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TOEFL Test1: Reading

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. (verb) To do something which is different from the usual or common way of behaving : The recent pattern of weather ______ from the norm for this time of year. b) To go in a different direction : The path follows the river closely - occasionally ____






2. (verb) To be filled with a particular feeling - quality or idea : His poetry is _________ with deep - religious feeling. 2) You can _______ each stream with a different locale object. 3) They write now about the social life of things - how the arti






3. (idiom) If someone has a position in ____ ___ ___ - they have earned it or got it by themselves and not because of anyone else: She's a millionaire in her _____ ____. 2) The Earl was in ____ ___ ____ a considerable landowner in the county but his can






4. (verb) To stop something from happening or someone from doing something: My holiday plans have been _______ by the strike. 2) On day one ambitious plans were ________ by the weather. 3) The Treasury's short term - blinkered - approach to the fishing






5. (verb) Used in some expressions about knowing or meeting people (make _______ ~ tanismak - be ______ ~ asina olmak) : 1) It was at the Taylors' party that I first made his ________ (= first met him). 2) I wasn't sure about Darryl when I first met her






6. (verb) If a student ______ ___ - they stop going to classes before they have finished their course.:






7. (noun) Affection - love - liking - warmth : George's fondness for pink gins was well known. 2) He had made an attempt to reclaim his former rank but his _______ FOR drink let him down. 3) a great deal is written about his ______ FOR animals - particu






8. (verb) Achievement P. J. Carlisimo is often _______ with the perfection of this technique. 2) British surgeon - Dr. Richard Schuckberg - is _________ with writing down 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' after the French and Indian War.






9. (verb) To bring someone back to life : Almost all Christians believe that Jesus was _____ from the dead. b) To bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended: She has been busily trying to _______ her Hollywood career.






10. (verb) (Limit) To limit an activity - person or problem in some way // to keep within limits; restrict : Let's ________ our discussion to the matter in question - please! 2) Please ______ your use of the telephone to business calls. 3) By closing t






11. (verb) To show something publicly : He frequently __________ at the art gallery. 2) In the summer the academy will ________ several prints which are rarely seen. 3) He ________ great self-control considering her rudeness.






12. (verb) To give someone a thing or a duty for which they are responsible: He didn't look like the sort of man you should ______ your luggage to. 2) Two senior officials have been _______ with organizing the auction.






13. (idiom) Being shown or replicated: His sadness at the death of his wife ______ _____ (= was shown) in his music. 2)






14. (adj) Describes a person - usually a child - who has been raised in a way that does not prepare them well for the demands of life - which often leads to problems with behaviour in the future : a residential school for disturbed and ______ children 2






15. (verb) To calculate an amount: The inflation rate is now _______ (p.p) To be 10%. 2) b) To think or believe : I _______ it's going to rain. 2) How much do you _____ (that) it's going to cost? c) To consider or have the opinion that something is as st






16. (adj) No longer supporting or being satisfied with an organization or idea : The party needs to take steps to attract _________ voters. b) describes young people who are no longer satisfied with society's values (aykiri - toplumdan sogumus) : The tea






17. (noun) One who lives in solitude // - a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world : He is a millionaire ________ who refuses to give interviews. 2) At one time - the house and estate belonged to a rich - but rather eccentric ______






18. (verb) To give careful attention; listen carefully: Whilst there's some merit in _____ ___ (pay attention to) To a bygone era - I think you can take the premise a little too far.






19. (adj) Clear The minister said she would give an ________ statement ON the future of the coal industry at the earliest possible opportunity






20. (verb) To (cause something to) Change chemically through the action of living substances - such as yeast or bacteria : However - baker's honey may contain additives and be partially _______ as it is not suitable for sale to consumers without processi






21. (verb) 1. To learn a new skill or language or information by practising it or thinking over it - to collect - or to go and get someone or something : 1) When you're in town could you ____ ___ the books I ordered? 2) Whose turn is it to _____ the chil






22. (noun) Model - pattern - prototype // a typical example of something; the original model of something from which others are copied : The United States is the _______ of a federal society.






23. (noun) Environment - sphere - background // the people - physical and social conditions and events which provide the environment in which someone acts or lives: It is a study of the social and cultural _______ in which Michelangelo lived and worked.






24. (verb) overstatement - overemphasis : Sal reckons over sixty people were there but I think that's a slight ________.






25. (verb) If a law - plan or deal goes through - it is officially accepted or approved. : A council spokeswoman said that the proposals for the new shopping centre were unlikely to _____ _____. b) To experience a difficult or unpleasant situation : Yo






26. (noun) a connection between two things : The survey found no ___________ BETWEEN crime and unemployment rates. 2) There is some ________ BETWEEN the two variables b) LETTERS - messages : his private _________ 2) Any further ________ should be sent to






27. (adj) Very well known and important : The government should be playing a more ___________ role in promoting human rights. 2) a __________ member of the Saudi royal family






28. (verb) Made beautiful The bride's hair was _______ with pearls and white flowers.






29. (adj) New - original - unusual: 1) a ____ idea/suggestion 2) Keeping a sheep in the garden is a ______ way of keeping the grass short!






30. (verb) Not giving any space to move or do much - Please ______ your dog on a _______ when on the beach.






31. (phrase) Lifestyle - manner of living : people from all _____ __ ___ 2) His funeral was attended by mourners (yasli - matemli kimse) from all _____ ______ - coming to pay their respects to the artist.






32. (verb) To become completely involved in something (kendini kaptirmak - tamaiyla bir isin icinde olmak) : She got some books out of the library and _______ herself IN Jewish history and culture. 2) Changing Worlds offers teaching to volunteers who wis






33. (verb) To choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity : Linda was content to _____ __ ____ _____ and let Nancy run the meeting.






34. (idiom) An unrealistic idea or fantastic notion - a pipe dream. : he engaged in _____ __ _____ - such as owning a million-dollar house.






35. (n) A period of mental illness - usually without a physical cause - which results in anxiety - difficulty in sleeping and thinking clearly - a loss of confidence and hope - and a feeling of great sadness : He suffered a ________ __________ in his twe






36. (verb) To make a choice - especially for one thing or possibility in preference to any others: Mike ____ FOR early retirement. 2) Most people ____ TO have the operation. 3) A woman often _____ FOR abortion because she can see no way out of her crisis






37. (adj) Smart - He was _______ enough not to take the job when there was the possibility of getting a better one a few months later. 2) She is a ________ politician who wants to avoid offending the electorate unnecessarily. 3) It was a ______ (=wise )






38. (Adj) Making you remember a particular person - event or thing: That song is so _______ of my adolescence. 2) Tony's topic title was a little _______ OF the old west - where pioneering settlements were given names according to their surroundings. 3)






39. (verb) To find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together: It is sometimes difficult to _______ science and religion. 2) It's difficult to ______ such different points of view. 3) How can you






40. (verb) part of a group; involved with an event






41. Falseness - fraudulence : For Holden - _______ seems to be a characteristic of mostly adults around him. 2) Depending upon how sensitive we are to _______ determines how we choose our friends.






42. (phrase) As a type of : He sent me some flowers ___ ___ __ an apology. 2) He paid our fares by way of gratitude.






43. (phrase-idiom) To cause someone to feel awe (a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise) : I was ______ but not frightened by the huge gorilla. 2) You can't help but stand in awe of (= respect greatly and fear slightly) powerful






44. (noun) (the act of) Forcing someone - or being forced - to leave a school - organisation or country: They threatened him WITH ______ from school. 2) This is the second _______ of a club member this year. b) (the act of) forcing air or liquid out of s






45. (verb) Confront - face - to experience especially something unpleasant : 1) When did you first _______ these difficulties? 2) The army is reported to be _________ (ing) Considerable resistance. b) To meet someone unexpectedly - to run into smb - cro






46. (verb) To try to be more successful than someone or something else (rekabet etmek - yarismak - cekismek) : It's difficult for a small supermarket to ________ AGAINST / WITH the big supermarkets. 2) Both girls _______ FOR their father's attention. 3)






47. (adj) Special As an ambassador - she enjoys a very ________ status. 2) I have been _________ (p.p) TO work with the pioneers of silicon technology.






48. (noun) A person who has a religious or spiritual experience in which they see a holy person who is not living or they see a holy event that cannot be explained scientifically b) a person who has the ability to imagine how a country - society - indus






49. (noun) A large building - especially a splendid one : The town hall is the only _______ surviving from the fifteenth century. b) a system which has been established for a long time : It looks as if the whole political _____ of the country is about to






50. (verb) To sit on or near the edge of something: We ______ on bar stools and had a beer 2) A blackbird was perching on the gate.