Tài liệu Toefl stucture bank part 10 ppt

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1994 年 08 月语法题
1. Groups of muscles in the head direct the actions necessary for _____.
(A) chew and swallow
(B) to chew and to swallow
(C) being chewed and swallowing
(D) chewing and swallowing

2. In the Osage tribe of Oklahoma, beaded belts _____ who held a high social status.
(A) only by women were fashioned
(B) by women were fashioned only
(C) were fashioned only by women
(D) were by women fashioned only

3. _____ commonly chosen as the first step to a career in public office.
(A) Why legal training is
(B) Legal training is
(C) Legal training that is
(D) It is legal training

4. In 1852 _____ one hundred piano-makers in New York alone.
(A) were
(B) had been
(C) there were
(D) being that there

5. Mammals have a larger, more well-developed brain _____ other animals.
(A) than do
(B) that are having
(C) which have
(D) that do

6. Astronomy developed from the observation _____ through regular cycles of motion.
(A) going to heavenly bodies
(B) the heavenly bodies going
(C) heavenly bodies that go
(D) that the heavenly bodies go

7. _____ the arctic regions receive little sunlight, the air there is too cold to hold much moisture.
(A) Because
(B) The reason that
(C) Therefore
(D) In consequence of

8. The wood of the holly tree, close-grained and very hard, _____ for musical instruments, furniture,
and interior design.
(A) is used
(B) uses
(C) used
(D) is using

9. Many English _____ were opposed to the American Revolution of 1776 moved to Canada, where
they were known as United Empire Loyalists.
(A) settling there
(B) they settled
(C) who were settlers
(D) settlers who
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10. The working conditions of railroad employees were _____ hazardous in the early days that private
insurance companies refused to insure the works.

(A) so
(B) very
(C) quite
(D) much

11. Elisha G. Otis invented a safety device designed to stop the fall of an elevator _____ supporting
cable should break.
(A) that which the
(B) if its
(C) might the
(D) were its

12. In areas away from the poles, the size of glaciers decreases in summer because the rising
temperatures cause the lower parts _____.
(A) melt
(B) are melting
(C) melted
(D) to melt

13. The final step in manufacturing cloth is ironing it between heavy rollers, _____ calendering.
(A) which process called
(B) process is being called
(C) is calling that process
(D) a process called

14. The science of horticulture, _____ the primary concerns are maximum yield and superior quality,
utilizes information derived from other sciences.
(A) and which
(B) in which
(C) which is

(D) which

15. While holding no official or elected position, _____ as a statesman of great wisdom and acumen.
(A) the respect of Booker T. Washington
(B) Booker T. Washington being respected
(C) Booker T. Washington was respected by many
(D) Many people respected Booker T. Washington

16. A symphony orchestra conductor selects the repertoire, interprets the music, and directed the
musicians during rehearsals.

17. The rhinoceros is known for its distinctive horns, which continue to growing throughout the
Animal‘s lifetime.

18. Before 1800 only a few small portable lamps had been making.

19. Dreaming is a distinct and necessary part of sleeping, usually it characterized by the occurrence
of rapid eye movement (REM).
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20. Sea turtle hatchlings sleep afloat at the surface of the water not adults tend to sleep far below the
surface.

21. Nearly all qualities in the physical world can be expressed in terms of four fundamentally
measurements: length, mass, time, and electrical charge.

22. Musical chords generally consist of three or four notes, which played at the same time.

23. The novel or short story are the literary forms most typically called fiction.

24. Eclecticism is the practice of mixing elements dissimilar in style in single work of art.

25. Speed refers only toward the rate of motion without specifying any direction of motion.

26. Turbines provide power for a various of machines including electric generators and water pumps.

27. Deciduous trees are those that shed all or nearly all of its leaves each year.

28. The same molecular orderliness that makes crystals so easy to analyze mathematically makes
them difficult using in the laboratory or the factory.

29. The Pacific Ocean constitutes about half of the Earth‘s water surface and cover about one-third of
the total area of the globe.

30. The Tennessee Valley Authority has chartered by the United States Congress in 1933 to construct
dams, power structures, and flood-control works along the Tennessee River and
its tributary streams.
分析：谓语动词后紧接 by+名词的短语，说明谓语应当用被动语态。应为 was chartered。
解题要点：见到划线的词后接 by+名词，应注意此处是否应当用被动语态。

31. The cost of preparing and harvesting an acre of field corn is extremely high even though in the
best of weather.
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32. John Audubon‘s firsthand acquaintance with birds and his impressionistic artistic give his drawings
their high value and wide popularity.

33. One of Phillis Wheatley‘s earliest verses, composed in her teens, celebrates learning, redemption,
and virtue, three principal themes of her work subsequent.

34. The Florida town of Seaside is laid out on its 80 acres so no point is more than a 10-or 15 minute
walks from another.

35. Statistics show that there are only slightly fewer males than females in the teaching profession,
yet it is popularly believed that the vast majority of teacher are women.

36. Canadian scarlet-clad guards and mounties with horseback are part of the summer scene in
Ottawa.

37. Bernese mountain dogs are hardy and loyalty, and they make excellent pets.

38. The basis concepts of systems engineering have been in use for centuries.

39. Some of the most celebrated publicity stunts while the history of radio were associated with Gracie
Allen.

40. Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the crust of the Earth, but the nonmetals oxygen and
silicon are more still abundant.
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1994 年 10 月语法题
1. Snow aids farmers by keeping heat in the lower ground levels, thereby _____ from freezing.
(A) to save the seeds
(B) saving the seeds
(C) which saves the seeds
(D) the seeds saved

2. _____ mineral content in the bones of very young children is low compared to that of adults.
(A) If the
(B) That is
(C) The

(D) It is the

3. _____, the silvery-checked hornbill chooses a hollow tree for a nest and seals herself in until her
chicks are grown.
(A) Protection for predators against
(B) Against protection predators for
(C) For protection against predators
(D) Predators against protection for

4. A floodplain is an extension of a river channel, _____ not inundated except during a flood.
(A) where is it
(B) but it is
(C) or is
(D) in case it

5. Even though John F. Kennedy failed to receive the Democratic Party‘s vice presidential nomination
in 1956, _____ won their nomination for President in 1960.
(A) he
(B) who
(C) and
(D) but

6. Since Tampa has a mild winter climate, _____ as a tourist resort.
(A) popular it
(B) that as popular
(C) popular
(D) it is popular

7. Cosmetics, rarely noted today for any dangerous properties, have been _____ for serious health
problems in the past.

(A) responsibility
(B) responsible
(C) its responsibility
(D) the responsible

8. The United States Congress made Washington, D.C., _____ in 1800.
(A) after the government center
(B) of the government center
(C) the center of government
(D) then the center of government

9. Astronomer Maria Mitchell was the first woman _____ to the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
(A) to be elected
(B) was elected