TOEFL quiz
1. The visitors ...............all the different ways of making brandy.
(a) had shown
(b) were shown
(c) have showed
(d) has shown
2. During the flood of 1927, the Red Cross,.......... out of emergency headquarters in
Mississippi , set up temporary shelters for the homeless.
(a) operates
(b) is operating
(c) has operated
(d) operating
3. In bacteria and in other organisms, ..........is the nucleic acid DNA that provides the
genetic information .
(a) both
(b) which
(c) and
(d) it
4. We are a little late - the play ......... begun.
(a) has just
(b) just
(c) is just
(d) had just
5. Tommy had his big brother .......... his shoes for him.
(a) to tie
(b) tie
(c) tied
(d) tying
6. You are not half ................... you think you are.
(a) as clever as
(b) as clever like
(c) so clever as
(d) so clever like
7. We have been told that under no circumstances .......... the telephone in the office for
personal affairs.
(a) may we use
(b) we could use
(c) we use
(d) did we use
8. Being a pop star can be quite a hard life, with a lot of traveling .......... heavy schedules.
(a) with regard to
(b) in relation to
(c) as to
(d) owing to
9. Young sparrows are helpless for a few weeks .......... they learn to fly.
(a) how
(b) before
(c) despite
(d) since
10. The topology of Saturn is more .......... than that of any other planet.
(a) like that of the Earth
(b) the Earth's like that of
(c) like the Earth of that
(d) that of the Earth's like