TOEFL - Lesson 41

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1. Manufacturers often sacrifice quality ________.
(A) for a larger profit margin
(B) in place of to earn more money
(C) to gain more quantities of money
(D) and instead earn a bigger amount of profit
2. A well-known large natural lake is Lake Tahoe, ________ straddles the California-Nevada border.
(A) and
(B) which
(C) since
(D) for
3. Total weight of all the ants in the world is much greater than ________.
(A) to all human beings
(B) all human beings is that
(C) that of all human beings
(D) is of all human beings
4. Elephants scratch themselves with sticks ________.
(A) holding in their trunks
(B) in their trunks holding
(C) hold in their trunks
(D) held in their trunks
5. Eli Whitney's milling machine remained unchanged for a century and a half because ________ was so efficient.
(A) it
(B) he
(C) of
(D) its
6. I don't know if ________ in my essay.
(A) is there a mistake
(B) there a mistake is
(C) a mistake is there
(D) there is a mistake
7. Alcohol abuse is a problem that can lead to ill health, loss of employment and ________.
(A) breaking up one's family.
(B) one's family can break up.
(C) the family is broken up.
(D) the break up of one's family.
8. ________ the operation costs were rising so fast, the United Nations decided to reduce personnel by half.
(A) If
(B) Because
(C) As a result
(D) As if
9. A dolphin six ________ length can move as fast as most ships.
(A) foot in
(B) feet in
(C) foot of
(D) feet of
10. ________ spotted owl is in danger of soon becoming extinct.
(A) A
(B) Which
(C) The
(D) This
11. In carpentry, ________ "ceiling joists" refers to boards hung down from unfinished ceilings as the backbone from which finishing materials can be hung.
(A) to the term
(B) is termed
(C) the term
(D) to term
12. The bank sent a notice to its customers which contained ________.
(A) a remembrance that interest rates were to rise the following month
(B) a reminder that a raise in interest rates was the month following
(C) to remember that the interest rates was going up next month
(D) a reminder that the interest rates would raise the following month
13. Kubrick's going to be nominated to receive the Academy Award for best director, ________?
(A) won't he
(B) didn't he
(C) doesn't he
(D) isn't he
14. The overall efficiency of a system can be ________ that of its weakest element.
(A) no greater than
(B) less greater
(C) nothing as greater as
(D) not the greater
15. After seeing the movie 'Centennial', ________.
(A) the book was read by many people
(B) the book made many people want to read it
(C) many people wanted to read this book
(D) the reading of the book interested many people
16. Composing more than forty percent of the diet, fats are ________ by the body for energy.
(A) using specifically
(B) used specifically
(C) specific use
(D) the use specific
17. Therapists are currently using mental imagery in the hope that it might prove ________ in the treatment of cancer.
(A) helpful
(B) for help
(C) helpfully
(D) with the help
18. ________ as the most important crop in Hawaii is sugar cane.
(A) It ranks
(B) It is ranked
(C) What ranks
(D) The rank
19. The life of Benjamin Franklin, a practical man ________ many stories have been told, was unusually productive.
(A) of
(B) about whom
(C) about
(D) of which
20. Her son went to Yale University, while her daughter went to ________.
(A) the University of Georgia
(B) University of Georgia
(C) an University of Georgia
(D) a University of Georgia


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