TOEFL Practice: Structure and Written Exprssions

PBT TOEFL PRACTICE TEST SECTION TWO

SECTION 2

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

Time—25 minutes

(including the reading of the directions)

Now set your clock for 25 minutes.

This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type.

Structure

Directions: These questions are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words

or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the

sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that

corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Look at the following examples.

Example 1 Sample Answer

The president___________ the election by a landslide.

(A) won

(B) he won

(C) yesterday

(D) fortunately

The sentence should read, “The president won the election by a landslide.” Therefore, you should

choose answer (A).

Example II Sample Answer

When _____ the conference?

(A) the doctor attended

(B) did the doctor attend

(C) the doctor will attend

(D) the doctor’s attendance

The sentence should read, “When did the doctor attend the conference?” Therefore, you should choose

answer (B).

1. _____ lived on Earth for nearly 150 million years.

(A) Dinosaurs

(B) Dinosaurs who

(C) If dinosaurs

(D) Since dinosaurs

2. Early printers arranged type into _____ a small, flat composing stick.

(A) words

(B) are words on

(C) words on

(D) the words are on

3. ____ along most of its length into an upper chamber and a lower chamber.

(A) The divided cochlea

(B) Dividing the cochlea

(C) The cochlea is divided

(D) With a divided cochlea

4. Yeast is an organic catalyst _____ known  to prehistoric humanity.

(A) was

(B) which was

(C) which it

(D) which

5. Many communities _____ a complex system of linguistic levels in order to show respect.

(A) useful

(B) use already made

(C) making it useful

(D) make use of

6. The ear is a flexible organ, _____ simply was not designed to withstand the noise of modern living.

(A) but it

(B) it

(C) but

(D) its

7. In 1934, chemist Wallace Carothers produced a plastic which _____ nylon.

(A) his call

(B) he called

(C) to call him

(D) calling

8. As _____ grows, the shell in which it lives grows, too.

(A) a mollusk

(B) a mollusk it

(C) has a mollusk

(D) it has a mollusk

9. The first _____ the Civil War was fired from Fort Johnson upon Fort Sumter on April 12,1861.

(A) shot

(B) shot in

(C) shot was in

(D) it was shot

10. Stalactites are formed in caves by groundwater ______ dissolved lime.

(A) it contains

(B) containing

(C) contains

(D) containment

11. By studying the movements of the Sun and Moon, even early astronomers could

_____ eclipses would take place.

(A) predicting when

(B) when it predicts

(C) the prediction when

(D) predict when

12. Coffee probably originally grew wild in Ethiopia in the province of Kaffe, and  from there _____ to southern Arabia.

(A) bringing it

(B) it was brought

(C) brought it

(D) brought with it

13. Alabama was occupied by the French and  Spanish before _____ to England in 1763.

(A) was ceded

(B) ceded to it

(C) it was ceded

(D) ceded it

14. A group of winged reptiles pterosaurs is

believed to have been the first vertebrates

with the power of flight.

(A) call

(B) calls

(C) called

(D) is called

15. On November 23, 1863, Grant stunned

the Confederates on Missionary Ridge

with what _____ to be a full-dress

military parade of troops who

unexpectedly opened fire.

(A) appeared

(B) appearing

(C) appearance

(D) apparent 

Written Expression

Directions: In these questions, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four

underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Look at the following examples.

Example I Sample Answer

The four  string on a violin are tuned in fifths.

The sentence should read, “The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths.” Therefore, you should

choose answer (B).

16. Vast flows of information is carried on hair-thin fiber-optic cables 

17. The crafting of fine violins has been proceeding for several century as a secret art. 

18. Linguistic conflicts due to divided ethnic and national loyalties can be both bitter or violent 

19. In 1851, with the publication of hers antislavery novel, Harriet Beecher Stowe rocketed to fame

20. The smallest and simple living organisms on Earth are bacteria.

21. The effort to determine the exact numerical value of pi has now reach 2.16 billion decimal digits.

22. The hammerhead shark is usual found in warm, temperate waters 

23. Princeton University, which was establish in 1746, is one of the oldest universities in the United States. 

24. According to a World Resources Institute report, a significant part of forest acreage disappear each year. 

25. The Earth’s crust is composed of 15 plates which float on the partially molten layer below they.

26. As one climbs high up a mountain, the air becomes both colder or thinner.

27. When a bone is broke into several pieces , doctors may pin the pieces together for proper healing

28. The long necks of much plant-eating dinosaurs were useful for reaching up to the treetops to feed.

29. Hippocrates believed that good health was dependently on the balance of the four fluids of the body.

30. A jet stream is a flat and narrow tube of air that moves more rapid than the surrounding air.

31. Because mistletoe berries are poisonous, everyone with Christmas decorations containing mistletoe

need to be aware of the potential danger

32. When Pierre L`Enfant designed the national capital in 1791, her envisioned a broad boulevard

linking the White House and the Capitol.

33. In a copperhead snake the venom flows from a single venom glands to a pair of hollow teeth.

34. A hawk swallows its food in large pieces digests some of it, and regurgitating the rest.

35. Defects can occurring when liquid helium undergoes a phase transition to its super fluid phase.

36. Cavemen created a large amount of early works of art using a mixture of clay, chalk, and burned wood and bones.

37. Variations in melody, rhythm and tone of voice becomes a major feature of child speech toward the end of the first year.

38. As a protective protein molecule, an antibody can combines with a foreign virus protein.

39. The water moccasin is a high venomous and extremely dangerous pit viper.

40. Though aluminum is more common than iron, it is extremely difficult to break their hold on

other atoms.

That is the TOEFL Practice test Section two: Structure and Written Expressions. If you are still confuse to do this practice test, please read the TOEFL Strategies and TOEFL Books to guide you in doing TOEFL Practice tests.

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