skills 6-8 TOEFL exercises

The president of the U. S. appoints the

cabinet members,_____ appointments are

subject to Senate approval.

• (A) their

• (B) with their

• (C) because their

• (D) but their

2. The prisoners were prevented from

speaking to reporters because_____

• (A) not wanting the story in the papers.

• (B) the story in the papers the superintendent did not want

• (C) the public to hear the story

• (D) the superintendent did not want the story in the papers

Like Thomas Bergers fictional character

Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find

himself where_____of important events

took place.

• (A) it was an extraordinary number

• (B) there was an extraordinary number

• (C) an extraordinary number

• (D) an extraordinary number existed

________ sucked groundwater from below, some parts of the city have begun to sink as much as ten inches annually.

• A) Pumps have

• (B) As pumps have

• (C) So pumps have

• (D) With pumps

5. Case studies are the target of much

skepticism in the scientific community,

_____used extensively by numerous

researchers.

• (A) they are

• (B) are

• (C) yet they

• (D) yet they are

According to the hypothesis in the study,

the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of

the_____migrate by following magnetic

fields.

• (A) target monarchs

• (B) target since monarchs

• (C) target since monarchs are

• (D) target

_____show the relations among neurons,

they do not preclude the possibility that

other aspects are important.

• A) Neural theories

• (B) A neural theory

• (C) Although neural theories

• (D) However neural theories

8. _____or refinanced, the lender will

generally require setting up an escrow

account to ensure the payment of property

taxes and homeowner’s insurance.

• (A) A home is

• (B) A home is bought

• (C) When a home

• (D) When a home is bought

9. If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth's

atmosphere,_____ generally blocked by the

ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.

• (A) it

• (B) it is

• (C) so it is

• (D) then it

Among human chromosomes, the Y

chromosome is unusual_____ most of the

chromosome does not participate in meiotic

recombination.

• (A) in

• (B) so

• (C) and

• (D) in that