Soal Toefl 14
Soal Toefl 14
Soal Toefl 14
Directions
Items in the first part of this section are incomplete sentences. Under each of these sentences,
there are four words or phrases. You will choose the one word or phrase—(A), (B), (C), or (D)
—that best completes the sentence.
Example I
a) That are
b) Being
c) Are
d) Are being
The sentence should read, “Reflexes are very valuable in protecting the body against warm.”
You should therefore choose (C).
Example II
Seismographs are used to locate oil, to determine ocean depth, and ___________ and measure
earthquakes.
a) Detect
b) To detect
c) Be detecting
d) Are detecting
The sentence should read, “Seismographs are used to locate oil, to determine ocean depth, and to
detect and measure earthquakes.” You should therefore choose (B).
1. Blood in vessels just under the nasal lining ________ up its heat to warm the air.
(A) gives
(B) it gives
(C) giving
(D) is given
2. The shuttle, ________ reusable spacecraft, lifts off like a rocket and lands like an airplane.
(A) it is a
(B) a
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(C) which, as a
(D) is a
3. _________ form of life, the most varied are the insects.
(A) all are
(B) all
(C) they are all
(D) of all
4. The first American ________ a professional sculptor was a woman, Patience Lovell Wright.
(A) she became as
(B) became
(C) to become
(D) who she became
5. Tears not only ________ foreign substances from the eyes, but also contain chemicals that
fight many common pathogens.
(A) for washing
(B) are washing
(C) washing
(D) wash
6. Carbonated beverages became popular in 1832 after ________ an apparatus for charging
water with carbon dioxide gas.
(A) invented John Mathews
(B) John Mathews invented
(C) inventing John Mathews
(D) John Mathews inventing
7. The Pawnee Indians regarded corn __________ sacred gift, and many other religious
ceremonies are centered around this crop.
(A) as being
(B) since a
(C) as a
(D) like being
8. On Jupiter the winds have created storms __________ big that astronomers on earth can see
them through their telescope.
(A) so
(B) such
(C) as
(D) how
9. Larger animals _______ than smaller animals of the same type.
(A) longer live generally
(B) they generally live long
(C) generally live longer
(D) live generally long
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10. The tails of cornets generally point away from the sun _______ the cornet is approaching the
sun or receding.
(A) either
(B) whether
(C) and if
(D) both
11. A desert is described as a region _________ an average of less than ten inches of rain falls in
a year.
(A) there is
(B) which has
(C) in which is
(D) in which
12. Regular radio broadcasting to inform and entertain the general public _______ in the 1920 s
(A) started
(B) starting
(C) a start
(D) to start
13. ______ was made of minute particles called corpuscles was believed by scientist.
(A) light
(B) that light
(C) as light
(D) whereas light
14. ______ rain at all falls in the dry season in the savanna regions of Africa.
(A) not
(B) without
(C) no
(D) neither
15. In a Rorschach test, the subject describes _______ sees in a series of inkblots.
(A) that he or she
(B) he or she
(C) seeing he or she
(D) what he or she
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Directions
The rest of the items in this section consist of sentences in which four words or phrases have
been underlined.
You must identify the one underlined expression ----(A),(B), (C), or (D)-----that must be
changed in order to correct the sentence.
EXAMPLE I
Navajo Indians are far more numerous today as they were in the past.
A B C D
The sentence should read, “Navajo Indians are far more numerous today than they were
in the past.” You should therefore choose answer (C).
16. Pigeons, like many migratory birds, read the positions of the sun and stars in order to orient
A B C
them.
D
17. The cracking of rocks is caused of intense heat during the day followed by rapid cooling at
A B C D
night.
18. Our nervous system has over ten billions nerve cells in a network covering every inch of our
A B C
skin and organs.
D
19. Great quantities of the seaweed are found in the Sargasso Sea.
A B C D
20. Giant tortoises live to great ages, and specimens have been known to live from 100 and 150
A B C D
years.
21. Fermentation, the breaking down of simple sugars, produces either lactic acid orethyl a
A B C
alcoholic and carbon dioxide.
D
22. Most pines grow rapidly and form straight, tall trunks that are ideally for lumber.
A B C D
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23. By measuring the color of star, astronomers can tell how hot is it.
A B C D
24. Many fruits contain large amounts of vitamin C, as well as sugar, which provide energy.
A B C D
25. Valuable pearls come from some species of oysters and another mollusk that live in tropical
A B C
seas.
D
26. Freud’s ideas have had a great influence on the study of personality, but they are
A B C
highly controversy.
D
27. The Dodge brothers began doing their own automobiles in 1914, and produced one of the
A B
first American automobiles with an all-steel body.
C D
28. Children’s ears are able to detect a wide variety of pitches than adults.
A B C D
29. Euglena is a single-celled organism that has characteristic of both plants and animals.
A B C D
30. Morse code was an important way to send messages before the telephone and radio are
A B C D
invented.
31. Many plains, such the Great Plains in the United States, have few trees because of dry or cold
A B C
climates.
D
32. Much psychologists do not associate themselves with a particular school or theory.
A B C D
33. Prussic acid is one of the most poisonous substances known, neither as a liquid or a gas.
A B C D
34. Compact discs, which appeared on the market in the early 1980s, produce sound of better
A B
quality than those of standard phonograph records.
C D
35. The Pony Express began at a time when not railway went farther west than the Mississippi
A B C D
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and Missouri rivers.
36. The Homestead Act of 1862 granted 160 acres of land to any settler which would spend five
A B C
years on the land.
D
37. Dust storms occur however wind erosion is strong and loose materialis exposed.
A B C D
38. Pewter ranks as one of the oldest known alloys and may have been used as early as 1500 A
A B C
B.C. ago.
D
39. Warm and moisture help microbes grow and thus assist the decay process.
A B C D
40. Parrots are noisy, sociable birds that live mainly chiefly in forested areas in lowlands and
A B C D
mountains.
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