3. TOEFL : SAMPLE TOEFL STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION THREAD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

TOEFL 3 : STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION THREAD

1.            Sharp knives are actually safer to use___

 A. as dull ones

 B. as ones that are dull

 C. than dull ones

 D. than are dull ones

2.            Daniel Webster, Thadeus Stevens, and many others ___ prominent in public life began their careers by teaching school.

 A. they became

 B. once they became

 C. became

 D. who became

3.            As coal mines became deeper, the problems of draining water, bringing in fresh air, and ____ to the surface increased.

 A. transporting ore

 B. to transport ore

 C. how ore is transported

 D. ore is transporting

4.            ___ because of the complexity of his writing, Henry James never became a popular writer, but his works are admired by critics and other writers.

 A. It may be

 B. Perhaps

 C. Besides

 D. Why is it

5.            Piedmont glaciers are formed ___ several valley glaciers join and spread out over a plain.

 A. by

 B. when

 C. from

 D. that

6.            As late as 1890, Key West, with a population of 18,000, ___ Florida’s largest city.

 A. that was

 B. to be

 C. was

 D. it was

7.         A mastery of calculus depends on ___ of algebra.

 A. an understanding

 B. is understood

 C. to understand

 D. understand

8.         ___ he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic keyboard instrument called the Hammond organ.

 A. Although

 B. That

 C. Despite

 D. For

9.         Agnes De Mille’s landmark musical play Oklahoma! was ____ of story, music, and dance.

 A. successfully combined

 B. a successful combination

 C. to combine successfully

 D. successful combining

10.       ____ single dialect of American English has ever become dominant.

 A. No

 B. Not only a

 C. Not

 D. Nor a

11.       In 1837, the University of Michigan became the first state university ___ by a board of regents elected by the voters of the state.

 A. under the control

 B. it was controlled

 C. being controlled

 D. to be controlled

12.       Indoor heating systems have made ____ for people to live and work comfortably in temperate climates.

 A. it is possible

 B. possible

 C. it possible

 D. possibly

13.       Certain fish eggs contain droplets of oil, ____ to float on the surface of the water.

 A. allowing them

 B. allows them

 C. they are allowed

 D. this allows them

14.       Considered America’s first great architect, ____

 A. many of the buildings at Harvard University were designed by Henry Hobson Richardson

 B. Henry Hobson Richardson designed many of the buildings at Harvard University

 C. Harvard University has many buildings that were designed by Henry Hobson Richardson

 D. it was Henry Hobson Richardson who designed many of the buildings at Harvard University

15.       ____ is caused by a virus was not known until 1911.

 A. That measles

 B. As measles

 C. Measles

 D. What if measles

16.       Dreams are commonly made up of either visual and verbal images.

 A. commonly

 B. made up of

 C. either

 D. and

Correct Answer: both

17.       The Yale Daily News is oldest than any other college newspaper still in operation in the U.S.

 A. oldest than

 B. other

 C. still

 D. in operation

Correct Answer: the oldest than

18.       Mary Rinehart was a pioneer in the field of journalist in the early twentieth century.

 A. a pioneer

 B. field

 C. journalist

 D. in the early

Correct Answer: journalism

19.       The Dave Brubek Quartet, one of the most popular jazz bands of the 1950s, had a particularly loyal following on campuses college.

 A. the most popular

 B. particularly

 C. following

 D. campuses college

Correct Answer: campuses at college

20.       In the architecture, a capital is the top portion of a column

 A. In the

 B. capital

 C. the top

 D. column

Correct Answer: in architecture

21.       Today successful farmers are experts not only in agriculture, but also in market, finance, and accounting

 A. agriculture

 B. but also

 C. market

 D. accounting

Correct Answer: markets

22.       In the early days of jet development, jet engines used great numbers of fuel.

 A. early

 B. used

 C. numbers

 D. fuel

Correct Answer: numbers => quantities. ("fuel" is an uncountable noun)

so the correct sentence for "great numbers" can be changed to "large quantities"

23.       Georgia has too many types of soil that virtually any temperate-zone crop can be grown there.

 A. too

 B. soil

 C. virtually

 D. there

Correct Answer:

24.       The sum of all chemical reactions in an organism’s living cells are called its metabolism.

 A. all

 B. an organism’s

 C. are

 D. its

Correct Answer: is

25.       River transportation in the United States consists primarily of barges pull by towboats.

 A. transportation

 B. consists

 C. primarily

 D. pull

Correct Answer: pulled

26.       Most modern barns are both insulated, ventilated, and equipped with electricity.

 A. Most modern

 B. both insulated

 C. equipped with

 D. electricity

Correct Answer: are insulted

27.       Many bridges in New England were covered with wooden roofs to protect it from rain and snow.

 A. Many bridges

 B. were covered

 C. it

 D. rain and snow

Correct Answer: them

28.       It is their nearly perfect crystal structure that gives diamonds their hardness, brilliance, and transparent.

 A. nearly perfect

 B. that gives

 C. hardness

 D. transparent

Correct Answer: transparency

29.       Needles are simple-looking tools, but they are very relatively difficult to make.

 A. simple-looking

 B. but

 C. very relatively

 D. to make

Correct Answer: o

30.       Ducks are less susceptible to infection than another types of poultry.

 A. less

 B. to

 C. than

 D. another

Correct Answer: other

31.       Unlike competitive running, race walkers must always keep some portion of their feet in contact with the ground.

 A. Unlike

 B. running

 C. their

 D. in contact with

Correct Answer: o

32.       One of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the United States is the wildly and lovely Magnolia Gardens near Charleston, South Calorina.

 A. most beautiful

 B. gardens

 C. wildly

 D. near

Correct Answer: wild

33.       Composer John Cage used many unusual objects as instrument in his music, including cowbells, flower pots, tin cans, and saw blades.

 A. unusual

 B. instrument

 C. including

 D. tin cans

Correct Answer: instruments

34.       Woody Guthrie wrote thousands of songs during the lifetime, many of which became classic folk songs.

 A. thousands

 B. the lifetime

 C. which

 D. folk songs

Correct Answer: his lifetime

35.       Runner Wilma Rudolf win three fold medals at the 1960 Olympics, and she set the world record for the 100-meter dash in 1961.

 A. win

 B. at the 1960

 C. she set

 D. world recor

Correct Answer: won

36.       Some critics have called Theodore Dreiser’s book Sister Carrie a first modern novel because it broke so many traditions.

 A. have called

 B. a first

 C. because

 D. so many

Correct Answer: the first

37.       Abigail Adam’s letters to her husband present a graphic picture of the age which she lived.

 A. letters

 B. her

 C. a graphic

 D. age which

Correct Answer: age in which

38.       Viscosity is a measurement describing the relative difficulty or easy with which liquids flow.

 A. describing

 B. relative

 C. easy

 D. with which

Correct Answer: ease

39.       More than 10,000 years ago, glaciers moved across the Minnesota region four time, leveling most of the land.

 A. More than

 B. moved

 C. time

 D. most of

Correct Answer: times

40.       The discover of gold and silver in the rugged mountains of Nevada in 1858 attracted many fortune-seekers to that area.

 A. discover

 B. mountains

 C. attracted

 D. to that area

            Correct Answer: discovery