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    1. North Carolina is well known not only for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ______for the Cherokee settlements.

    • Also
    • And
    • But also
    • Because
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This TOEFL simulation quiz assesses English language skills through questions on grammar, usage, and sentence structure. It helps learners prepare for the TOEFL exam, focusing on practical language application and comprehension.

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  • 2. 

    ____both men and women have often achieve and women often achieved their career ambition by midlife, many people are affilicted by at least a temporary period of dissatisfaction and depression.

    • Because

    • So

    • A

    • Who

    Correct Answer
    A. Because
    Explanation
    (A) Because is used before a subject and verb to introduce cause. Choices (B), (C), and (D) are not accepted for statements of cause.

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  • 3. 

    To generate income, magazine publishers must decide wheter to increase the sub-scription price or ____

    • To sell advertising

    • If they should sell advertising

    • Selling advertising

    • Sold advertising

    Correct Answer
    A. To sell advertising
    Explanation
    (A) Ideas in a series should expressed by parallel structures. Only “to sell” in choice (A) provides for parallelism with the infinitive “to increase”. Choices (B), (C), and (D) are not parallel.

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  • 4. 

     Anthropologists assert that many of the early Native Americans who lived on the Plains did not engage in planting crops but   to hunt, living  primarily on buffalo meat.

    • But

    • To hunt

    • Living

    • Primarily

    Correct Answer
    A. To hunt
    Explanation
    (B) Ideas after exclusives should be expressed by parallel structures. "To hunt" should be "in hunting" to provide for parallelism with the phrase in planting.

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  • 5. 

    Psychology Today  is  interesting, informative, and  it is  easy to read.

    • Is

    • Interesting

    • It is

    • To read

    Correct Answer
    A. It is
    Explanation
    (C) Ideas in a series should be expressed by parallel structures. “It is” should be deleted to provide for parallelism with the adjectives “interesting, informative, and easy”.

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  • 6. 

    Because of  the movement of a glacier, the form   of the Great Lakes was very  slow.

    • Because of

    • The form

    • Of

    • Slow

    Correct Answer
    A. The form
    Explanation
    (B) Form should be formation. Although both are nouns derived from verbs, the –ation ending is needed here. Form means the structure. Formation means the process of forming over time.

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  • 7. 

    For the investor who ____ money, silver or bonds are good options.

    • Has so little a

    • Has very little

    • Has so few

    • Has very few

    Correct Answer
    A. Has very little
    Explanation
    (B) Only choice (B) may be used with a uncountable noun such as “money”. Choices (A), (C), and (D) may be used with Countable nouns.

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  • 8. 

     The value of the dollar  declines    as the rate of inflation raises.

    • Of the dollar

    • Declines

    • As

    • Raises

    Correct Answer
    A. Raises
    Explanation
    2. (D) In order to refer to an increase in the rate of inflation, "rises" should be used. To raise means to move to a higher place. To rise means to increase.

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  • 9. 

    If it ____ more humid in the desert of the Southwest, the hot temperatures would be unbearable.

    • Be

    • Is

    • Was

    • Were

    Correct Answer
    A. Were
    Explanation
    (D) In contrary-to-fact clauses, “were” is the only accepted form of the verb BE. Choices (A), (B), and (C) are forms of the verb BE, but they are not accepted in contrary-to-fact clauses.

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  • 10. 

    It is essential that the temperature  is not  elevated  to a point where the substance formed  may become unstable and decompose into  its constituent elements.

    • Is not

    • To a point

    • May become

    • Its

    Correct Answer
    A. Is not
    Explanation
    (A) A verb word must be used in a clause after an impersonal expression. “It not” should be “not be” after the impersonal expression “it is essential”.

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