TOEFL - Lesson 38

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1. Our flight from Amsterdam tlo London was delyed ________ the heavy fog.
(A) because of
(B) because
(C) on account
(D) as result
2. Despite claims that filters and low-tar tobacco make smoking somewhat safer, in fact they only marginally reduce, ________ eliminate, the hazards.
(A) none
(B) no
(C) not
(D) nor
3. Jellyfish are probably ________ on Earth.
(A) most numerous predators
(B) the most numerous predators
(C) most numerous of predators
(D) the most predators
4. This part of the country seldom ________ such hot weather.
(A) experiences
(B) was experienced
(C) is experiencing
(D) experiencing
5. Before a person may drive a car on a public highway, it is necessary that he ________ a driving test.
(A) take
(B) is taking
(C) took
(D) takes
6. Not only the passengers ________ were frightened when the airplane entered the electrical storm.
(A) or the crew
(B) but neither the crew
(C) and the crew
(D) but also the crew
7. Warning: ________ or operate heavy equipment while taking this medication.
(A) please no drive
(B) would you please no driving
(C) please don't drive
(D) have you please not driven
8. Please write out the answers to the questions at the end of ________.
(A) eighth chapter
(B) eight chapter
(C) chapter eight
(D) chapter the eight
9. Most accidents in the home can be prevented by ________ elimination of hazards.
(A) that
(B) that the
(C) there is a
(D) the
10. The Puritans, ________ percentage of the earliest settlers in Massachusetts, were a pious, self-disciplined people.
(A) which size
(B) a sizable
(C) the sizable
(D) that sizable
11. The common crow, ________ one of the hardiest birds in existence, can live up to eighty years.
(A) is considered
(B) considered it
(C) has been considered
(D) considered
12. ________ a busy city, Pompeii was virtually destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
(A) Once
(B) It was once
(C) Once it was
(D) That once
13. The consistency of protoplasm and that of glue ________.
(A) they are alike
(B) are similar to
(C) are similar
(D) the same
14. The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was greatly ________ , who wanted him to study architecture.
(A) influenced by his mother
(B) from his mother's influence
(C) his mother influenced him
(D) influencing for his mother
15. According to the Christian Bible, when the disciples saw Jesus after he had risen from the dead, they said, ________ .
(A) it is him
(B) it is he
(C) it is his
(D) it is himself
16. Famous for his ________ punctuation, typography, and language, Edward Estlin Cummings published his collected poems in 1954.
(A) new innovations for
(B) innovations in
(C) newly approached
(D) innovations newly approached in
17. ________ is currently available to researchers and physicians who study and treat acromegaly, a glandular disorder characterized by enlargement and obesity.
(A) The little information
(B) Few information
(C) Little information
(D) A few information
18. ________ trees is a custom that many people engage in to celebrate Arbor Day.
(A) The plant
(B) Plant
(C) Planting
(D) To planting
19. ________ stone tools and animal remains found with the human fossils, anthropologists have determined that Neanderthal Man was a successful hunter.
(A) When the
(B) The
(C) Both the
(D) From the
20. Staying in a hotel costs ________ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
(A) twice more than
(B) twice as much as
(C) as much twice as
(D) as much as twice


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