TOEFL EXERCISE 1

1.    The North Pole __________________ latitude of 90 degrees north.

a.     it has

b.    is having

c.     which is having

d.    has

2.    The city of Beverly Hills is surrounded on ______ the city of Los Angeles.

a.     its sides

b.    the sides are

c.     it is the side of

d.    all sides by

3.    _____ greyhound, can achieve speeds up to thirty-six miles per hour.

a.     The

b.    The fastest

c.     The fastest dog

d.    The fastest dog, the

4.    Marmots spend their time foraging among meadow plants and flowers or _____ on rocky cliffs.

a.     gets sun

b.    sunning

c.     the sun

d.    sunny

5.    The greenhouse effect occurs  _____ heat radiated from the Sun.

a.     when does the Earth’s atmosphere trap

b.    does the Earth’s atmosphere trap

c.     when the Earth’s atmosphere traps

d.    the Earth’s atmosphere traps

6.    The Rose Bowl, _______ place on New Year’s Day, is the oldest postseason collegiate football game in the United States.

a.     takes

b.    it takes

c.     which takes

d.    took

7.    Experiments ____  represent a giant step into the medicine of the future.

a.     using gene therapy

b.    use the gene therapy

c.     they use

d.    gene therapy uses

8.    _____ off the Hawaiian coastline are living, others are dead.

a.     While some types of coral reefs

b.    Some types of coral reefs

c.     There are many types of coral reefs

d.    Coral reefs

9.    Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray clouds _____ forebode rain.

a.     what

b.    which

c.     what they

d.    which they

10. Some economists now suggest that home equity loans are merely a new trap to push consumers beyond _______.

a.     they can afford

b.    they can afford it

c.     what is affordable

d.    able to afford

11. People who reverse the letters of words _____ to read suffer from dyslexia.

a.     when trying

b.    if they tried

c.     when tried

d.    if he tries

12. Featured at the Henry Ford Museum _____ of antique cars dating from 1865

a.     is an exhibit

b.    an exhibit

c.     an exhibit is

d.    which is an exhibit

13. Rubber ____ from vulcanized silicones with a high molecular weight is difficult to distinguish from natural rubber.

a.     is produced

b.    producing

c.     that produces

d.    produced

14. ______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion.

a.     The moon

b.    That the moon

c.     When the moon

d.    The moon which

15. According to the World Health Organization, ____ any of the six most dangerous diseases to break out, it could be cause for quarantine.

a.     were

b.    they were

c.     there were

d.    were they

ANSWER KEY

 

1.                   D

2.                   D

3.                   D

4.                   B

5.                   C

6.                   C

7.                   A

8.                   A

9.                   B

10.               C

11.               A

12.               A

13.               D

14.               B

15.               A