Level TOEFL lesson 14 potx

Level TOEFL lesson 14 1. In ________, the advent of the telephone, radio, and telegraph has made rapid long-distance communication possible. D (A) one hundred years later (B) one hundred years ago (C) the one hundred years since (D) the last one hundred years 2. ________ people came to the meeting than we had expected. A (A) Fewer (B) Less (C) A little (D) Little 3. Art lovers should read ________ about what new paintings will be displayed. B (A) noticeably (B) notices (C) notice (D) noticing 4. The committee has met and ________. D (A) they have reached a dicision (B) it has formulated themselves some opinions (C) its decision was reached at (D) it has reached a decision 5. The Cathedral of Seville enjoys the distinction ________ the largest medieval cathedral in the world. A (A) of being (B) to be (C) being (D) it being 6. Anthony Burgess is not only a successful novelist, ________ an expert linguist. C (A) and therefore (B) however (C) but also (D) and also 7. The Order of Elks has been in existence ________ 1868. B (A) starting in (B) since (C) after (D) founded 8. One of the puzzles still mystifying biologists is ________ what to become in an embryo. C (A) how do cells know (B) how know cells (C) how cells know (D) how cells knowing 9. The man gave ________ a diamond necklace. C (A) that is his wife (B) his wife has (C) his wife (D) it to his wife 10. John has not been able to recall where ________. B (A) does she live (B) she lives (C) did she live (D) lived the girl 11. Depressant drugs ________ historically have been known to be addictive are called narcotics. B (A) and (B) which (C) they (D) about which 12. If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their general health ________ better. D (A) be (B) will be (C) is (D) would be 13. At Woolworth’s first five-and-ten-cent store, ________ more than a dime. D (A) neither items cost (B) items not cost (C) items none costing (D) no item cost 14. ________ the end of the Ice Age around 8000 B.C., mammoths became extinct. A (A) With (B) It was (C) That (D) In addition 15. There are two basic kinds of air compressors, reciprocating and ________ D (A) another kind that is rotating (B) one that rotates (C) a rotating kind (D) rotating 16. Somerset Maugham, a novelist, ________ about a restless man’s quest for inner understanding in The Razor’s Edge. D (A) who wrote this (B) who wrote (C) when he wrote (D) wrote 17. ________, the jaguar used to roam freely in the southwestern United States. D (A) It is now found only in Central and South America . Level TOEFL lesson 14 1. In ________, the advent of the telephone, radio, and telegraph has made rapid. dime. D (A) neither items cost (B) items not cost (C) items none costing (D) no item cost 14. ________ the end of the Ice Age around 8000 B.C., mammoths became extinct. A (A) With (B)