Level TOEFL Lesson 13

Level TOEFL lesson 13 
1. It has been estimated that ________ one hundred 
thousand men participated in the gold rush of 1898. 
C (A) approximate 
(B) until 
(C) as many as 
(D) more 
2. A seventeen-year-old is not ________ to vote in an 
election. 
A (A) old enough 
(B) as old enough 
(C) enough old 
(D) enough as old 
3. As soon as ________ with an acid, salt, and sometimes 
water, is formed. 
B (A) a base will react 
(B) a base reacts 
(C) a base is reacting 
(D) the reaction of a base 
4. The Ford Theater where Lincoln was shot ________. 
C (A) must restore 
(B) must be restoring 
(C) must have been restored 
(D) must restored 
5. The skiers would rather________ through the 
mountains than go by bus. 
C (A) to travel on train 
(B) traveled by train 
(C) travel by train 
(D) traveling by the train 
6. He has received several scholarships ________ 
C (A) not only because of his artistic but his 
academic ability 
(B) for both his academic ability as well as his artistic 
(C) because of his academic and the artistic ability 
(D) as a resulting of his ability in the art and the 
academy 
7. The doctor insisted that his patient ________ 
B (A) that he not work too hard for three months 
(B) take it easy for three months 
(C) taking it easy inside of three months 
(D) to take some vacations for three months 
8. Legumes take nitrogen into their roots ________ the air. 
D (A) except 
(B) however 
(C) but 
(D) from 
9. So little ________ that he failed the examination. 
A (A) did the student know 
(B) the student knew 
(C) the student had known 
(D) knew the student 
10. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both 
primitive societies ________ advanced cultures. 
A (A) and 
(B) and in 
(C) and also 
(D) also 
11. Copper is the favored metal for electricians’ wire 
because of ________. 
B (A) it is an excellent conductor 
(B) its excellent conductivity 
(C) excellent conductivity of it 
(D) so conductive is it 
12. Before the Angles and the Saxons ________ to 
England, the Iberians had lived there. 
C (A) coming 
(B) come 
(C) came 
(D) did come 
13. A college bookstore that sells used textbooks stocks 
________ along with the new ones on the shelf under the 
course title. 
D (A) its 
(B) their 
(C) a 
(D) them 
14. ________ discovery of insulin, it was not possible to 
treat diabetes. 
A (A) Prior to the 
(B) Prior 
(C) The prior 
(D) To prior 
15. Out of John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society 
________ for an increase in public goods, potentially at 
the expense of private goods. 
A (A) came the argument 
(B) his argument 
(C) argued 
(D) the economist is arguing 
16. The human body has four jugular veins, ________ 
each side of the neck. 
D (A) there are two on 
(B) it has two on 
(C) two are on 
(D) two on 
17. When ________ of impulses from many of the 
neurons in one part of the brain, an epileptic seizure 
occurs. 
C (A) the simultaneous bursts 
(B) simultaneously burst 
(C) there are simultaneous bursts 
(D) simultaneously bursting 
18. Aspirin is used ________ a constriction of the blood 
vessels. 
B (A) the counteraction 
(B) to counteract 
(C) counteract 
(D) counteracting 
19. ________ gene in the human genome were more 
completely understood, many human diseases could be 
cured or prevented. 
C (A) Each 
(B) Since each 
(C) If each 
(D) Were each 
20. Only after food has been dried or canned ________. 
C (A) that it should be stored for later consumption 
(B) should be stored for later consumption 
(C) should it be stored for later consumption 
(D) it should be stored for later consumption