TOEFL Practice Tests 23

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1. A vacuum will neither conduct heat nor ________.
(A) transmit sound waves
(B) transmitting sound waves
(C) sound waves are transmitted
(D) the transmission of sound waves
2. Ernest Hemingway is ________ of modern fiction.
(A) one of the molders
(B) the molders one
(C) who is one of the molders
(D) the molders who is the one
3. Your new car ________ as well as speedy.
(A) looks comfortable
(B) comfortably looks
(C) looks comfortably
(D) looks is comfortable
4. A major problem in the construction of new buildings ________.
(A) is that windows have been eliminated while air conditioning systems have not been perfected
(B) is they have eliminates windows and still don't have good air conditioning
(C) is because windows are eliminated but air conditioners don't work good
(D)
is dependent on the fact that while they have eliminated windows, they
are not capable to produce efficient air conditioning system
5. ________ received law degrees as today.
(A) Never so many women have
(B) Never have so many women
(C) The women aren't ever
(D) Women who have never
6. Many embarrassing situations occur ________ a misunderstanding.
(A) for
(B) of
(C) because of
(D) because
7. Put plants ________ a window so that they will get enough light.
(A) near to
(B) near of
(C) next to
(D) nearly
8.
A computer is usually chosen because of its simplicity of operation
and ease of maintenance ________ its capacity to store information.
(A) the same as
(B) the same
(C) as well as
(D) as well
9. ________ is no way to tell the exact number of heroin addicts in the United States.
(A) It
(B) There
(C) What
(D) Each
10. Today's typewriter keyboard is ________ Shole's 1867 keyboard.
(A) as same as
(B) the same as
(C) the same than
(D) a same one as
11. Spectrographs ________ possible for phoneticians to analyze the human voice and its speech qualities.
(A) make
(B) make it
(C) makes it
(D) are made
12.
The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth
________ than do the machine tools invented to replace them.
(A) more efficiently
(B) efficiently
(C) more efficient
(D) most efficient
13. It is generally believed that an M.B.A. degree is good preparation for a career in ________.
(A) a business
(B) business
(C) businesses
(D) one business
14. Like humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ________ their teeth.
(A) fill
(B) filled
(C) filling
(D) to be filled
15. Thor Heyerdahl, accompanied by the crew of the "Kon Tiki", ________ in order to provehis theories of cultural diffusion.
(A) have sailed specifically charted courses
(B) sailing specifically charted courses
(C) has sailed specifically charted courses
(D) they sail specifically charted courses
16. Psychologists believe that incentives ________ to increase our productivity.
(A) make us want
(B) make us to want
(C) making us want
(D) makes us wanting
17. The blue whale is ________ known animal, reaching a length of more than one hundred feet.
(A) the large
(B) the larger
(C) the largest
(D) most largest
18. Strauss finished ________ two of his published compositions before his tenth birthday.
(A) written
(B) write
(C) to write
(D) writing
19. A dividend is ________ the only benefit a corporation can offer its shareholders.
(A) no
(B) nor
(C) none
(D) not
20. Deserts produce less than 0.5 grams of plant growth ________ from every square yard.
(A) the day
(B) some day
(C) one day
(D) a day