TOEFL - Lesson 30

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1. When Franklin Roosevelt became very ill, his wife began to take a more active role in politics, and many people believed that ________ and the president shared his responsibilities.
(A) she
(B) her
(C) herself
(D) hers
2. In the United States ________ is the most concentrated is New Orleans.
(A) French influence the city
(B) the city where French influence
(C) where the city influences French
(D) where the French influence the city
3. ________ he was writing his plays and poems four centuries ago, Shakespeare's ideas are still relevant today.
(A) As if
(B) When
(C) Although
(D) While
4. The wonders of the wild have throughout history inspired not only artists ________.
(A) also writers.
(B) but writers too.
(C) but writers.
(D) and also writers.
5. They are planning to build a subway, but it ________ be a difficult undertaking.
(A) must
(B) can
(C) might
(D) should
6. The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was aware ________ that she had gone.
(A) where that
(B) of where
(C) of the place where
(D) the place
7. Green and magenta are complementary colors located opposite each other on the color wheel, ________.
(A) and blue and yellow so
(B) and too blue and yellow
(C) and so blue and yellow do
(D) and so are blue and yellow
8. ________ that gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, and that the California Gold Rush began.
(A) Because in 1848
(B) That in 1848
(C) In 1848 that it was
(D) It was in 1848
9. Between the California Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada ________.
(A) great Central Valley
(B) the great Central Valley
(C) being the great Central Valley
(D) lies the great Central Valley
10. Sunspots are known to cause ________ enormous increase in the intensity of the sun's electromagnetic radiation.
(A) an
(B) a
(C) some
(D) one
11. ________ the 35 years between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the century, the population of the United States doubled, and manufacturing production increased sevenfold.
(A) Into
(B) In
(C) At
(D) To
12. In xerox printing, the ink becomes fused to the paper as soon as ________.
(A) the paper heated
(B) the paper is heated
(C) heats the paper
(D) heating the paper
13. In the stringed instruments, the tones ________ by playing a bow across a set of strings that may be made of wire or gut.
(A) they produce
(B) producing
(C) are produced
(D) that are producing
14. After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States had ________ it had previously owned.
(A) twice more land than
(B) two times more land than
(C) twice as much land as
(D) two times much land than
15. Young rivers have no flood plains and their valleys are ________ .
(A) very narrow
(B) too narrow
(C) so narrow
(D) narrowly
16. ________ a bridge builder, Gustav Eiffel designed the Eiffel Tower for the Paris Exposition of 1889.
(A) While
(B) When
(C) It was when
(D) It while was
17. In 1905 Juneau replaced Sitka ________ Alaska.
(A) the capital was
(B) as the capital of
(C) was the capital of
(D) the capital being
18. Whole-grain food products ________ in most large supermarkets across the United States and Canada.
(A) now can purchase
(B) can now be purchased
(C) now to purchase
(D) the purchase of which
19. The year 1732 saw the first appearance of Poor Richard's Almanac, ________ Benjamin Franklin created the character of Poor Richard.
(A) there
(B) in which
(C) in it
(D) which in
20. Sidney Lamier was most famous for his poetry, but ________ a schoolteacher, a literally critic, and a musician.
(A) was including
(B) he was also
(C) moreover he
(D) together with



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1. ________ the plow is being displaced by new techniques that protect the land and promise more abundant crops.
(A) As a whole
(B) Wholly
(C) On a whole
(D) The whole
2. Birds all over the world ________ in distances up to thousands of miles.
(A) migrating
(B) migrated
(C) migrate
(D) are migrated
3. ________ business, a merger is a combination of two or more corporations under one management.
(A) The
(B) At
(C) On
(D) In
4. Studies indicate ________ collecting art today than ever before.
(A) there are that more people
(B) more people that are
(C) that there are more people
(D) people there are more
5. The child thought the fruit tasted ________ and wanted to eat more.
(A) sweetly
(B) sweetness
(C) sweet
(D) sweetened
6. While attempting to reach his home before the storm, ________
(A) the bicycle of John broke down
(B) it happened that John's bike broke down
(C) the storm caught John
(D) John had an accident on his bicycle
7. Unlike most Europeans, many Americans ________ bacon and eggs for breakfast every day.
(A) used to eating
(B) are used to eat
(C) are used to eating
(D) used to eat
8. Fire safety in family houses, ________ most fire deaths occur, is difficult to achieve.
(A) where
(B) why
(C) how
(D) when
9. ________ ants live in colonies, keep farms, go to war, carry off slaves, and have a society somewhat like human beings.
(A) Studies of ant life show that
(B) Studies of ant life that
(C) That is studied
(D) That the studies of ant life
10. ________ like "MacDonalds" and "Kentucky Fried Chicken" have used franchising to extend their sales internationally.
(A) Chain's restaurants
(B) Chains restaurants
(C) Chain restaurant
(D) Chain restaurants
11. ________ have a powerful influence on the shape of the entire magazine industry.
(A) That economic principles
(B) Why economic principles
(C) Economic principles
(D) Economic principles that
12. ________ is cheaper for students who maintain a B average because they are a better risk than average or below-average students.
(A) Automobile's insurance
(B) Insurance of automobiles
(C) Automobile insurance
(D) Insurance automobile
13. ________ a mayor, many city governments employ a city manager.
(A) Beside
(B) Besides
(C) And
(D) Also
14. If humans were totally deprived of sleep, they ________ hallucinations, anxiety, coma, and eventually, death.
(A) would experience
(B) experience
(C) would have experienced
(D) had experienced
15. In November of 1863, the city of Atlanta ________ during Sherman's famous "March to the Sea."
(A) was completely burned
(B) completely was burned
(C) it was burned completely
(D) completely burned it
16. ________ New Jersey's proximity to New York, it is an important link in the nation's transportation system.
(A) Since
(B) Resulting
(C) However
(D) Because of
17. The Federal Reserve System, ________ under President Wilson, plays a key role in regulating the U.S. economy.
(A) the establishment in 1913
(B) was established in 1913
(C) established in 1913
(D) in 1913 they established it
18. ________ young, Eugene O'Neill traveled with his father's theatrical company, and the stage was an important part of his life.
(A) When was he
(B) He was
(C) Was he
(D) When he was
19. The Virginia strawberry, native to eastern North America, was used in pre-colonial times ________.
(A) to flavor bread
(B) bread flavoring
(C) flavored bread
(D) bread was flavored
20. Touch-typing was originally devised as an aid to ________.
(A) the blinds
(B) the blind
(C) a blind one
(D) blinds



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1. The rhinoceros has a rather poor sense of smell, nor ________.
(A) can it see well
(B) it well can see
(C) it can see well
(D) well can it see
2. Before ________, they used horse-drawn wooden carts.
(A) farmers have had tractors
(B) tractors owned by farmers
(C) having tractors farmers
(D) farmers had tractors
3. ________ for overall health.
(A) Extra fiber in one's diet is helpful
(B) Extra fiber is one's helpful diet
(C) Helpful one's diet is extra fiber
(D) One's diet is helpful in extra fiber
4. Black, red, and even bright pink diamonds ________.
(A) occasionally to find
(B) occasionally found
(C) have occasionally been found
(D) have occasionally found
5. Had the fire been worse, the whole factory ________ to the ground.
(A) would burn
(B) would have burned
(C) had burned
(D) will burn
6. The student was told that he could hand in the lost wallet to ________.
(A) anyone official
(B) officially anyone
(C) official anyone
(D) anyone officially
7. The changes in this city have occurred ________.
(A) with swifness
(B) rapidly
(C) fastly
(D) in rapid ways
8. Nacy hasn't begun working on her Ph.D. ________ working on her master's.
(A) still because she is yet
(B) yet as a result she is still
(C) yet because she is still
(D) still while she is already
9. ________ actress's life is in many ways unlike that of other women.
(A) An
(B) A
(C) As the
(D) That the
10. Management ________ as the organization and coordination of an enterprise.
(A) to be defined
(B) it is defined
(C) definable
(D) can be defined
11. Beavers have been known to use logs, branches, rocks, and mud to build dams that are more than a thousand ________
(A) foot in length
(B) feet long
(C) long feet
(D) lengthy foot
12. This university's programs ________ those of Harvard.
(A) come second after
(B) are second only to
(C) are first except for
(D) are in second place from
13. ________ created the donkey and elephant that symbolize the Democratic and Republican parties.
(A) Although Thomas Nast
(B) That was Thomas Nast
(C) Thomas Nast, who
(D) It was Thomas Nast who
14. An equilateral triangle is a triangle ________ and three angles of equal size.
(A) that have three sides of equal length
(B) it has three sides equally long
(C) that has three sides of equal length
(D) having three equal length sides in it
15. The definitions for "gram calories" or "calories" are ________ for most engineering work.
(A) accurate as enough
(B) enough accurate
(C) accurate enough
(D) as accurate enough
16. When your body does not get ________, it cannot make the glucose it needs.
(A) enough food
(B) food as enough
(C) food enoughly
(D) enough the food
17. John Dewey advocated teaching methods that provided teaching experiences for students to participate in ________ material to memorize.
(A) instead of
(B) not only
(C) although
(D) contrasting
18. In a liberal arts curriculum, it is assumed that graduates will ________ about English, languages, literature, history, and the other social sciences.
(A) know
(B) know how
(C) knowledge
(D) knowing
19. Please ________ photocopies of copyrighted material without the permission of the publisher.
(A) no make
(B) don't make
(C) not make
(D) not to make
20. Not until a monkey is several years old ________ to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.
(A) it begins
(B) does it begin
(C) and begin
(D) beginning


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1. ________ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.
(A) That birds
(B) A bird
(C) The bird
(D) Birds
2. Even if the unemployment rate ________ sharply, the drop may still be temporary.
(A) to drop
(B) dropping
(C) have dropped
(D) drops
3. June was very angry that her mail from home ________.
(A) had opened
(B) was opening
(C) had been opened
(D) opened
4. His wife ________ told that he had had an accident.
(A) was
(B) had to
(C) is
(D) had
5. The freshman read an advertisement ________ the newspaper about an apartment to rent.
(A) in
(B) from
(C) on
(D) out of
6. They went to the store to buy knives, forks, spoons and ________.
(A) glasses
(B) cutlery
(C) eating tools
(D) silverware
7. Many of the current international problems we are now facing ________.
(A) linguistic incompetencies
(B) are the result of misunderstandings
(C) are because of not understanding themselves
(D) lacks of intelligent capabilities of understanding each other
8. The crime rate has continued to rise in American cities despite efforts on the part of both government and private citizens to curb ________.
(A) them
(B) him
(C) its
(D) it
9. ________ of commodities by air began in the 1920s at the same time as airmail service.
(A) The shipping
(B) A ship
(C) The shipped
(D) To ship
10. Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and ________.
(A) the another one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
(B) the other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
(C) seventy-eight plus one hundred more as historical sites
(D) as historical sites one hundred seventy-eight
11. ________ daily promotes physical as well as emotional well-being in people of all ages.
(A) Having exercised
(B) Those who exercise
(C) Exercising
(D) For exercising
12. Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation ________ , the shortage of organ donors has curtailed research.
(A) progress
(B) had progressed
(C) would progress
(D) progressing
13. ________ apples are grown in Washington State.
(A) Best
(B) The most good
(C) The best
(D) The better
14. Countries may ________ the World Bank for development projects.
(A) borrow large sums of money from
(B) lend large sums of money from
(C) borrow large sums of money
(D) lend large sums of money
15. The average elevation of the Himalayas is twenty thousand feet, and Mount Everest ________ to more than twenty-nine thousand feet at its apex.
(A) raises
(B) rises
(C) roses
(D) arises
16. ________ migrate long distances is well documented.
(A) That it is birds
(B) That birds
(C) Birds that
(D) It is that birds
17. To relieve pressure in the skull, ________ into the blood.
(A) you will inject a strong solution of pure glucose
(B) to inject a strong solution of pure glucose
(C) a strong solution of glucose will inject purely
(D) inject a strong solution of pure glucose
18. A slipped disk is a condition ________ the intervertebral disk protrudes and presses on nerves.
(A) what
(B) which is
(C) in which
(D) that
19. The pirate Jean Lafitte offered his services to the U.S. government in the War of 1812, ________ in 1815, and received a full pardon from President James Madison.
(A) fought in the Battle of New Orleans
(B) the Battle of New Orleans was
(C) he fought in the Battle of New Orleans
(D) the Battle of New Orleans
20. The facilities of the older hospital________
(A) is as good or better than the new hospital
(B) are as good or better that the bew hospital
(C) are as good as or better than the new hospital
(D) are as good as or better than those of the new hospital


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1. Fire-resistant materials are used to retard ________ of modern aircraft in case of accidents.
(A) a damage to the passenger cabin
(B) that damages to the passenger cabin
(C) damage to the passenger cabin
(D) passenger cabin's damages
2. Because the United States does not have much oil anymore, imported oil ________ used more and more.
(A) will
(B) to be
(C) must
(D) is being
3. The FDA was set up in 1940 ________ that maintain standards for the sale of food and drugs.
(A) to enforce the laws
(B) to enforcing the laws
(C) enforcing laws
(D) enforced the laws
4. If a ruby is heated it ________ temporarily lose its color.
(A) would
(B) will
(C) does
(D) has
5. Robots are being used increasingly in industry as they can work on large jobs faster, are more precise and ________.
(A) don't as easily tire
(B) don't tire more easily
(C) don't tire easily
(D) don't too easily tire
6. The algebra of sets ________ Boolean algebra.
(A) is called
(B) which is called
(C) known as
(D) called
7. That magnificent ________ temple was constructed by the Chinese.
(A) eight-centuries-old
(B) eight-century's-old
(C) old-eight-centuries
(D) eight-century-old
8. ________ the formation of the Sun, the planets, and other stars began with the condensation of an interstellar cloud.
(A) It accepted that
(B) Accepted that
(C) It is accepted that
(D) That is accepted
9. ________ in Shanghai than in any other city in China.
(A) More people live
(B) More people living
(C) It has more people
(D) More living people
10. That most natural time units are not simple multiples of each other ________ in constructing a calendar.
(A) it is a primary problem
(B) is a primary problem
(C) a primary problem is
(D) a primary problem
11. In the U.S. more than 60 percent of all high school students who ________ continue their education.
(A) do not
(B) graduate
(C) will
(D) can
12. Although southern California is densely populated, ________ live in the northern part of the state.
(A) a little people
(B) a few the people
(C) few people
(D) a little of people
13. Waitresses and waiters who serve ________ deserve at least a 20 percent tip.
(A) in a courteous manner
(B) courteously
(C) with courtesy in their manner
(D) courteous
14. If water is heated to 212 degrees F. ________ as steam.
(A) it will boil and escape
(B) it is boiling and escaping
(C) it boil and escape
(D) it would boil and escape
15. The total production of bushels of corn in the United States is ________ all other cereal crops combined.
(A) more as
(B) more than that of
(C) more of
(D) more that
16. By the time a baby has reached his first birthday, he should, without the help of an adult, ________ sit up or even stand up.
(A) to be able to
(B) able to
(C) to be able
(D) be able to
17. The sport of hang gliding ________ by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
(A) regulated it
(B) is regulated
(C) that was regulated
(D) that it was regulated
18. It is the recommendation of the U.S. Public Health Service ________ all children be vaccinated against a variety of diseases.
(A) for
(B) that
(C) when
(D) suggests
19. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, ________ in 1607.
(A) it was founded
(B) colonists arrived
(C) was established
(D) founded
20. ________ of the play, 'Mourning Becomes Electra', introduces the cast of characters and hints at the plot.
(A) The act first
(B) Act one
(C) Act first
(D) First act


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