Toefl Structure (Error Recognition)
1.
Fingerprints
form an unchangeable signature, and ______ for identification, despite changes
in the individual’s appearance or age.
(A) the use of fingerprint records
(B) with the use of fingerprint records
(C) when fingerprint records are used
(D) fingerprint records can be used
2.
Animals
obtain their energy from _______ .
(A) eat their food
(B) their food to eat
(C) the food they eat
(D) they eat the food
3.
Liquid
water has fewer hydrogen bonds than ice; so more molecules can occupy the same
space, making liquid water ______ than ice.
(A) more dense
(B) is more dense
(C) more than dense
(D) as more dense
4.
It is
difficult for present-day readers ______ sister Carrie was withdrawn
from circulation at the turn of the century.
(A) to understand the novel why
(B) why to understand the novel
(C) the novel to understand why
(D) to understand why the novel
5.
Historical
linguists study ______ over time.
(A) languages evolve
(B) whether languages evolution
(C) how languages evolve
(D) evolution that languages
6.
Tennis
star Chris Evert, who retired from the game after eighteen years, perhaps _____
more than anyone to make women’s professional tennis a widely respected career.
(A) who did
(B) has done
(C) and doing
(D) to do
7.
The
daytime _____ bright because the Earth’s atmosphere scatters sunlight.
(A) while sky is
(B) has a sky
(C) sky is
(D) for the sky
8.
Edward
Hopper’s paintings portray the loneliness and isolation of the individuals
_____.
(A) is in an urbanized society
(B) in society is urbanized
(C) who in an urbanized society
(D) in an urbanized society
9.
Braille,
_____ printing reading materials for use by people who are blind, consists of a
system of raised points or dots that are read by touch.
(A) is a method of
(B) a method of
(C) which a method of
(D) a method is of
10. The art of landscape architecture is almost as
old ______ of architecture itself.
(A) as that
(B) than
(C) as
(D) than that
11. The development of synthetic fibers after 1940
led to the production of new types of fabrics _____ more durable and easier to
care for.
(A) that they were
(B) that were
(C) were
(D) and were
12. Until the eighteenth century, charcoal was _____
used in blast furnaces, as well as in glassmaking , blacksmithing, and
metalworking.
(A) what the chief fuel
(B) the chief fuel that
(C) the chief fuel was
(D) the chief fuel
13. Pure iron cannot be hardened by heating and
cooling, as _____ , because iron lacks the necessary carbon.
(A) steel it can
(B) can steel
(C) with steel can
(D) so can steel
14. Rapids and waterfalls, ______ along virtually
all Massachusetts waterways, provided power in colonial times for grist and saw
mills and later for textile mills.
(A) common
(B) were common
(C) which, being common
(D) being common, were
15. Airsickness is produced by a disturbance of the
inner car, ______ psychogenic factors, such as fear , also play a part.
(A) in spite of
(B) neither
(C) nor
(D) although
16. A large collections of materials focused
on Louisiana’s history and culture is provided by
A
B C D
the
Williams Research Center in New Orleans.
17. Mary Austin’s first book, The Land of
little Rain, a description of desert life in the western
A B
United
States, won she immediate fame in 1903.
C
D
18. The most abundant phosphate mineral,
apatite, includes several type that vary in their
A B C
content
of fluorine, chlorine, or hydroxyl ions.
D
19. Having gained a reputation as a daring,
intrepid journalist, Nellie Bly became the first
A B
female report
assigned to the Eastern front during the First World War.
C D
20. In 1862 Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead
Act, allows settlers 160 acres of free land
A B
C
after
they had worked it for five years.
D
21. Along with the other physical sciences, meteorology has developed in
the past three
A B
centuries
from myth and folklore to rigorous observation , computation, and analyze.
C
D
22. In 1973 the United States armed forces were
placed on an all-volunteer basis for a first
A B C
time since
1984.
D
23. Because lions do not have exceptional speedy,
they must rely on the element of surprise
A B C
for the hunt.
D
24. The position of the earth’s magnetic
poles is not constant but shows an appreciable
A B C
change after
year to year.
D
25. Grassland vegetation reduces competition for
water among species by concentrates
A B
C
roots at
different levels.
D
26. Like the
giant reptiles, most lineages of organisms have eventually become
extinct; still
A
B
some
exist that have changed very little in millions of year.
C D
27. Demonstrations public are an effective means by which
advocacy groups can bring
A B
inequalities
to the attention of local, state and federal officials.
C D
28. Methods used in preparing articles for
an encyclopedia differs, depending on the length of
A B
C
D
the
article.
29. Since the
advent of rock music in the 1950’s the popular music of the United
States has
A B
become a
significant musical influence around world.
C D
30. Cloud droplets and ice crystals first
form on certain types of small particles of dust or
A B C
another airborne materials.
D
31. Male fiddler
crabs have huge claws that move back and forth similar violinists move their
A
B C
arms
when playing the violin.
D
32. Daylight saving time came into useful
in the United States in an effort to conserve
A
B
electricity
by having business hours correspond to the hours of natural
daylight.
C D
33. Almost every
fruits and vegetables contain riboflavin; the richest sources are leafy
green
A B
C
vegetables
such as spinach , kale , or turnip greens.
D
34. Gold lends itself to the making
of decorative articles because of its great resistant to
A
B C D
corrosion
and tarnish and its ease of working
35. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that deals
with the values of life in a coherent,
A B
systematic, and science manner.
C
D
36. Indiscriminate dumping of waste materials and inadequate
sewage treatment are two
A B
serious causes of environmental pollution.
C D
37. The builders of the variety
ancient cliff ruins scattered throughout the canyons and
A B
C
mesas of
the arid Southwest of the United States are known as the cliff dwellers.
D
38. A fragrant plant has tiny sacs that makes
and stores the substances that give it a
A B C D
pleasant
odor.
39. Nomadic hunter and gatherer societies have
access to only a limited amount of food
A
In an
area and moved on when
they have exhausted each locality.
B C D
40. Collagen, a strong rubbery protein, supports
the earflaps and the tip of nose in humans.
A B C
D
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