Choose the incorrect answer, then give the right answer and the reason!
TOEFL EXERCISES 2
1. The
Kodak was the first camera designedspecifically for both mass
production or
A B C D
amateur
use.
The Answer : D
The Correct One : and
Reason : because
‘both’ is used to refer two things together.
2. Coral
reefs are limestone formations
composed of tiny sea organisms and the remains.
A B C D
The Answer : B
The Correct One : limestone formation
Reason : because the
information only contain of one information that is limestone, which is not
plural.
3. Most slugs and snails breathe
using a lung which opens through a small hole
A B
In the sideof its bodies.
C
D
The Answer : D
The Correct One : their bodies
Reason : because it refer to the snails and slugs body so it should use
plural pronoun ‘their’.
4.
Frogs
get much of their oxygen by
means blood capillaries in the surface
A B C
Of the skin
D
The Answer : C
The Correct One : on the surface
Reason : because ‘on’
is the preposition of place that is used to refer to a surface.
5.
The
brain is made up of100 millions of neurons that differ fromeach other greatly
A B
C
In size and shape
D
The Answer : B
The Correct One : 100 million neurons
Reason : because the
preposition of is not needed.
6.
During the
1700s, Philadelphia developed into the most wealthy city in the
A B C
American
colonies
D
The Answer : C
The Correct One : wealthiest
Reason : because
two-syllable adjectives, ending in-y, are made into superlatives by using
‘-iest’ all other two-syllable adjectives use ‘most’.
7.
Octopuses
have not only large brains and also a well-developed
nervoussystem
A
B C D
The Answer : B
The Correct One : but
Reason : because ‘not
only’ in pairs with ‘but also’ not ‘and also’.
8.
Science
is the process of gathering knowledge and answering questions
about the
A B C
world and how works it.
D
The Answer : B
The Correct One : gathered
Reason : because it is
as a verb using gathered in conjunction with knowledge seems more suitable to
collect normally separate things.
9.
The
development of voice recognition will enable the computer to
respond to
A B C
commands spoken.
D
The Answer : D
The Correct One : command spoken
Reason : because it
refer to the voice recognition, so it should use singular noun ‘command’.
10.
Nails
act as a hard base for the sensitive skin of the fingertips and
toe tips to press
A B
against , so they may help our sensitivelyto touch.
C
D
The
Answer : C
The
Correct One : sensitivity
Reason
: because it refers to human’s part body, fingertips and toe tips.