TOEFL Word choice

Today meteorologists obtain the information which they use to ____weather

predictions chiefly from satellites.

• make

• do

• take

____ many people live or vacation in Miami Beach, Atlantic City, or Martha's Vineyard to allow their roads and buildings to simply fall into the sea.

• Too

• So

• As

• Such

Georgia has ____many types of soil that virtually any temperate-zone crop can be grown there.

• too

• so

• as

• such

Early explorers in Utah named the cliffs they encountered "reefs" because they thought these cliffs looked ____coral formations.

• alike

• unlike

• like

• likely

While all birds are _____ in that they have feathers and lay eggs, great differences among them in terms of size, structure, and color.

• like

• alike

• unlike

• likely

____a river on land, an ocean current does not flow in a straight line.

• alike

• like

• likewise

• likely

Kepler’s Laws, principles outlining planetary movement, were formulated based on observations ____without a telescope.

• done

• made

• taken

• seen

To convert a sentence from active to passive, two changes must be ____.

• made

• done

• changed

Because the plan that was ____ yesterday is no longer feasible, the manager had to choose another alternatives.

• done

• made

• taken

In the philosophy of John Dewey, a sharp distinction is ____ between “intelligence" and "reasoning.

• done

• made