TOEFL (ONE) PRACTICE EXERCISES

Fill in the blank spaces with one of the given phrases.

1. There is a law in France, which says that only the family has the right to decide
what _________________________ or not known about the health of a patient.”
(A) must be known (B) must have known
(C) must have been known (D) must have been being known

2. A top US disease expert said this week that killer virus "Bird Flu" was the world’s number one
health threat and should __________________________________________.
(A) be took serious (B) be took seriously
(C) be taken serious (D) be taken seriously

3. After much criticism, the politician __________________________________ his controversial

statement of the previous day.
(A) quickly retracted (B) quickly retracted to
(C) quickly was retracted (D) quickly has retracted

4. The vague and misleading instructions _____________________ in two entirely opposite ways.
(A) could been interpreted (B) could be interpret
(C) could easily be interpreted (D) could easily interpreted

5. The beginning of the Symbolist movement in art _____________________ having begun in the
late 1880's.
(A) is regarded as (B) is regarded
(C) is regarding (D) regarded as

Noun Clauses:

1. We don't know ________________________________________ taught us noun clauses before.

(A) if the teacher has (B) the teacher has
(C) the teacher hasn't (D) whether teacher

2. The teacher didn't know _____________________________________________.

(A) which noun clauses teach (B) which noun clauses to teach
(C) why noun clauses to teach (D) when noun clauses to teach

3. Can you please tell me _______________________________________________?

(A) what time the next bus arrives (B) what time arrives the next bus
(C) when arrives the next bus (D) when arrives the bus

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4. The judges had an extremely hard time deciding ______________________________ .
(A) who's painting was the best (B) whose painting was the best
(C) painting who was the best (D) the best painting was who

5. ______________________________________ is a mystery. I wish that I could ask him.

(A) How did it (B) What he did it
(C) How he did it (D) When did it

Word Order:

1. I think Jane deserved to be fired for her _______________________________________ .

(A) totally behavior irresponsible (B) behavior totally irresponsible
(C) irresponsible totally behavior (D) totally irresponsible behavior

2. _________________________________ appeared to be coming from the science lab next door.

(A) The pungent unpleasant odor of burning plastic
(B) The unpleasant pungent odor of burning plastic
(C) The pungent unpleasant odor of plastic burning
(D) The unpleasant odor pungent of burning plastic

3. One of Jane's favorite subjects in school is drama because ___________________________ lots

of fun and enjoys being part of it all.
(A) has really she (B) she really has
(C) she really is (D) is she really

4. Only after they had completed the analysis to his degree _________________________ him
how to apply technology to the needs of their enterprise.
(A) did they ask to begin (B) did they begin to ask
(C) they did begin to ask (D) to ask did they begin

5. The archaeologists were astonished to find such _________________________________ at that

particular site.
(A) an incredibly rare beautiful artifact (B) a rare incredibly beautiful artifact
(C) a beautiful artifact incredibly rare (D) an incredibly beautiful rare artifact

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ANSWERS: TOEFL (ONE) PRACTICE EXERCISES

Fill in the blank spaces with one of the given phrases.

1. There is a law in France, which says that only the family has the right to decide
what _________________________ or not known about the health of a patient.”
(A) must be known (B) must have known
(C) must have been known (D) must have been being known

2. A top US disease expert said this week that killer virus "Bird Flu" was the world’s number one
health threat and should __________________________________________.
(A) be took serious (B) be took seriously
(C) be taken serious (D) be taken seriously

3. After much criticism, the politician __________________________________ his controversial

statement of the previous day.
(A) quickly retracted (B) quickly retracted to
(C) quickly was retracted (D) quickly has retracted

4. The vague and misleading instructions _____________________ in two entirely opposite ways.
(A) could been interpreted (B) could be interpret
(C) could easily be interpreted (D) could easily interpreted

5. The beginning of the Symbolist movement in art _____________________ having begun in the
late 1880's.
(A) is regarded as (B) is regarded
(C) is regarding (D) regarded as

Noun Clauses:

1. We don't know ________________________________________ taught us noun clauses before.

(A) if the teacher has (B) the teacher has
(C) the teacher hasn't (D) whether teacher

2. The teacher didn't know _____________________________________________.

(A) which noun clauses teach (B) which noun clauses to teach
(C) why noun clauses to teach (D) when noun clauses to teach

3. Can you please tell me _______________________________________________?

(A) what time the next bus arrives (B) what time arrives the next bus
(C) when arrives the next bus (D) when arrives the bus

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4. The judges had an extremely hard time deciding ______________________________ .
(A) who's painting was the best (B) whose painting was the best
(C) painting who was the best (D) the best painting was who

5. ______________________________________ is a mystery. I wish that I could ask him.

(A) How did it (B) What he did it
(C) How he did it (D) When did it

Word Order:

1. I think Jane deserved to be fired for her _______________________________________ .

(A) totally behavior irresponsible (B) behavior totally irresponsible
(C) irresponsible totally behavior (D) totally irresponsible behavior

2. _________________________________ appeared to be coming from the science lab next door.

(A) The pungent unpleasant odor of burning plastic
(B) The unpleasant pungent odor of burning plastic
(C) The pungent unpleasant odor of plastic burning
(D) The unpleasant odor pungent of burning plastic

3. One of Jane's favorite subjects in school is drama because ___________________________ lots

of fun and enjoys being part of it all.
(A) has really she (B) she really has
(C) she really is (D) is she really

4. Only after they had completed the analysis to his degree _________________________ him
how to apply technology to the needs of their enterprise.
(A) did they ask to begin (B) did they begin to ask
(C) they did begin to ask (D) to ask did they begin

5. The archaeologists were astonished to find such _________________________________ at that

particular site.
(A) an incredibly rare beautiful artifact (B) a rare incredibly beautiful artifact
(C) a beautiful artifact incredibly rare (D) an incredibly beautiful rare artifact

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