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. Extensive forests, __________________ abundant wildlife, and beautiful waterfalls are among the attractions of Glacier National Park.
2. A network of railroads to unite the continent and encourage Western settlement _____________ before the Civil War by Asa Whitney.
3. The chief advantage of using satellites to predict weather ________________ can survey vast regions of the Earth at one time.
4. The small, _________________ farms of New England were not appropriate for the Midwest.
5. _____________________ art appreciation is an individual matter, no work of art is ever perceived by two persons in exactly the same way.
6. ____________________ a black singer and actor, first came to the public’s attention for his role in Eugene O’Neill’s play The Emperor Jones.
7. Dragonflies remain stationary in the air while _________________ their prey to come near.
8. Fiction writer Zona Gale wrote about the small Wisconsin town _____________ she grew up, showing both its positive and negative qualities.
9. A collectible coin ________________ in mint condition when it looks as it did when it was made.
10. Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect ____________ of the wind.
11. _________________ of their size and weight, grizzly bears are remarkably nimble animals.
12. ___________________ most fruits, cherries must ripen on the vine.
13. _________________ who made Thanksgiving an official holiday in the United States.
14. The higher ________________ octane number of gasoline, the less knocking occurs in the engine as the fuel is burned.
15. Historian Barbara Tuchman was the first woman ___________________ president of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
16. Although drama is a form of literature, ________________ from the other types in the way it is presented.
17. Not only _________________ the most populous city in the United States in 1890, but it had also become the most congested.
18. In 1989, President George Bush appointed Carla A. Hills ______________ a special trade representative.
19. Iguanas are different from most other lizards ______________ they are not carnivores.
20. ______________ are considered humorous is mainly due to his characters’ use of slang.
21. The spores of fems are almost microscopic and are far simpler than _____________ in structure.
22. Good pencil erasers are soft enough not _______________ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.
23. _______________ the outer rings of a gyroscope are turned or twisted, the gyroscope itself continues to spin in exaclty the same position.
24. Alike the United Stales, Canada conducts a complete census of its population every ten years.
25. Natural resources provide the raw material are needed to produce finished goods.
26. Because they are so secretive, blind snakes are seldom seen, and its habits are not well known.
27. The main rotor and tail rotor of a helicopter make the same job as the wings propellers, and nidder of an airplane
28. X rays are too powerful that they can penetrate most solids as easily as light passes through glass.
29. Machines that use hydraulic pressure including elevators, dentist chairs and automobile brakes.
30. The Franklin stove, which became common in the 1780s, burned wood more efficiency than an open fireplace.
31. The coastline of Maine is marked by thousand of islands and inlets.
32. Metals can be beaten in to thin sheets melted and poured into molds, or drawing into fine wire
33. Stone Mountain, a huge dome of granite near the city of Atlanta, is 1,686 feet height and measures 7 miles around at its base.
34. Since ancient times, some peopie wore amulets, objects that are supposed to give the wearer magical powers.
35. Dance notation is a means of recording the movements of dances by using of special symbols.
36. Approximately the third of Alaska’s land area lies north of the Arctic Circle.
37. No cactus has flowers most beautiful or fragrant than those of the night-blooming cereus.
38. The poet Amy Lowell sometimes wrote literary criticism and biographical.
39. Each of the chemical elements have its own standard symbol
40. A balloon rises because of the hot air or gas inside the balloon is lighter than the air outside.