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TOEFL, Bài số 13
1. Benjamin Franklin was the editor of the largest newspaper in the colonies, a diplomatic
representative to France and later to England, and he invented many useful devices.
(A) was
(B) the largest
(C) he invented
(D) many
2. Had we known the traffic would be so bad, we did not drive back from work so early.
(A) Had we known
(B) be
(C) did not drive
(D) so
3. The ATM card the principal means for getting cash quickly is in most countries.
(A) the principal
(B) getting
(C) quickly
(D) is
4. The tornado uprooted all the power lines leading to the town so the inhabitants had to
live in darkness until new ones.
(A) the
(B) leading
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(C) had to
(D) until new ones
5. The shortest route for the rally drivers was through the mountains whereas if the desert
road was much longer though faster.
(A) through
(B) whereas if
(C) much
(D) though
6. West of the Missouri river have vast plains over which the wagon trains labored
ignoring them in favor of dreams of gold and richer land further west.

(A) West of
(B) have
(C) labored ignoring
(D) further west
7. The fire began in the fifth floor of the hotel, but it soon spread to adjacent floors.
(A) in
(B) fifth
(C) of
(D) soon spread
8. Before she moved here, Arlene had been president of the organization since four years.
(A) Before
(B) been
(C) of the
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9. Plants absorb water and nutrients and anchoring themselves in the soil with their
roots.
(A) absorb water
(B) anchoring themselves
(C) the soil
(D) their roots
10. It is necessary that one met a judge before signing the final papers for a divorce.
(A) met
(B) before signing
(C) the final papers
(D) for a divorce
11. Authors Samuel Eliot Morison won two Pultizer Prizes, one in 1943 for a biography
of Columbus and the other in 1960 for a biography of John Paul Jones.
(A) Authors
(B) won
(C) a biography
(D) the other

12. According to legend, because the Indian Princess Pocahontas said that she loved he,
Captain John Smith was set free.
(A) According to
(B) because
(C) he
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13. Both viruses also genes are made from nucleoproteins, the essential chemicals with
which living matter duplicates itself.
(A) also
(B) are
(C) living
(D) itself
14. Agronomists study crop disease, selective breeding, crop rotation, and climatic
factors, as well soil content and erosion.
(A) study
(B) crop disease
(C) as well
(D) and
15. The high protein content of various strains of alfalfa plants, along with the
characteristically long root system that enables them to survive long droughts, make
them particularly valuable in arid countries.
(A) characteristically
(B) enables
(C) make
(D) particularly
16. Columbus, Ohio, the capital of the state, are not only the largest city in Ohio but also
a typical metropolitan area, often used in market research.
(A) are
(B) the largest
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(D) used
17. Although maple trees are among the most colorful varieties in the fall, they lose its
leaves sooner than oak trees.
(A) among

(B) in the fall
(C) its
(D) sooner than
18. Before television became so popular, Americans used to entertain each other in the
evening by playing games, saying stories, and singing songs.
(A) so popular
(B) to entertain
(C) each other
(D) saying
19. The value of precious gems is determined by their hardness, color, and brilliant.
(A) precious
(B) gems
(C) their
(D) brilliant
20. Those of you who signed up for Dr Daniel's anthropology class should get their books
as soon as possible.
(A) Those of
(B) for
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