Rabu, 17 April 2013

TOEFL 2


TOEFL EXERCISE: 

(Skill 1-3) : Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct.

1.  Nobody (A) know when the (B) process of glass making(C) was (D) invented.
                  
Answer   : A (know) is incorrect. Know should be knows because nobody is singular.

2.  The languages of the world (A) presents a vast (B) array of structural (C) similarities and (D) differences.
                                                     
Answer   : A (presents) is incorrect. Presents should be present because the subject is the languages and the languages is plural.

3.  The rise of multinationals (A) have (B)resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals(C) can (D) operate in so many jurisdictions.
                         
Answer   : A (have) is incorrect. Have should be has because the rise is subject and the rise is singular.

4.  All of the east west interstate highways in the United States (A) has even (B) numbers, while north south interstate highways (C) are (D) odd numbered.
                                             
Answer   : A (has) is incorrect. The subject (all) can be singular or plural, depending on what follows the preposition of and the following preposition of is the east west interstate highways. The east west interstate highways is plural, so has should be have.

5.  (A) When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud(B)exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos(C) were (D)detected on Earth.

Answer   : C (were) is incorrect. Were should be was because a wave is singular subject.

6.  Every open space in the (A) targeted area that (B) hasgrass and a few bushes (C) are (D) occupied by the white crowned sparrow.

Answer   : B (has) is incorrect. The rule of singular is every + noun, while in the sentence is every + verb, so that isn't singular. Has should be have.

7.   Krakatoa (A) is remembered as the volcano that(B) put so much ash into the air that sunsets around the world (C) was affected for two years (D) afterward.
                        
Answer   : B (put) is incorrect. Put should be puts, because Krakatoa is singular subject.

8.   The term "Yankee" (A) was originally a nick name for people from New England, but now anyone from the United States (B) are (C) referred (D) to as a Yankee.
                                       
Answer   : B (are) is incorrect. Are should be is, because anyone is singular subject.

9.   A network of small arteries, mostly (A) sandwichedbetween the skin and (B) underlying muscles,(C) supply (D) blood to the face and scalp.
   
Answer   : C (supply) is incorrect. The subject is a network and a network is singular, so supply should be supplies. 

10.  Mesquit (A) is a (B)small tree in Southwest (C)whocan (D) withstand the severest drought.
                      
Answer   : D (withstand) is incorrect because the subject is singular, so withstand should be withstands.