Level TOEFL lesson 14 potx

In ________, the advent of the telephone, radio, and telegraph has made rapid long-distance communication possible... The Cathedral of Seville enjoys the distinction ________ the largest

Level TOEFL lesson 14

1 In , the advent of the telephone, radio, and

telegraph has made rapid long-distance communication

possible

D

(A) one hundred years later

(B) one hundred years ago

(C) the one hundred years since

(D) the last one hundred years

2 people came to the meeting than we had

expected

(A) Fewer

(B) Less

(C) A little

(D) Little

3 Art lovers should read about what new

paintings will be displayed

B

(A) noticeably

(B) notices

(C) notice

(D) noticing

4 The committee has met and

D

(A) they have reached a dicision

(B) it has formulated themselves some opinions

(C) its decision was reached at

(D) it has reached a decision

5 The Cathedral of Seville enjoys the distinction

the largest medieval cathedral in the world

A

(A) of being

(B) to be

(C) being

(D) it being

6 Anthony Burgess is not only a successful novelist,

an expert linguist

C

(A) and therefore

(B) however

(C) but also

(D) and also

7 The Order of Elks has been in existence

1868

B

(A) starting in

(B) since

(C) after

(D) founded

8 One of the puzzles still mystifying biologists is

what to become in an embryo

C

(A) how do cells know

(B) how know cells

(C) how cells know

(D) how cells knowing

9 The man gave a diamond necklace

(A) that is his wife

(B) his wife has

(C) his wife

(D) it to his wife

10 John has not been able to recall where

B

(A) does she live

(B) she lives

(C) did she live

(D) lived the girl

11 Depressant drugs historically have been

known to be addictive are called narcotics

B

(A) and

(B) which

(C) they

(D) about which

12 If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their

general health better

D

(A) be

(B) will be

(C) is

(D) would be

13 At Woolworth’s first five-and-ten-cent store,

more than a dime

D

(A) neither items cost

(B) items not cost

(C) items none costing

(D) no item cost

14 the end of the Ice Age around 8000 B.C.,

mammoths became extinct

A

(A) With

(B) It was

(C) That

(D) In addition

15 There are two basic kinds of air compressors,

reciprocating and

D

(A) another kind that is rotating

(B) one that rotates

(C) a rotating kind

(D) rotating

16 Somerset Maugham, a novelist, about a

restless man’s quest for inner understanding in The

Razor’s Edge

D

(A) who wrote this

(B) who wrote

(C) when he wrote

(D) wrote

17 , the jaguar used to roam freely in the

southwestern United States

D

(A) It is now found only in Central and South

America

(B) Now finding in Central and South America

(C) To be found in Central and South America

(D) Now found only in Central and South America

18 When linguists encounter a new language,

work to identify all of the sounds it contains

B

(A) who

(B) they

(C) and

(D) those

19 Air the carbon dioxide necessary for

photosynthesis enters leaves through tiny surface

openings

C

(A) contains

(B) contained

(C) containing

(D) it contains

20 George did not do well in the class because

D

(A) he studied bad

(B) he was not good studywise

(C) he was a badly student

(D) he failed to study properly