TOEFL Test Sample 2 : Structure Questions

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. A spacecraft is freed from friction ____ launched into space.

(A) it

(B) it is

(C) after is

(D) after it is

2. ____ with their surroundings, or they hide in crevices for protection.

(A) Lobsters

(B) Lobsters blend

(C) Lobsters blending

(D) Because lobsters blend

3. _____ a ball-and-socket joint, the elbow is a simple hinge joint.

(A) While the shoulder

(B) While the shoulder is

(C) The shoulder is

(D) The shoulder

4. A car has several sections with moving parts, ......... of those parts is essential.

(A) good lubrication

(B) well lubricated

(C) and good lubrication

(D) and well lubricated

5. Bears cannot see well _____ small eyes.

(A) bears have

(B) because having

(C) because they have

(D) because of bears

6. _____ at the Isthmus of Panama, so animals were able to migrate between North and South America.

(A) A land bridge existed

(B) When a land bridge existed

(C) A land bridge

(D) With a land bridge

TOEFL Test Sample 1: Structure Questions

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”

(A) called

(B) calling

(C) he called

(D) his calls

2. Early ____ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

(A) horses

(B) had horses

(C) horses had

(D) horses having

3. ______ grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.

(A) Above tundra plants

(B) Tundra plants

(C) Tundra plants are found

(D) For tundra plants

4. In 1867, ____ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

(A) purchased the United States

(B) to purchase the United States

(C) the United States’ purchase of

(D) the United States purchased

5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of _____.

(A) occupations

(B) occupies

(C) they occupied

(D) it occupied them