TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1—5): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that

best completes the sentence.

1. The North Platte River from 2. Biloxi received its name from a
Wyoming into Nebraska. Sioux word meaning “first people.”
(A) it flowed (A) The city of
(B) flows (B} Located in
(C) flowing (C) It is in
(D} with floNng water (D) The tour included

A pride of lions up tc› forty liens, 7. Henry Adams, born in Boston,

including one to three males, several famous as a hisioi ian and novelist.
females. and cubs.
(A) became
(A) can contain (B) and became
(B) it cm fains (C) he was
(C) con tain (D) and he became
(D) containing
S. The rnajur cause ihe pull of ihe
4. tea plant aTC SlTlall and z'hite.
Moon on the Earth.
(A) The
(A) the ocean tides are
tB) On the
(B) of ocean tides is
(C) Having flowers the
(D) The flowers of the (C) of the tides in the ocean
(D) the oceans’ tides
The tetracyclines, antibiotics, are
used to treat infections. 9. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth
century, limited to the rich.
(A) are a family of
(A) was
(B) being a family
(C) a faintly of (B) was p›hotography
(C) it was phott›graphy
(D) their family is
(D) photography was
6. Any possible academic assistance from
takiI1 stimulants marginal at best. A c‹.›mputerized map of the freew•ays
using infor mation gathered by sensors
(A) it is embedded in the pavement on a
(R) there is local cable channel during rush hours,
(fi) is
(A) airs
(D) u
(B) airing
(C) air
(13) to air