Level TOEFL lesson 25 docx

Level TOEFL lesson 25
1. ________ thirteen states in the original United States.
B
(A) As there were
(B) There were
(C) Were
(D) So were
2. Tuna, ________, may weigh up to 1,000 pounds.
C
(A) is the sea giant
(B) can be giants of the sea
(C) one of the sea giants
(D) the sea of the giant
3. ________ there is a close correlation between stress
and illness.
A
(A) Some psychologists believe
(B) Believed some psychologists
(C) Some psychologists to believe
(D) Some psychologists believing
4. ________ is often used in soups and sauces.
A
(A) Parsley, an inexpensive herb,
(B) Parsley is an inexpensive herb
(C) Inexpensive parsley, herb
(D) An herb is inexpensive parsley,
5. ________, common weedy plants with many-rayed
yellow flowers, are more popular among children than
among adults.
B
(A) Known as dandelions

(B) Dandelions
(C) In summer
(D) Which are dandelions
6. One of the professor’s greatest attributes is ________.
D
(A) when he gives lectures
(B) how in the manner that he lectures
(C) the way to give lectures
(D) his ability to lecture
7. ________ four major championships on the
professional golf tour.
D
(A) They are
(B) The
(C) In all
(D) There are
8. Progressive farmers use several methods to prevent top
soil ________.
A
(A) from running off
(B) to run off
(C) from to run off
(D) to running off
9. America’s first globe maker was James Wilson, who
________ and blacksmith in his earlier life.
B
(A) a farmer had been
(B) had been a farmer
(C) farming
(D) being a farmer

10. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi ________ the 1937 Nobel Prize
for medicine for his synthesis of ascorbic acid.
A
(A) was awarded
(B) to award
(C) awarded
(D) awarding
11. ________ Social Security Act of 1935 was written to
insure workers against unemployment.
A
(A) The
(B) What the
(C) For the
(D) After the
12. The more she worked ________.
A
(A) the less she achieved
(B) she achieved not enough
(C) she did not achieve enough
(D) she was achieving less
13. Having been selected to represent the Association of
American Engineers at the International Convention,
________.
B
(A) the members applauded him
(B) he gave a short acceptance speech
(C) a speech had to be given by him
(D) the members congratulated him
14. The decomposition of microscopic animals at the
bottom of the sea results in an accumulation of ________

in porous rocks.
B
(A) the oil
(B) oil
(C) an oil
(D) oils
15. A perennial is ________ for more than two years, such
as trees and shrubs.
C
(A) any plant that it continues to grow
(B) any plant it continuing to grow
(C) any plant that continues to grow
(D) any plant continuing growth
16. Hybrids have one more ________ per plant than the
other varieties.
B
(A) corns
(B) ear of corn
(C) corn ears
(D) corn’s ears
17. Less moderate members of Congress are insisting that
changes in the social security system ________ made.
D
(A) will
(B) are
(C) being
(D) be
18. The javelin used in competition must be between 260
and 270 centimeters ________
A

(A) in length
(B) it is long
(C) whose length
(D) lengthily
19. The closer to one of the earth’s poles, the greater
________ gravitational force.
B
(A) is
(B) the
(C) has
(D) it has
20. Pigs ________ certain characteristics with human
beings.
D
(A) freshmen permitted
(B) freshmen are permitted
(C) are freshmen permitted
(D) are permitted freshmen