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.