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.