TOEFL Structure: TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)

TOEFL Structure Skill 2:

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-2): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”

called
calling
he called
his calls

2. Early ____ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

horses
had horses
horses had
horses having

3. ______ grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.

Above tundra plants
Tundra plants
Tundra plants are found
For tundra plants

4. In 1867, ____ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

purchased the United States
to purchase the United States
the United States’ purchase of
the United States purchased

5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of _____.

occupations
occupies
they occupied
it occupied them

6. The large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.

carrying blood
blood is carried
carries blood
blood carries

7. _____ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.

Marconi’s development
The development by Marconi
Developing Marconi
Marconi developed

8. In 1975, the first successful space probe to ____ beginning to send information back to Earth.

Venus
Venus the
Venus was
Venus it was

9. The two biggest resort _____ Arkansas are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

in
towns in
towns are
towns are in

10. NASA’S Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center _________ control center for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

it was at the
it was the
was the
the

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