Test on the Toefl, Grammar, Toefl, Entrance examination of the English language for Cambodian scholarship.

On the TOEFL Test

1.     Camels store water _________ of fat in their humps.

a)      with the form

b)      in the form

c)      by the form

d)     form

2.      Tears contain an antiseptic that helps protect our eyes_______ infection.

a)      from bacterial

b)      in bacterial

c)      bacterial

d)     with bacterial

3.      So far only two other of your own neighboring planets_________ the solar system have been visited unmanned spacecraft.

a)      by

b)      that they are in

c)      in

d)     they are by

4.      The behavior of many volcanoes _______ predict, especially the more explosive types.

a)      are

b)      is

c)       that

d)     being

5.      _______more than 2,000 minerals are known, nearly all rocks are formed from seven mineral groups.

a)      Although

b)      However

c)      Despite

d)     Since

6.      Alexader Granham Bell worked with deaf students before _________ the first telephone in 1876.

a)      designed

b)      was designed

c)      to design

d)     designing

7.      An enzyme works by coming in contact with a particular substance, ________ with it, and charging it.

a)      combine

b)      combining

c)      it combines

d)     to combine

8.      Foods of animal origin generally supply greater amounts of iron to the diet than_______.

a)      are foods of plant origin

b)      foods of plant origins

c)      do foods of plan origin

d)     plant origin foods

9.      __________energy for growth or repair, a plant must carry out photosynthesis.

a)      To obtain

b)      It obtains

c)      It is obtaining

d)     Obtaining

10.  Nicotine,__________ found in tobacco, is named after the French diploma Jean Nicot.

a)      It is a chemical compound

b)      is  a chemical compound

c)      a chemical compound

d)     chemical compound is

11.  __________the world’s most successful artificial language.

a)      As Esperanto is

b)      That Esperanto

c)      It is Esperanto

d)     Esperanto

12.  ________food we eat lacks minerals, then the body can use the stores from its bones for more urgent needs.

a)      As the

b)      If the

c)      The since

d)     Since

13.  _____________ an organism to became a fossil.

a)      Rarely

b)      It is rare

c)      Rare is

d)     It is rare for

14.  Among sea horses, _________ carries and hatches the eggs in a special breeding pouch.

a)      it is the male which

b)      the male it

c)      it is the male

d)     the male who

15.  The thyroid gland, _________, is located in the neck.

1.      where the hormone thyroxine is produced

2.      where produced is the houmone thyroxine

3.      the hormone thyroxine is produced there

4.      at which is produced the hormone thyroxine

16.  According to legend, Besty Ross was the woman ________ the first American stars and stripes flag.

1.      whom she made

2.      made

3.      who made

4.      and she made

17.  Pumpkin seeds, ______ protein and iron, are a popular snack.

1.      that

2.      provide

3.      which

4.      which provide

18.  The spinal cord is a long, thick bundle of nerves ___________ from the brain to the lower part of the back.

1. that runs
2. is running
3. it run
4. whom it runs

19.  The pepper plants bears a small green berry _______ red as it ripens.

1)      which

2)      turns

3)      it turns

4)      that it turns

20.  Paper is made from cellulose fibers, ____________ in all cells.

1)      are

2)      which are

3)      they are

4)      which they are

21.  Pumpkin seeds, __________ protein and iron, are a popular snack.

1)      that

2)      provide

3)      which

4)      which provide

22.  __________laser beam  can be moved easily in all directions, it can be used for highly accurate cutting in industry.

1)      Because of

2)      It is a

3)      A

4)      As a

23.  After Macro _______ his degree, he plans to seek employment in an engineering firm.

1)      will finish

2)      will have finished

3)      fishes

4)      is finishing

24.  By the time Cotte leaves work today, the _________the budget report.

1)      will finish

2)      will have finished

3)      has finished

4)      finishes

25.  _________ Herman Melville is now regarded as one of American’s finest writers, his greatest workers mystified readers in his own lifetime.

1)      It is despite

2)      Despite

3)      Even though

4)      In spite of

26.  _________ unknown quantities is the task of algebra.
A. To found
B. Find
C. The find
D. Finding

27.  Hydrocarbons, __________ by engine exhausts, react with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight to form complex toxic gases.
A. are given off
B. given off
C. give off
D. they are given off

The best answer is letter B because in clause deduction we eliminate auxiliary verb and relative pronouns.

28.  Its real form is the Cellulose, which .............for making paper, can be found in all plants.
A. is used
B. uses
C. are used
D.is using at Hydrocarbons, which are given off by engine

29.  ............is a poison when ingested above trace amount.
A. It is lead
B. Lead
C. The lead
D. That lead

30.  Hubble's law states that the greater the distance between any two galaxies,.............. is their relative speed of separation.
A. the greatest
B. the greate
C. greater than
D. as great as

31.  Upon hatching,............
A. young ducks know how to swim
B. swimming is known by young ducks
C. the knowledge of swimming is in young ducks
D. how to swim is known by ducks.

32.  Not only..............in the field of psychology but animal behavior is examined as well.
A. human behavior is studied
B. is human behavior studied
C. is studied human behavior
D. human behavior.

.

33.  Each students studies hard today because...........will be taking the exam on Monday next week.
A. he/she
B. they
C. it
D. all of them.

34.  Neither my classmates nor my teacher asked me to help ..........
A. him
B. them
C. it
D. all of you.

35.  Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was.............to serve on the US Supreme Court.
A. the woman who first
B. the first woman
C. who the first woman
D. the first and a woman

36.  .................reptiles hunt at temperatures of 12° C or below.
A. Seldom do
B. Do seldom
C. Do
D. Seldom

37.  Animals.............on Earth for at least 700 million years.
A. living
B. lived
C. have lived
D. have been lived

38.  Canada does not require that US citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and............... .
A. Mexico does either
B. Mexico doesn't either
C. neither Mexico does
D. either does Mexico

39.   After the first World War, the author Anais Nin became interested in the art movement known as Surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both_________ her novels and short stories .

A.    in which the influence

B.     of which influence

C.     to have influence

D.    its influence

40.  According to the third law of thermodynamics, ________ possible is – 273 degrees centigrade.

A.    that temperature is lowest

B.     the temperature is lowest

C.     lowest temperature

D.    the lowest temperature

  Is prepared by K.Visal at International Foreign Language & Student Development Institute