Level 1, Section 2
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Note: These sample questions allow test takers to experience the types of tasks presented in the TOEFL ITP® tests. They are not intended to represent the way test questions are presented in the TOEFL ITP test booklets or mimic the testing experience.
This section of the TOEFL ITP Level 1 test is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type.
Structure
Directions
Questions 1–4 are incomplete sentences. Below each sentence you will see four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Examples
Geysers have sometimes been compared to volcanoes __________ they both emit hot liquids from below Earth's surface.
- despite
- because
- in regard to
- as a result of
The sentence should read, 'Geysers have sometimes been compared to volcanoes because they both emit hot liquids from below Earth's surface.' Therefore, you should choose B.
During the early period of ocean navigation, __________ any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques.
- so that hardly
- when there hardly was
- hardly was
- there was hardly
The sentence should read, 'During the early period of ocean navigation, there was hardly any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques.' Therefore, you should choose D.
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Practice Questions
- Refrigerating meats ________ the spread of bacteria.
- slows
- slowing
- to slow
- is slowed
- Throughout the animal kingdom, ________ bigger than the elephant.
- whale is only the
- is the whale only
- only whale is the
- only the whale is
- The fact ________ credit cards are widely available has made them a popular form of payment.
- of
- that
- is that
- which is
- The Constitution gave the legislative branch of government ________ to pass laws.
- the power
- has the power
- the power is
- of the power
Written Expression
Directions
In questions 5–10, each sentence has four highlighted words or phrases. The four highlighted parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one highlighted word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
Examples
- Guppies are sometimes (A) call rainbow fish (B) due to the (C) bright colors of (D) the males.
The sentence should read, 'Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish due to the bright colors of the males.' Therefore, you should choose A.
- (A) Serving several (B) term in the Congress, Shirley Chisholm (C) became a (D) respected political figure.
The sentence should read, 'Serving several terms in the Congress, Shirley Chisholm became a respected political figure.' Therefore, you should choose B.
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Practice Questions
- The gopher (A) digs not only with the (B) claws strong of its two front feet (C) but also with its (D) overhanging front teeth.
- Granville Woods is (A) credited with (B) inventing a steam boiler (C) furnaces in (D) the 1880s.
- A (A) deficient of folic acid is (B) rarely a problem in humans (C) because the vitamin is present in a (D) wide variety of foods.
- (A) Electrical disturbances on Earth (B) are frequently caused (C) for storms (D) on the surface of the Sun.
- The (A) internationally famous dancer Maria Tallchief (B) demonstrate that (C) the quality of ballet in North America could equal (D) that of the ballet in Europe.
- (A) As two nuclei move closer together, (B) their mutual electrostatic potential energy (C) becomes(D) more large and more positive.
See also:
1. A three-foot octopus can crawl through a hole ------ in diameter.
(A) than one inch less
(B) less than one inch
(C) one less inch than
(D) tan less one inch
2. ------adopted the decimal system of coinage in 1867.
(A) Canada
(B) When Canada
(C) Canada, which
(D) There was Canada
3. Generally, the representatives ------ a legislature
are constitutionally elected by a broad spectrum
of the population.
(A) who they compose
(B) who compose
(C) had compose
(D) compose
4. The Actor’s Studio, a professional actors’
workshop in New York City, provides
------where actors can work together without the
pressure of commercial production.
(A) a place and
(B) a place
(C) so that a place
(D) a place is
5. ------ that life began billions of years ago in the
water.
(A) It is believed
(B) In the belief
(C) The belief
(D) Believing
6. by 1872 the United States had 70 engineering
colleges, ------ astonishing expansion credited
largely to the Morrill Act of 1862.
(A) because
(B) an
(C) to which
(D) was
7. The artist Romare Bcarden was ------ whose
yellows, deep blues, and fuchsias contrasted
strongly with photographic gray in his bright
collages.
(A) with a gift for color
(B) a gifted colorist
(C) a gift with colorful
(D) gifted with coloring
8. The most important chemical catalyst on this
planet is chlorophyll, -------carbon dioxide and water react to form carbohydrates.
(A) whose presence
(B) which is present
(C) presenting
(D) in the presence of which
9. One theory of the origin of the universe is
-------from the explosion of a tiny, extremely
dense fireball several billion years ago.
(A) because what formed
(B) the formation that
(C) that it formed
(D) when forming
10. Roads in the United States remained crude,
------- with graved or wood planks, until the
beginning of the twentieth century.
(A) were unsurefaced or they covered them
(B) which unsureface or covered
(C) unsurfaced or covered them
(D) unsurfaced or covered
11. portrait prints were the first reproductions of
American paintings ------- widely distributed in
the United States.
(A) were
(B) that which
(C) that being
(D) to be
12. Abigail Adams was prodigious letter writer,
------- many editions of her letters have been
published.
(A) who
(B) and
(C) in addition to
(D) due to
13. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as
the locus of all points -------distances from
two fixed points is constant.
(A) which as the sum of
(B) of the sum which
(C) whose sum of whose
(D) whose sum that the
14. -------at the site of a fort established by the
Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is now one
of Canada’s fastest growing cities.
(A) Built
(B) It is built
(C) To build
(D) Having built
15. An image on a national flag can symbolize
political ideals that -------express.
(A) take many words to otherwise would.
(B) would take to many otherwise words
(C) many words to take would otherwise
(D) would otherwise take many words to