TOEFL_Exercise_2

1.    1.  It is not clear when _______, although there are many different theories.

C : dinosaurs became extinct. This is an embedded question, and thus the order is subject + verb, with no auxiliary.

2.    2.  The professor decided to allow the students to take the examination a second time

                                                      A                                B                                     C

because the low scores.

     D

D : because. The expression must be because of because it is followed by a noun phrase, the low scores.

3.     3. If the driver’s own car _______ damaged, the favorite probably would have won the race.

A : had not been. Use the past perfect construction in past condition.

4.     4. Having withdrawn from the race, the candidate decided supporting his opponent despite

    A                                                                                          B                                   C

the opponent’s representing the other political party.

                                                       D

B : Supporting. Decide must be followed by the infinitive, to support.

5.     5. The soldiers were unable to determine where _______.

A : the jeep had been left.  After the question word in an embedded question, the order is subject + verb.

6.    6. The manager was angry becase somebody _________.

A : had allowed the photographers to enter the building. After the subject of the second clause, somebody, must appear the verb, not another noun phrase. Also, documentation is a non-count noun and is not made plural.

7.    7. The committee members resented _____ of the meeting.

C : the president’s not informing them. After the verb resented there must be a noun phrase or a clause. It would also have been correct to say “resented the president for not informing them of the meeting.” Remember that after a verb that requires a gerund in the subordinate clause, any noun must be possessive. Informing is a gerund because of resented.

8.    8.  ______ did Arthur realize that there was danger.

D : only after entering the store. After a limiting word (only) introduces a sentence, the order of the subject and verb is altered. That is why this sentence has the auxiliary did. A whould have been correct if the order hadn’t been reversed: Upon entering the store, Arthur realized that there was danger.