TOEFL Structure Test 2
A. You have 20 minutes to do 20 questions. Choose the correct answer
1. A new law will require foreigners who marry South Africans _____ five years before
they can apply for anything but temporary residence and work permits
to live
for residence
to wait
women
2. The decanting of red wines _____ a long tradition in high quality wine service and can
be done to add a special flourish at a meal.
is
has
are
have
3. On the bottom of the New York MetroCard have three arrows and little white letters
that say "Insert this way/This side facing you." What is it about that instruction that is so
impossible to understand? .
On the bottom of
is it about
have
that is so
4. Since 2001, the company's annual revenue from ticket sales and contributions grown by
85 percent, to $42.9 million.
Since
annual
from
grown
5. As a pedestrian, you may assume that you have _____ vehicles, but city drivers are
oblivious to that quaint notion.
the priority to
first rights over
the right of way over
precedence
6. The noroviruscauses illness 24 hours to 48 hours after exposure, and can cause a
sickness that lasts to three days. It is not life-threatening. It can be passed through food or
touching infected surfaces.
causes
is not
or
that lasts to
7. In 2002, 20 million people in the United States were reported have asthma -- a chronic
inflammatory lung disease characterized by wheezing, difficulty breathing, chest tightness
and coughing.
characterized by
were reported
difficulty breathing
and coughing
8. At colleges across the country, from Ivy League to less exclusive state schools, students
_____ mispronouncing the library's name this month will soon feel truly and deeply a part
of their college.
which are
are
are they
who are
9. Charters are self-governed schools that operate independent of local school
boards,however with public money.
however
are
that
of
10. Why do traffic jams sometimes _____ to appear out of nowhere?
look
occur
happen
seem
11. Our sun, in many ways an average sort of star, has been around for nearly five billion
years and has enough fuel to _____ going for another five billion years.
keep
continue
carry
maintain
12. The most important factors in determining a person's risk of developing heart disease
_____ body weight and the type of fat he or she consumes.
is
measurement of
are
through
13. Temperature can affect the sound of an musical instrument in a variety of ways, _____
different for each instrument.
although often
which are
with
while
14. When major food companies began widely using partially hydrogenated oils in the
1970s, they thought they were making these products more healthful.
began widely
in the
they
these
15. Cincinnati's state-of-the-art Underground Railroad Museum makes details of escapes
and _____ imaginable aspect of slavery in America accessible to the broad public.
all
each other
whatever
every other
16. For most _____ , the notion of harnessing nanotechnology for electronic circuitry
suggests something wildly futuristic.
research
people
components
laboratories
17. Scientists have uncovered evidence for an innate satisfaction in human beings giving
people their comeuppance.
giving
uncovered
for an
in human
18. Men dying sooner than women _____ biologically: because 105 males are born for
every 100 females, it would assure that there are about the same number of men and
women at reproductive ages.
is natural
makes sense
works in
is obvious
19. Geysers occur where magma lies just below the earth’s surface, particularly in volcanic
regions _____ Iceland or New Zealand.
such as
alike
for example
e.g.
20. Computers crash _____ in the operating system (OS) software or errors in the
computer hardware. Software errors are probably more common, but hardware errors can
be devastating and harder to diagnose.
because of errors
due the errors
resulting in errors
owing errors