TOEFL Gramer Testleri

– ……………. she failed to win the Italian presidency last spring, her high profile and wide-spread popularity influenced the final selection.
A) However
B) When
C) The moment
D) Just as
E) Though

2- …………….. the Indonesian government has declared martial law, it is refusing to admit international peacekeeping troops.
A) While
B) If only
C) By the time
D) Only if
E) Despite

3- ……………. leaving the office, I realised that 1 had forgotten my wallet.
A) When
B) Until
C) Upon
D) The moment
E) Despite

4- The point seems to be that a person does not have to abandon the past ……………. be part of the future.
A) due to
B) owing to
C) in order to
D) much as
E) till

5- …………… he was charged with murder, he was protected by friends and did not return for hearing, …………… he would be prosecuted for political reasons.
A) Despite / only of
B) When/until
C) Although / for fear that
D) Seeing that / because
E) After / owing to

6- I once had a patient who was ………. she loaded her dirty dishes into the clothes dryer instead of the dish washer.
A) such sleep-deprived that
B) both sleep-deprived and
C) more sleep-deprived than
D) so sleep-deprived that
E) too sleep-deprived to

7- This new study sheds light on how memory works and raises questions about …………… we should use genetics
to make people brainier.
A) unless
B) what
C) where
D) whether
E) much as

8- …………… a player advances into the chess game, ………….. becomes the involvement of his ego.
A) When / so deeper
B) The most / such deepest
C) Most / more deep
D) The more / the deeper
E) More / deeper

9- …………… thousands have fled the province, hundreds of others reportedly have been killed.
A) By the time
B) However
C) Only if
D) Provided that
E) While

10- …………… search and rescue teams, the U.S. dispatched three ships carrying 900 Navy sailors and 2,100 Marines to assist in relief efforts.
A) Besides
B) While
C) Owing to
D) However
E) On account of

11- There’s no longer room for debate about …………….. a HIV positive mom should breast-feed …………….. bottle-feed an infant.
A) why/and
B) such / that
C) how / which
D) neither / nor
E) whether / or

12- Warm and loving families contribute positively to the mental and emotional health of members …………….. when
they are children …………….. throughout their lives as well.
A) yet/and
B) not only/but
C) neither / nor
D) like/as
E) either/or

13- ……………… they had entered the narrow gap, they climbed down the steep sides of the cave.
A) In case
B) Unless
C) On account of
D) Despite
E) After

14- She climbed steadily for nearly half an our. …………… realising she was alone.
A) while
B) before
C) even if
D) as soon as
E) nevertheless

15- Patients should contact their physician ………….. they are on the drug, but should not stop it …………. they have talked to the doctor.
A) when / if
B) although / after
C) while/once
D) so that / much as
E) if/until

16- I can feel comfortable taking these tablets because they’re safe to take …………. prescribed once or twice a day.
A) such
B) like
C) the same
D) as
E) when

17- A company holds interviews …………… it can find the best person for the job.
A) the moment
B) once
C) as soon as
D) in order that
E) when

18- My mother was …………… engrossed in the television program …………… she failed to hear the doorbell.
A) not only / but also
B) so/that
C) more / than
D) such/that
E) both/and

19- When the hurricane suddenly headed south, the radio station began broadcasting the news;……………..
everyone was prepared for the storm, and no one was injured.
A) due to
B) nonetheless
C) consequently
D) furthermore
E) besides

20- In the cold mountain air, Rich ……………….. wore long underwear, but he put on two pairs of insulated gloves
A) except/though
B) both/and
C) neither / nor
D) either / or
E) not only / as well

21- …………….. classroom populations are changing, the face of early childhood curriculum must also expand and grow to meet the needs of the twenty-first century.
A) Hardly
B) After
C) Where
D) No matter
E) Just as

22- Few crimes have…………….. strict inventions ……………..an air-plane hijack. There must be an aircraft, a plan to divert it and hijackers willing to risk their lives and those of innocents.
A) so many/that
B) such / as
C) less/than
D) far more / than
E) not only / but also

23- Late in December the heavy rains came, and the river climbed to the tops of its banks. When the water began to rise in a serious way, my parents made plans ………….. the river should invade
our house.
A) as though
B) as if
C) although
D) in case
E) whenever

24- Researchers are investigating prayers of others can heal.
A) whether
B) in case
C) however
D) which
E) whatever

25- …………….. hard they had tried to persuade the hooligans not to make any attempt to take their revenge on the supporters of the other team for beating four of their friends severely after the match, they were unsuccessful.
A) As
B) So that
C) For fear that
D) After
E) However