2005年TOEFL考试模拟题(1-1)

Structure and Written Expression  

1. Simple photographic lenses cannot ______sharp, undistorted images over a wide field.  
(A) to form  
(B) are formed  
(C) forming  
(D) form  

2. Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______ the most.  
(A) it influence farmers  
(B) that influences farmers  
(C) farmers that it influences  
(D) why farmers influence it  

3. Beverly Sills, ______, assumed directorship of the New York City Opera in 1979.  
(A) be a star soprano  
(B) was a star soprano  
(C) a star soprano and  
(D) a star soprano  

4. ______ of tissues is known as histology.  
(A) Studying scientific  
(B) The scientific study  
(C) To study scientifically  
(D) That is scientific studying  

5. With the exception of mercury, ______ at standard temperature and pressure.  
(A) the metallic elements are solid  
(B) which is a solid metallic element  
(C) metallic elements being solid  
(D) since the metallic elements are solid  

6. Potential dehydration is_______ that a land animal faces.  
(A) the often greatest hazard  
(B) the greatest often hazard  
(C) often the greatest hazard  
(D) often the hazard greatest  

7. By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed at which ____.  
(A) is a storm moving  
(B) a storm is moving  
(C) is moving a storm  
(D) a moving storm  

8. The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about the Depression years of the 1930 s, is one of John Steinbeck s ______ books .  
(A) most famous  
(B) the most famous  
(C) are most famous  
(D) and most famous  

9. Technology will play a key role in _______future life-styles.  
(A) to shape  
(B) shaping  
(C) shape of  
(D) shaped  

10. The computer has dramatically affected _____photographic lenses are constructed .  
(A) is the way  
(B) that the way  
(C) which way do  
(D) the way  

11. The early railroads were _____the existing arteries of transportation: roads turnpikes, canals, and other waterways.  
(A) those short lines connected  
(B) short lines that connected  
(C) connected by short lines  
(D) short connecting lines  

12. ______ as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in  
which it was created.  
(A) Ranks  
(B) The ranking  
(C) To be ranked  
(D) For being ranked  

13.Jackie Robinson, _______ to play baseball in the major leagues, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.