TOEIC Test-FIND THE MISTAKE

Student’s name:________________ CLASS :______________________
FIND THE MISTAKE.
1.T

h

e m a

in office of the factory can b

e f

o un

d in Maple Street in New York City.
A B C D
2.Because there are l e

ss members present tonight t h a

n there w e

r e last night, we must wait until the next meeting to

v o

t e .
A B C D
3.David is pa

r tic u

l a

r ly f on

d o f cooking, and he o f

t e

n

c oo

ks re a

lly delicious meals.
A B C D
4.The p

r o

gr e

ss m

a

d e in

s pa

c e travel f

o

r the early 1960s is remarkable.
A B C D
5.Sandra has no

t r a

r e

l y missed a p

l a

y or concert si n

ce she w a

s

s e

v en

t e e

n

y ea

r s o

l d

.
A B C D
6.T

h

e governor ha

s not decided ho

w to dea

l w ith the new problems a

l r ead

y .
A B C D
7.T

he

r e

w a

s a very interesting news o

n

t h

e radio this morning a

b o

u t the earthquake in Italy.
A B C D
8.The professor had already give t h

e

h o

m e

w o

r k a

ssi g n

m

e n

t when he h a

d r e

m

e m

b e

r e

d that M o

n da

y w a

s a holiday.
A B C D
9.Having been beaten b

y the police f o

r st r iki n

g a

n

o f f

i c e

r , t h e m

a

n will c r

y ou

t in pain.
A B C D
10.This table is n o

t

s t ud

y enou

g h to

s up

p o

r t a television, and t h

a t

o n

e probably isn’t ne

i t he

r .
A B C D
11.The bridge w a

s h

it t i n

g by a large ship du

r i n

g a s u

d de

n storm l a

st week.

A B C D
12.T

h e

c om pan

y representative sold t o

t h e m

a

n a

g e

r a s e

w i n

g machine f o

r forty dollars.
A B C D
13.The t a

x i d

r i v e

r t o

ld

t h

e m

a n to d

o n

’t a

ll o

w his disobedient son t o han

g o

u t the window.
A B C D
14.These televisions are q u

ite popular in Europe, but t h o

se one

s a

r e not.
A B C D
15.Harvey seldom pa

y s h

is b

ills o

n ti m e

, and h

is brother d

o e

s t oo

.
A B C D
16.The p

r ice o f crude oil used to be a gr ea

t deal l o

w e

r than now, w a

s n

’t

i t

?
A B C D
17.When a

n university formulates ne

w r e

g u

l a

ti on

s , it m

u

s t

r e

l a

y its decision to the students and faculty.
A B C D
18.Jim was up

s e t last night be

c a u

se he h

a d

t o d

o too m an

y h

o m

e

w o

r ks .
A B C D
19.There is some sci s s o

r s in the desk drawer in the bedroom if you need them.
A B C D
20.The Board of Realtors doesn’t have any i n f

o

rm a

ti o n

s a

b ou

t the i n

c r ea

se i n r en

t f

o

r this area.
A B C D
21.George is not e n

oug h

i n

t e

lli g en

t to pa

ss t h is e

c o

n o

m

ics class without help.
A B C D
22.T

h e

r e

w e

r e so m

u

c h people trying to leave t h e

b u

r n

i n

g building t ha

t the police had a great deal of trouble
A B C D
controlling them.
23.John lived in New York si n

ce 1960 to 1975, but he is n o

w l i

v i n

g i

n Detroit .
A B C D
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24.The fire began i n the f

i f

t h floor o f the hotel, but it s o

o n

s p

re a

d to adjacent floors.
A B C D
25.Mrs. Anderson bought l a

st

w ee

k a ne

w s po

r ts c a

r ; h o

w e

v e

r , she ha

s y e

t

to l ea

r n h o

w to o

p e

r a

te the manual
A B C D
gearshift.
26.She wishes that we d

i d n

’t

s e

n d h e

r t h e

c and

y yesterday be

c au se she’s o

n a diet.
A B C D
27.They are p

l a nn

i n

g o

n a tt e nd

i n

g the convention ne

x t month, and so

I

a m

.
A B C D

28.Today was s u

ch

b eau

t i f u

l day that I couldn’t bring m

y s e

l f t o

c o m

p

l e

t e all m

y c ho

r e

s .
A B C D
29.W

h ile they w e

r e away at the beach, they allowed t he

ir n e

i g hbo

r s u

se their barbecue grill.
A B C D
30.The artist tried st i m u

l a

te i n

t e

r e

st in painting b

y t a

lki n

g his students to

t h

e museums.
A B C D
31.Mumps a

r e a very c o

m m

o n d

is e a

se w h

ich u

s u a

lly affects children.
A B C D
32.Nancy said t h a

t she w en

t to the supermarket be f

o

r e

c o m

i n

g home.
A B C D
33.B e f

o

r e she moved here, Arlene had b ee

n president o f

t h e organization si n

ce four years.
A B C D
34.Each o f

t h

e nurses r epo

r t to the operating room when h

is o

r he

r na

m e is c a

ll ed

.
A B C D
35.The a t h

l e

t e

, together w ith h

is c oa

ch and several relatives, a

r e traveling to the Olympic Games.
A B C D
36.Professor Duncan t ea

c h e

s b

o th an

t h

r opo

l o

g y as well as sociology ea

ch f

a

ll .
A B C D
37.My brother is in California o

n vacation, but I wish he w a

s here so that he could help m

e r epa

ir m y c a

r .
A B C D
38.I c e

r t a

i n

ly appreciate h

i m t e

lli n

g u

s about the delay in de

li v e

r i n

g the materials because we had planned to begin
A B C D
work tomorrow.
39.The chemistry instructor explained the experiment in s u

ch o f

a w a

y that it w a

s ea

sily unde

r st oo

d .
A B C D
40.Rudolph Nureyev ha

s be

c o

m e one of the gr ea

t e

st d an

c e

r that the ballet world has e

v e

r k no

w n

.

A B C D
41.He has l e

ss friends in h

is classes now t h

a n he had l a

st y ea

r .
A B C D
42.The town we visited w a

s a f

o u

r- da

y s journey from our hotel, so we t oo

k the train instead o f

t h

e bus.
A B C D
43.The influence of the n

a ti on

’s literature, art, and sci en

c e h a

v e captured w i de

s p

r ea

d attention.
A B C D
44.The leader emphasized t h

e

n ee

d f

o

r j u

s tice and equality be

t w e

e n his p eop

l e

.
A B C D
45.Ma n

y of the population in the r u

r a

l a

re a

s is c o

m po

s e d

o f manual l abo

r e

r s .
A B C D
46.Several people ha

v e a

p pa

re n

t tried to change t h

e m an

’s m

i nd

, but he refuses to

list e

n .
A B C D
47.Keith is one of t h e m

o

st intelligent boys o f the sc i en

ce class.
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A B C D

48.The girls w e

r e

s o

r r

y to ha

d m

iss e d the singers w he

n they a

rr i v e

d

a

t the airport.
A B C D
49.When Keith visited Alaska, he li v e

d in a igloo in the winter m

o

n t h s a

s w e

ll a

s in the spring.
A B C D
50.The harder he t r i ed , the w o

r st he d an

c e d before the l a

rg e audience.
A B C D
51.The officials object to t h e

m w ea

r i n

g long dresses for the inaugural dance a

t t h

e

c ou

n t r y cl ub

.
A B C D
52.Janet is finally used to c oo

k on an electric stove a f

t e

r ha

v i n

g a gas on

e f o

r so l on

g .
A B C D
53.He k no

w s to repair t h

e carburetor without t a

lki n

g the whole car a pa

r t

.
A B C D
54.Stuart stopped t o w r ite his letter be

c a u

se he had to l ea

v e f

o

r t h

e ho

s p

i t a

l .
A B C D
55.She must r e

t y p

i n

g the report b

e f o

r e she h and

s it in t o

t h e director of financing.
A B C D
56.How m

u

c h times d

id

Rich

a n

d

J e nn

i f e

r h

a v e

to do the experiment before they ob

t a

i ne

d t h

e r e

s u

lts they had b ee

n

A B C D
e

x pe

cti n

g .
57.Each of the s t u

d e

n ts in t h e accounting class has to type t he

ir o

w n research paper this semester.
A B C D
58.Mrs. Stevens, along w ith he

r c ou

s i n

s f

ro m New Mexico, a

r e planning to a

tt e n

d the festivities.
A B C D
59.They a

r e going to ha

v e

to l e a

v e

s oo

n , and so d

o we.
A B C D
60.All the s t u

d en

ts a

r e looking f

o

r w a

r d

s pe

nd i n

g t he

ir free time relaxing in the sun this summer.
A B C D
61.Dresses, skirts, shoes, and the c h

il d

re n

’s cl o

t h

i n

g is ad

v e

r tis e

d a

t reduced p

r ic e

s this weekend.
A B C D
62.Mary and he

r sis t e

r j u

st

b ou

g h

t t w o ne

w wi n

t e

r s coats at the clearance sale.
A B C D
63. A lunch o f soup and sandwiches d

o not a pp

e a

l to a

ll o f the students.
A B C D
64.Some of us ha

v e

t o study t he

ir lessons m o

r e

c a

re f u

lly if we expect to pa

ss this examination.
A B C D
65.Mr. Peters used to t h

i n

k of h

iss e

l f a

s t h

e o n

ly president o f

t h

e

c o m

p

a n

y .
A B C D
66.This instructor advised the students f o

r the p

r o

c e du

r e

s to f o

ll o

w in

w r iti n

g the term paper.
A B C D
67.Although both o f

t h e

m a

r e

t r y i n

g to

g e

t the scholarship, she has the h

i g he

st grades.
A B C D
68.The new technique c a

lls for h ea

t the mixture before app

l y i n

g it

to

t h e

w ood

.
A B C D
69.The pilot a n

d

t h

e

c r e

w d

ist r i bu

t e

d the life preservers be

t w ee

n the twenty f

ra n

tic p a

ss en

g e

r s .
A B C D
70.A five-thousand-do ll a

r s reward w a

s o

ff e

re d f

o

r t h

e

c ap

t u

r e

o f the escaped criminals.
A B C D
71.The e

q u

i p m

e n

t in t h

e

o ffice w a

s b

a d

ly in need of to b

e

re pa

i r e

d .
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A B C D
72. A liter is o n

e

o f

t h

e metric m

ea

s u

re m

e

n ts , a

r en

’t

t he

y ?
A B C D
73.We thought he is planning to g o o

n v a

c a

ti o

n a ft e

r t h

e f

i r st o f the month.
A B C D
74.There a

r e a large amount o f

f u

r n

it u

r e i n

t h e

st o

r e

ro o

m to t h

e l e f

t o f the library entrance.
A B C D
75.The president refuses to a

cc e p

t e

i t he

r of the four n e

w p

r opo

s a

ls m

a d

e b

y the contractors.
A B C D
76.W

h ile

s ea

r c h

i n

g for t h

e wreckage of a unidentified aircraft, the Coast Guard encountered s e

v e

r e

s q ua

lls a

t

s ea

.
A B C D
77.Although a number of police officers w a

s g ua

r d

i n

g the priceless t r ea

s u

r e

s in the museum, the director worried
A B
that someone w ou

ld

t r y to st ea

l them.
C D
78.Since it was so d

i f f

i c u

lt f

o

r American Indians to ne

g o

ti a te a peace treaty or declare war in

t h e

ir na

t i v e

l an

g ua

g e

,
A B C
they used a un

i v e

r s a

l understood form of sign language.
D
79.Louis Braille designed a form of communication en

a b

li n

g people to

c o n

v e

y and preserve their thoughts
A B
to i n

c o

r po

ra te a series of dots which w e

r e

r e

a d by the finger tips.
C D
80.While verbalization is t h

e m

o

s t

c om m

o

n f o

r m of language in e

x ist en

c e , humans make use of many o

t he

r s
A B C
s y st e

m

s and techniques to e

x p

r e

ss their thoughts and feelings.
D
81.The need f

o

r a w e

ll -r ound

e d

e du

c a ti o

n was an idea e

s p

o u

s e d by the Greeks in

ti m

e o f Socrates.
A B C D
82.Writers and media pe

r s o

n ne

l sell t he

i r s e

l v e

s best b

y t h

e impression given in their verbal e

x p

r e

ssi o

n .
A B C D
83.I n

t h

e

s p

i r it of the n a

t u

r a

list writers, that a u

t ho

r ’s work portrays man’s struggle for s u

r v i v i n

g .

A B C D
84.S t e

p h

e n

C r ane

’s st o

r y is a clinical portrayal o f

m

a n a

s a

n an

i m

a

l trapped by t h

e f ea

r and hunger.

A B C D
85.Engineers s u

c c e

ed e

d o n putting m

o

r e a

n d

m o

r e components o

n each silicon chip.
A B C D
86.For a long time, t h

i s officials h a

v e be

e n

k no

w n throughout the country a

s political bosses and l a w en

f

o

r c e

r s .
A B C D
87.Nora hardly ne

v e

r misses a n opportunity to p

l a

y in the tennis tournaments.
A B C D
88.Air pollution, together w ith littering, a

r e causing m

a n

y problems in ou

r l a

rg e

, industrial cities today.
A B C D
89.B e

c a u

se o f the severe snow storm and the road blocks, t h e air force d

ro pp

e d f oo

d and medical supplies cl o

se

t h e
A B C D
cit y .
90.Hummingbirds are t h

e on

ly b

i r d

s capable to f

ly backward a

s w e

ll a

s f

o

r w a

r d

, up, and down.
A B C D
91.T

h e news of the president’s treaty negotiations with the foreign government w e

r e r e

c e

i v e

d

w ith

m

ix e

d

e m

o ti on

s
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A B C
by the citizens o f

b o

th

g o

v e

r n

me n

ts .
D
92. Angie’s bilingual ability and previous experience w e

r e the qualities t h

a t

w h

ich h e

l p

e d

h e

r get the job over all
A B C
t h

e

o t he

r candidates.
D
93. J oe

l giving up s m

o ki n

g ha

s c au

s e

d h

im to g a

in weight and b e

c o m

e

i rr it ab

le with his acquaintances.
A B C D
94.They asked me w ha

t d

id h

a pp

e n l a

st n

i gh t

, but I was u

n ab

le to t e

ll t h

e m

.
A B C D
95.The t e

st administrator ordered w e no

t to o pe

n our books until he t o

ld u

s to d

o s o

.
A B C D
96. O u

r ne

w neighbors ha

d b

e e

n

li v i n

g in Arizona s i n

ce ten years be f o

r e m

o

v i n

g to their present house.
A B C D
97. I w ou

ld

o f attended the meeting o f

t h e p

l a nn

i n

g committee last week, but I ha

d to de

li v e

r a speech a

t a
A B C D
c o n

v en

ti on

.
98. We are s u p

p o

se to read a

ll o f

c ha

p t e

r seven and an

s w e

r the questions f o

r t o

m o

rr o

w ’s cl a

ss .
A B C D

99.The explanation that o u

r instructor g a

v e u

s was different t h

a n the one y ou

r s g a

v e

y ou

.
A B C D
100.In t h

e si x t een

th century, Spain b e

c a m

e

i n

v o

l v e

d

in

f

o

r e

i g n wars with s e

v e

r a

l o

t he

r European countries and
A B C
could not find the means o f f

i n an

ce the battles that ensued.
D
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