PRACTICE TEST A (4) SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION TOEFL ITP PRACTICE TEST

 

TOEFL ITP PRACTICE TEST VOLUME 1 PRACTICE TEST A (4) SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

 

Written Expression Directions: In questions 16-40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 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 A B C D   Guppies are sometimes call (A) rainbow fish (B) because of (C) the males’ bright (D) colors.   The sentence should read, “Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish because of the males’ bright colors.”Therefore, you should choose (A). Example 1 A B C D   Serving (A) several term (B) in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an important (C) United States politician (D). The sentence should read, “Serving several terms in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an important United States politician.”Therefore, you should choose (B).   Now begin work on the questions.   28 The (A) tree porcupine is found (B) in wooded areas (C) throughout most from (D) North America. 29 To date, only a small percentage of all glass manufactured (A) in the United States is (B) recycled, but markets for recycled glass that are (C) growing steadily(D). 30 The oceans (A) are the major source (B) of the atmospheric (C) moisture that is obtained through evaporator(D). 31 Only (A) those insects with high (B) developed, multilensed eyes have (C) good color (D) vision. 32 The Earth’s atmosphere functions (A) much like a giant greenhouse, admitting sunlight between (B) outer space but (C) preventing heat from escaping(D). 33 The almond tree which produces (A) the oldest (B) species of nut and is the most widely grown (C) of all nut (D) trees. 34 Fran Tannenbaum, a paleontology student doing (A) summer fieldwork(B), found (C) a completely (D) seventy-five-million-year-old fossil egg near Chateau, Montana. 35 Fencing, originally developed as a sport in fourteenth century(A), was included in (B) the first modern (C) Olympic Games of (D) 1896. 36 Depth (A) within ancient (B) tombs, 3,000-year-old peanuts have (C) been found alongside (D) mummies. 37 Art Nouveau developed in (A) the 1890’s when artists did (B) a conscious (C) effort to break with what they regarded as worn-out formulas of the past(D). 38 The most widely cultivated all of (A) fruit trees, the apple is second only to (B) the grape in its importance (C) as (D) a temperate-zone fruit 39 Pawnbroking, or making loans (A) to customers who (B) pledge personal (C) or household goods as security, is one of the oldest trade (D) known. 40 Of (A) 1901 to 1914, acclaimed actor Douglas Fairbanks appeared on stage (B) in a series (C) of light comedies(D).

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