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Structure Questions


Structure Questions
If you have sentences that contain underlined words, you should know that you are expected to choose one of them, as each sentence of this type has one grammar mistake. If you deal with sentences that contain blanks, you are to choose among the given variants one that will fit sentence.

1. Popular belief in the United States is that an early life of hardship and poverty made Abraham Lincoln to be the great leader he was.
a) an early
b) made
c) to be
d)he was

2. According to the scientific method, a scientist must consider ______ outcome.
a) any outcome and to be a possible
b) any outcome and the possible
c) any outcome a possibility
d) any outcome a possible
3. After her death in 1986 many documentaries ______ Georgia O'Keeffe were produced.
a) related the life and work of
b) to relate life and work
c) life and working to relate
d) relating the life and work of

4. ______ the passage of light, many new plastics are processed using technologies rivaling those used in the manufacture of computer chips.
a) To better permit
b) Permitting better
c) For the better of
d) It is better for
5. The architecture exhibited in the Empire State Building and conveyed us an idea of the prevailing attitudes of the day is important for the historical and cultural value it represents.
a) conveyed
b) prevailing
c) is
d) it represents

6. In 2001 George W. Bush, Jr., entered his first year office as President of the United States.
a) In 2001
b) entered
c) office
d) as President
7. Similar in climate and geography many northeastern cities is Portland, the largest city in Oregon.
a) in
b) many
c) is
d) largest
8. Uranium, ______ , is an exceedingly rare and potentially dangerous element.
a) to found in trace quantities
b) found in trace quantities
c) finding in trace quantities
d) to be found in trace quantities
9. The Flower Market in San Francisco is ______, and was established in the 1930's.
a) home to the country's second largest flower market
b) home of the second largest flower market in the country
c) the second flower market in the country's home of
d) the home to the second country's large flower market
10. Because of extensive research in the field of genetic engineers, scientists can now create plants that farmers can grow in harsh climates.
a) research
b) engineers
c) farmers
d) harsh





Written Task Samples: Adjective Clause
1. Dubbing is an audio process __________ one sound over another sound.
A. imprints
B. that imprints it
C. which imprints
D. that it imprints
Answer: C

2. Thomas Jefferson, _______ of fathering several children by one of his slaves, was supposedly committed to the principle of equal rights for all.
A. in that he was accused
B. that was accused
C. he was accused
D. who was accused
Answer: D

3. The cheetah is a member of the feline family _______ are being drastically reduced by in-breeding and lion predation.
A. whose numbers
B. those numbers
C. that its numbers
D. its numbers that
Answer: A

4. Wrap-around sound, a process patented by Dolby, is an audio device _______ the moviegoer in the center of the action.
A. puts
B. that puts them
C. that they put
D. that puts
Answer: D

5. Coca-Cola, begun in an Atlanta drugstore in 1888, remains a powerful beverage company _______ with numerous smaller food producers.
A. that has merged
B. that merged it
C. which merging
D. whose to merge
Answer: A

6. The next point __________ is at the sawmill.
A. at which it is important to put a check upon wood waste
B. by which that is important to put a check upon wood waste
C. that is important to put a check upon wood waste
D. important to put a check upon wood waste
Answer: A

7. Carl Maria von Weber was one of those peculiar types __________, round whom the darker shadows of the world may close for years almost unnoticed.
A. that always young in animal spirits
B. whom always young in spirits animal
C. who are always young in animal spirits
D. they are always young in animal spirits
Answer: C

8. Grieg went out into his own fertile by-way, leaving the broad valley for the narrower region __________.
A. to exploring for the first time
B. that explored for the first time
C. in it the first time of exploration
D. which he explored for the first time
Answer: D

9. When speaking of the social mammals, there are other conditions of life, however, __________ that the newly born young one should be put on the spot almost at once because the situation is full of danger.
A. in that it is necessary
B. in which it is necessary
C. if it is necessary
D. that they are necessary
Answer: B

10. In many ways, the most striking of the carniverous plants in the Venus Fly-trap, __________.
A. it grows in marshy places in Carolina
B. that growing in marshy places in Carolina
C. which it grows in marshy places in Carolina
D. which grows in marshy places in Carolina
Answer: D

Written Task Samples: Adverb Clause
1. __________ they are widely perceived as gentle creatures, hippopotamuses are reponsible for more human deaths in Africa than any other animal.
A. Despite of
B. Even though
C. In spite of
D. Nonetheless
Answer: B

2. _______a cold front meets a warm front, an area of turbulent air is created often producing thunderstorms and tornadoes.
A. And
B. When
C. That
D. However
Answer: B

3. _______ he worked with the deaf for many years and patented many devices to help them, Alexander Graham Bell will forever be remembered for inventing the telephone.
A. Even though
B. In spite of
C. Despite
D. Nevertheless
Answer: A

4. Battles between ancient armies were usually fought _______ crucial trading rout, fertile agricultural fields, or important sources of water were found.
A. those
B. wherever
C. not only
D. what
Answer: B

5. The Indian variety of crocodile is the most widely researched crocodile in the world _______ anatomical structure is so unusual.
A. because its
B. because of its
C. it is because
D. is because
Answer: A

6. It is in many cases an advantage if an animal can remain perfectly still, and in a general way it may be said that an animal in danger in most likely to be detected __________.
A. movement
B. when it moves
C. then it moves
D. when does it move
Answer: B

7. A type of oil-base paint containing binders that form a film by oxidation or polymerization __________ is called an enamel.
A. because it exposes to air
B. in that its exposure to air
C. which they are exposed to air
D. when they are exposed to air
Answer: D

8. Under the government of William Penn, the roads of Pennsylvania were given over to the county courts, which appointed overseers, __________.
A. while the grand jury laid out the roads
B. unless the grand jury laid them out the roads
C. nevertheless, the grand jury laid out the roads
D. because of the grand jury laid out the roads
Answer: A

9. Lookout ridges are of little value __________ there is no way to get to it quickly because of a lack of trails, or no way to call for immediate help.
A. if after the fire is discovered
B. if the fire is discovered
C. after the fire is discovered
D. at which the fire is discovered
Answer: A

10. ___________ - it may in extreme cases occupy almost half the shell--the egg is known as "shrunken."
A. After the air space inside an egg pronounces it
B. While the air space inside an egg is pronouncing it
C. When the air space inside an egg becomes pronounced
D. Unless the air space inside an egg pronounces it
Answer: C

Written Task Samples: Appositive
1. The Duncan sofa, __________ is highly valued in today's antique furniture market.
A. a colonial masterpiece,
B. a colonial masterpiece which
C. it is a colonial masterpiece that
D. whose colonial masterpiece
Answer: A

2. Ulysses S.Grant, ________, showed great magnanimity in receiving the surrender of his arch-rival, Robert E.Lee at the end of the Civil War.
A. that was the supreme commander of Northern forces
B. who supremely commanding Northern forces
C. he was the supreme commander of Northern forces
D. the supreme commander of Northern forces
Answer: D

3. Though renowned for his work with the deaf, Alexander Graham Bell is best remembered for his invention of the telephone, ________.
A. that it was an invention of ingenuity and impact
B. it was an invention of ingenuity and impact
C. an invention of ingenuity and impact
D. invention ingeniously and impaction
Answer: C

4. Mars, __________, has been a source of human fascination for untold generations of sky gazers.
A. the fourth planet from the Sun
B. it is the fourth planet from the Sun
C. which the fourth planet from the Sun is it
D. is it the fourth planet from the Sun
Answer: A

5. Of all the saturated vegetable oils, coconut oil, ________, has the greatest concentration of polysaturated oils.
A. that derived it from the meat of the coconut
B. it is derived from the meat of the coconut
C. derived from the meat of the coconut
D. is derived it from the meat of the coconut
Answer: C

6. Recently, severe management problems have afflicted Coca-Cola, __________.
A. which is a large multinational corporation
B. a large multinational corporation
C. there is a large multinational corporation
D. a large multinational corporation is it
Answer: B

7. Chopin, a famous Polish composer, died at Place Vendome, ___________.
A. a famous Paris square
B. it is a famous Paris square
C. a famous Paris square which
D. that is a famous Paris square
Answer: A

8. Henry and June, __________ was bowdlerized at first publication.
A. what a novel of sexual exploration
B. it is a novel of sexual exploration
C. which it explored sexuality,
D. a novel of sexual exploration,
Answer: D

9. Arachidic acid, __________ is used in organic synthesis, lubricating greases, waxes, and plastics.
A. a widely distributed but minor component of the fats of peanut oils and related plant species,
B. widely distributed, it is a minor component of the fats of peanut oils and related plant species
C. a minor component of the fats of peanut oils and related plant species that it is widely distributed
D. a minor component widely distributed of the fats of peanut oils and related plant species
Answer: A

10. The common sand crab, __________, carries a small garden on top of its shell.
A. which it is Hyas araneus
B. is it Hyas araneus
C. there it is Hyas araneus
D. Hyas araneus
Answers: D

Written Task Samples: Infinitive
1. From the inception of his long and distinguished career, Frank Lloyd Wright was concerned with how __________ architecture with topography.
A. integrating
B. to integrate
C. did he integrate
D. integrated
Answer: B

2. Legendary home of the Nabateans, Petra is known ________ housed more than 15,000 residents at one time.
A. to have
B. to be
C. is
D. which
Answer: A

3. Unless an observer knows ________ an eclipse properly, severe retinal and cornea damage can result.
A. to observing
B. how observing
C. how to observe
D. to have observed
Answer: C

4. Sibling confrontations containing the seeds of unrequited hostility can serve ________ familial difficulties lasting for years.
A. the creation of
B. to create
C. creating
D. that creates
Answer: B

5. Judging from the blurry image of his right leg in many of his "seated" photographs, Abraham Lincoln is thought ________ from Marfon's Disease.
A. to suffer
B. to be suffering
C. to have suffered
D. to have been suffered
Answer: C

6. The most important function of the Department of Agriculture is __________ for providing a sufficient and wholesome supply of food for the nation's people.
A. when supplying the means
B. to supply the means
C. to have supplied the means
D. that to supply the means
Answer: B

7. Knowing __________ the alarm for an impending earthquake is a crucial problem confronting seismologists.
A. when to sound
B. to have sounded
C. that to sound
D. to sound that
Answer: A

8. The Asiatic wild ass, otherwise known as the "onager," is famed for knowing __________ fast.
A. running
B. to run
C. how to run
D. how to have run
Answer: C

9. Lafon's reagent, a solution of ammonium or sodium selenite, finds use as a test __________ codeine.
A. detection
B. to detect
C. to have detected
D. to detectable
Answer: B

10. Thomas Edison is generally considered _________ one of the most productive of all inventors.
A. to be
B. to have been
C. being
D. who was
Answer: B

Written Task Samples: Main Verb
1. Economics _________ is known as an inexact science because it relies heavily on variables and subjective judgements.
A. is what
B. it
C. which
D. that it
Answer: A

2. Not all currencies that are brokered on the world’s major stock exchanges _______ enough to generate windfall profits for the everyday investor.
A. valued
B. to be valuable
C. of value
D. are valuable
Answer: D

3. Written mail, which is currently referred to as “snailmail” by frequent computer users, _______ by email and other electronic technologies.
A. is being slowly transformed
B. will have been slowly transformed
C. slowly transforms
D. was slowly transformed
Answer: A

4. Among American football aficionados, the tackling of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage _______ known as a “sack.”
A. is what is
B. what is
C. has what
D. that is
Answer: A

5. Airport x-ray devices _______ designed more carefully in order to detect the more sophisticated forms of explosive materials that are now produced.
A. must have been
B. must
C. must be
D. must have been being
Answer: C

6. Emerging in the spring or summer as an elongate, brownish to black beetle, the grub with its velvety body __________ in length from 9 to 10 mm.
A. which has ranged
B. it will have ranged
C. ranges
D. range
Answer: C

7. In Europe, a definite system of locating the annual cuttings __________ in the management of communal and government forests because under this system the forests can be so organized that an approximately equal yield is secured each year.
A. is extensively used
B. extensively uses
C. has extensively used
D. will have extensively used
Answer: A

8. The total of livestock of all kinds which used the National Agricultural System in 1910 under pay permits __________ 2.75% in comparison with the previous year.
A. laid off
B. fired off
C. fell off
D. carried off
Answer: C

9. __________ in his grand operas, Rinsky-Korsakov six times dealt with fantastic and but twice with real or historical subjects.
A. Which of that will observe
B. It will be observed that
C. When will it be observed
D. Observing that when
Answer: B

10. To Darwin we __________ that has made the interrelations of organisms central in modern natural history.
A. have owed the change
B. owing the change
C. the change do owe
D. owe the change
Answers: D

Written Task Samples: Noun Clause
1. Disturbances in seabed slope which have occurred over short periods of time have caused scientists to believe __________ more extensive than at first thought.
A. that tectonic drift is
B. which tectonic drift
C. tectonic drifts
D. tectonic drifting
Answer: A

2. _______ the manatee of south Florida is being pushed to the edge of extinction due to the invasion of its habitat by motorized boats has been shown by marine researchers.
A. In that
B. That
C. Although
D. Unless
Answer: B

3. Virtually all doctors agree ________ a second diagnosis in the event of a potentially major disease.
A. that patients should seek
B. patients should be sought
C. patients they seek
D. patients that should seek
Answer: A

4. _______ found in forests can possess deadly toxicity is an element of folk knowledge that has not been passed down to today's general public.
A. Those certain mushrooms
B. That certain mushrooms
C. Despite it, certain are the mushrooms
D. Even though certain mushrooms
Answer: B

5. _______ continue to pollute the ocean with all forms of contamination from sewage to solid wastes such as plastic containers remains a mystery to environmentalists.
A. Although people
B. People that
C. Why people
D. Those people that
Answer: C

6. __________ and have low refractive indices, low dielectric constants, and low surface tensions has long been known by chemists.
A. Those fluorocarbons are more volatile and denser than corresponding hydrocarbons
B. That fluorocarbons are more volatile and denser than corresponding hydrocarbons
C. While fluorocarbons are more volatile and denser than corresponding hydrocarbons
D. When fluorocarbons are more volatile and denser than corresponding hydrocarbons
Answer: B

7. __________ advances and broadens our understanding of the complex problems of soil fertility.
A. Whatever adds to the biochemical knowledge of soils
B. When it adds that to the biochemical knowledge of soils
C. While it is added to the biochemical knowledge of soils
D. Whomever adds to the biochemical knowledge of soils
Answer: A

8. It is safe to say __________ does not exceed 25%.
A. because the average efficiency of the best steam engine
B. which the average efficiency of the best steam engine
C. that the average efficiency of the best steam engine
D. with the average efficiency of the best steam engine
Answer: C

9. There is no doubt _________ correspond to the gill clefts which are used in connection with the breathing in fishes.
A. because of the minute slits which are seen in embryonic reptile and birds
B. despite the fact that the minute slits which are seen in embryonic reptile and birds
C. if the minute slits which are seen in embryonic reptile and birds
D. that the minute slits which are seen in embryonic reptiles and birds
Answer: D

10. Blame for the invention of nuclear weapons must fall upon __________.
A. however conceived their invention in the first place
B. whenever conceived their invention in the first place
C. whatsoever conceived their invention in the first place
D. whoever conceived their invention in the first place
Answers: D




Written Task Samples: Parallel Structure
1. Egyptian pyramids were regularly robbed despite their intricate passageways, byzantine mazes, and __________.
A. walls which were false
B. they had false walls
C. false walls
D. walls of falsity
Answer: C

2. In the years following the American Revolution and prior to the establishment of a national government, Washington provided the fledgling country with keen economic insight, _________, and astute international judgment.
A. a recognition of stability that was domestic
B. to stabilize the domestic situation
C. which was domestically stable
D. a sense of domestic stability
Answer: D

3. Despite the appearance of being merely pests, ants can serve a garden by eliminating other bothersome insects and ________.
A. they can aerate the soil
B. aerating the soil
C. to aerate the soil
D. that can aerate the soil
Answer: B

4. From Wrangell Island to Anchorage, Alaskan glacial formations rival those ________ and ones located in northern Canada.
A. found in Antarctica
B. which are found in Antarctica
C. finding in Antarctica
D. they find in Antarctica
Answer: A

5. The undergirding of cars is adversely affected ________ and excessive jostling.
A. in extremely salty
B. by extreme salinity
C. which is extremely salty
D. with salt that is extreme
Answer: B

6. The red-headed clytus is a close relative of the banded ash borer and __________ considerable damage to the wood of dead and dying ash.
A. doing
B. to do
C. its
D. does
Answer: D

7. The continued use of the soils of the Ozark region is no longer possible because of a number of factors, both natural and __________.
A. those of which are artificial
B. artificial
C. artificially
D. artificiality
Answer: B

8. The common puffin is a member of the very well-defined family of auks, including _________, guillemonts, razorbills, and the extinct greak auk.
A. those little auks
B. the auks which are little
C. little auks
D. auks that are little
Answer: C

9. Aluminum, __________, ductile metal, is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust.
A. a silver
B. that is a silversmith
C. a silvery
D. that is silver
Answer: C

10. Comparing __________ with a melody by Rossini or a scherzo by Beethoven, brings into focus the difference between schools of music
A. a Jensonian nocturne
B. a nocturne which belongs to Jensen
C. a nocturne whose Jensen
D. a nocturne by Jensen
Answers: D
Written Task Samples: Prepositional Phrase
1. In __________, the crime rate has begun to drop due to neighborhood.
A. the past few years
B. a few years ago
C. few years
D. a few years since
Answer: A

2. Three responsibilities ________ are to search out, identify, and assess patentable inventions and technologies.
A. to a patent manager
B. with a patent manager
C. on a patent manager
D. of a patent manager
Answer: D

3. Disappointingly, many software companies have discovered a limited audience for ________ from the couch.
A. Web surfing
B. Web to surf
C. to Web surf
D. Web surfs
Answer: A

4. Shooting stars, otherwise known as meteorites, often fall to Earth in a pattern dictated ________ and Earth rotation.
A. to solar winds
B. by solar winds
C. on solar winds
D. which solar winds
Answer: B

5. Ink stains, commonly regarded __________ difficult stains to remove, will not succumb to the usual array of detergents and cleaners found in supermarkets.
A. as the most
B. to the most
C. in the most
D. through the most
Answer: A

6. Examples of selective use __________ are found in commercial leaf removal prior to harvest in the cotton and sugar beet industries.
A. of defoliants
B. by defoliants
C. in defoliants
D. through defoliants
Answer: A

7. Ethyl cyanoacetate is derived __________ of an alkali cyanide and chloroacetic ethyl ester.
A. at the reaction
B. from the reaction
C. to the reaction
D. above the reaction
Answer: B

8. On the second level of mammalian evolution, that __________ mammals or marsupials, the eggs are practially yolkless.
A. to the pouching
B. of the pouched
C. in the pouches
D. by the pouchable
Answer: B

9. Foraging ants make a network __________ around the nest.
A. inside roads
B. by roads
C. of roads
D. to roading
Answer: C

10. __________ its richness and varied coloring, Schubert's Symphony in C has enjoyed a deserved reputation among classical music lovers.
A. Renowning by
B. Renownable to
C. Renowned for
D. Renowning with
Answers: C

Written Task Samples: Prepositions
Like most other languages English has a lot of prepositions or connectors. That are short words that connect longer words together. For example: with, as, and, in, on, along, above, except, in spite of, due to etc. Each of them has a special meaning and functions. Many prepositions are used in stable word combinations and can not be guessed or simply translated, as their usage in that cases is not usual. So, the best way to know them, is to learn them by heart. Below you have ten sample tasks with keys, that will help you to prepare to the TOEFL test.

1. Synthetic polymers may be __________ thermoplastic or thermosetting depending on the action of tolylene diisocyanate.
A. both
B. as well as
C. but also
D. either
Answer: D

2. Margarett feels alone, as she has neither a brother ________ sister.
A. nor a
B. with its
C. or its
D. and a
Answer: A
3. Today from France to Great Britain people can get __________ by plain, but also by train through the Channel Tunnel.
A. not only
B. that
C. in addition
D. all
Answer: A
4. Living alone has many positive features including silence and calmness, nobody comes back in the nights not allowing you to sleep but many nagative aspects ________.
A. plus
B. coupled with
C. in addition to 
D. as well
Answer: D
5. Nowadays the Communist party in entire world is not held in respect ________ that evil it brought to the mankind in wars and other armed conflicts.
A. because
B. as a result
C. in order to
D. due to
Answer: D
6. Milk is __________ for infants as only it brings them vital vitamins and energy to grow and develop.
A. so good
B. too good
C. such good
D. very good
Answer: A
7. Sun rays may be __________ helpful, providing the human body with wamth, energy and vitamins, and harmful, bringing burns and pain.
A. both
B. as well as
C. but also
D. either
Answer: A
8. Road conditions in the United States suffered a severe setback __________ of the Civil War.
A. as a result of
B. because
C. despite
D. in spite of the fact that
Answer: A
9.  __________ other flowers, roses like light and water.
A. As to
B. Regarding
C. With 
D. Like
Answer: D

10. The best friend is a person who will not leave you in both joyful __________ hard times.
A. also
B. or
C. in addition
D. and
Answer: D

Written Task Samples: Subject
1. __________ was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the photoelectric effect.
A. That Einstein
B. It was Einstein
C. Einstein who
D. Einstein
Answer: D

2. ________ of Willa Catha present an unadorned picture of life on the prairies of the Midwestern United States during the 19th century.
A. The stories who
B. That the novels
C. The novels which
D. The novels
Answer: D

3. Unlike the climate of the other islands of Hawaii, ________ Kona contains 54 different temperate zones.
A. that of
B. this is
C. these are
D. those that
Answer: A

4. With few exceptions, ________ are warm-blooded, have live births, and are suckled with milk from their mother’s body.
A. which mammals
B. mammals
C. mammals that
D. mammals, they
Answer: B

5. Among all the scientists of the 1930s, ________ was so suited to carry out the Manhattan project as J.Robert Oppenheimer.
A. no scientists
B. not who was a scientist
C. none
D. a scientist never he
Answer: C

6. By the time of the appearance of "Paulus", __________ was widely recognized as the most famous living composer.
A. it was Felix Mendelssohn
B. Felix Mendelssohn who
C. Felix Mendelssohn
D. Felix Mendelssohn whom
Answer: C

7. __________ is as widespread in the U.S.as the grey squirrel, an animal actually classified as a rodent.
A. No mammal
B. Not a mammal which
C. None mammal
D. Not a mammal that
Answer: A

8. In the quiet of the woods, __________ sometimes hears the thrush breaking snail shells.
A. the one
B. one
C. ones
D. those ones
Answer: B

9. __________ is a growing practice in cooperative farming associations to pool and sell the fruit as a common commodity under the brands of the association rather than to sell the fruit of each grower separately.
A. There
B. One
C. It, which
D. Why
Answer: B

10. The __________ the forest reached their highest price in the 1980s.
A. products of
B. productions by
C. producers to
D. productibilities with
Answers: A

Written Task Samples: Verb
1. In the XXI century population on the Earth __________ to increase.
A. continuing
B. which continue
C. continues
D. that it has continued
Answer: C

2. Alcohol intake, as well as any other pernicious habits ________ avoided by most people who want to feel good, be healthy and live a long life.
A. must being
B. which must
C. must be
D. must
Answer: C

3. In recent months, the final mapping of the human genome ________ the range of medical treatments and cures available to those suffering from various diseases.
A. has extended
B. extends
C. will extend
D. will have extended
Answer: A

4. Intelligent life on other planets, while remaining an intriguing possibility, ________ yet to be discovered.
A. has
B. has been
C. has not
D. have
Answer: A

5. Despite being basically arboreal in nature, koalas ________ to inhabit a specific territory and range of some 30 square miles.
A. knowing
B. which know
C. are knowing
D. are known
Answer: D

6. Initially elected as a labor leader, Jimmy Hoffa _________ mysteriously.
A. vanishing
B. who vanished
C. vanished
D. vanishes
Answer: C

7. Broccoli _________ best in gardens having loose, well-composted soil, and full sunlight.
A. had grown
B. grows
C. growing
D. which grows
Answer: B

8. Many of the novels of Kurt Vonnegut __________ a remarkable skepticism about the ultimate value of technological advances.
A. display
B. will have displayed
C. they display
D. had displayed
Answer: A

9. Because copper is nonconductive, it __________ for housing electrical cords and circuitry.
A. values
B. is valued
C. is being valuable
D. has valued
Answer: B

10. Numerous performances of Mozart's operas __________ in Austria long before the beginning of the 19th century.
A. perform
B. had been performed
C. had performed
D. were performing
Answer: B

Written Task Samples: Word Order
1. Because of its warm tropical climate, Hawaii __________ subzero temperatures.
A. almost experiences never
B. experiences never almost
C. experiences almost never
D. almost never experiences
Answer: D

2. In flush financial times, ________ on Wall Street may employ as many as 800 stock brokers and managers.
A. a brokerage typical stock
B. typically stock, a brokerage
C. a stock typical brokerage
D. a typical stock brokerage
Answer: D

3. Even at the peak of its power, the circulating column of air at the core of a tornado ________ in excess of 250 miles per hour.
A. almost never reaches
B. reaches almost never
C. almost reaches never
D. reaches never almost
Answer: A

4. Among the many unusual creatures of the high Nepalese forests _________ with genetic ties hearkening back to the time of mammoths.
A. a breed is of unusual elephants
B. is an unusual breed of elephants
C. an unusual breed is of elephants
D. elephants are an unusual breed
Answer: B

5. Not only __________ a strong swimmer but also, as its name suggests, it can walk for miles with little rest.
A. the booby blue footed is
B. the blue footed booby is
C. is the blue footed booby
D. footed is the booby blue
Answer: C

6. "Earth" is a __________ appearing in somewhat impure or diluted form.
A. naturally occurring metal oxide
B. occurred naturally oxide metal
C. oxide metal occurring naturally
D. metal occurring naturally oxide
Answer: A

7. Wagner's son, Siegfried, was __________ despite being devoid of originality and force.
A. a man young, talented extremely
B. a young man, extremely talented
C. a talented young man extremely
D. an extremely talented young man
Answer: D

8. __________, Buffon, studied tree sloths intensively before dying in 1788
A. The great French naturalist
B. The naturally great French
C. The French greatly natural
D. Naturally, the great French
Answer: A

9. __________ the import trade appreciate the proportion of imported food and drug stuffs.
A. Few persons not associated with
B. Not few persons associated with
C. Associated with not a few persons
D. With not a few persons associated,
Answer: A

10. Beaver dams vary in size from __________ to branchy shrubbed obstacles thwarting the flow of water.
A. log barriers large
B. large log barriers
C. barriers log large
D. log large barriers
Answer: B



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