THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE PRACTICE TEST 5 Structure and written expression PART 2 (Questions 16-40)

THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE

PRACTICE TEST 5

Structure and written expression

PART 2 (Questions 16-40)

16	The tiny nucleus (A) of an atom (B) is held together by forces powerful (C) capable of unleashing (D) great energy.
17	Because of (A) their beautiful (B) coloration, palomino horses does (C) often chosen as (D) show horses for parades.
18	The discovering (A) of quarks, minute (B) particles of matter, has led to (C) a new age in particle physics. (D)
19	Thanksgiving Day, a uniquely (A) North American holiday, is celebrated (B) in the United States on the four (C) Thursday in (D) November.
20	A square is a (A) geometric (B) shape which is as long as is (C) tall and which has (D) four right angles.
21	The incidence of which (A) is now referred to (B) as cryovolcanism, or ice volcanoes, is (C) quite high on the surface of Triton, one of the (D) moons of Neptune.
22	Contemporary poet Alien Ginsberg prides him (A) on his ability to create poetry which (B) invites complete (C) emotional and physical participation (D) by its audience.
23	The amount of (A) red meat needed to provision (B) sufficient protein for maintaining (C) good health is estimated at less than (D) four ounces per day.
24	Neither oil drilling or (A) gas exploration (B) can be prevented (C) from steadily changing (D) the face of the Arctic.
25	However (A) unavoidable the Civil War may have been, it was more devastating also (B) exhausting than (C) any European war between (D) 1815 and 1914.
26	Water and petroleum are the only (A) two liquids what (B) occur in large (C) quantities in (D) nature.
27	Allowing (A) children to help plan and prepare family meals provides enjoyable learning (B) experiences that later encouraging (C) them to eat the foods they have prepared. (D)
28	According to (A) many economists, international specialization in the production of some goods, such as (B) cars and computers, increase (C) world efficiency and output, making (D) all nations richer.
29	Solar astronomers (A) have recently (B) observed bursts of coherent radio waves coming from (C) a specific locations (D) on the sun's surface.
30	In accordance the (A) wishes of most of his electorate,(B) President Franklin D. Roosevelt postponed entering (C) the Second World War until (D) December 11, 1941.
31	Substances such as (A)DDT become more concentrated (B) in each successively (C) level in an (D) ecological pyramid.
32	The rate of stomach cancer is lowest (A) in countries where (B) people don't eat (C) processed meat products than in nations where such foods are consumed (D).
33	Unlike most (A) liquids, which contract when they solidify, (B) water expands by (C) nine percentage (D) when it freezes.
34	Raindrops falling (A) on the ocean reduce (B) the number of breaking waves, thereby calming (C) roughness (D) water.
35	The languages spoken by (A) the Alaskan Eskimos and (B) the Inuit of northern Canada are such (C) similar as to be mutually intelligible. (D)
36	According to (A) a Keynesian economist, expects (B) economic conditions to worsen can bring about behavior which (C) in fact causes these conditions to worsen. (D)
37	Desiring (A) to leave their own marks of identity inside the White House, most presidents' wives redecorate (B) at least some portion of its (C) rooms as soon as arrival (D) there
38	Generally (A) speaking, proteins that come from animal (B) sources are complete whereas those that (C) come from another (D) sources are incomplete proteins
39	Even although (A) he is best remembered (B) as a writer, Walt Whitman was also (C) a newspaper (D) publisher, teacher, and farmer.
40	The first (A) domesticated (B) bird in (C) earth was probably the (D) goose.

ANSWER KEY

16. С   Incorrect adjective-noun word order is used. Correction: powerful forces 17. С   A passive is incorrectly formed. Correction: are 18. A   A gerund is used where a regular noun is needed. Correction: discovery 19. С   An incorrect adjective form is used. Four does not show order or sequence. Correction: fourth 20. С  A structure parallel to the subject-verb com­bination which is is needed to form the equative. The subject is missing in the second half of this equative comparison. Correction: as it is 21. A   A noun clause marker is needed to start the noun clause that is the object of the preposition of. An adjective clause marker (a relative pronoun) has been used instead. Correction: of what 22. A   An object pronoun is used where a reflexive pronoun is needed. Correction: himself 23. В   An infinitive is incorrectly formed. Correction: to provide 24. A   The second part of the paired expression neither ... nor is incorrectly formed. Correction: nor 25. В   The adverb also is used where a conjunction is needed. Correction: and 26. В   A relative pronoun is needed to begin the adjective clause that modifies liquids. A noun clause marker has been used instead. Correction: that/which 27. С   A nonfinite verb form is used where a finite verb form is needed. Correction: encourage 28. С   The verb increase doesn't agree in number with its singular subject, specialization. Correction: increases 29. D   A plural noun is used with the indefinite article a. This article is used only with singular countable nouns. Correction: location 30. A   Part of a compound preposition is missing. Correction: In accordance with the 31. С   An adverb form is used where an adjective form is needed. Correction: successive 32. A   The comparative degree of low is formed incorrectly. Correction: lower 33. D   An incorrect noun form is used. Percentage is not used to indicate specific amounts (in this case, nine). Correction: percent 34. D   A noun form is used where an adjective form is needed. Correction: rough 35. С   An intensifier is incorrectly used. Such is an intensifier which is used before nouns. Similar is an adjective, not a noun. Correction: so 36. В   A finite verb form is used where a gerund is needed. Correction: expecting 37. D   A clause marker (as soon as) is used but is not followed by a clause. Correction: as soon as they arrive 38. D   The adjective another is used with singular countable nouns. Sources is a plural noun. Correction: other 39. A   A compound adverb clause marker is incorrectly formed. Correction: though 40. С   An incorrect preposition is used. Correction: on