
	A	is one of the most critical elements for human survival one of the most critical elements for human survival of which one of the most critical elements for human survival one of the most critical elements for human survival which
	B
	C
	D
14	________ extensively by persons who cannot speak or hear, American Sign Language ranks as the fourth most widely used language in the U.S. today.
	A	Relied on It is relied on Relying on it To rely on it
	B
	C
	D
15	Efforts to provide equal opportunity for minorities in the United States ________ from the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
	A	may be said to date dating may say to date to date may be said
	B
	C
	D

ANSWER KEY

Section 2 Structure and Written Expression 1. D   Only a verb is needed. (A) contains an unnecessary subordinate clause marker (which). (B) contains an extra     subject (it). (C) contains an unnecessary direct object (it). 2. A  A relative pronoun is needed to complete an unfinished  adjective clause. (B) contains an adverb clause marker     (where). (C) and (D) contain unnecessary prepositions. 3. C  A structure parallel to the prepositional phrase to their parents is needed. Only (C) contains such a structure. 4. B  A subject is needed. (A) contains an unnecessary preposition before the subject (Because of). (C) contains     an unnecessary clause marker (which) after the subject. (D) contains an unnecessary clause marker (That)     before the subject. 5. B   An active verb and a direct object are needed. (A) and (D) contain passive constructions. (C) contains     a subordinate clause and a verb. 6. A   Negation of an existing prepositional phrase is needed. No further prepositions or clause markers are needed.     (B) contains an additional clause marker. (C) contains an unnecessary additional preposition, and (D) contains     an incomplete compound preposition (instead of). 7. C   An introductory prepositional phrase is needed. (A) and (B) consist of main clauses. Two main clauses    can’t  be joined by a comma. (D) consists of a noun  clause subject. There is already a subject, Henry David Thoreau. 8. A  Only a finite verb is needed. (B) contains an  unnecessary clause marker (which) before the verb. (C)  contains a subject (it) and a verb (stands). (D) is composed of a nonfinite verb form. 9. C   A structure parallel to the gerund building is needed. Only (C) contains such a structure. 10. A  A subject and a verb are needed. (B) contains no subject. (C) contains an unnecessary there are construction. (D) contains incorrect word order. 11. C  A conditional subordinate clause is signaled by the verbs were and could. If is needed to start this conditional. 12. B  Inverted word order is needed after the expression rarely. Incorrect word order is used m (A), (C), and (D). 13. B   An appositive is needed to rephrase Water. (A) contains an unnecessary verb (is). (C) and (D) contain unnecessary clause markers (of which and which). 14. A  An -ed adjective to complete the phrase modifying American Sign Language is needed. (B), (C), and (D)       all contain an unnecessary pronoun (it). 15. A  A correctly formed modal passive is needed. (B) and (C) do not contain correctly formed modal       passives. The word order in (D) is incorrect.