Difficult Tofels

Difficult Toefls 1. Anxiety about uncontrollable situations is thought to cause ________. B (A) to fitfully sleep (B) fitful sleep (C) fitful in sleep (D) sleep fitfully 2. Geomorphology is the study of the changes that ________ on the surface of the earth. C (A) taking place (B) takes place (C) take place (D) they take place 3. The sudden expansion of heated air associated with lightning produces ________ often heard during a storm. D (A) thunder is the rumbling sound (B) the rumbling sound, thunder is (C) the rumbling sound, thunder, that (D) thunder, the rumbling sound 4. They decided to finish and finally ________the hard evening with a pizza and a few sodas. D (A) bring to a conclusion (B) end (C) terminate (D) enjoy 5. He told us ________ one man and six women applying for the job. A (A) there was (B) it was (C) there were (D) they were 6. Ancient people believed that ________ with a sun and a moon rotating around it. A (A) the earth was the center of the universe (B) the earth is the center of the universe (C) the center of the universe is earth (D) the universe has earth at the center 7. ________ a teacher in New England, Webster wrote the 'Dictionary of the American Language'. D (A) It was while (B) When (C) When was (D) While 8. The bank ________ the bookstore has been broken into. B (A) opposite to (B) across from (C) between (D) at 9. The jurors were told to ________. C (A) talk all they wanted (B) make lots of expressions (C) speak freely (D) talk with their minds open 10. The volume of Hawaii's Mauna Loa is fifty times ________ Mount Everest. C (A) of (B) more of (C) that of (D) than of 11. Gilbert Stuart is considered by most art critics ________ greatest portrait painter in the North American colonies. D (A) that he was (B) as he was (C) who was the (D) the 12. Jane changed her major from French to business ________ D (A) with hopes to be able easier to locate employment (B) hoping she can easier get a job (C) with the hope for being able to find better a job (D) hoping to find a job more easily. 13. The speaker is ________. A (A) very well acquainted with the subject (B) recognized as an authority who knows a great deal in terms of the subject (C) someone who knows well enough about the subject which he has undertaken to do the speaking (D) a person who has close awareness of the subject that he speaks about so much 14. Nestled along the shoreline of Hudson Bay ________. A (A) are several recently settled Inuit communities (B) several recently settled Inuit communities are there (C) near several recently settled Inuit communities (D) is where several recently settled Inuit communities 15. Overexposure to the sun can produce ________ can some toxic chemicals. D (A) more than damage to the skin (B) more damage than to the skin (C) damage more than to the skin (D) more damage to the skin than 16. It is usually ________ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions. B (A) not only (B) not (C) neither (D) no 17. When ________ of impulses from many of the neurons in one part of the brain, an epileptic seizure occurs. C (A) the simultaneous bursts (B) simultaneously burst (C) there are simultaneous bursts (D) simultaneously bursting 18. The human body has four jugular veins, ________ each side of the neck. D (A) there are two on (B) it has two on (C) two are on (D) two on 19. Out of John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society ________ for an increase in public goods, potentially at the expense of private goods. A (A) came the argument (B) his argument (C) argued (D) the economist is arguing 20. A college bookstore that sells used textbooks stocks ________ along with the new ones on the shelf under the course title. D (A) its (B) their (C) a (D) them 21. Legumes take nitrogen into their roots ________ the air. D (A) except (B) however (C) but (D) from 22. 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 23. ________ the end of the Ice Age around 8000 B.C., mammoths became extinct. A (A) With (B) It was (C) That (D) In addition 24. 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 25. Depressant drugs ________ historically have been known to be addictive are called narcotics. B (A) and (B) which (C) they (D) about which 26. The man gave ________ a diamond necklace. C (A) that is his wife (B) his wife has (C) his wife (D) it to his wife 27. 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 28. 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 29. ________ the Christmas shopping season begins. C (A) That is after Thanksgiving (B) After Thanksgiving it is (C) It is after Thanksgiving that (D) It is Thanksgiving that 30. The bird's egg is such an efficient structure for protecting the embryo inside ________ difficult for the hatchling to break. D (A) that is (B) that (C) and is (D) that it is 31. The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately ________. B (A) at the time when the water began to go up to (B) when the water began to rise (C) when up was going the water (D) in the time when the water raised 32. ________ the lip of an open-pit copper mine, the huge tractors and cranes below look like toys, and people look like tiny ants scurrying about. D (A) Where (B) While (C) That (D) From 33. I'm sorry to hear that Peter and Dick have ________. They were such a good friends. A (A) fallen out (B) fallen against (C) dropped out (D) dropped against 34. I walked away as calmly as I could ________ they thought I was the thief. D (A) or else (B) to avoid (C) owing to (D) incase 35. a sabbatical year = ________. A (A) a year in which one is released from one's normal duties (B) a miserable year (C) a year in which previously made plans are bound to (D) a year that has brought happiness and good fortune 36. He's the perfect person to take on this difficult job. He's a really hard- ________ person and won't stand for any nonsense. B (A) ship (B) nosed (C) handshake (D) bargain 37. When you come tomorrow why not ________ your brother with you? C (A) fetch (B) take (C) bring (D) carry 38. They shouldn't have ________ the accident. It wasn't my fault. C (A) accused me of (B) accused me with (C) blamed me for (D) blamed me 39. The ________ of these volunteers for hard work is amazing. B (A) ability (B) capacity (C) capability (D) efficiency 40. It's an awful ________ your wife couldn't come. I was looking forward to meeting her. C (A) harm (B) sorrow (C) shame (D) shock 41. The various types of bacteria are classified according to ________ shaped. C (A) they have (B) having (C) how they are (D) whose 42. The speaker is ________. A (A) very well acquainted with the subject (B) recognized as an authority who knows a great deal in terms of the subject (C) someone who knows well enough about the subject which he has undertaken to do the speaking (D) a person who has close awareness of the subject that he speaks about so much 43. Nestled along the shoreline of Hudson Bay ________. A (A) are several recently settled Inuit communities (B) several recently settled Inuit communities are there (C) near several recently settled Inuit communities (D) is where several recently settled Inuit communities 44. Chemists are not sure ________ . C (A) how precisely can cold fusion occur (B) cold fusion can occur precisely how (C) precisely how cold fusion can occur (D) can cold fusion occur precisely how 45. Amniocentesis can be used not only to diagnose fetal disorders ________ the sex of the unborn child with 95 percent accuracy. D (A) but determining (B) but also determining (C) but to determine (D) but also to determine 46. The adder is a venomous snake ________ bite may prove fatal to humans. D (A) its (B) whom its (C) that (D) whose 47. Anthropologists ________ within their environments and evaluate the adaptations they have made. B (A) societies are studied (B) study societies (C) who study societies are (D) their societies are studied 48. Modern industrial methods have supplanted individual crafts, ________ stonecarvers, coopers, and cobblers virtually extinct. D (A) make blacksmiths, (B) made blacksmiths, (C) making them blacksmiths, (D) making blacksmiths, 49. Lobbyists who represent special interest groups get ________ that benefits their groups. A (A) Congress to pass the legislation (B) Congress passed the legislation (C) the legislation to pass by Congress (D) the legislation that Congress passing 50. ________ the bones of prehistoric man, scientists hope to determine what their owners ate. A (A) By studying (B) In study of (C) To study (D) Studying 51. ________, Cart Sandburg is also well known for his multivolume biography of Lincoln. A (A) An eminent American poet (B) He is an eminent American poet (C) An eminent American poet who is (D) Despite an eminent American poet 52. Overexposure to the sun causes ________ health problems. A (A) various (B) among (C) but (D) of 53. The works of Picasso were quite ________ during various periods of his artistic life. B (A) differ (B) different (C) different from (D) different than 54. The more hemoglobin one has, the more oxygen is carried to ________ cells. D (A) one (B) its (C) their (D) one's 55. Perhaps the oldest theories of business cycles are ________ that linked their cause to fluctuations of the harvest. C (A) whatever (B) everything . Difficult Toefls 1. Anxiety about uncontrollable situations is thought to cause. egg is such an efficient structure for protecting the embryo inside ________ difficult for the hatchling to break. D (A) that is (B) that (C) and is (D)