TOEFL EXERCISE (Skill 1-3): Choose
the letter of the underlined word or group of words tha is not correct.
1.     
Nobody know when the process
of glass making was invented. 
                      A
                     
  B                
             C        D 
Answer:
C (was)
2. The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural and
                                                  
A                   
B
 similarities differences.
 
      C                D
Answer:
B (array)
3. The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great deal of legal
 
                     
                      A
        B 
ambiguity
because multinationals can operate in so many juridictions.
 
                     
                
         C         D 
Answer:
A (have)
4. All of the east-west interstate highways in United States has even
                                                                                           
A
numbers, while north-south interstate highways are odd-numbered.
 
     B                
                     
                       C          
   D 
Answer:
A (has)
5. When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a
   
A                                                                                
B               
wave
of neutrinos were detected on Earth.
 
                     
         C          D 
Answer:
C (were)
6. Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few
 
                     
                    A  
                   
   B 
bushes
are occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.
 
            C         D 
Answer:
C (are)
7. Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano tha put so much ash into the
 
                     
 
A                                            
B
air
that sunsets around the world was affected for two years afterward.
                                                          
C                                     D
Answer:
A (is remembered)
8. The term “Yankee” was originally a nickname for people from New
 
                        
          A 
England,
but now anyone from United States are referred to as
a 
                                                                   
B         C         
D
Yankee.
Answer:
B (are)
9. A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and
 
                     
                     
                   A  
       
the
underlying muscles, supply blood to the face and
scalp.
         
B                           
C         D
Answer:
C (supply)
10. Mesquite is a small tree in the southwest who can withstand the severest drought.
      
              A       B
                     
               C    
           D 
Answer:
C (who)
 
