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TOEIC 15
1. English writer, scholar and ____,
Tolkien's father was a bank manager in
South Africa.
a. philologist
b. philology
c. philological
d. philologically
2. ____ his father died in 1896, his mother
took him and his younger brother to his
father's native village of Sarehole, near
Birmingham, England.
a. While
b. During
c. Unless
d. When
3. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of
the Midlands ____ the source for
Tolkien's fertile imagination to write about
'the Shire'.
a. should have been
b. may have been
c. will have been
d. may have be
4. After his mother's death in 1904 he was
looked ____ by Father Francis Xavier
Morgan a RC priest of the Congregation
of the Oratory.
a. for
b. up
c. into

d. after
5. Tolkien was _____ at King Edward VI
School in Birmingham.
a. learned
b. studied
c. educated
d. fed
6. He studied linguistics at Exeter College,
Oxford, ____ took his B.A. in 1915.
a. or
b. but
c. and
d. therefore
7. From 1915 to 1918 he fought in _____
with the Lancashire Fusiliers.
a. World War One
b. first World War
c. One World War
d. World War First
8. _____ that his experiences during the
Battle of Jutland may have been fueled
the darker side of his subsequent novels.
a. There is believed
b. It is believed
c. It is belief
d. They are believed
9. Tolkien will ____ most for his books the
Hobbit (1937) and the Lord of the Rings.
a. be remembered
b. remember

c. be remembering
d. remembered
10. The Hobbit began as a bedtime story for
his children that in ____ "grew in the
telling".
a. his owns word
b. him own words
c. he own words
d. his own words
11. He wrote Lord of the Rings over a period
of about 14 years which started by his
____ his children bits and pieces of the
story in his letters.
a. sent
b. sending
c. to send
d. send
12. Tolkien also _____ parts of his novels
with fellow Oxfordian and fantasy writer
CS Lewis during their 'meetings'.
a. explained
b. told
c. discussed
d. chatted
13. He was trying to create a fantasy world
____ he could explain how he had
invented certain languages, and in doing
so created 'Middle Earth'.
a. unless
b. so that

c. such that
d. therefore
14. His works were not well _____ among his
peers at Oxford as they were not
considered 'scholarly'.
a. criticized
b. published
c. given
d. received
15. ____ after LOTR was published in
paperback in the United States in 1965
that he developed his legendary cult
following and also imitators.
a. It was
b. They were
c. There were
d. Its was
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16. In 1954 both the University of Liege ____
University College, Dublin, awarded him
honorary doctorates.
a. or
b. among
c. and
d. between
17. He served ____ vice-president of the
Philological Society and was a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Literature.
a. to
b. for

c. with
d. as
18. ____ the immense popularity of his books
today, Tolkien did not greatly benefit from
their sales.
a. Despite
b. Although
c. In spite
d. Because of
19. ____ his work was published
posthumously by his son Christopher
Tolkien.
a. Many
b. Much of
c. Many of
d. Much
20. Tolkien served in the Lancashire
Fusilliers in the First World War and
fought in the Battle of the Somme. He
was discharged in 1917 ____ from
"trench fever".
a. suffered
b. suffer
c. to suffer
d. suffering
21. His novel, 'The Lord of the Rings', has
sold over 52 million copies worldwide and
____ into 25 different languages.
a. has been translated
b. has translated

c. has been translating
d. have been translated
22. Tolkien's ____ to several proposed film
productions of his books was that he
considered his works to be unstageable.
a. reacting
b. reactor
c. reaction
d. react
23. Tolkien's simply didn't feel that they could
be ____ translated to a dramatic form.
a. successful
b. successfully
c. succeeded
d. success
24. Although he had sold the film rights long
before he died, he had ____ real
expectation that "The Lord of the Rings"
could be successfully filmed.
a. none
b. not
c. neither
d. no
25. While at school, he taught ____ Greek,
Middle English, Old English, Old Norse,
Gothic, Modern and medieval Welsh,
Finnish, Spanish, and Italian.
a. himself
b. him
c. his

d. he
26. Other languages of which he had a
working knowledge ____ Russian,
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, and
Lombardic.
a. including
b. include
c. to include
d. includes
27. ____ these languages, Tolkien invented
14 different languages and assorted
alphabets for his Middle-earth dwellers.
a. In addition to
b. Beside
c. Furthermore
d. Also
28. The British rock band Marillion, popular in
the UK ____ the 1980s, took their name
from his novel 'The Silmarillion'.
a. when
b. at
c. on
d. during
29. He ____ the 'International Fantasy Award'
in 1957 for his book 'The Lord of the
Rings'.
a. achieved
b. presented
c. won
d. succeeded

30. The German Heavy Metal band Blind
Guardian base a lot of their songs on
Tolkien's work, ____ Gandalf's Rebirth,
By the gates of Moria, etc.
a. so as to
b. such as
c. such that
d. so that
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31. He was extremely ____ when 'The Lord
of the Rings' was published in the mid-
50s as three different stories.
a. annoyance
b. annoying
c. annoy
d. annoyed
32. Locus magazine conducted ____ in 1987
from among its readers to vote for the
Best All-time Fantasy Novel.
a. an experiment
b. a campaign
c. a negotiation
d. a poll
33. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' (1955)
and 'The Hobbit' (1934) won 1st and 2nd
place ____.
a. respectively
b. respect
c. respectful
d. respected

34. The ____ publication of The Lord of the
Rings was delayed for two reasons.
a. origin
b. original
c. originally
d. originate
35. Tolkien tried to get out of his obligation to
his publisher, Allen & Unwin, because
____ publisher had agreed to his wish to
use different colors of ink for different
parts of the book.
a. other
b. others
c. another
d. one another
36. Gandalf, ____ Mithras and Jesus, dies
and is reborn.
a. alike
b. likes
c. dislikes
d. like
37. Mithras sacrificed a cosmic bull, ____
darkness, while Gandalf falls fighting the
Balrog.
a. symbolizing
b. symbolize
c. symbolized
d. symbolizes
38. He started writing The Lord of the Rings
with no idea ____ the story would

eventually go.
a. where
b. which
c. what
d. who
39. This led to it not being structured at all
like a proper novel, with many characters
left underdeveloped, many ideas ____,
and character groups essentially
forgotten for very long periods.
a. repeating
b. to repeat
c. repeated
d. repeat
40. The only actor from Peter Jackson's film
adaptations of "Lord of the Rings" ____
actually met JRR Tolkien is Christopher
Lee.
a. having
b. has
c. had
d. to have
41. Lee was very fond of Tolkien's books, and
Tolkien himself even said that Lee would
have been a good ____ for the role of the
wizard Saruman.
a. choose
b. chosen
c. choice
d. chose

42. While writing the Lord of the Rings, he
originally intended for Aragorn to marry
Éowyn, but later decided to have her
____ Faramir.
a. marrying
b. marry
c. to marry
d. married
43. A hunt is under way in central Thailand
for up to a dozen crocodiles ____ to have
escaped from a breeding farm.
a. believed
b. believe
c. believing
d. believe
44. Local villagers have called for tougher
restrictions on crocodile farms, ____ they
say operate illegally.
a. which some of
b. of which some
c. some which of
d. some of which
45. They say they dare not go ____ the rivers
and canals to wash or swim while the
reptiles remain on the loose.
a. close
b. nearly
c. near
d. next
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46. Top British transplant surgeons have
accused China of ____ the organs of
thousands of executed prisoners every
year to sell for transplants.
a. harvested
b. harvesting
c. to harvest
d. harvest
47. The move comes less than a week after
Chinese officials ____ denied that the
practice took place.
a. public
b. publicist
c. publicity
d. publicly
48. The British Transplantation Society says
an accumulating weight of evidence
suggests that the organs of thousands of
executed prisoners in China are being
removed for transplants without ____.
a. consent
b. debate
c. issue
d. satisfaction
49. The emergence of transplant tourism has
made the ____ of health organs even
more lucrative.
a. sell
b. sold
c. sale

d. sail
50. Patients increasingly come from Western
countries, including the UK, ____ Japan
and South Korea.
a. as well
b. as well as
c. either
d. rather
51. Secrecy surrounding executions in China
has always made ____ facts.
a. it difficult to gather
b. difficult to gather
c. it difficulty to gather
d. it difficult gathering
52. European countries need to work more
____ together in planning for a future flu
pandemic.
a. strictly
b. tightly
c. closely
d. severely
53. Avian flu has been found in birds in Italy,
Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria,
France, Slovenia and Britain, ____ so far
no humans have become infected in the
European Union.
a. or
b. however
c. because
d. but

54. Worldwide around 200 people have
become infected, _____ have died, most
in South East Asia.
a. half of whom
b. half of them
c. half of who
d. whom half of
55. Six volunteers who were taken seriously
ill during a drugs trial have been offered
an interim payment of £5,000, ____ they
agree not to sue.
a. unless
b. if
c. although
d. during
56. Lawyers for four of the men said the drug
manufacturer, TeGenero, had agreed to
pay ____ but had attached a "no-fault"
clause in the agreement.
a. compensation
b. reimbursement
c. fee
d. charge
57. A John Lennon schoolbook _____ an
illustration of a walrus has been sold at
auction for £126,500.
a. contained
b. contains
c. contain
d. containing

58. The scene in which Pippin is looking for
Merry after the battle on Pelennor Fields
was digitally altered ____ it appears to be
night instead of day.
a. therefore
b. and
c. so that
d. but
59. According to Peter Jackson on the
commentary track, this was done to make
it ____ that Pippin has been looking for
hours instead of minutes.
a. appearing
b. to appear
c. appeared
d. appear
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60. ____ was given a gift on their last day of
shooting, usually a prop that was
significant to their roles.
a. Each the cast members
b. Each of the cast members
c. Each of cast members
d. Each cast members
61. Horses ____ by the production company
were placed up for auction to the cast
and crew after the film was shot.
a. owned
b. owning
c. to own

d. were owned
62. ____ filming the trilogy, Viggo Mortensen
got so into character that during a
conversation, Peter Jackson referred to
him as "Aragorn" for over half an hour
without Mortensen's realizing it.
a. Because
b. Moreover
c. While
d. As a result
63. The battle scenes, which reportedly
contain over 200,000 digital participants,
are ____ huge that an extra room had to
be built onto Weta Digital's effects facility
to house all the computer equipment
needed to render the scenes.
a. too
b. such a
c. such
d. so
64. Andy Serkis and Elijah Wood were given
prop rings ____ in the movie by director
Peter Jackson.
a. use
b. used
c. using
d. to use
65. The opening scene ____ tells the origin
of Gollum was originally shot for The Lord
of the Rings: The Two Towers.

a. who
b. in which
c. which
d. when
66. For the scene where Merry and Pippin
are smoking their pipes at Isengard,
Dominic Monaghan (Merry) had to drink a
glass of milk beforehand to keep ____
from throwing up while smoking the pipe.
a. them
b. it
c. himself
d. him
67. The Lord of the Rings trilogy became the
most nominated film series in Academy
Award history with 30 nominations, ____
both the Godfather trilogy (28) and the
Star Wars franchise (21).
a. surpassing
b. outnumbering
c. dominating
d. balancing
68. The movie tied with Ben-Hur (1959) and
Titanic (1997) to win the most Oscars
(11) in____.
a. a single years
b. single year
c. single a year
d. a single year
69. It broke another record by winning all the

Oscars ____ it was nominated (11 out of
11).
a. which
b. for which
c. that
d. for whom
70. A veteran US test pilot who was the first
person to fly at twice the speed of sound
has died in a plane _____.
a. collapse
b. ruin
c. crash
d. incident
71. Scott Crossfield, 84, ____ a single-
engine aircraft when it vanished from
radar during a flight from Alabama to
Virginia.
a. is flying
b. was flying
c. has been flying
d. was flown
72. Mr Crossfield was considered ____ of his
time.
a. one of the greatest test pilot
b. the one of greatest test pilots
c. one of greatest test pilots
d. one of the greatest test pilots
73. He made aeronautical history in 1953
____ he reached a speed of Mach 2 in a
Skyrocket aircraft.

a. during
b. when
c. while
d. unless
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74. The test pilot reached Mach 2 - a speed
of more than 2,124 ____- on November
20, 1953.
a. kilometers an hour
b. kilometers a hour
c. kilometers per hours
d. kilometers of an hour
75. President George W Bush has urged the
Chinese president to do more to close
the US-China trade ____.
a. balance
b. agreement
c. gap
d. policy
76. There were no ____ at talks in
Washington, though President Hu Jintao
said China would "continue to take steps"
to revalue China's currency.
a. discoveries
b. breakthroughs
c. conflicts
d. controversies
77. A speech by President Hu at the White
House was ____ by a protester from the
Falun Gong religious sect.

a. stimulated
b. delivered
c. composed
d. disrupted
78. The female protester - ____ as Wenyi
Wang, an accredited journalist with the
Epoch Times newspaper - yelled out from
the media section during Mr Hu's speech.
a. identified
b. called
c. nominated
d. served
79. The newspaper - which is understood to
be supportive of the Falun Gong
movement - later ____ an apology.
a. declared
b. determined
c. created
d. issued
80. The incident highlights the difficult ____
between the two countries.
a. related
b. relative
c. relationship
d. relatively
81. Mr. Bush urged Mr. Hu to take action over
the Yuan. US producers say that its low
value has contributed ____ the massive
US trade deficit with China.
a. with

b. to
c. of
d. for
82. Mr. Bush asked for China's help to restart
____ negotiations over North Korea's
nuclear program.
a. stalled
b. stalling
c. to stall
d. stall
83. Mr. Hu pledged that China would try to
help resolve nuclear disputes with both
Iran and North Korea, but insisted ____ a
diplomatic solution.
a. in
b. of
c. on
d. with
84. Sony has cut the price of ____ best-
selling PlayStation 2 by $20 in the US.
a. their
b. its
c. them
d. it
85. The price drop was ____ expected,
coming ahead of the planned November
launch of Sony's new PlayStation 3.
a. wide
b. width
c. widen

d. widely
86. Console makers ____ reduce the price of
existing machines in the run-up to the
release of a new model.
a. usually
b. on a daily basis
c. day after day
d. each day
87. Since its appearance in 2000, Sony ____
more than 101 million units globally.
a. is manufacturing
b. has been manufactured
c. manufactures
d. has manufactured
88. Console sales have been in ____ over
the past few months, as gamers save up
their cash to invest in a next generation
machine.
a. decline
b. demand
c. despair
d. debt
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89. Crude oil breached the $74 a barrel mark
in New York on Friday, on persistent fears
that demand will squeeze global ____.
a. consumptions
b. requirements
c. supplies
d. competitions

90. In London the price of Brent North Sea
crude ____ to $73.74, after touching a
record $74.22 on Thursday.
a. rose
b. fell
c. mounted
d. reached
91. The ongoing row between Iran and the
US over Tehran's nuclear program has
____ concerns about the future of
supplies from the world's fourth biggest
exporter.
a. expressed
b. addressed
c. shared
d. caused
92. On Friday the Iranian president said Iran
should rely on ____ produced petrol from
September, thus making it less liable to
be affected by any sanctions.
a. domestic
b. domesticated
c. domestically
d. domestication
93. England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is
confident that four key players will
recover ____ injury in time for the World
Cup.
a. from
b. against

c. for
d. of
94. Michael Owen, Sol Campbell, Ashley
Cole and Ledley King have been
sidelined, but Eriksson is happy with the
progress they are ____ with their injuries.
a. doing
b. making
c. monitoring
d. measuring
95. Arsenal duo Cole and Campbell, plus
Newcastle's Owen, will play before
_____.
a. end of the season
b. ending of the season
c. the end of the season
d. an end of the season
96. Defender Cole had played just once in six
months before a reserve team outing this
week, ____ Eriksson is relieved to see
him on the mend.
a. for
b. despite
c. but
d. however
97. Owen, ____ broke his foot at Spurs on
New Year's Eve, is close to a comeback
after being named in the Newcastle
squad to face West Bromwich Albion.
a. that

b. whom
c. when
d. who
98. Campbell is now back in Arsenal first-
team contention after ankle and toe
injuries, although a ____ nose has
temporarily set him back.
a. broken
b. breaking
c. broke
d. breakage
99. The CIA has sacked an employee for
____ secret information to the media.
a. leaking
b. containing
c. extracting
d. sharing
100. Several US media outlets named her
as Mary McCarthy, an intelligence analyst
who ____ a special assistant to Bill
Clinton and George W Bush.
a. acted on
b. waited on
c. served as
d. characterized as
101. The CIA refused to confirm any names,
but said a worker had admitted to "the
unauthorized sharing of classified
information" ____ the media.
a. to

b. about
c. among
d. with
102. The agency said the employee was
fired after a three-month long ____.
a. investment
b. investigation
c. inclusion
d. insertion
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103. In her final position at the CIA, she was
assigned to its Office of Inspector
General, looking into allegations that the
CIA was ____ in torture at Iraqi prisons.
a. admitted
b. participated
c. involved
d. concerned
104. The CIA was rocked by ____ in
November that the US was detaining
terror suspects at "secret jails" abroad.
a. returns
b. reports
c. refunds
d. reform
105. The information, initially published in
US daily The Washington Post, sparked
an outcry in several countries ____
governments are allied to the US.
a. which

b. whom
c. where
d. whose
106. The US ____ that it is using prisons in
allied nations to hold terror suspects.
a. has never confirmed
b. never has confirmed
c. has confirmed never
d. never confirmed has
107. Speaking to Congress in February, CIA
director Porter Goss ____ a federal grand
jury to uncover the origin of the leaks.
a. called off
b. called in
c. called for
d. called back
108. The CIA did not specify ____ the firing
of its employee was related to the leaks
in The Washington Post or not.
a. how
b. when
c. where
d. whether
109. Citing the Privacy Act, the CIA would
not ____ any details about the officer's
identity or what she might have told the
news media.
a. disclose
b. discover
c. remember

d. obtain
110. Wang Wenyi, 47, was charged with
harassing, ____ and threatening a
foreign official.
a. intimidates
b. intimidated
c. to intimidate
d. intimidating
111. If she were convicted, Ms. Wang ____
six months in jail and a fine of $5,000.
a. will face
b. could face
c. would have faced
d. had faced
112. Ms Wang had received a press pass for
the White House event on behalf of the
English-language Epoch Times, which
has ____ supported Falun Gong in the
past.
a. strictly
b. stringently
c. strongly
d. harshly
113. The former coach of Brazil's national
football team, Tele Santana, has died
____.
a. at the age of 74
b. for the age of 74
c. at the age 74
d. with the age of 74

114. Santana guided a Brazilian national
team that ____ stars such as Zico,
Socrates, Falcao, Junior and Eder
through the World Cup in 1982 and 1986.
a. involved
b. injured
c. incised
d. included
115. He encouraged the attacking,
flamboyant form of football ____ Brazil is
famed - though neither side he coached
went on to lift the World Cup.
a. which
b. that
c. for which
d. whose
116. A California woman is going ahead with
the construction of a house ____ of
elements from a 747 Jumbo jet.
a. makes
b. making
c. to make
d. made
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117. The wing of the Boeing jet will be used
for the roof, its nose as a meditation
temple while its trademark "bulge" will
____ as a loft.
a. serve
b. refer

c. identify
d. consider
118. The plane's parts were ____ from an
airplane scrap yard in California.
a. obstructed
b. obtained
c. obscured
d. obeyed
119. The plane’s parts ____ around
$100,000 to purchase.
a. worth
b. cost
c. charge
d. pay
120. The construction of the project, which is
expected to start in June, ____ likely to
cost several million dollars by the time it
is completed.
a. is thought
b. are thinking
c. thinks
d. has thought
121. Ms Rehwald's family owns one of
California's ____.
a. largest Mercedes-Benz dealership
b. the largest Mercedes-Benz
dealerships
c. largest Mercedes-Benz
dealerships
d. the largest Mercedes-Benz

dealership
122. Police in the US state of Kansas say
they have foiled an attack on a school on
____ of the Columbine massacre.
a. seventh anniversary
b. the seventh anniversaries
c. the seven anniversary
d. the seventh anniversary
123. Five boys, aged 16 to 18, were arrested
after a message on a website warned
students at the school in Riverton to wear
bullet-proof vests ____ 20 April.
a. in
b. at
c. on
d. for
124. In 1999, two pupils shot dead 12 fellow
students and a teacher before killing
_____ at Columbine in Colorado.
a. them
b. themselves
c. they
d. their
125. The alleged plot at Riverton High was
foiled after a message was ____ on My
Space.com, a website popular with
teenagers.
a. posted
b. indicated
c. attacked

d. carried
126. The message said that the attack would
target a dozen students and a member of
staff on 20 April, ____ is also Hitler's
birthday.
a. when
b. that
c. who
d. which
127. The Bush administration is pushing for
____ measures to combat child
pornography online.
a. braver
b. stiffer
c. tougher
d. more serious
128. The proposals were ____ by US
Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, who
said that the net had created an
"epidemic" of child pornography.
a. announced
b. announcement
c. announce
d. announcing
129. The Chinese economy has continued to
grow faster than ____, prompting calls for
government action to curb investment
and tighten lending.
a. preceded
b. prepared

c. presented
d. predicted
130. At least seven members of a wedding
party have died after their bus fell into a
river ____ the south-western Bangladeshi
town of Narail.
a. near
b. nearly
c. next
d. close
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1. A
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. A
16. C
17. D
18. A

19. B
20. D
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. D
25. A
26. B
27. A
28. D
29. C
30. B
31. D
32. D
33. A
34. B
35. C
36. D
37. A
38. A
39. C
40. D
41. C
42. B
43. A
44. D
45. C
46. B
47. D
48. A

49. C
50. B
51. A
52. C
53. D
54. A
55. B
56. A
57. D
58. C
59. D
60. B
61. A
62. C
63. D
64. B
65. C
66. C
67. A
68. D
69. B
70. C
71. B
72. D
73. B
74. A
75. C
76. B
77. D
78. A

79. D
80. C
81. B
82. A
83. C
84. B
85. D
86. A
87. D
88. A
89. C
90. B
91. D
92. C
93. A
94. B
95. C
96. C
97. D
98. A
99. A
100. C
101. D
102. B
103. C
104. B
105. D
106. A
107. C
108. D

109. A
110. D
111. B
112. C
113. A
114. D
115. C
116. D
117. A
118. B
119. B
120. A
121. C
122. D
123. C
124. B
125. A
126. D
127. C
128. A
129. D
130. A
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