PRACTICE TEST A (2) SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION TOEFL ITP PRACTICE TEST

 

TOEFL ITP PRACTICE TEST VOLUME 1 PRACTICE TEST A (2) SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

 

Time: 25 minutes, including the reading of directions Now set your clock for 25 minutes This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type. STRUCTURE Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Example 1 Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes _______ they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth’s surface. A due to B because C in spite of D regardless of The sentence should read “Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because they both emit hot liquids from beneath the Earth’s surface.” Therefore, the correct choice is (B). Sample answer A B C D   Example II During the early period of ocean navigation, _________ any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques. A so that hardly B when there hardly was C hardly was D there was hardly The sentence should read, “During the earlier period of ocean navigation, there was hardly any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques.” Therefore, the correct answer is (D). Sample answer A B C D   Now begin work on the questions.   1.         Since the early 1950’s, __________ throughout the world has more than doubled. (A)       the demand for food (B)       there is demand for food (C)       if food is in demand (D)       food, a demand that 2.         Even though he did not attend school until he was twelve, Dr. Samuel C.C. Ting was               __________ the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976. (A)       won (B)       the winning (C)       the winner of (D)       to be won 3.         Gas particles move __________ when the gas is hot than when it is cold. (A)       fast (B)       faster (C)       as fast (D)       fastest 4.         The different colors of __________ the different temperatures of the stars’ surfaces. (A)       the stars indicate (B)       indicating stars (C)       the indication that the stars (D)       stars indicating that 5.         As a country develops from an agricultural to an industrial economy, the attitudes, values, structures, and functions of the family __________. (A)       the change (B)       which change (C)       change (D)       changing 6.         Only a few sounds produced by insects are heard by humans __________ most of the sounds are pitched either too low or too high. (A)       in spite of (B)       because (C)       as a result of (D)       instead of 7.         The ordinary chair __________ in countless shapes, sizes, styles, and materials. (A)       has been made (B)       to be made (C)       is making (D)       been making 8.         For 125 years after __________ initial use at Harvard in 1642, the Bachelor of Arts degree was the only degree awarded by colleges in the United States. (A)       its (B)       it was (C)       being (D)       when 9.         Since the Sun illuminates half the surface of the Moon, only half the surface __________ can be seen from the Earth. (A)       most (B)       much (C)       with more (D)       at most 10.       The novels of Constance Fenimore Woolson, __________, have special interest for their regional settings. (A)       in a nineteenth-century writer (B)       a nineteenth-century writer (C)       the nineteenth-century writing (D)       wrote about the nineteenth century 11.       __________ Oklahoma is important as a farming state, it is even more important for its rich oil deposits. (A)       By (B)       Although (C)       In order for (D)       Concerning 12.       No animal seems __________ on a diet of peat moss. (A)       survived (B)       can survive (C)       of surviving (D)       able to survive 13.       The upper part in a harmonic arrangement __________ by mixed voices is usually written for a soprano voice. (A)       to be sung (B)       as singing (C)       to be singing (D)       was sung 14.       The first school __________ the state of Washington was opened at old Fort Vancouver in 1832. (A)       is now (B)       is that in (C)       what is that (D)       in what is now 15.       Radio, __________, developed from the theories and experiments of many people. (A)       like other many inventions (B)       like many other inventions (C)       inventions like many other (D)       many other like inventions

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