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TOEFL PBT ชุดที่ 2 (Structure)

1. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while__________.
(A) spoken is slander
(B) is spoken slander
(C) slander is spoken
(D) is slander spoken

2. Great numbers of tiny shelled animals—on the ocean floor.
(A) live
(B) living
(C) they will live
(D) if they lived

3. The knee is the joint __________the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
(A) when
(B) where
(C) why
(D) which

4. Closed plane figures like the square or the equilateral triangle can be grouped into a class __________polygons.
(A) called
(B) to call
(C) is called
(D) call as

5. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have __________, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.
(A) tastes sharp
(B) sharp-tasting
(C) a sharp taste
(D) tasting sharp

6. __________the history of the tough, strong-willed Nebraska farmer.
(A) Not only is much of the history of Nebraska
(B) Although it is much of the history of Nebraska that is
(C) It is much the history of Nebraska's being
(D) Much of the history of Nebraska is

7. Billie Holiday's reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her ability __________emotional depth to her songs.
(A) be giving
(B) are given
(C) being given
(D) to give





8. __________1895 did Cornell University begin to offer a degree in ornithology.
(A) Not until
(B) Not since
(C) Until
(D) In

9. Uniform acceleration occurs __________the rate of change remains the same over successive and equal intervals of time.
(A) according
(B) if
(C) with
(D) under

10. People's expectations for a higher standard of living increase __________.
(A) conditions in their community improve
(B) since conditions in their improving community
(C) conditions improve in their community
(D) as conditions in their community improve

11. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of __________reality.
(A) what it is conceived
(B) that is conceived
(C) what is conceived to be
(D) that is being conceived of

12. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants __________wild.
(A) once they grew
(B) they grew once
(C) that once grew
(D) once grew

13. __________relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently.
(A) Even
(B) It is
(C) Even though
(D) There is

14. __________images out of clay, stone, and metal.
(A) The shaping of sculpture
(B) Sculpting the shapes
(C) To shape sculpture
(D) Sculptors shape

15. __________dates from the end of the eighteenth century.
(A) The modern circus
(B) That the modern circus
(C) While the modern circus
(D) The modern circus that

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1. The flexibility of film allows the artist __________ unbridled imagination to the animation of cartoon characters.
(A) to bring
(B) bringing
(C) is brought
(D) brings

2. Traditionally, __________in New England on Thanksgiving Day.
(A) when served is sweet cider
(B) when sweet cider is served
(C) is served sweet cider
(D) sweet cider is served

3. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent __________, or pronghorn.
(A) it is the American antelope
(B) the American antelope is
(C) is the American antelope
(D) the American antelope

4. Lillian D. Wald, public health nurse and __________, was born in Cincinnati Ohio, in 1867.
(A) reforming society
(B) social reformer
(C) who reformed society
(D) her social reform

5. Copper sulfate, spread in judicious amounts, kills algae __________ harming fish or aquatic invert-ebrates.
(A) does not
(B) but does no
(C) except
(D) without

6. Of the millions who saw Haley's comet in 1986, how many people __________long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.
(A) will they live
(B) they will be living
(C) will live
(D) living

7. __________that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions.
(A) Anthropologists have discovered
(B) Anthropologists discovering
(C) The discovery by anthropologists
(D) Discovered by anthropologists

8.In 1964__________of Henry Ossawa Tanner's paintings was shown at the Smithsonian Institution.
(A) was a major collection
(B) that a major collection
(C) a collection was major
(D) a major collection

9. __________irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.
(A) Its
(B) Where its
(C) Since its
(D) Because of its

10.In order to remain in existence,__________must, in the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.
(A) a profit-making organization
(B) a profit-making organization which
(C) therefore a profit-making organization
(D) whichever a profit-making organization

11.The greater the population there is in a locality,__________for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.
(A) the greater the need there is
(B) greater need
(C) is there great need
(D) the great need

12. A historical novel may do more than mirror history; __________future events.
(A) even influencing
(B) it may even influence
(C) may even influence
(D) that it may even influence

13. __________a child, sculptor Anne Whitney showed an eager intellect and artistic talent that her parents recognized and encouraged.
(A) Has been
(B) It was while
(C) She was
(D) As

14. It is widely believed that the pull of gravity on a falling raindrop changes__________round shape into a teardrop shape.
(A) of the drop
(B) the drop's
(C) drop of
(D) drops their

15.__________modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors.
(A) If
(B) But
(C) With
(D) Once