PRACTICE TEST B (1-15) SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION TOEFL ITP PRACTICE TEST

 

TOEFL ITP PRACTICE TEST VOLUME 1 PRACTICE TEST B (1-15) 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.         No spectacle in the universe is _________ than an exploding star. (A)       impressive (B)       as impressive (C)       more impressive (D)       the most impressive 2.         The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers _________   in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to form the Ohio River. (A)       meet (B)       meeting (C)       for meeting (D)       which meet 3.         The horns of a rhinoceros continue _________ throughout its entire lifetime. (A)       it grows (B)       to grow (C)       they grow (D)       grow 4.         Mathematics helps meteorologists to predict the weather more accurately, to calculate the speed of storms, and _________. (A)       for the wind to blow determines (B)       causes the wind blowing to determine (C)       to determine what causes the wind to blow (D)       determine the wind’s blowing 5.         _________ position of the planet Earth in relation to the Sun is always changing a little bit. (A)       The (B)       That the (C)       It was the (D)       There was a 6.         Systems of phonetic writing are _________ at transcribing accurately any sequence of speech sounds. (A)       the aim (B)       aimed (C)       who aims (D)       by aiming 7.         In photosynthesis, _________ through which green plants manufacture food, energy from direct sunlight is trapped by a substance called chlorophyll. (A)       that the process (B)       is a process (C)       the process (D)       in which the process 8.         _________ and hard, ivory may be carved with great delicacy into intricate patterns. (A)       Because of its density (B)       Because it is dense (C)       May be dense (D)       Its density 9.         A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, _________ shadow of the Moon moves across the face of the Earth. (A)       and the (B)       and it is the (C)       that the (D)       that it is the 10.       The spectacularly beautiful and sultry voice of Lena Horne made her _________. (A)       being a nationally celebrated vocalist (B)       a vocalist was nationally celebrated (C)       as nationally celebrated vocalist (D)       a nationally celebrated vocalist 11.       The existence of very long channels _________ into the deep- sea floor of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans has been well documented. (A)       are cut (B)       cuts (C)       to cut (D)       cutting 12.       Lillian Wald’s _________ lies in the field of public health nursing. (A)       contribution was most distinctive (B)       whose most distinctive contribution (C)       most contributions are distinctive (D)       most distinctive contribution 13.       Fine rubies _________ of flaws are extremely rare and command high prices. (A)       free (B)       are free (C)       which free (D)       when are they free 14.       In some parts of the world, not only _________ a form of entertainment, but it is also a means of communication. (A)       whistling (B)       is whistling (C)       that whistling is (D)       why is whistling 15.       Invented in the 1780’s, threshing machines enabled farmers to process grain _________ they could by hand. (A)       than much faster (B)       much than faster (C)       much faster than (D)       faster than much

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