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HANDOUT 2 – TOEFL CLASS

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

1. Mary Wooley was the sole woman delegate to the 1932 Geneva Disarmament Conference
_____ an articulate leader in world affairs.
(A) whether
(B) since
(C) and
(D) with

2. _____ are small and are concentrated in the northwestern part of the state.
(A) Most lakes of Iowa's natural
(B) Most of Iowa's natural lakes
(C) Most natural of Iowa's lakes
(D) Of most Iowa's natural lakes

3. In the human diet, the three principal components _____ digestion are carbohydrates,
proteins, and fats.
(A) required
(B) they require
(C) requiring
(D) require

4. _____ talented comedy actress, Marilyn Monroe consistently inspired both analysis of and
tributes to her life.
(A) Being of
(B) She was
(C) Although her
(D) A

5. The construction of arches and vaults was, until the nineteenth century, _____ for roofing
buildings without the use of beams.
(A) the only known method
(B) when the only known method
(C) the only method was known
(D) for which the only method was known

6. The ability of forests to hold water depends not nearly so much on the trees and their root
systems _____ on the mosses they shelter.
(A) than
(B) as
(C) as does
(D) than those

7. The approximately twelve species of river otters are swimmers _____ close their ears and
nostrils to make themselves watertight.
(A) that can
(B) how can
(C) that they can
(D) can

8. As a propeller rotates, water or air is accelerated backward _____ a reactive force in the
HANDOUT 2 – TOEFL CLASS

forward direction.
(A) so that producing
(B) the production of
(C) produces
(D) to produce

9. On a standard bicycle, the rear wheel is mounted in a fixed position _____ the front wheel is
held in a rotatable fork.
(A) how
(B) next to
(C) while
(D) with

10. The wood of the teak tree resists water, _____, and takes a high polish.
(A) is easy to work with
(B) being easily workable
(C) to work easily
(D) with easy working

11. Although _____ in nature as two atoms that are held together by chemical bonds, most
elements occur as single atoms.
(A) some elements that exist
(B) the existence of some elements
(C) some elements exist
(D) some elements existing

12. When Harry Truman became President of the United States in 1945, few people expected
_____ admired one day as an outstanding leader.
(A) him to be
(B) that he being
(C) would he be
(D) him as being

13. Fluids differ from solids _____ the shapes of their containing vessels.
(A) in that assuming
(B) that they assume
(C) that they assume in
(D) in that they assume

14. _____ first organisms in the history of Earth must have been one-celled bits of protoplasm
floating in shallow seas and ponds.
(A) It was the
(B) That the
(C) There were the
(D) The

15. In the nineteenth century, the United States monetary system was based on bimetallism,
_____ that both gold and silver were legal currency.
(A) meant
(B) which it meant
(C) which meant

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