TOEFL CBT BOOK PART 17

■In the middle means “located an equal distance from two sides.”The players met in the middle of the court for the coin toss.■In case means “if.”He wants to buy more insurance so his family will be protected in case hedies.IntoInto is used to show the action of moving from the outside to the inside[r]

An indirect command is a sentence in which one person reports that another person has given acommand. The verb appears in the infinitive instead of the simple form.Jill asked Robert to close the door.Maria asked Mike not to turn off the light.Practice ExerciseTo work through the following exercise,[r]

wisdom teeth pull.6.The committee has met and__________.A. have approve the budgetB. budget was approvedC. its approval of the budgetD. approved the budget7.Hardly the plane had landed whenAdam realized that he had left the filethat he needed at his office.Structure SectionTime: 20 Minutes25 Questio[r]

Other Phrases Indicating Cause and EffectSentences that show cause to the left of the verb and effect to the right of theverb contain verbs such as the following: cause, lead to, result in, produce,and contribute to.Smoking causes cancer.Driving a car in salt water or on a salty street can result in[r]

liver cancer and, ultimately, death. Severecases can be reversed with a liver transplant.Yet, because the virus may exist in the bodyfor more than 20 years before being discov-ered, after reviewing the condition of theliver, doctors often suggest waiting and peri-odically checking the condition rath[r]

70Part III: Detailed Review of Items TestedABDCABCDACDBABCDDCBAFor more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.orgAnswers and Explanations for Structure Quiz 11.B: with its. Has is not correct because the clause between commas is a dependentclause and simpl[r]

Structure SectionTime: 20 Minutes25 QuestionsDirections: This section measures your ability to recognize language appropriate for standardwritten English. One type of question consists of incomplete sentences, with a blank showingwhere information is to be filled in. Choose the word or phrase that m[r]

then you need to use the relative pronoun whom.Just as the complement form of a pronoun always appears after a preposition, sodoes whom.The officers are tired.The woman is talking to the officers. object of prepositionThe officers to whom the woman is talking are tired.80Part III: Detailed Re[r]

What do the speakers imply aboutCeline Dion?A. They do not care for her music.B. She is going to take some time off.C. Her husband is a singer too.D. They think she should give moreconcerts.14 .What does the man mean?A. He is sorry that they upgraded thesoftware because it caused anotherproblem.B. H[r]

The government has argued that this company is a monopoly and must be di-vided into two separate companies. The documents it has filed also suggest arestriction against the founders’ owning stock in more than one.In this example, even though the antecedent is in a prior sentence, it’s clear thatthe[r]

13 .B. Ubiquitous means “omni-present” or “existing everywhere.”14. C. The word stagnant means stale, “out-of-date,” or “not changing.” This passagestates that the bar code concept is still being changed.15 .D. The passage indicates that the bar code has been used in various ways sincethe ’70s.16 .A[r]

9.The word they in the second sentence ofparagraph two refers toA. salamander embryos.B. young.C. forms of algae.D. sunlight.10 .Which of the following does the authorimply in the first two sentences ofparagraph two?A. The life forms in the pool live inwater their entire lives.B. Some of the life fo[r]

37.The author indicates that lightning canstrike far from the center of a stormwhenA. it travels horizontally first.B. the storm cloud is large.C. lightning has already emanatedfrom the same cloud.D. it emanates from a positive chargein the cloud.GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEFor more material and informati[r]

280Part IV: Putting It All Together: Practice Tests23.The author implies that the newprocedureA. can be performed at any hospital.B. is performed only at hospitalscontaining the required equipmentand certified doctors.C. is performed by certified doctorsbut requires no special equipment.D. is[r]

have a name with the suffix of adinosaur.C. It is surprising that the fossilizedheart was discovered.D. It should have been realized longago that dinosaurs were warm-blooded.262Part IV: Putting It All Together: Practice TestsFor more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at w[r]

of cloud seeding before?A. No, it is totally new to him.B. Yes, he heard of it some years ago.C. Yes, he just read an article about itrecently for the first time.D. Yes, he has studied it extensively atthe university.Ice crystalDropletIce nucleus(or silver iodide)Plane drops silveriodide flaresSnowf[r]

is an oldest building in town.The answer is B, because an is not correct. The use of the superlative oldest indi-cates that the article the would make sense instead.Q. One of amost difficult problems we confront is determining how to presenta new topic to an unreceptive audience.The answer is A. The[r]

A. have beenB. of beingC. beingD. having been14 .The committee voted purchase the landnext to the company’s existing building,but the resolution was not approvedatthe full Board meeting.15 .How long __________ left in the coldwilderness is anybody’s guess, althoughit appears that they will all be br[r]

Adjectives are unaffected by whether the noun is singular or plural, except for theadjectives this, that, these and those.Adjectives normally precede the nouns they modify, but they follow linkingverbs. Adjectives modify only nouns, pronouns, and linking verbs. Adjectives an-swer questions such as “[r]

Reduced Relative Clause: Dana, an excellent student, has won a scholarship.Appositive: An excellent student, Dana has won a scholarship.90Part III: Detailed Review of Items TestedFor more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.orgRelative Clause: The Univer[r]