Mức TOEFL bài học 14- 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