Level TOEFL lesson 15 pdf

Level TOEFL lesson 15
1. In his autobiography, ‘The education of Henry Adams’,
Adams attempted to show that his generation ________.
A
(A) did not know how to live in a technological
society
(B) did not know living in a technological society
(C) was not knowing how live in a technological society
(D) had not known living in a technological society
2. We all saw the athlete when he ________ the fastest
mile ever run at the school.
C
(A) run
(B) running
(C) ran
(D) had run
3. The ________wanted to continue their tour even though
the bus had broken down.
C
(A) tourist
(B) tourists have
(C) tourists
(D) tourist had
4. For the investor who ________ money, silver or bonds
are good options.
B
(A) has so little a
(B) has very little
(C) has so few
(D) has very few
5. To relieve pain caused by severe burns, prevent

infection, and treat for shock, ________.
D
(A) taking immediate steps
(B) to take immediate steps
(C) taken steps immediately
(D) take immediate steps
6. Canada does not require that U.S. citizens obtain
passports to enter the country, and ________.
B
(A) Mexico does neither
(B) Mexico doesn’t either
(C) neither Mexico does
(D) either does Mexico
7. Flight nineteen from New York and Washington is now
arriving at ________.
A
(A) gate two
(B) the gate two
(C) the two gate
(D) second gate
8. Sesame ________ a herbaceous plant native to the
tropics.
A
(A) is
(B) which
(C) from
(D) it is
9. A log grabber has a long arm ________, which
stretches out to pick up logs.
D

(A) calls a jib
(B) calling a jib
(C) a jib called
(D) called a jib
10. The families were told to evacuate their houses
immediately ________.
B
(A) at the time when the water began to go up to
(B) when the water began to rise
(C) when up was going the water
(D) in the time when the water raised
11. ________ the lip of an open-pit copper mine, the huge
tractors and cranes below look like toys, and people look
like tiny ants scurrying about.
D
(A) Where
(B) While
(C) That
(D) From
12. Double stars orbit ________.
B
(A) each to the other
(B) each other
(C) each other one
(D) other each one
13. The bird’s egg is such an efficient structure for
protecting the embryo inside ________ difficult for the
hatchling to break.
D
(A) that is

(B) that
(C) and is
(D) that it is
14. Besides rain, ________ is seldom pure.
B
(A) water naturally
(B) natural water
(C) water of nature
(D) the nature’s water
15. A dolphin ________ a porpoise in that it has a longer
nose.
D
(A) different
(B) differs
(C) different than
(D) differs from
16. A symbol of the ancient competition, the Olympic
flame burns ________ throughout the games.
C
(A) in a continuous way
(B) continuous
(C) continuously
(D) continual
17. Although they are both grown in the United States and
exported abroad, corn is not native to America and winter
wheat ________.
B
(A) is neither
(B) isn’t either
(C) isn’t neither

(D) is either
18. Although blood ________ a residue in urine and stool
samples, it cannot always be detected without the aid of a
microscope.
C
(A) let
(B) leave
(C) leaves
(D) lets
19. Prospectors rushed to Nevada in 1859 ________ was
discovered there.
B
(A) after gold soon
(B) soon after gold
(C) gold was soon after
(D) they found gold
20. ________ the Christmas shopping season begins.
C
(A) That is after Thanksgiving
(B) After Thanksgiving it is
(C) It is after Thanksgiving that
(D) It is Thanksgiving that