TOEFL

Idioms

100

take a short cut

take a faster route

200

talk over

discuss

300

things are looking up

the situation is improving

400

throw cold water on

force to cancel

500

take the plunge

finally take action, do smthg different

written expression

100

Lenses may to have either concave or convex shapes.

a) to have

b) concave

c) or

d) shapes

a ) to have

200

There are thousand of different types of roses.

a) There

b) thousand

c) different

d) of

b) thousand

300

For seventeen years, between 1932 to 1949, Fred Allen was one ot the most popular comedians on radio.

a) to   b) was  c) one of the  d) on radio

a) to

400

There are several races of giraffes, but there are only one species.

a) There  b) several  c) but  d) are

d) are

500

Boolean algebra is most often used to solve problems in logic, probability, and enegineer.

a) most often  b) to solve  c) logic  d) engineer

d) engineer

vocabulary

100

rough

difficult, impolite

200

raw

uncooked

300

quake

shake, tremble

400

quarrel

argument, disagreement

500

rehearse

practice, train

structure

100

pepsyn ___ an enzyme used in digestion.

a) that  b) is  c) of  d) being

b) is

200

_____ often raise funds from the sale of stock.

a) For corporations to operate

b) The operations of corporations

c) Corporations operate by

d) To operate, corporations

d)  To operate, corporations

300

There were ___ federal laws regulating mining practices until 1872.

a) none  b) not  c) no  d) not

c) no

400

Not only ____ places of beauty; they serve scientific and educational purposes as well.

a) are botanical gardens

b) botanical gardens to be

c) botanical gardes are

d) to be botanical gardens

a) are botanical gardens

500

Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi _____.

a) the United States was given the Statue of Liberty by the people of France.

b) the people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States

c) the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people of France

d) the French people presented the United States with a gift, the Statue of Liberty

c) the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people of France

General knowledge

100

Who sings the song "Por tu Maldito Amor"?

Vicente Fernandez

200

Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming

300

When was the first cellphone invented?

April 3, 1973 by Motorola.

400

When is the international Student's Day?

On November 17.

500

which are the 7 wonders of the world?

Chicen itzá, Machu Picchu, Christ the redeemer, The Great Wall of China, Petra, The Colosseum, The Taj Mahal