Advanced English:TOEFL Exercise 2

7. It is not clear when .... Although there are many different theories. 

A. Dinosaurus becoming extinct 

B. Dinosaurus extinction 

C. Dinosaurus became extinct 

D. Did dinosaurus become extict

Answer : C. It is past tense and it happened in the past.

8. The professor decided to allow the students to take the examination a second time 

    because the low scores.

Answer : D. The key word is “to take the examination a second time because... ”. To state the reason with the word “because” usually add “of” so that the sentence becomes “...because of the low scores”.

9. If the driver's own car ... damaged, the favorite probably would have won the race. 

A. Had not been 

B. Not 

C. No had been 

D. Has no be

Answer : A. Use the past perfect construction in past condition.

10. Having withdrawn from the race, the candidate decided supporting his opponent despite the opponent's representing the other political party

Answer : B. The key word is “the candidate decided..”. the verb/ phrase “decide” has an infinitive to. So that the right sentence is “...the candidate decided supporting ...”.

11. The soldiers were unable to determine where ...

A. The jeep had been left 

B. Had been leave the jeep 

C. Had the jeep been left 

D. Had the jeep

Answer : A. After the question word in an embedded question, the order is subject+verb

12. The manager was angry because somebody ...

A. Had allowed the photographers to enter the huilding 

B. Had let the photographers to enter the building 

C. Permitting the photographers enter the building 

D. The photographers let into the building 

Answer : A. The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action and both of these actions have happened in the past.

13. The committee members resented ... of the meeting. 

A. The president that he did not tell them 

B. The president not to inform them 

C. The president's not informing them 

D. That the president had failed informing themselves 

Answer : C. After the verb resented there must be a noun phrase or a clause. Remember that after a verb that requires a gerund in the subordinate clause, any noun must be possessive. Informing is a gerund because of resented.

14. ... did Arthur realize that there was danger. 

A. Upon entering the store 

B. When he entered the store 

C. After he had entered the store 

D. Only after entering the store

Answer : D. After a limiting a word (only) introduces a sentence, the order of the subject and verb is altered. That is why this sentence has the auxiliary did.