TOEFL PREPARATION Part 3

The exercise completed by answer and brief explanation.

1.       The three basic chords in _______ the tonic, the dominant, and the subdominant.

a.       Functional harmony

b.      Functional harmony is

c.       Functional harmony are

d.      Functional harmony they are

The right answer is (c) functional harmony are. The blank one should be filled by subject and verb that suitable to the plural object.

2.       ______ Hale Telescope, at the Palomar Observatory in southern California, scientist can photograph objects several bilion light yeas away.

A.      The

B.      With the

C.      They use

D.      It is the

Theright answer is (b) with the. The blanks one should be filled by preposition and extra subject.

3.       Without proper card installed inside the computer , _______ impossible to run a graphical program.

a.       Is definitely

b.      Because of

c.       It is

d.      Is

The right answer is (c) it is. The blank one should be filled by subject and verb of the main clause.

4.       The charter for the Louisiana lottery was coming up for renewal, ______ spared no expense in the fight to win renewal.

a.       The lottery committee

b.      So the lottery committee and

c.       So the lottery committee

d.      The lottery committee made

The right answer is (c) so the lottery committee. The blanks one should be filled by conjunction and subject of the  clause.

5.       While in reality Alpha Centauri is a triple star,  ________ to the naked eye to the single star.

a.       It appears

b.      But it appears

c.       Appears

d.      Despite is

The right answer is (a) it appear. The blanks one should be filled  by subject and verb of the main clause.

6.       The Sun’s gravity severely distorted in the path of the comet _________ entered its widely erratic orbit around Jupiter.

a.       It

b.      When

c.       After the comet came into it

d.      Once the comet

The right answer is (d) after the comet come into. The blank one should be filled by conjunction and the subject of the verb (entered).

7.       Each object ________ Jupiter’s magnetic field is deluge with electrical charges.

a.       Enters

b.      It enters

c.       Entering

d.      Enter

The right answer is (c) entering.

8.       As its name suggests, the Prairie Wetlands Resources Center ________ the protection of wetland on the prairies of the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, and Nebraska.

a.       It focuses

b.      Focuses on

c.       Focusing

d.      To focus on

The right answer is (b) focuses on. The blanks one should be filled by verb of single subject.

9.       One of the largest and the most powerful birds of prey in the world, _______ a six foot wingspan and legs and talons roughly the size of a man’s arms and legs.

a.       So the harpy has

b.      The harpy having

c.       With the harpy having

d.      The harpy has

The right answer is (d) the harpy has. The blanks one should be filled by subject and verb.

10.   __________ creation of such a community was a desireble step, the requisite political upheavel had to he accepted.

a.       Since the

b.      The

c.       Later the

d.      It was

The right answer is (a) since the. The blanks one should be filled by conjunction and extra subject.  

TOEFL PREPARATION part 2

The exercise completed by answer and short explanation.

1.       The president of the U.S appoinnts the cabinet member, _______ appointments are subject to senate approval.

a.       Their

b.      With their

c.       Because their

d.      But their

The right answer is (c) because their. The blank one should be filled by conjunction because adverb clause and the verb is plural (are)

2.       The prisoners were prevented from speaking to the reporter because _______

a.       Not wanting the story in the papers.

b.      The story in the papers the superintended did not want

c.       The public to hear the story

d.      The superintended did not want the story in paper

The right answer is (d) the superintended. The blank one should be filled by adverb clause.

3.       Like Thomas Berger’s fictional character Little Big Mon. Lauderdale managed to find himself where _____ of important event to place.

a.       It was an extraordinary number

b.      There was an extraordinary number

c.       An extraordinary number

d.      An extraordinary number existed

The right answer is (c) an extraordinary number. The blanks one should be filled by extra subject of adverb clause.

4.       ______ sucked groundwater from below, some part of the city have begun to sink as much as ten inches annually.

a.       Pumps have

b.      As pumps have

c.       So pumps have

d.      With pumps

The right answer is (b) as pumps have. the blank one should be filled by conjuction

5.       Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community ______ used extensively by nomerous researchers.

a.       They are

b.      Are

c.       Yet they

d.      Yet they are

The right answer is (d) yet they are. The blank one should be filled by coordination that suitable to the subject and verb.

6.       According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the ________ migrate by following magnetic field.

a.       Target monarchs

b.      Target since monarchs

c.       Target since monarchs are

d.      Target

The right answer is (b) target since monarchs. The blanks one should be filled by object of verb (pick up), conjucntion, and subject of verb (migrate).

7.       _________ show the relations among neurons they do not preclude the possibility that other aspect are important.

a.       Neural theories

b.      A neural theory

c.       Although neural theories

d.      However neural theories

The right answer is (c) although neural theories. The blank one should be filled by subject of adverb clause and contrary conjuction.

8.       ________ or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow encount to ensure the payment of property taxes and home owner’s insurance.

a.       A home is

b.      A home is bought

c.       When a home

d.      When a home is bought

The right answer is (d) when a homeis bought. The blanks one should be filled by conditional conjuction.

9.       If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth’s atmosphere, ________ generally blocked by the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.

a.       It

b.      It is

c.       So it is

d.      The it

The right answer is (b) it is. The blank one should be filled by subject and verb of the main clause.

10.   Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual _________ most of the chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination.

a.       In

b.      So

c.       And

d.      That in

The right answer is (b) so. The blanks one should be filled by conjunction that show effect.

TOEFL PREPARATION part 1

TOEFL questions completed by the answers

1. The North Platte River _______ from Wyoming into Nebraska.

     a. it flowed

     b. flows

     c. flowing

     d. with flowing water

The right answer is (b) flows . we must fill the blank one with verb.

2. ______ Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning "first people."

    a. The city of 

    b. Located in

    c. It is in

    d. The tour included.

The right answer  is (a) The city of. the blank one should be filled by Subject

3. A pride of lions ______ up to forty lions, including one to three males, several females, and cubs.

    a. can contain

    b. it contains

    c. contain

    d. containing

The right answer is (a) can contain. the blank one should be filled by verb that used to singular subject (A pride of lions).

4. ______ tea plant are small and white.

    a. The

    b. On the

    c. Having flowers the

    d. The flowers of the

The right answer is (d) The flowers of the. the blank one should be filled by extra subject.

5. The tetracyclines, _______ antibiotics, are used to treat infection.

    a. are a family of

    b. being a family

    c. a family of

    d. their family is

The right answer is (c)  a family of. the blank one should be filled by extra subject that explains (tetracyclines).

6. Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants ______ marginal at best.

    a. it is 

    b. there is

    c. is

    d. as

The right answer is (c)  is, the blank one should be filled by verb.

7. Henry Adams, born in Boston, ______ famous as a historian and novelist.

    a. became

    b. and became

    c. he was

    d. and he became

The right answer is (a) became. the blank one should be filled by verb.

8. The major cause ______ the pull of the Moon on the Earth.

    a. the ocean tides are

    b. of ocean tides is

    c. of the tides in the ocean

    d. the ocean's tides

The right answer is (b) of ocean tides is. the blank one should be filled by extra subject and verb.

9. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth century,  ______ limited to the rich.

    a. was

    b. was photography

    c. it was photography

    d. photography was 

The right answer is (d)  photography was. the blank one should be filled by extra subject and verb.

10. A computerized map of the freeways using information gathered by sensor embedded in the pavement ______ on a local cable channel during rush  hours. 

    a. airs

    b. airing

    c. air

    d. to air

The right answer is (a) airs. the blank one should be filled by verb.