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Previous TOEFL Exercise: TOEFL Exercise 2

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Air near the equator ____ a faster west-to-east motion than air farther from the equator.

(A) to have

(B) it has

(D) having

2. About 4000 B.C., humans discovered that ____ obtained from special rocks called ores.

(A) metals could be

(B) the ability of metallic

(D) could metals be

3. ____ quickly after an animal dies.

(A) In the degradation of DNA

(B) Degrading DNA

(D) For DNA to degrade

4. ____ aerodynamic design has contributed greatly to reducing resistance to motion.

(A) Improved

(B) It improves

(D) They improve

5. The southern part of Florida is much warmer in the winter than the northern part, so more _____ to the south.

(A) flocking tourists

(B) touring flocks

(D) tourists flock

6. The Moon’s gravity pulls water on the near side of the Earth toward the Moon, and this is what _____ tides to occur.

(A) the cause

(B) causes

(D) the cause of

7. ____, they pick up fragments of rock which become frozen into the base of the ice.

(A) Glaciers move

(B) Glaciers moving

(D) As glaciers move

8. The tape measure first evolved from ____ used by the Egyptians.

(A) the chains measure

(B) the chains are measured

(D) the measuring chains

9. A typical Atlantic hurricane starts as a low pressure system near _____.

(A) Africa coasts

(B) coast to Africa

(D) Africa has a coast

10. It is not clear whether the subdivisions of the neocortex _____ units.

(A) individual

(B) are individual

(D) individually

11. Modern humans, who first appeared about 600,000 years ago, _____ Homo sapiens.

(A) calling

(B) were called

(D) they were called

12. The first writing _____ evidence of is on Mesopotamian clay tablets.

(A) we

(B) that we

(D) that we have

13. _____ drought-resistant plants which store water in fleshy tissue.

(A) Succulents are

(B) Succulents

(D) Succulents which are

14. Benjamin Kabelsky, whom ____ as Jack Benny, was a famous comedian in vaudeville and on radio and television.

(A) most people’s knowledge

(B) most people know

(D) the knowledge of most people

15. _____ that hunted other animals tended to have very narrow, sharp, curved claws.

(A) For dinosaurs

(B) Dinosaurs are known

(D) Like dinosaurs

16. The first eyeglasses had convex lenses for the aged who ____ farsighted.

(A) had become

(B) they had become

(D) it became

17. Chimney Rock, ____ 500 feet above the North Platte River, has eroded considerably in the last two centuries.

(A) stands

(B) is standing

(D) which stands

18. _____ that accompany recurring bouts of severe depression reduce bone density.

(A) It changes hormones

(B) Hormonal changes

(D) The change in hormones is

19. Willa Cather is an author _____ for her evocative and memorable vision of frontier prairie life.

(A) whom readers

(B) the praise of readers

(D) whom readers praise

20. Mars’s tiny moon Phobos is a small mountain of rock that _____ from the asteroid belt by Mars’s gravitational pull.

(A) was probably captured

(B) it probably

(D) probably the capture

21. _____ is famous as the home of the U.S. Naval Academy.

(A) Annapolis

(B) Because of Annapolis

(D) Because Annapolis

22. Some scientists think _____ be a planet but a moon of Neptune.

(A) that Pluto does not seem.

(B) not Pluto

(D) that Pluto might not

23. With _____ of sophisticated oil lamps, elaborate tools were made to cut the wicks.

(A) appeared

(B) the appearance

(D) it appeared

24. Fort Union was the site of what ____ principal fur-trading post on the upper Missouri River.

(A) the

(B) being the

(D) it was the

25. Since _____ commercial risk, it has to appeal to a large audience to justify its cost.

(A) the face of the movie

(B) moving faces

(D) to face a movie

26. A current of water known as the Gulf Stream comes up from the Gulf of Mexico, and then ____ the North Atlantic toward Europe.

(A) it crosses

(B) crossing

(D) crosses it

27. Systems ____ the two symbols 0 and 1 are called binary number systems.

(A) use

(B) they use

(D) using

28. Genes, _____ the blueprints for cell construction, exist in tightly organized packages called chromosomes.

(A) are

(B) they are

(D) which are

29. The Earth’s atmosphere consists of gases _____ in place around the Earth by the gravitational pull of the planet.

(A) held

(B) hold

(D) the hold

30. Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated with a number of composers including Jerome Kern, whom _____ in writing the musical Show Boat.

(A) joined

(B) was joined

(D) joining

Source: TOEFL Exercise 3

Soal Latihan TOEFL / TOEFL Exercise 2

Previous TOEFL exercise: TOEFL Exercise 1

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. A spacecraft is freed from friction ____ launched into space.

(A) it

(B) it is

(D) after it is

2. ____ with their surroundings, or they hide in crevices for protection.

(A) Lobsters

(B) Lobsters blend

(D) Because lobsters blend

3. _____ a ball-and-socket joint, the elbow is a simple hinge joint.

(A) While the shoulder

(B) While the shoulder is

(D) The shoulder

4. A car has several sections with moving parts, ......... of those parts is essential.

(A) good lubrication

(B) well lubricated

(D) and well lubricated

5. Bears cannot see well _____ small eyes.

(A) bears have

(B) because having

(D) because of bears

6. _____ at the Isthmus of Panama, so animals were able to migrate between North and South America.

(A) A land bridge existed

(B) When a land bridge existed

(D) With a land bridge

7. ...........mostly made of granite, it also contains some human-made materials.

(A) The Empire State Building

(B) The Empire State Building is

(D) Although the Empire State Building is built

8. Pressure differences make the eardrum vibrate _____ the ear.

(A) enters the sound waves

(B) as sound waves

(D) as sound waves enter

9. An optical microscope magnifies as much as 2,000 times, but an electron microscope ..........as much as a million times.

(A) magnifying

(B) it magnifies

(D) magnify it

10. If scientific estimates are accurate, ___ _ with the Earth about 20,000 years ago.

(A) the Canon Diablo meteorite collided

(B) the collision of the Canon Diablo meteorite

(D) colliding the Canon Diablo meteorite

11. _____ of the Pueblo Indians centered on intensive agriculture.

(A) The economic activity

(B) Because the economic activity

(D) When the economic activity

12. In popular terminology, any long snowstorm with ____ is called a blizzard.

(A) the amount of wind is large

(B) a large amount of wind

(D) very windy

13. Nuclear power can be produced by fusion, _____ produced by fission.

(A) it can also be

(B) it can also

(D) and it can also

14. _____, igneous rocks may be changed into gneisses.

(A) The temperature is high

(B) If the temperature is high

(D) If high temperature

15. In 1905, Henry Flagler _____ his plans to extend his Florida East Coast Railway out across the sea to Key West.

(A) it was announced

(B) announcement

(D) announced

16. The sound ____ from a vibrating object will be high or low depending on the number of vibrations.

(A) Comes

(B) it is coming

(D) coming

17. During the late 1880s, urban streetcars were electrified through ______ large motors.

(A) they used

(B) used

(D) when they used

18. _____ almost 274 square miles, but 96 percent of the park is under water.

(A) Although Biscayne National Park encompasses

(B) Biscayne National Park encompasses

(D) Biscayne National Park

19. Legislation _______ in 1916 and 1917 gave the Wilson administration authority to intervene in the national economy if it proved necessary.

(A) it was passed

(B) was passed

(D) passes

20. Because a family of birds set up housekeeping in Joel Chandler Harris’s mailbox when the birds were in need of a place to stay, ______ the Wren’s Nest.

(A) the home is named

(B) so the home is named

(D) the home’s name

21. Today, the true story of _____ at Little Bighorn remains a mystery.

(A) Happened

(B) it happened

(D) what happening

22. For more than a decade, ____ that certain species are becoming scarce.

(A) the warnings of bird-watchers

(B) warn the bird-watchers

(D) a warning for bird-watchers

23. Early in the eighteenth century, Halley accurately predicted when ____ of 1682 would return.

(A) the comet

(B) was the comet

(D) had the comet

24. No single factor explains why _____ vary so greatly among individuals.

(A) aging affects

(B) the effects of aging

(D) the aging effect

25. Lack of clarity about ____ the party in the coming year will be removed at the party’s convention.

(A) will lead

(B) lead

(D) who will lead

26. We do not ____ the bow drill was first developed for woodworking or fire making.

(A) whether it

(B) know whether it

(D) sure whether

27. Minute Man National Historical Park is a monument to where _____

(A) the beginning of the Revolutionary War

(B) in the beginning of the Revolutionary War

(D) the Revolutionary War began

28. Tests on the colors of cars were conducted at the University of California to determine _____ the safest colors for cars.

(A) which

(B) which were

(D) how were

29. The National Institute of Dental Research estimates _____ in fluoridated areas have about 25 percent less tooth decay than children elsewhere.

(A) for school children

(B) school children’s

(D) that for school children

30. The process of photosynthesis explains how ____ able to use the energy in sunlight to manufacture foods from the simple chemicals in air and water.

(A) green plants

(B) green plants are

(D) with green plants are

Source: TOEFL Exercise 2

TOEFL Exercise 1 (Structure Questions)

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”

(A) called

(B) calling

(D) his calls

2. Early ____ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

(A) horses

(B) had horses

(D) horses having

3. ______ grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.

(A) Above tundra plants

(B) Tundra plants

(D) For tundra plants

4. In 1867, ____ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

(A) purchased the United States

(B) to purchase the United States

(D) the United States purchased

5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of _____.

(A) occupations

(B) occupies

(D) it occupied them

6. The large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.

(A) carrying blood

(B) blood is carried

(D) blood carries

7. _____ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.

(A) Marconi’s development

(B) The development by Marconi

(D) Marconi developed

8. In 1975, the first successful space probe to ____ beginning to send information back to Earth.

(A) Venus

(B) Venus the

(D) Venus it was

9. The two biggest resort _____ Arkansas are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

(A) in

(B) towns in

(D) towns are in

10. NASA’S Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center _________ control center for the Mercury Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

(A) it was at the

(B) it was the

(D) the

11. The first _____ appeared during the last period of the dinosaurs’ reign.

(A) flowers are plants

(B) plants have flowers

(D) flowering plants

12. The earliest medicines _____ from plants of various sorts.

(A) obtaining

(B) they obtained

(D) they were obtained

13. Simple sails were made from canvas _____ over a frame.

(A) a stretch

(B) stretched

(D) it was stretched

14. Pluto’s moon, Charon, _____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.

(A) moving

(B) is moving

(D) in its movement

15. Techniques of breath control form an essential part of any _____ program to improve the voice.

(A) it trains

(B) train

(D) training

16. Robert E. Lee ____ the Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.

(A) surrendered

(B) he surrendered

(D) surrender

17. The pituitary gland, _____ the brain, releases hormones to control other glands.

(A) found below

(B) it is found below

(D) finds itself below

18. At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences _____ three or four words.

(A) are containing

(B) containing

(D) contains planet.

19. Multinational companies ________ it increasingly important to employ internationally acceptable brand names.

(A) finding

(B) are finding

(D) they are finding

20. The cornea is located under the conjunctiva, on ______ of the eye.

(A) the part is exposed

(B) exposed the part

(D) exposes the part

21. _____ first settled the Hawaiian Islands between A.D. 300 and 750.

(A) The Polynesians

(B) The Polynesians arrived

(D) It was the Polynesians

22. In 1066, a bright comet _____ in the sky attracted much attention.

(A) was appearing

(B) appears

(D) appearing

23. In some daguerreotype cameras, _____ through a hole in the back of the box.

(A) the objects view

(B) the object was viewed

(D) viewed the object

24. In the Stone Age, stone tools _____ with other rock materials.

(A) polishing

(B) they polished

(D) were polished

25. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic ____ Savannah, in 1819.

(A) was the

(B) it was the

(D) in it the

26. The Earth’s plates meet each other at cracks in the Earth _____ faults.

(A) were called

(B) calls

(D) it was called

27. The first plant-like organisms probably _____ in the sea, perhaps 3 billion years ago.

(A) life

(B) living

(D) it was living

28. In male pattern baldness, ______strongly influences the degree of hair loss.

(A) heredity

(B) inherited

(D) heredity has

29. In Watch the Skies, Curtis Peebles ______attempt to explain America’s belief in flying saucers.

(A) makes a fascinating

(B) making a fascinating

(D) fascination made a

30. The irregular coastline of _____ a succession of bays and inlets, with the hook of the Cape Cod peninsula in the southeast.

(A) Massachusetts

(B) Massachusetts is

(D) Massachusetts on

Source: TOEFL Exercise 1

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LISTENING PART A - TOEFL EXERCISE 1

In this exercise, listen carefully to the short conversation and question on the recording, and then choose the best answer to the question. You should look for restatements of key ideas in the second line.

1. (A) The dance was fun.
    (B) It was a good time to dance.
    (C) She thinks the man is such a good dancer.
    (D) Tonight is the last time to dance.

2. (A) She’s quite thirsty.
    (B) She’ll be ready in a half hour.
    (C) She needs to leave now.
    (D) She was ready thirty minutes ago.

3. (A) The woman should teach the class herself.
    (B) The woman should see a psychiatrist.
    (C) It’s a good idea to speak with the instructor.
    (D) He would like to discuss psychology with the woman.

4. (A) She has a starring role.
    (B) She has not found a job yet.
    (C) She found the lost dog.
    (D) She just began working.

5. (A) He shares everything he has.
    (B) He has to find his lost shirt.
   (C) He is climbing the stairs to the apartment.
   (D) He has to get a roommate.

6. (A) His vacation is full of activities.
    (B) In autumn he’ll have a vacation.
    (C) He can’t have a vacation because he suffered a fall.
    (D) He’s foolish to take a vacation now.

7. (A) The book was very enjoyable.
    (B) It was unpleasant to get rid of the bugs.
    (C) She only reads when it is quiet.
    (D) It is pleasant to ride a bike.

8. (A) He hasn’t traveled much lately.
   (B) There were a lot of cars on the road.
(C) He needs to lose weight.
(D) The tray was thick and heavy.

9. (A) He doesn’t know how to play the game.
    (B) He has to write a story for class.
   (C) He needs to complete an assignment.
   (D) He has already finished the report.

10. (A) He always minds his own business.
      (B) He manages to avoid working.
      (C) He is the manager of the department.
      (D) He is the boss of his own company.

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Listening Comprehension - TOEFL TEST Practice 1

Listening Part A / Short Dialogue

1. (A) Her concerns were expressed.
    (B) She wonders if the concert was good.
    (C) The music was fantastic.
    (D) She wandered about during the night.

2. (A) In a bus station.
    (B) In a post office.
    (C) In an airport.
    (D) In a travel agency.

3. (A) He spends half his time with his daughter.
    (B) His daughter’s under a year old.
    (C) His daughter will start school in a year and a half.
    (D) His daughter’s eighteen months old.

4. (A) He’s on the basketball team.
    (B) He doesn’t even like to play basketball.
    (C) He’s too short to make the team.
    (D) He thinks he’s tall enough.

5. (A) She’s thinking about her grade in the seminar.
    (B) The seminar is quite realistic.
    (C) The seminar will take a great deal of time.
    (D) She agrees with the man about the seminar.

6. (A) The location of the meeting.
    (B) The purpose of the meeting.
    (C) Who will attend the meeting.
    (D) The time the meeting starts.

7. (A) Preparing dinner later.
    (B) Going to a restaurant.
    (C) Cooking a full dinner.
    (D) Eating dinner outside in the garden.

8. (A) She is fond of Joe.
    (B) Joe is not lost anymore.
    (C) She visits Joe regularly.
    (D) The call was already made.

9. (A) He was quite fortunate.
    (B) He lacked the opportunity to play the game.
    (C) He didn’t actually win the game.
    (D) He came sometime after Luke.

10. (A) It’s quite clean.
      (B) It doesn’t move.
      (C) It’s clearly better.
      (D) It’s rather dirty.

11. (A) bus driver.
      (B) An art teacher.
      (C) A flight attendant.
      (D) A travel agent.

12. (A) His desk is made of metal.
      (B) He never meddles with his office workers.
    (C) His desk is on the right side of the office.
      (D) He works in the center of the office.

13. (A) Learning something about golf.
      (B) Taking fewer lessons than he has in the past.
      (C) Letting her play golf instead of him.
      (D) Going to play golf together.

14. (A) He does not live nearby.
      (B) They will go later.
    (C) It is not time to deliver the paper.
      (D) He does not have time to read.

15. (A) She will assign the homework tomorrow.
      (B) The man can do the homework next week.
      (C) She will return the homework nextweek.
      (D) The assignment must be turned intomorrow.

16. (A) The woman is really beautiful.
      (B) The woman should repeat what she said.
      (C) He shares the woman’s opinion.
      (D) He has time this year to travel.

17. (A) In a shoe store.
      (B) In a motel.
      (C) In a clothing store.
      (D) In a storage facility.

18. (A) She’s going to the supermarket.
      (B) She works in a grocery store.
      (C) She’s not going out.
      (D) She doesn’t have enough money for groceries.

19. (A) He didn’t really get the highest grade.
      (B) He’s rather intelligent.
      (C) He’s not done with the exam.
      (D) He’s not even in the class.

20. (A) Resting for a few minutes.
      (B) Studying a bit longer.
      (C) Taking a five-hour break.
      (D) Studying for shorter periods of time.

21. (A) She needs a new suitcase.
      (B) She’s putting on a suit.
      (C) She’s preparing for a trip.
      (D) She just received a package.

22. (A) It was the last game.
      (B) The dream was really bad.
      (C) The man never lets her talk.
      (D) She feels the same way as the man.

23. (A) He’s a bit too strong.
       (B) He’s bitter about the accident.
       (C) He’s still weak.
       (D) He feels the accident was not his fault.

24. (A) There seems to be a problem with the motor.
      (B) He doesn’t want to be an engineer.
      (C) The music on the car stereo is good.
      (D) He likes the sound of the engine.

25. (A) An artist.
      (B) A tour guide.
      (C) A teacher.
      (D) A pilot.

26. (A) Buying some cream for coffee.
      (B) Cleaning out the garage.
      (C) Painting the apartment walls green.
      (D) Putting the apartment in order.

27. (A) He was happy to write the check.
      (B) He received a large sum of money.
      (C) He was working in a huge factory.
      (D) He found some hidden bones.

28. (A) She doesn’t need to store anything.
      (B) She prefers shopping nearby.
      (C) The stores are all too far away.
      (D) She doesn’t want to go shopping.

29. (A) The door was closed really hard.
      (B) Alice left because she was hungry.
      (C) The door was smoothly sanded.
      (D) Alice went out through the door on the left side.

30. (A) Take a bike ride.
      (B) Take the high road.
      (C) Go for a walk in the forest.
      (D) Look for firewood.

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