TOEFL Practice Tests 33

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1. Although we often use "speed"
and "velocity" interchangeably, in a technical sense, "speed" is not
always ________ "velocity."
(A) alike
(B) the same as
(C) similar
(D) as
2. In order for people to work together effectively, they need ________ each other's needs.
(A) to be sensitive to
(B) is sensitive for
(C) sensitivity
(D) sensitive
3.
In the preparation of fibrous material for production uses, stiff
woody fibers from plants ________ fibers from animal sources.
(A) the most heat the
(B) need more heat than
(C) than more heat needed
(D) need the more heat than
4. The salary of a bus driver is much higher ________.
(A) in comparison with a teacher
(B) than a teacher
(C) than that of a teacher
(D) to compare as a teacher
5. The serval, a large African wildcat, hunts like a dog ________ like other members of the cat family.
(A) so
(B) rather than
(C) instead
(D) rather not
6. Here________ notebook and report that I promised you last week.
(A) is the
(B) are the
(C) was the
(D) has been a
7. The committee members resented ________
(A) the president that he did not tell them about the meeting
(B) the president not to inform them of the meeting
(C) the president's not informing them of the meeting
(D) that the president had failed informing themselves that there was going to be a meeting
8. A telephone recording tells callers ________.
(A) what time the movie starts
(B) what time starts the movie
(C) what time does the movie start
(D) the movie starts what time
9. Napoleon ________ the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.
(A) attacked
(B) is attacking
(C) has attacted
(D) attacking
10. Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because they have ________.
(A) not definite shape
(B) none definite shape
(C) nothing definite shape
(D) no definite shape
11. Declared an endangered species in the United States, ________.
(A) people have gathered the ginseng root almost to the point of extinction
(B) the ginseng root has been gathered almost to the point of extinction
(C) the near extinction of the ginseng root is due to excessive gathering
(D) gathering the ginseng root almost to the point of extinction
12. In partnership with John D. Rockefeller, Henry Flager ________ the Standard Oil Company.
(A) helped forming
(B) helped form
(C) he helped form
(D) helping to form
13. According to communications theory, after the message leaves the sender, he ________ controls it.
(A) not longer
(B) none longer
(C) longer doesn't
(D) no longer
14.
Business partners can usually sell their mutually owned property
without consulting ________ unless they have agreed to a separate
contract.
(A) other
(B) other one
(C) one the other
(D) each other
15. Harvard ________ a school for men, but now it is coeducational, serving as many women as men.
(A) was used
(B) used to be
(C) was used to
(D) was used to be
16. ________ at 212 degrees F. and freezes at 32 degrees F.
(A) Waters boils
(B) The water boils
(C) Water boils
(D) Waters boil
17. From 1898 to 1933, the U.S. Weather Bureau obtained information about the weather from ________ to box kites.
(A) attached devices
(B) attached to devices
(C) devices attached
(D) devices were attached
18. The incidence of anorexia nervosa, ________, is growing in industrially advanced societies.
(A) is an eating disorder
(B) an eating disorder which
(C) an eating disorder
(D) for which an eating disorder
19.
________ more susceptible to bacterial contamination than other types
of meat because it has more surface area exposed to bacteria laden air.

(A) Ground meat
(B) Ground meat is
(C) Ground meat that is
(D) Ground meat being
20. Research in the work place reveals that people work for many reasons ________.
(A) money beside
(B) money besides
(C) beside money
(D) besides money