TOEFL TEST
PART II. STRUCTURE
1. _________________team sports require cooperation.
a. Of all c. all
b. They are all d. why are all
2. Anyone who has ever pulled weeds from a garden____________ roots firmly anchor plants
to the soil.
a. is well aware of c. well aware
b. is well aware that d. well aware that
3. Centuries of erosion have exposed ____ rock surfaces in the Painted Desert of northern
Arizona.
a. in the color of window c. rainbow-colored
b. colored like a rainbow d. a rainbow’s coloring
4. The higher the temperature of a molecule, __________
a. the more energy it has c. more energy has it
b. than it has more energy d. it has more energy
5. Frontier surgeon Ephraim MacDonald had to perform operations _____anesthesia.
a. no c. without
b. no having d. there was not
6. _______ young, chimpanzees are easily trained.
a. When are c. They are
b. When d. When they
7. A person of ______ age may suffer from defects of vision.
a. every c. certain
b. some d. any
8. _________ have settled, one of their first concerns has been to locate an adequate water
supply.
a. Wherever people c. whether people
b. They are people who d. people
9. If a bar magnet is ____, the two pieces form two complete magnets, each with a north and
south pole.
a. broken c. breaking
b. broke d. break
10. The type of plant and animal life living in and around a pond depends on the soil of the
pond, ________ and the pond's location.
a. what the quality water is c. the quality of water
b. how is the water quality d. what is the water quality
11. Clifford Holland, ___________civil engineer, was in charge of the construction of the first
tunnel under the Hudson River.
a. he was a c. being a
b. a d. who, as a
12. _____________parrots are native to tropical regions is untrue.
a. That all c. Why all
b. All d. Since all
13. A major concern among archaeologists today is the preservation of archaeological sites,
___________are threatened by development.
a. of which many c. which many
b. many of them d. many of which
14. In 1775 Daniel Boone opened the Wilderness Trail and made____________ the first
settlements in Kentucky.
a. possibly it was c. possible
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b. as possible d. it possible
15. Rarely _____________seen far from water.
a. spotted turtles c. have spotted turtles
b. spotted turtles are d. are spotted turtles
16. Ceramics can be harder, light, and more resistant to heat than metals.
A B C D
17. Not everyone realizes that the most largest organ of the human body is the skin.
A B C D
18. Mold is extremely destruction to books in a library.
A B C D
19. Sidney Lanier achieved fame both as a poet or as a symphony musician.
A B C D
20. The horses used play polo are not of any special breed or of any definite size.
A B C D
21. A tapestry consists of a foundation weave, called the warp, which across are passed
A B
different colored threads, called the weft, forming decorative patterns.
C D
22. The works of early American woodcarvers had many artistic qualities, but these craftsmen
A B
probably did not think of them as artists.
C D
23. Perhaps mankind's first important musical influence were the songs of birds.
A B C
24. The techniques of science and magic are quite different, but their basic aims—to understand
A B C
and control nature—they are very similar.
D
25. It was in a cave near Magdalena, New Mexico, when the oldest known ears of cultivated
A B C
corn were discovered.
D
26. The fossil remains of much extinct mammals have been found in the tar pits at Rancho La
A B C
Brea in Los Angeles.
27. Sharks can detect minute electrical discharges coming from its prey.
A B C D
28. A dark nebula consists of f a cloud of interstellar dust enough dense to obscure the stars
A B C
beyond it.
D
29. Commercially honey is heated and filtered in order to stabilize and clarify it.
A B C D
30. The various parts of the body require so different surgical skills that many surgical specialties
A B C D
have developed.
31. One reason birds have been so successful is because of their able to escape from danger
A B C
quickly.
D
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32. The wood of the rosewood tree is used to do fine musical instruments.
A B C D
33. Chemical engineering is based on the principles of physics, chemists, and mathematics.
A B C D
34. Ballet performers must be believable actors and actresses as well as experts dancers.
A B C D
35. Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is exactly almost the same size as the Earth.
A B C D
36. P T. Barnum opened his own circus in 1871 and become the most famous showman of his
A B C
time.
D
37. The way a child plays with other children reveals a lots about the child's emotional
A B C
development.
D
38. Sheep have been domesticated for over 5,000 years ago.
A B C D
39. Chemical compounds with barium, cobalt, and strontium are responsible to many of the
A B C
vivid colors in fireworks.
D
40. Duke University in North Carolina has an outstanding collecting of documents concerning
A B C
Southern history.
D
PART III. READING SECTION
Question 1-11
The Sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It is fueled by thermonuclear reactions near its center
that convert hydrogen to helium. The Sun has existed in its present state for about 4 billion, 600 million
years and is thousands of times larger than the Earth.
By studying other stars, astronomers can predict what the rest of the Sun's life will be like.
About 5 billion years from now, the core of the Sun will shrink and become hotter. The surface
temperature will fall. The higher temperature of the center will increase the rate of thermonuclear
reactions. The outer regions of the Sun will expand approximately 35 million miles, about the distance
to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun. The Sun will then be a red giant star. Temperatures
on the Earth will become too hot for life to exist.
Once the Sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink. After
it shrinks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white dwarf star. The Sun may throw off huge
amounts of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it changes from a red giant to a white
dwarf.
After billions of years as a white dwarf, the Sun will have used up all its fuel and will have lost
its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After the Sun has become a black dwarf, the Earth will be
dark and cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it will have frozen onto the Earth's surface.
1. What is the primary purpose of this passage?
A. To alert people to the dangers posed by the Sun
