Test of Academic English Structures

Snea Thinsan, compiled from Rogers, B. (2001). TOEFL Practice Tests. Stamford: Heinle & Heinle/ITP.

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  1. Your name and Student ID:
  2. Your answer:


  3. Your email:
  4. Your answer:


  5. Please indicate the average grade in the English courses you have taken at CMU. (i.e. A, B, C, or D)
  6. Your answer:


  7. Extensive forests, ___________, abundant whldlife, and beautiful water falls are among the attractions of Glacier National Park.
  8. Your answer:
    it has spectacular mountain scenery
    the mountain scenery is spectacular
    spectacular mountain scenery
    and the specacular scenery of the mountain
    I would have to guess.


  9. A network of railroads to unite the continent and encourage Western settlement ________ before the Civil War by Asa Whitney.
  10. Your answer:
    when proposed
    a proposal
    was proposed
    to propose
    I would have to guess.


  11. The chief advantage of using satatellites to predict weather ________ can survey vast regions of the Earth at one time.
  12. Your answer:
    they
    is that they
    is that
    that they
    I would have to guess.


  13. The small, ______ farms of New England were not appropriate for the Midwest.
  14. Your answer:
    self-support
    they supported themselves
    self-supporting
    supporting themselves
    I would have to guess.


  15. _________ art appreciation is an individual matter, no work of art is ever perceived by two persons in exactly the same way.
  16. Your answer:
    Since
    According to
    Because
    Perhaps
    I would have to guess.


  17. _________ a black singer and actor, first came to the public's attention for his role in Eugene O'Neill's play 'The Emperor Jones'.
  18. Your answer:
    Paul Robeson was
    Because Paul Robeson
    It was Paul Robeson
    Paul Robenson,
    I would have to guess.


  19. Dragonflies remain stationary in the air while _______ their prey to come near.
  20. Your answer:
    waited for
    they wait
    waiting for
    to wait


  21. Fiction writer Zona Gale wrote about the small Wisconsin town _______ she grew up, showing both its positive and negative qualities.
  22. Your answer:
    in which
    which in
    which
    in where
    I would have to guess.


  23. A collectible coin __________ in mint condition when it looks as it did when it was made.
  24. Your answer:
    to be is said
    said is to be
    is to be said
    is said to be
    I would have to guess.


  25. Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetarian to protect __________ of the wind.
  26. Your answer:
    from the effects
    it the effects
    it from the effects
    the effects from it
    I would have to guess.


  27. _________ of their size and weight, grizzly bears are remarkably nimble animals.
  28. Your answer:
    Animals
    For animals
    As animal
    To be animals
    I would have to guess.


  29. _________ most fruits, cherries must ripen on the vine.
  30. Your answer:
    Unlikely
    Different
    Dislike
    Unlike
    I would have to guess.


  31. ________ who made Thanksgiving an official holiday in the United States.
  32. Your answer:
    Abraham Lincoln
    He was Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln was
    It was Abraham Lincoln
    I would have to guess.


  33. The higher _________ octane number of gasoline, the less knocking occurs in the engine as the fuel is burned.
  34. Your answer:
    some
    the
    is
    than
    I would have to guess.


  35. Historian Barbara Tuchman was the first women _______ president of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  36. Your answer:
    whose election as
    to elect
    was elected
    to be elected
    I would have to guess.


  37. Although dramma is a form of literature, __________ from the other types in the way it is presented.
  38. Your answer:
    it differs
    is different
    despite the difference
    but it is different
    I would have to guess.


  39. Not only _________ the most populous city in the United States in 1890, but it had also become the most congested.
  40. Your answer:
    was New York CIty
    that New York City was
    New York City was
    has New York City
    I would have to guess.


  41. In 1989, President George Bush appointed Carla A. Hills __________ a special trade representative.
  42. Your answer:
    to
    as
    like
    be
    I would have to guess.


  43. Iguanas are different from most other lizards _______ they are not carnivores.
  44. Your answer:
    in spite of
    even
    so that
    in that
    I would have to guess.


  45. _______ are considered humorous is mainly due to his characters' use of slang.
  46. Your answer:
    Damon Runyan's stories
    Damon Runyan's stories, which
    That Damon Runyan's stories
    Because Damon Runyan's stories
    I would have to guess.


  47. The spores of ferns are almost microscopic and are far simpler than _______ in structure.
  48. Your answer:
    that of seeds
    so are seeds
    seeds to
    seeds
    I would have to guess.


  49. Good pencil erasers are soft enough not _______ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.
  50. Your answer:
    by damaging
    so that they damage
    to damage
    damaging


  51. ________ the outer rings of gyroscope are turned or twisted, the gyroscope itself continues to spin in exactly the same position.
  52. Your answer:
    However
    Somehow
    Otherwise
    No matter
    I would have to guess.


  53. Most of the spices and many of the herbs _______ today originate from plants native to tropical regions.
  54. Your answer:
    using
    use of
    in use
    are used
    I would have to guess.


  55. ________ get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.
  56. Your answer:
    Children
    Children, when they
    As children
    For children to
    I would have to guess.


  57. _______ is the ancestor of most types of domestic ducks is well documented.
  58. Your answer:
    That the mallard
    The mallard
    Because the mallard
    The mallard which
    I would have to guess.


  59. Rarely ______ last longer than an hour.
  60. Your answer:
    do tornados
    tornados
    tornados that
    tornados do
    I would have to guess.


  61. Adobe bricks tend to crumble if ________ to exessive moisture or cold.
  62. Your answer:
    they expose
    exposed
    are exposed
    to be exposed
    I would have to guess.


  63. ________ play 'Alison's House', the author Susan Glaspell won a Pulitzer Prize in 1931.
  64. Your answer:
    Her
    By her
    It was her
    For her
    I would have to guess.


  65. ______ type of insects that pollinate plants.
  66. Your answer:
    Not only are the bees
    Bees are not the only
    Not the only bees are
    Bees are not only the
    I would have to guess.


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