title = "TOEFL Practice Questions"
level = "Difficult"
category = "Grammar"
date = "October 23, 2000"
writer = "Chris Yukna"
copyright = "2000"
bgcolor = "FFFFCE"
url = "http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/"
email = 'yukna@admunix.emse.fr'


Photography changed dramatically ___ introduced instant pictures.
when Polaroid
Polaroid
when was
it when Polaroid

Xavier Philippe will often spend his evenings ___ upside-down from the ceiling in his room.
hanging
which hanging
that are
hang

___ sharks, whales and dolphins are warm blooded mammals.
Unlike
Not likeness to
Alike
Dislike

Sebastien can drink ___ a gallon of beer in one sitting.
as much as
mostly
so much that
their

The closer we ___ to our trip to Boston the more excited my students become.
are
have
the
it has

The USS Constitution, the oldest ship still in active service in the U.S. Navy, ____ in 1797.
was launched
when it launched
that was launched
launching

___ the end of the whaling industry came hard times for seaports like New Bedford and Nantucket.
With
Was it
This
Moreover

One purpose _________ to make up for money spent in the French and Indian War.
of the Stamp Act was
of the Stamp Act which was
the Stamp Act
of the Stamp Act

___ in 1939, the Borne Bridge spans the Cape Cod Canal and is one of the many grand projects of the Depression era.
Completed
Completes
Completing
Complete

The Copperhead is a venomous serpent, found as far North as the Blue Hills in Massachusetts and ___ bite has proved dangerous to hikers and joggers.
its
who
whom
whose

The Boston Marathon ___ every April on Patriot's Day to commemorate the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
is run
ran
run
running

Strangely enough, the Bunker Hill monument ____ on Breed's Hill where the actual battle took place.
is located
has situated
to situate
locating

With the publishing of Thoreau's On Walden Pond _____ of the wonder of Nature.
came a new appreciation
his appreciation
appreciated
the author appreciated

Samuel Adams argued that to live in a truly free and noble state the people permitted to vote ___ even to the point of including women.
should be increased
would be larger
should larger
is

___ Boston Harbor now, with its dolphins and seals, you would find it hard to believe how polluted it was just a few years ago.
Seeing
Seen
It sees
Is seeing