brainyclassid - TOEFL Preview Test

1. Martha Graham, ____________ of the pioneers of modern dance, didn’t begin dancing until she was 21.

• who, as one

• she was

• one

• was one

Error Identification : (A)There are (B)thousand of (C)different types (D)of roses.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Error Identification : Sponges (A)have neither (B)heads (C)or separate body (D)organs.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tiger moths __________ wings marked with stripes or spots.

• with

• have

• their

• whose

Error Identification : The first (A)recorded use of natural gas (B)to light street lamps (C)it was in (D)the town of Frederick, New York, in 1825.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Most of Annie Jump Cannon’s career as an astronomer involved the observation, classification, and _________________.

• she analyzed stars

• the stars’ analysis

• stars were analyzed

• analysis of stars

Error Identification : The French Quarter is (A)the most (B)famous and the (C)most old section (D)of New Orleans.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Platinum is harder than copper and is almost as pliable ______________.

• gold

• than gold

• as gold

• gold is

Error Identification : Liquids take (A)the shape of (B)any container (C)which in they are (D)placed.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Error Identification : (A)There are (B)several races of giraffes, (C)but there (D)are only one species.

• A

• B

• C

• D