TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-15)

Previous Skill : Parallel structure with coordinate connector  (Skill 14)
                          Parallel structure with paired conjunction (Skill 15)
               

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence. 

1. Most cells in multicelled organisms perform _____ functions. 

(A) specialize 

(B) specialized 

(C) they specialize 

(D) specialization 

2. The big island of Hawaii, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ____ by five volcanoes

(A) creation 

(B) it was created 

(C) creating 

(D) was created 

3. The Sun uses up over 4 million tons of hydrogen per second, ____still has enough hydrogen to last for the next 5 billion years. 

(A) it does not 

(B) it

(C) but it 

(D) to it 

 4. For Katherine L. Bates, who _____ the top of Pikes Peak in 1893, the view provided the inspiration for her hymn America the Beautiful.

(A) reached 

(B) she reached 

(C) reaching 

(D) she was reaching 

Answer:

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B (gases)
6. B (ranges)
7. D (chilled)
8. A (glorify)
9. D (but)
10. C (has)