TOEFL Review Exercise Skill 1-8

The three basic chords in __________ the tonic, the dominant, and the subdominant. 

• functional harmony

• functional harmony is

• functional harmony are

• functional harmony they are

__________ Hale Telescope, at the Palomar Observatory in southern California, scientists can photograph objects several billion light years away. 

• The 

• With the 

• They use the 

• It is the

Without the proper card installed inside the computer, __________ impossible to run a graphics program. 

• is definitely 

• because of 

• it is 

• is 

The charter for the Louisiana lottery was coming up for renewal, __________ spared no expense in the fight to win renewal. 

• the lottery committee

• so the lottery committee and

• so the lottery committee 

• the lottery committee made

While in reality Alpha Centauri is a triple star, __________ to the naked eye to be a single star. 

• it appears 

• but it appears

• appears 

• despite it 

The Sun's gravity severely distorted the path of the comet __________ entered its wildly erratic orbit around Jupiter. 

• it 

• when 

• after the comet came into it

• once the comet 

Each object __________ Jupiter's magnetic field is deluged with electrical charges. 

• enters 

• it enters 

• entering 

• enter 

As its name suggests, the Prairie Wetlands Resource Center __________ the protection of wetlands on the prairies of the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, and Nebraska. 

• it focuses

• focuses on 

• focusing 

• to focus on 

One of the largest and most powerful birds of prey in the world, __________ a six-foot wingspan and legs and talons roughly the size of a man's arms and legs. 

• so the harpy has 

• the harpy having 

• with the harpy having 

• the harpy has 

__________ creation of such a community was a desirable step, the requisite political upheaval had to be accepted. 

• Since the 

• The 

• Later, the 

• It was the