Pre-test Structure And Written Expression

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Pre-test Structure And Written Expression - Quiz

This exercise is expected to measure your ability in answering Structure and Written Expression questions of the TOEFL test. Also, it is hoped that you can determine which skills you are weak at and require further study. We are going to provide explanation of the skills tested on the TOEFL Test in our blog pusattoefl. Blogspot. Com in order that you can improve your skills.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    The North Pole ______ a latitude of 90 degrees north.

    • A.

      It has

    • B.

      Is having

    • C.

      Which is having

    • D.

      Has

    Correct Answer
    D. Has
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 1.

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  • 2. 

    The city of Beverly Hills is surrounded on ______ the city of Los Angeles.

    • A.

      Its sides

    • B.

      The sides are

    • C.

      It is the side of

    • D.

      All sides by

    Correct Answer
    D. All sides by
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 2.

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  • 3. 

    ______ greyhound, can achieve speeds up to thirty-six miles per hour:

    • A.

      The

    • B.

      The fastest

    • C.

      The fastest dog

    • D.

      The fastest dog, the

    Correct Answer
    D. The fastest dog, the
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 3.

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  • 4. 

    Marmots spend their time foraging among meadow plants and flowers or _____ on rocky cliffs.

    • A.

      Gets sun

    • B.

      Sunning

    • C.

      The sun

    • D.

      Sunny

    Correct Answer
    B. Sunning
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 6.

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  • 5. 

    The greenhouse effect occurs ______ heat radiated from the Sun.

    • A.

      When does the Earth’s atmosphere trap

    • B.

      Does the Earth’s atmosphere trap

    • C.

      When the Earth’s atmosphere traps

    • D.

      The Earth’s atmosphere traps

    Correct Answer
    C. When the Earth’s atmospHere traps
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 7 and 15.

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  • 6. 

    The Rose Bowl, ______ place on New Year’s Day, is the oldest postseason collegiate football game in the United States.

    • A.

      Takes

    • B.

      It takes

    • C.

      Which takes

    • D.

      Took

    Correct Answer
    C. Which takes
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 12.

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  • 7. 

    Experiments _____ represent a giant step into the medicine of the future.

    • A.

      Using gene therapy

    • B.

      Use gene therapy

    • C.

      They use

    • D.

      Gene therapy uses

    Correct Answer
    A. Using gene therapy
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 4 and 13.

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  • 8. 

    ______ off the Hawaiian coastline are living, others are dead.

    • A.

      While some types of coral reefs

    • B.

      Some types of coral reefs

    • C.

      There are many types of coral reefs

    • D.

      Coral reefs

    Correct Answer
    A. While some types of coral reefs
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 8.

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  • 9. 

    Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray clouds ______ forebode rain.

    • A.

      What

    • B.

      Which

    • C.

      What they

    • D.

      Which they

    Correct Answer
    B. Which
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 12.

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  • 10. 

    Some economists now suggest that home equity loans are merely a new trap to push consumers beyond ______ .

    • A.

      They can afford

    • B.

      They can afford it

    • C.

      What is affordable

    • D.

      Able to afford

    Correct Answer
    C. What is affordable
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 10.

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  • 11. 

    People who reverse the letters of the words ______ to read suffer from dyslexia.

    • A.

      When trying

    • B.

      If they tried

    • C.

      When trying

    • D.

      If he tries

    Correct Answer
    A. When trying
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 14.

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  • 12. 

    Featured at the Henry Ford Museum ______ of antique cars dating from 1865.

    • A.

      Is an exhibit

    • B.

      An exhibit

    • C.

      An exhibit is

    • D.

      Which is an exhibit

    Correct Answer
    A. Is an exhibit
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 16.

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  • 13. 

    Rubber ______ from vulcanized silicons with a high molecular weight is difficult to distinguish from natural rubber.

    • A.

      Is produce

    • B.

      Producing

    • C.

      That produces

    • D.

      Produced

    Correct Answer
    D. Produced
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 5 and 13.

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  • 14. 

    ______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion.

    • A.

      The Moon

    • B.

      That the Moon

    • C.

      When the Moon

    • D.

      The Moon which

    Correct Answer
    B. That the Moon
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 9.

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  • 15. 

    According to the World Health Organization, ______ any of the six most dangerous diseases to break out, it could be cause for quarantine.

    • A.

      Were

    • B.

      They were

    • C.

      There were

    • D.

      The Moon which

    Correct Answer
    A. Were
    Explanation
    This question is explained in skill 18.

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