TOELF ITP TEST

I. Structures and written expression

1. ___ a necessary dimension for measuring astronomical space and the distance of heavenly bodies
from the Earth.
A. Once in time B. Time is C. The time D. It is time
2. Jackie Joyner-Kersee, ____ the world record in the heptathlon in the 1988 Olympics, also won the
long jump in the year.
(A) whose setting (B) which she set (C) whoever set (D) who set
3. The fossilized remains of a type of camel _____ a dog have been found in the Bad Lands of South.
(A) no more large (B) no larger than (C) not larger (D) which no larger
4. Gorillas are quiet animals, _____ they are capable of making about 20 different sounds.
(A) whether (B) which (C) even though (D) as well as
5. Although the Earth's chemical composition had been studied for years, only toward the end of the
nineteenth century _____ as a discipline in its own right.
(A) when geochemistry was recognized (B) was recognized as geochemistry
(C) then recognized as geochemistry (D) as geochemistry was recognized
6. Because the wood of the dogwood tree is very hard, _____ is used for objects, such as roller skate
wheels, in which hardness is desired.
(A) and (B) it (C) what (D) thus
7. In hot, dry regions, the Sun's heat causes the outer layer of rocks _____, a process called
exfoliation.
(A) are expanded and peeled away (B) to expand and peel away
(C) expands and peels away (D) they expand and peel away
8. The lower ___ in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.
(A) the level of lighting (B) light level (C) leveling of light (D) lighting is level
9. _____ Sarah Orne Jewett, a nineteenth-century writer, read widely in her family's extensive library.
(A) That she received little education formally (B) The little formal education that she received
(C) Little formal education that was received by (D) Although she received little formal education
10. In the early twentieth century, the "Model T" automobile was mass-produced and sold at a price
_____ could afford.
(A) the average person who (B) that the average person who
(C) and the average person (D) the average person
11. Not only _____ all the positive charge of an atom, it is also the site of the weight of every atom.
(A) does the nucleus hold (B) the nucleus holding
(C) the nucleus does hold (D) holds the nucleus
12. The wind-rippled sand at California's Kelso Dunes resembles _____ .
(A) to be an ocean floor (B) as an ocean floor (C) an ocean floor (D) being an ocean floor
13. Fossil records indicate _____ existing in the past have become extinct.
(A) that many species of organisms (B) many species of organisms that
(C) many species of organisms are (D) there are many organisms
14. Experiments related to the sense of smell are more easily _____ than those related to perception of
color.
(A) setting them up (B) to set up (C) set up (D) sets up those
15. The Pulitzer Prize has been _____ in American literature for more than seventy years.
(A) the award most prestigious that (B) the most prestigious award
(C) a prestigious award that most (D) most prestigious award
16. Those interested in covered bridges can find six of they between Keene and Winchester, New
Hampshire.
A. Those B. covered C. can find D. they
17. The Sun's energy is generated deep in the solar core by the synthesis of helium from hydrogen
through a sequences of thermonuclear fusion reactions.
A. energy B. is generated C. by D. a sequence
18. Using carbon-dating techniques, archaeologists can determine the age of many ancient objects by
measurement the amount of radioactive carbon they contain.
A. Using B. ancient objects C. measurement D. they content
19. The evolutionary adaptation of a particular species of animal over time occurs in response to
environmental conditions, including others animals.
A. of B. occurs C. environmental D. others
20. Saturn is the second largest planet after Jupiter, with a diameter nearly ten times those of Earth.
A. second largest B. after C. with D. those of
21. Ogden Nash often extended sentences over several lines produce surprising and comical rhymes.
A. extended B. several C. lines produce D. comical rhymes
22. By the second month of life, most infant can turn their heads and move their eyes to follow the
movements of people and large objects around them.
A. By B. infant C. to follow D. of people
23. Early movies had appeal immediate and became a means to present contemporary attitudes,
fashions, and events.
A. appeal immediate B. became C. to present D. attitudes
24. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., clergyman and civil rights leader, won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for
his work toward racially equality in the United States.
A. and B. won C. for D. racially
25. Leontyne Price ranks among the most celebration sopranos of her time.
A. ranks B. celebration C. of D. time
26. Carrie Chapman Call was instrumental in passing the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States
Constitution gives women the right to vote.
A. instrumental B. in passing C. gives D. to vote
27. Discovery in 1789 and isolated from other element in 1841, uranium is valued as a source of
atomic energy.
A. Discovery B. and C. is valued D. source of
28. Ulysses S. Kay was among the United States composers visited the Soviet Union in 1958 to
participate in a cultural exchange program.
A. among B. composers visited C. to participate D. program
29. Alaska is fame for tall mountains and beautiful scenery.
A. fame B. all C. and D. scenery
30. True ferns have undergone remarkably little change during its long geological history, which
extends back to the Devonian period.
A. remarkably B. its C. history D. to
31. Diplomatic negotiations generally take place in embassies or in the foreign offices of the countries
which in ambassadors are accredited.
A. Diplomatic B. take place C. foreign D. which in
32. The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted for the insight, poetic style, and sensitive she demonstrates
in her works.
A. The B. for C. sensitive D. demonstrate
33. Compare with the jagged estuaries of the Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast seems almost uniformly
straight.
A. Compare B. jagged C. seems D. uniformly
34. Because of its low cholesterol content, margarine is a widely used substitute from butter.
A. Because of B. is widely C. substitute D. from
35. After the Boston Tea Party in 1773, coffeehouses in the North American colonies became centers
for gossip, gamble, and political criticism.
A. After B. became C. gamble D. political
36. Studies by B.F. Skinner indicate that reward positively reinforces behavior and makes that
behavior likely more to recur.
A. Studies by B. reinforces C. and makes D. likely more
37. Mathematical puzzles are common into history because they have been used a intelligence tests
and amusements.
A. Mathematical B. into C. they D. intelligence

38. Most authorities consider both dreaming while sleep and daydreaming to be forms of fantasy.
A. both B. while C. to be D. fantasy
39. Genetic engineering is helping researchers unravel the mysteries of previously incurable diseases
so that they can get to its root causes and find cures.
A. is helping B. previously C. so that D. its
40. The Montessori method of education stresses initiative and self-reliance to permitting pupils to
pursue independently whatever interests them, but within disciplined limits.
A. initiative B. to permitting C. whatever D. disciplined
II. Reading comprehension