SOAL TOEFL SET 1
STRUCTURE
1. The Boston Public Library, .... 1854, was the first library to be financed by donations and proceeds from
raffles.
(A) Found it in
(B) Founded in
(C) Was founded in
(D) It was found
2. Toolmakers not only ... elaborate tools but also test them for reliability and utility.
(A) Does it help to construct
(B) Help in the construction
(C) Help to construct
(D) Do help to construct
3. Before he turned 14, Mozart ... a few lesser pieces for the piano.
(A) Had composed
(B) Has composed
(C) Had the composition
(D) He had composed
4. One of the quickest methods .... personality is the self-report inventory.
(A) The measuring of
(B) To the measures
(C) For measurement
(D) Of measuring
5. Ginkgo trees bear seeds .... an unpleasant odor to dicourage animals from eating them.
(A) Who have
(B) That have
(C) Which have
(D) That are
6. Patrick Henry, born in 1736, .... by his father, who had advanced training in mechanics.
(A) Had taught
(B) Has been taught
(C) Taught
(D) Was taught
7. In the 1950s, many people believed that the more they produced and consumed .... .
(A) They were the more affluent
(B) The more affluent they were
(C) Were they affluent
(D) They were affluent
8. A meteor burns brightly .... through the earth’s atmosphere.
(A) As it descends
(B) As descending
(C) Whether it descends
(D) When descends
9. Mass transit systenms relieve traffic congestion when the service is convenient, ...., and affordable.
(A) Comfort
(B) Comforting
(C) Comfortable
(D) Comforted
10. Automatic fire alarms, .... smoke detector, are installed in almost all public buildings.
(A) Such as the ubiquitous
(B) So ubiquitous
(C) Such is the ubiquitous
(D) So as the ubiquitous
11. When a person is in shock, the blood .... enough oxygen to the brain.
(A) Supplies fail to
(B) Supplied fails to
(C) Failing to supply
(D) Fails to supply
12. Throughout history, elevated ranges have been viewed as barriers to transportation and .... .
(A) To the communicating
(B) To the communications
(C) Communication
(D) Communication with
13. About 90 percent of fabrics distributed to secondary sewing outlets .... weaving or knitting.
(A) Are manufactured the
(B) Are manufactured by
(C) By manufacturing the
(D) Manufactured by
14. Deer ticks .... vacationers hiking or camping in mixed deciduous forests.
(A) Never trouble
(B) Never any trouble
(C) Troubles never
(D) Trouble never
15. Either the goalkeeper or one of the other players .... the ball from the goal.
(A) Retrieving
(B) Retrieval
(C) Retrieves
(D) Retrieve
16. The Slater Mill, built in 1793, it was one of the first succesful mills in the United States.
A B C D
17. In kindergarten, children are generally unrestricted in expressing their ideas by talk.
A B C D
18. Japanese initially used jeweled objects to decorate swords and ceremonials items.
A B C D
19. The legal age which a person is considered to be an adult is customarily 18.
A B C D
20. Australian aborigines adhere to their tribal traditions and few marriage outside the tribe.
A B C D
21. During a radio broadcast, a microphone picks up speech and another live sounds.
A B C D
22. Althoufh both are the bread and butter of recreational vehicles, camping trailers are
A
smaller and compacter than travel trailers.
B C D
23. The leathery fruit burr of the horse chestnut splits openly when ripe and releases a
A B C
roundish brown seed.
D
24. Blacksnakes ascend trees to reach bird’s nests and ingest the eggs and young birds.
A B C D
25. Although rhubarb is technically a vegetable, it usually prepared as a dessert.
A B C D
26. Colonial craftsmen pieced bed covers together from scraps of linen and wool because
A B C
cloth was scarcely.
D
27. In art, relief is sculpture in which the figures or designs projects from their background.
A B C D
28. Edith Roosevelt was devoted mother of five children, as well a gracious hostess.
A B C D
29. Vocational counseling guides students and helps them to understand how occupations
A B C
differ and what job opportunities are exist.
D
30. Newtonian physics holds true if the velocities of the objects being study are negligible.
A B C D
31. Roman doctrine stipulated every man was born with a spiritual who guarded him against
A B C D
travail.
32. When wine grapes contain the proper amounts of acid and sugar required to produce
A B C D
wine.
33. Beef and diary cattle is major sources of income in Louisiana, which has a mild climate.
A B C D
34. After the new dollar bills are printed and cut, the inspectors scrutinize them for
A B C
imperfectives.
D
35. Psychologist take it for granted that girls are more empathetic than do boys.
A B C D
36. Henry Richardson was the first prominent architect to incorporate geometric form in his
A B C
concave designs.
D
37. With small numbers, the objects in a set can be visualized and Quick counted without
A B C D
mathematical formulas.
38. In group dancing, couples step in tandem, bow, join hands, and change partner.
A B C D
39. Additives are chemicals infused into perishable foods to prevent it from spoiling.
A B C D
40. Football is a fast-moving team sport playing mainly in the United States.
A B C D
