TOEFL Practice 7

INTRODUCTION: Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.

The significance of mythology within a culture is reflected in _________ , the amountof time devoted to this activity and the relevance of mythology to ceremonials.

• (A) Storytellers have preestige

• (B) The prestige of storytellers

• (C) Telling stories is prestigious

• (D) Prestige comes with sstorytelling

Although ________ some textile products, it imports many as well.

• (A) the exports of the United States

• (B) exporting of the United States

• (C) exporter of the United States

• (D) the United States exports

Economic goods may take the form ________ of material things or of services.

• (A) either

• (B) because

• (C) as

• (D) or

Ragtime is a kind of music ________ a strongly syncopated melody and a regularly accented acocompaniment.

• (A) has

• (B) that it has

• (C) that has

• (D) it has

Historically, _________ chief material for making furniture has been wood, but metal and stone have also been used

• (A) It was the

• (B) That the

• (C) Theree was a

• (D) the

All gases and most liquids and solids expand _________ heated.

• (A) in

• (B) how

• (C) when

• (D) about

Abstraction goes into the making of any work of art, _________ or not.

• (A) whether the artist being aware of it

• (B) the artist is being aware whether

• (C) whether the artist is aware of it

• (D) the artist is aware wheter

_________ often added to sauces and soups, is plentiful and relatively inexpensive.

• (A) Parsley, an herb that is

• (B) For parsley, an herb to be

• (C) An herb, parsely is

• (D) Parsley, is that herb

Emily Post's book Etiquette, ________ in 1922, was and immediate sucess

• (A) published

• (B) was published

• (C) when it published

• (D) that it published

_________ , often used in children's poetry and rhymes, are a result of words used in ambiguous contexts.

• (A) Humorous and misunderstood

• (B) Misunderstanding humorously

• (C) Humorous misunderstandings

• (D) Misunderstanding its humor