TOEFL: Written Expression Test 4

1. A common use with fold in the nineteenth century was as a standard for the value of money.
            A                  B                                                                              C                          D
    
2. A liquid is similar to a gas because has molecules are not fixed to each other in any specific way.
                          A                                      B                                                        C                                       D
    
3. The Conestoga wagon, used for to carry heavy loads over long distance, originated around 1725 in a region of Pennsylvania
                                                                   A                               B                                    C
    occupied by the Conestoga Indians.
         D
    
4. Providence, Rhode Island, is a busy manufacturing city and seaport, as well the state capital.
                                                             A                                B                                 C                         D
    
5. The young of most bird species are totally dependence on parental care after hatching.
                                                   A                                 B                        C                              D
    
6. During most of this century, A.Philip Randolph struggled for Black rights in the United States and becomes an important figure in
        A                                                                                                                    B                                                      C                                  D           
    the labor movement.
    
7. It has been calculated that the Earth’s circumference around the equator is over forty longer miles than the circumference around the
            A                                                                                      B                                  C                      D
   two poles.
    
8. A fish must constantly to gulp water in order to keep a current flowing through its delicate gills.
                                                 A                                                                   B                       C      D
    
9. Maria Martinez, a Pueblo Indian, rediscovered the ancient art of Pueblo black pottery and, by teaching the process to family and
                                                                       A                                                                                                  B                       C
   friends, develop a lucrative business.
                       D
    
10. Muscular motion is caused by the stimulate of specific nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
                            A                                         B                 C                                         D
     
11. The first libraries in the North American colonies was established in Massachusetts in the year 1638.
                         A                                                    B                        C                                                     D
     
12. When does a neutron from one atom collides with the nucleus of another atom, chain reaction can occur.
                   A                                 B                                                                   C                                                  D
     
13. Alike other academic disciplines, sociology has several major subdisciplines.
       A                     B                C                                                       D
     
14. An enormous variety of information may be obtained from a largest daily newspaper.
                                    A                                                   B                       C                         D
     
15. Before the invention of the clock, people had to reliable on the celestial bodies to tell time.
        A                                             B                                   C                                                         D
     
16. How many people remember listening to Orson Welles 1938 radio broadcast, “The War of the Worlds,” which convince thousands
                                             A            B                                                                 C                                                                           D
     that space aliens had invaded the Earth?
     
17. Pewter, a metal with an ancient heritage, is still practical medium for the nonprofessional metalworker.
                      A                                B                                C                                                  D
     
18. According to cognitive theories of emotion, anger occurs when individuals believe that they have been harmed and that the harm
              A                                                                                                                                                                B                                          C
    was either avoidable and undeserved.
                D
     
19. Jackie McLean’s recordings have shown that he is one of the few jazz musicians who style of playing has kept pace with the
                                                                                                                    A                               B                       C
    evolution of modern jazz.
           D
     
20. How Native Americans developed corn is a puzzling, for no wild corn has ever been discovered, and it grows only where people
       A                                                                             B                                                C                                                                       D
     plant and tend it.
     
21. A principle of manager is to ensure that every action or decision achieves a carefully planned goal.
                                   A                                                     B              C                                                   D
     
22. A good exercise program helps teach people to avoid the habits that might shorten the lives.
                                                         A                             B                                    C                       D
     
23. Classicism as a doctrine seeks what is universally truth and good.
                                      A          B                                         C       D
     
24. Researchers at the University of Colorado are investigating a series of indicators that could help themselves to predict earthquakes.
            A                                                                           B                                                                  C                      D
     
25. Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decompose animal
                 A                                  B                                                                                                   C                                                 D
    debris.

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