Toefl Question

Sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C, and D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

1. It was not until 1937 when the southernmost source of the Nile River

A B C

was discovered

D

1. The highly endangered Waldrapp ibis it is a wading bird, related to the

A B C D

Stork and flamingo.

1. Platinum is a rare ad value metal, white in color, and easy to work

A B C D

1. During the two centuries between Herschel and Voyager,relatively little

A B C

leaned about the planet Uranus

D

1. Some conservationist attempt to save rare domestic farm animal,

A B C

such as theTamworth pig

D

1. Although its height, Mount Whitney, one of north America’s highest

A B C

mountain, is popular with hikers

D

1. The head proctor tells the students when they should begin the exam,

A

how long they have to complete it, and what the procedures are for

B C

burning in

D

1. The Charles Dickens character Wilkins Micawber lived in optimistic

A B

expectation of a best fortune

C D

1. Passive smoking is defined as the exposure of nonsmoker to

A B C

environmental tobacco smoke

D

1. In recent years, automobile emissions have disfigured stone carvings,

A B C

corroded bronze monuments, and soil ancient buildings

D

1. Estimates for scientist suggest that only 1 percent of the world’s extinct

A B C

Animals and plants have been identified.

D

1. When a human being walks, he or she exerts a certain number of force

A B C

on the ground

D

1. Many opinions have been voiced on the likely effective of the computer

A B C D

1. The oceans contain many forms of life that has not yet been discovered

A B C D

1. There have recently been any important findings in medical technology

A B C D

1. Sigmund Freud, the founding of psychoanalysis, settled in Londonat

A B C

theage of eighty-two

D

1. AlthoughFrance is a predominant Catholic country, it has a large Muslim

A B C D

minority

1. Adult education has become increasingly popular in theUnited States in

A B C

recentyears ago

D

1. Many disabled children cannot derive full enjoyment from toys make for

A B C D

no disabled children

1. Before 1992, Bobby Fischer had not played in other chess tournament

A B

since winning the Chess World Championship in 1972.

C D

1. As medical cost soar, the idea of a complete physical checkup has come

A B

under fire as both a waste of time or money.

C D

1. Perhaps was his defiance against his parents attitude that led Salvatore

A B C

Ferragamo to fame as the shoemaker for the world’s most famous women

D

1. Queen Elizabeth prefers what her jewels be left in their original setting

A B C D

1. Married women are twiceso likely as married men to be depressed

A B C D

1. On February 21, 1995, the oldest person in the person in the world,

A

a French woman named Jeanne Calment, she celebrated her 120^th

B C D

birthday