Level TOEFL Lesson 14

Level TOEFL lesson 14 
1. In ________, the advent of the telephone, radio, and 
telegraph has made rapid long-distance communication 
possible. 
D (A) one hundred years later 
(B) one hundred years ago 
(C) the one hundred years since 
(D) the last one hundred years 
2. ________ people came to the meeting than we had 
expected. 
A (A) Fewer 
(B) Less 
(C) A little 
(D) Little 
3. Art lovers should read ________ about what new 
paintings will be displayed. 
B (A) noticeably 
(B) notices 
(C) notice 
(D) noticing 
4. The committee has met and ________. 
D (A) they have reached a dicision 
(B) it has formulated themselves some opinions 
(C) its decision was reached at 
(D) it has reached a decision 
5. The Cathedral of Seville enjoys the distinction 
________ the largest medieval cathedral in the world. 
A (A) of being 
(B) to be 
(C) being 
(D) it being 
6. Anthony Burgess is not only a successful novelist, 
________ an expert linguist. 
C (A) and therefore 
(B) however 
(C) but also 
(D) and also 
7. The Order of Elks has been in existence ________ 
1868. 
B (A) starting in 
(B) since 
(C) after 
(D) founded 
8. One of the puzzles still mystifying biologists is 
________ what to become in an embryo. 
C (A) how do cells know 
(B) how know cells 
(C) how cells know 
(D) how cells knowing 
9. The man gave ________ a diamond necklace. 
C (A) that is his wife 
(B) his wife has 
(C) his wife 
(D) it to his wife 
10. John has not been able to recall where ________. 
B (A) does she live 
(B) she lives 
(C) did she live 
(D) lived the girl 
11. Depressant drugs ________ historically have been 
known to be addictive are called narcotics. 
B (A) and 
(B) which 
(C) they 
(D) about which 
12. If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their 
general health ________ better. 
D (A) be 
(B) will be 
(C) is 
(D) would be 
13. At Woolworth’s first five-and-ten-cent store, ________ 
more than a dime. 
D (A) neither items cost 
(B) items not cost 
(C) items none costing 
(D) no item cost 
14. ________ the end of the Ice Age around 8000 B.C., 
mammoths became extinct. 
A (A) With 
(B) It was 
(C) That 
(D) In addition 
15. There are two basic kinds of air compressors, 
reciprocating and ________ 
D (A) another kind that is rotating 
(B) one that rotates 
(C) a rotating kind 
(D) rotating 
16. Somerset Maugham, a novelist, ________ about a 
restless man’s quest for inner understanding in The 
Razor’s Edge. 
D (A) who wrote this 
(B) who wrote 
(C) when he wrote 
(D) wrote 
17. ________, the jaguar used to roam freely in the 
southwestern United States. 
D (A) It is now found only in Central and South 
America 
(B) Now finding in Central and South America 
(C) To be found in Central and South America 
(D) Now found only in Central and South America 
18. When linguists encounter a new language, ________ 
work to identify all of the sounds it contains. 
B (A) who 
(B) they 
(C) and 
(D) those 
19. Air ________ the carbon dioxide necessary for 
photosynthesis enters leaves through tiny surface 
openings. 
C (A) contains 
(B) contained 
(C) containing 
(D) it contains 
20. George did not do well in the class because 
________. 
D (A) he studied bad 
(B) he was not good studywise 
(C) he was a badly student 
(D) he failed to study properly