SOAL-SOAL TOEFL

I

1. Not only ____________________ places of beauty, but they also serve scientific and

educational purposes as well.

(A) are botanical gardens

(B) botanical gardens to be

(C) botanical gardens are

(D) to be botanical gardens

Answer : A (are botanical gardens)

 A main verb, such as are, is required to complete the clause (to be is not a main verb), and the subject and verb must be inverted because the clause begins with the negative phrase not only.

2. Many communities are dependent on ground water __________ from wells for their water supply.

(A) that obtained

(B) obtained

(C) is obtained

(D) obtain it

Answer : B (obtained)

 The only correct way to complete this sentence is with a participle (obtained really meanswhich is obtained).

3. Before starting on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea charts, __, and memorize lighthouse locations to prepare themselves for any conditions they might encounter.

(A) Sailing directions are studied

(B) Study the sailing directions

(C) To direct sailing studies

(D) Studies direct sailing

Answer : (B) Study the sailing studies
Grammar : Gerund

4. At the Seventh International Ballet Competitions, Fernando Bujones won the first gold medal ever _________ to a United States male dancer.

(A) To be awarded

(B) To awards

(C) That awards

(D) Should be awarding

Answer : (A) to be awarded
Grammar : infinitive

5. Those students do not like to read novels _______________ text books.

(A) In any case

(B) Forgetting about

(C) Leaving out the questions

(D) Much less

Answer : (D) much less
Grammar : clause of contrast

II

1. The French Quarter is the most famous and the most old section of New Orleans.

                                         A               B                        C                    D

Answer : C (most old)

 The superlative form of a one-syllable adjective (old) is formed with the suffix -est: oldest.

2. Liquids take the shape of any container which in they are placed.

                              A              B                       C                        D

Answer : C (which)

 in The preposition must precede the relative pronoun: in which.

3. The first recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was in the town of Frederick, New York, in 1825.

                       A                                         B                             C              D

Answer : B (it was)

 The use of the pronoun subject it is unnecessary; it should be omitted.

4. Physical therapists help patients relearn how to use their bodies after disease or injure.

                                                           A              B                         C                       D

Answer : D (injure)

 A noun (injury), not a verb (injure), is required.

5. In the south-western part of the United States, most of the water comes of

    A                                                                          B                                      C

 the Colorado River and the manmade lakes created from it.
                                                                                 D                            

Answer : (C) comes of
Grammar : the correct answer is “comes from” because it’s explain prepositions of place positions