THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE PRACTICE TEST 3 Structure and written expression PART 2 (Questions 16-40)

THE HEINEMANN TOEFL COURSE

PRACTICE TEST 3

Structure and written expression

PART 2 (Questions 16-40)

16	The field cricket is quite (A) injury (B) to crops and vegetation (C) and does most of its harmful (D) work at night.
17	Perhaps the most (A) unique thing about (B) carbon atoms are (C) their ability to combine (D) with themselves.
18	Works wrote (A) by Vladimir Nabokov often (B) contain heroes and heroines who (C) have lived (D) in many places.
19	Organisms and their cells live by maintaining (A) a constant (B) exchange of elemental (C), ions, minerals, and gases (D).
20	For the past few years,(A)  researchers have perfecting (B) their (C) control over the movements of cells and microbes by using (D) low-power laser beams.
21	The mountain sheep is known for (A) its incredible (B) agility, timid, (C)  and ability to withstand (D) severe cold.
22	The chimpanzee possesses hand tool, (A) the sticky termite stick, with which (B) it (C) digs termites out of (D) logs and stumps.
23	The different layers of the Grand Canyon contain (A) a variety of fossils, including (B) algae and seaweed from (C) early historically (D) periods.
24	The United States government use (A) price supports and cost (B) subsidies (C) to raise (D) farm prices and profits.
25	The basic factors that (A) enhance health and longevity (B) include vigorous exercise, hereditary,(C)  and diet (D).
26	Fission tracking is (A) a new artifact dating (B) method who (C) promises to have (D) important archeological applications in the future.
27	Biologically (A) produced ceramics, alike (B) those made by mollusks such as (C) the sea urchin, remain superior to those (D) produced synthetically.
28	Contemporary (A) poet James Merrill writes (B) autobiographical verse that building on (C) remembrances of his (D) childhood.
29	Many New England farmers supplement (A) their incomes with the sold (B) of maple syrup tapped  (C) from sugar maples (D) growing on their farmland.
30	When attempt (A) to explain (B) children's (C) food preferences, researchers are faced with (D) contradictions.
31	Glaciologists now suspect (A) that the Antarctic ice sheet unstable is, (B) but they are not yet (C) certain to what extent this instability might cause (D) problems.
32	Human infants are not (A) usually able to (B) walk by selves (C) until they reach eleven or twelve months (D) of age.
33	Scholars of historical change feels (A) that (B) the velocity of history has been (C) greatly accelerated by the onward rush of science and technology during (D) the twentieth century.
34	Psychologists and psychiatrists are trained (A) to encourage their (B) patients to talk for (C) the things that are causing them difficulty. (D)
35	Food contamination is monitored (A) by the Food and Drug Administration, which (B) periodically conducts (C) controlled strictly (D) inspections of foodstuffs.
36	From the time (A) he was a child, author Herman Melville had (B) a interest (C) in the sea. (D)
37	Booker T. Washington, head of the first (A) industrial school for African Americans, was (B) as popular with (C) Southerners than he (D) was with Northerners.
38	Peacocks are among (A) the most exotic (B) birds in nature; its (C) long tail feathers fan out (D) to reveal a profusion of vivid colors.
39	In the latter half (A) of the nineteenth century, physical techniques making it (B) possible to determine (C) the chemical constitution of stars. (D)
40	In seeking out its (A) representative writers, twentieth-century America seems to be (B) searching for someone who chronicle (C) the chaos and lack of direction reflected (D) in some contemporary values.

ANSWER KEY

16. B   A noun form is used where an adjective form is needed. Correction: injurious 17. C   The verb are doesn't agree in number with the singular subject thing. Correction: is 18. A   The past participle of write is incorrectly formed. It is needed to begin an -ed modifying phrase. Correction: written 19. C   An adjective form is used where a noun form parallel to ions, minerals, and gases is needed. Correction: of elements 20. В   Have is not followed by a past participle. This results in an incorrectly formed present perfect continuous verb. Correction: have been perfecting 21. С   An adjective is used where a noun parallel to agility and ability is needed. Correction: timidity 22. A   The indefinite article is needed in front of this singular count noun. Correction: a hand tool 23. D   An adverb form is used where an adjective form is needed. Correction: historical 24. A   The singular subject government doesn't agree in number with the verb. Correction: uses 25. С  An adjective is used where a noun parallel to exercise and diet is needed. Correction: heredity 26. С   An incorrect relative pronoun is used to refer to method. Who is used to refer to people. Correction: that/which 27. В   The adjective alike is used where a similar-sounding preposition is needed. Correction: like 28. С  A nonfinite verb form is used where a finite verb is needed. Correction: builds on 29. В   A verb form is used where a noun form is needed. Correction: sale 30. A   A noun form is used where a nonfinite verb form is needed. Correction: attempting 31. В   Incorrect verb-complement word order is used. Correction: is unstable 32. С  A reflexive pronoun is incorrectly formed. Correction: themselves 33. A   The plural subject scholars doesn't agree in number with the verb. Correction: feel 34. С   An incorrect preposition is used. Correction: to talk about 35. D   Incorrect word order has been used. The adverb should come before the adjective. Correction: strictly controlled 36. С   The indefinite article is spelled incorrectly before a word beginning with a vowel sound. Correction: an interest 37. D   The equative degree of popular is incorrectly formed. Correction: as he 38. С  The pronoun its doesn't agree in number with the noun it refers to (birds). Correction: their 39. В   A nonfinite verb form is used where a finite form is needed. Correction: made it 40. С   The verb chronicle does not agree in number with its subject (who), which refers to a pronoun (someone) that takes a singular verb. Correction: chronicles