THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE PRACTICE TEST 1 Structure and written expression PART 2 (Questions 16-40)

THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE

PRACTICE TEST 1

Structure and written expression

PART 2 (Questions 16-40)

16	Chicago's Sears Tower, now (A) the taller (B) building in the world, rises (C) 1,522 feet from the ground to the top of (D) its antenna.
17	Vitamin E,  which is found (A) in nutritious (C) foods such as green vegetables and whole grains, action (C) as an antioxidant in cell membranes (D).
18	Scientists is (A) currently (B) trying to map (C) the human genome, the blueprint of human heredity (D).
19	A snowflake is a frailty (A) crystalline structure which (B) maintains its delicate shape only as long as (C) it is (D) airborne.
20	James Dickey's first poem was published (A) during (B) he was still (C) a senior in (D) college.
21	Most fatty (A) acids have been find (B) as essential (C) components of lipid molecules (D).
22	Social stratification can based (A) on many (B) criteria, such as (C) wealth, cultural level, legal status, birth, personal qualities (D), and ideology.
23	In his famous domes, architecture (A) Buckminster Fuller utilized (B) thousands of simple (C) equilateral triangles linked (D) together.
24	Early in (A) United States history, the rights of woman (B) were championed in Wyoming, the state where (C) they were first guaranteed (D) the right to vote.
25	The most aggressive (A) bees (B) known, the African honeybee is currently swarming (C) into (D) North America.
26	Only after (A) Theodore Roosevelt became president did conservation developed (B) into (C) a major environmental (D) issue in the United States.
27	If he were (A) alive today, F. Scott Fitzgerald might be surprised (B) to learn that his novel The Great Gatsby                               having transcended (C) its own age (D) and turned into a timeless classic.
28	The world's rain (A) forests are being (B) cut down at the rate on (C) 3,000 acres per hour (D).
29	In all (A) human communities, power yields certain (B) advantages and privileges, such as honor, material (C) benefits, and prestigious (D).
30	Scientists used (A) line spectra identifying (B) the (C) element helium in (D) the sun.
31	The compute (A) of the passage of time has always been (B) associated with the movements (C) of celestial (D) bodies.
32	Many (A) environmentalists fear that (B) the earth will run out essential (C) natural resources before (D) the end of the 12th century.
33	The discovered (A) of gold in (B) California in 1848 led to (C) the Gold Rush of (D) 1849.
34	The personality traits of children are often similar to (A) those that (B) of their parents, but (C) these traits are not always genetically conditioned (D).
35	Lecithins and (A) other phospholipids play (B) key roles the (C) structure of cell membranes (D).
36	Wages and salaries account for (A) nearly three fourths of the total nationally (B) income generated (C) in the United States annually (D).
37	Farther (A) evidence is needed to support (B) recent research which suggests (C) that certain chemicals found in broccoli may act (D) as cancer preventatives.
38	Contemporary newspaper columnist (A) Russell Baker is noted for his commentaries humorous (B) written (C) in the tradition of (D) Benjamin Franklin.
39	Nutritional (A) adequacy is hard to achieve (B) on a low-calorie diet; even a small person should not try to get by on (C) fewer than twelve hundreds (D) calories per day.
40	In reality,(A) all biological reproductive (B) begins (C) at the cellular (D) level.

ANSWER KEY

16. B   A comparative form is used where a superlative form is needed. Correction: tallest 17. C   A noun form is used where a verb form is needed.       Correction: acts 18. A   The singular verb is doesn't agree in number with the plural subject Scientists. Correction: are 19. A  A noun form is used where an adjective form is needed. Correction: frail 20. В   A preposition is used where an adverb clause marker is needed. Correction: while 21. В A passive is incorrectly formed. A past participle is needed. Correction: found 22. A   A modal passive is incorrectly formed.       Correction: can be based 23. A   An incorrect noun form is used. Architecture is the profession. Architect is the person who       practices this profession. Correction: architect 24. В   A singular noun is used where a plural noun is needed. Correction: women 25. В   A plural noun is used where a singular noun is needed. Correction: bee 26. В   Both did and developed are in the past tense form.         Only did needs to show the past tense. Correction: develop 27. С  A nonfinite verb form (having) is used where a finite form is needed. Correction: has transcended 28. С  An incorrect preposition is used. Correction: of 29. D   An adjective form is used where a noun form is needed. Correction: prestige 30. В   A gerund is used where an infinitive is needed       (When the intended meaning is in order to, an       infinitive is needed.) Correction: to identify 31. A   A verb form is used where a noun form is needed.       Correction: computation 32. С   A preposition is missing. Correction: out of essential 33. A   A verb form is used where a noun form is needed.       Correction: discovery 34. В   There are two objects for the preposition to. The       second object (that) is unnecessary. Correction: those of 35. С   A preposition is missing. Correction: roles in the 36. В   An adverb form is used where an adjective form       is needed. Correction: national 37. A   Farther is incorrectly being used to refer to extent or degree. Farther should be used only to refer to physical distance. In this sentence, extent or degree is being discussed. Correction: Further 38. В   Incorrect adjective-noun word order is used.      Correction: humorous commentaries 39. D   A compound adjective is incorrectly formed.       Hundred is functioning as part of a compound adjective,       so it should not be made plural. Correction: hundred 40. В    An adjective form is used where a noun form is       needed. Correction: reproduction