PRE-TOEFL SKILLS 3-4

The first _____ appeared during the last period of the dinosaurs' reign.

• (A) flowers are plants

• (B) plants have flowers

• (C) plants flowers

• (D) flowering plants

The earliest medicines _____ from plants of various sorts.

• (A) obtaining

• (B) they obtained

• (C) were obtained

• 1. (D) they were obtained

    Simple sails were made from canvas _____ over a frame.

• (A) a stretch

• (B) stretched

• (C) was stretched

• (D) it was stretched

  Pluto’s moon, Charon, _____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.

• (A) moving

• (B) is moving

• (C) it was moving

• (D) in its movement

Techniques of breath control form an essential part of any _____ program to improve the voice.

• (A) it trains

• (B) train

• (C) trains

• (D) training

Robert E. Lee _____ the Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.

• (A) surrendered

• (B) he surrendered

• (C) surrendering

• (D) surrender

The pituitary gland, _____ the brain, releases hormones to control other glands.

• (A) found below

• (B) it is found below

• (C) its foundation below

• (D) finds itself below

At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences _____ three or four words.

•  (A) are containing

• (B) containing

• (C) contain

• (D) contains

Multinational companies _____ it increasingly important to employ internationally acceptable brand names.

• (A) finding

• (B) are finding

• (C) they find

• (D) they are finding

The cornea is located under the conjunctiva, on _____ of the eye.

• (A) the part is exposed

• (B) exposed the part

• (C) the exposed part

• (D) exposes the part