Duration: 25 minutes
Questions: 40 questions
The second section of the TOEFL test is the Structure and Written Expression section. This section consists of forty questions (some tests may be longer). You have twenty-five minutes to complete the forty questions in this section.
There are two types of questions in the Structure and Written Expression section of the TOEFL test:
1. Structure (questions 1-15) consists of fifteen sentences in which part of the sentence has been replaced with a blank. Each sentence is followed by four answer choices. You must choose the answer that completes the sentence in a grammatically correct way.
2. Written Expression (questions 16-40) consists of twenty-five sentences in which four words or groups of words have been underlined. You must choose the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.
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1. _______________ a blend of the actual note sounded and related tones called overtones.
2. _______________ , all animals need oxygen, water, food, and the proper range of temperatures.
3. Billie Holiday’s rough _____________ emotional voice made her stand out as a jazz singer.
4. The Breed Test, ____________ method of counting bacteria in fresh milk, was developed by R. S. Breed in Geneva, New York, in 1925.
5. ______________ a liquid changes to a solid, heat is given off.
6. Completed in 1756, Nassau Hall is the oldest building now ___________ on the campus of Princeton University.
7. The one person most responsible for making New York City a center of furniture design in the early nine teenth century ______________ cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe.
8. Candles ___________ from bees wax burn with a very clean flame.
9. Hydroponics is the cultivation of _______________ plants soil.
10. ______________ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound systems.
11. In the eighteenth century the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for ______________ pottery.
12. ______________ bacterial infection is present in the body, the bone marrow produces more white blood cells than usual.
13. Anyone who has ever pulled weeds from a garden , _________________ roots firmly anchor plants to the soil.
14. So thick and rich ____________ of Illinois that early settlers there were unable to force a plow through it.
15. ______________ because of the complexity of his writing, Henry James never became a popular author, but his works are admired by critics and other writers.
16. A rattlesnake has a spot between one’s eyes that is sensitive to heat.
17. Improvements in people’s health are due in part to advances in medical care and better sanitary
18. In 1792, a corporation constructed a 60-miles toll road from Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
19. Insects appeared on earth before long the earliest mammals.
20. All of Agnes Repplier’s writings, even those on the most serious subjects, show her sense of humorous.
21. Fungi are the most important decomposers of forest soil just like bacteria are the chief decomposers of grassland soil.
22. Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia is one of the most safe harbors in the world.
23. Ballpoint pens require a tiny, perfectly round ball for its tips.
24. Since the 1930s, the archaeology has become a precise science with strict rules and procedures.
25. Interstate Highway 80 is so an important road that it is sometimes referred to as “America’s Main Street.”
26. John Jay, a diplomat and statesman, first entered public live in 1773.
27. Mount Hood in Oregon is a center for alpine sports such as skiing, climbing, and hikes.
28. The chameleon’s able to change color to match its surroundings is shared by quite a few lizards.
29. Florence Sabin is recognized not only for her theoretical research in anatomy and physiology and for her work in public health.
30. The top layer of the ocean stores as much heat as does and the gases in the atmosphere.
31. Almost lemons grown in the United States come from farms in Florida and California.
32. Hair is made of the same basic material as both the nails, claws, and hooves of mammals are made of
33. Not until geologists began to study exposed rocks in ravines and on mountainsides they did discover many of the earth’s secrets.
34. The water of the Gulf Stream may be as much as 20 percentage wamier than the surrounding water.
35. Mathematics have taken centuries to develop the methods that we now use in arithmetic.
36. One of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the United States is the wildly and lovely Magnolia Gardens near Charleston, South Carolina.
37. Benthic organisms are those that live on or in a bottom of a body of water.
38. It has been known since the eighteenth century that the adrenal glands are essential of life.
39. The making of leather goods from animal skins is one of the accomplishments of humankind.
40. Married customs differ greatly from society to society.