© 2013 wheresjenny.com toeic error recognition exercise 5

ERROR RECOGNITION

EXERCISE 5

1. Bone and ivory needles found at archaeological sites indicate that clothes have been sewn for some 17,000 years ago.

A. found

B. indicate

C. clothes

D. years ago

2. Some scientists predict that, despite greater material output, the people in the year 2,000 will be poorer in many ways than it is today.

A. despite greater

B. material output

C. the people in the year 2,000

D. it is today

1. Bone and ivory needles found at archaeological sites indicate that clothes have been sewn for some 17,000 years ago.

A. found

B. indicate

C. clothes

D. years ago

2. Some scientists predict that, despite greater material output, the people in the year 2,000 will be poorer in many ways than it is today.

A. despite greater

B. material output

C. the people in the year 2,000

D. it is today

3. forty years ago, Helen Hall's outstanding contributions as a settlement organizer catch the attention of president Franklin Roosevelt, who appointed her to his advisory committee

A. outstanding

B. catch

C. her to his

D. advisory committee

4. As every other nation, the United States used to define its unit of currency, the dollars, in terms of the gold standard

B. other

C. used to define

D. its

3. forty years ago, Helen Hall's outstanding contributions as a settlement organizer catch the attention of president Franklin Roosevelt, who appointed her to his advisory committee

A. outstanding

B. catch

C. her to his

D. advisory committee

4. As every other nation, the United States used to define its unit of currency, the dollars, in terms of the gold standard

B. other

C. used to define

D. its

5. The prime minister's conviction for improper campaign practices is likely to result in increasing pressure that she resigns.

A. conviction

B. likely

C. result in

D. resigns

6. Venus approaches the Earth more closely than any other planet is.

A. approaches

B. the Earth

C. any other

5. The prime minister's conviction for improper campaign practices is likely to result in increasing pressure that she resigns.

A. conviction

B. likely

C. result in

D. resigns

6. Venus approaches the Earth more closely than any other planet is.

A. approaches

B. the Earth

C. any other

7. Along the East Coast, American Indian women's councils could veto a declaration of war at refusal to supply moccasins and field rations.

A. Along

B. could veto

C. a declaration

D. at refusal

8. An echo is a sound heard subsequently it is reflected from an object.

A. heard

B. subsequently

C. reflected from

D. an object

7. Along the East Coast, American Indian women's councils could veto a declaration of war at refusal to supply moccasins and field rations.

A. Along

B. could veto

C. a declaration

D. at refusal

8. An echo is a sound heard subsequently it is reflected from an object.

A. heard

B. subsequently

C. reflected from

D. an object

9. The ode was original a ceremonial poem written to celebrate public occasions or exalted subjects.

A. original

B. a ceremonial

C. written to

10. Seaweed nurtures numerous communities of living things, which are protected under the wet coverings of the weeds while the tide out.

A. numerous

B. which

C. under

D. tide out

9. The ode was original a ceremonial poem written to celebrate public occasions or exalted subjects.

A. original

B. a ceremonial

C. written to

10. Seaweed nurtures numerous communities of living things, which are protected under the wet coverings of the weeds while the tide out.

A. numerous

B. which

C. under

D. tide out

11. Mosquitoes usually lay eggs on top stagnant water.

A. Mosquitoes

B. usually

C. lay

D. top stagnant

12. All alligator is an animal somewhat like a crocodile, but with a broad, flatten snout.

A. All alligator

B. somewhat like

C. with

D. flatten

11. Mosquitoes usually lay eggs on top stagnant water.

A. Mosquitoes

B. usually

C. lay

D. top stagnant

12. All alligator is an animal somewhat like a crocodile, but with a broad, flatten snout.

A. All alligator

B. somewhat like

C. with

D. flatten

13. An extremely dangerous forms of cocaine, crack attacks the nervous system, brain, and body in a sharper fashion than cocaine.

A. forms

B. attacks

C. body

D. sharper

14. Tenant farmers are those they either rent a farm and work it for themselves or work the farm for the owner and receive payment.

A. they

B. work it

D. the owner

13. An extremely dangerous forms of cocaine, crack attacks the nervous system, brain, and body in a sharper fashion than cocaine.

A. forms

B. attacks

C. body

D. sharper

14. Tenant farmers are those they either rent a farm and work it for themselves or work the farm for the owner and receive payment.

A. they

B. work it

D. the owner

15. After his trips to the west between 1860 and 1872, Ralph Alber Bakelock would often painted American Indian encampments on brown-and-yellow-toned canvases.

A. trips

B. between

C. painted

16. The fact that half of the known species is thought to inhabit the world's rain forests does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species.

A. is thought to

B. does not

C. considering

D. species

15. After his trips to the west between 1860 and 1872, Ralph Alber Bakelock would often painted American Indian encampments on brown-and-yellow-toned canvases.

A. trips

B. between

C. painted

16. The fact that half of the known species is thought to inhabit the world's rain forests does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species.

A. is thought to

B. does not

C. considering

D. species

17. Langston Hughes always seemed to know exactly who he was, and those knowledges helped make him one of the most respected writers in the United States.

A. exactly who

B. those knowledges

C. make him

D. most respected

18. The double bull's eye in center of a dart board is which fifty points.

A. double

B. bull's eye

C. in center

D. is worth

17. Langston Hughes always seemed to know exactly who he was, and those knowledges helped make him one of the most respected writers in the United States.

A. exactly who

B. those knowledges

C. make him

D. most respected

18. The double bull's eye in center of a dart board is which fifty points.

A. double

B. bull's eye

C. in center

D. is worth

19. As a glacier melts, rocks, boulders, trees, and tons of dirt deposit.

B. melts

C. dirt

D. deposit

20. A narcotic is a substance that is having a strong depressant effect on the human nervous system.

A. is having

B. strong

C. human

D. system

19. As a glacier melts, rocks, boulders, trees, and tons of dirt deposit.

B. melts

C. dirt

D. deposit

20. A narcotic is a substance that is having a strong depressant effect on the human nervous system.

A. is having

B. strong

C. human

D. system

21. Found in all parts of the state, pines are the most ordinary trees in Georgia.

A. Found

B. the state

C. pines are

D. ordinary

22. Many of the satellites of space carry telescopes and other instruments used in astronomy to look at the stars.

A. Many of the satellites

B. of space

C. used in astronomy

D. look at the stars

21. Found in all parts of the state, pines are the most ordinary trees in Georgia.

A. Found

B. the state

C. pines are

D. ordinary

22. Many of the satellites of space carry telescopes and other instruments used in astronomy to look at the stars.

A. Many of the satellites

B. of space

C. used in astronomy

D. look at the stars

23. Old faithful in the Yollowstone National Park is probably the world's most famous geyser.

A. Old faithful

B. the Yollowstone National Park

C. the world's

D. most famous

24. A painter who lived most of his life in the Middle West, Grant wood has called America's Painter of the Soil.

A. most

B. his life

C. has called

D. Painter of the Soil

23. Old faithful in the Yollowstone National Park is probably the world's most famous geyser.

A. Old faithful

B. the Yollowstone National Park

C. the world's

D. most famous

24. A painter who lived most of his life in the Middle West, Grant wood has called America's Painter of the Soil.

A. most

B. his life

C. has called

D. Painter of the Soil

25. Tempera, a type of paint, is prepared from a mixture of water, egg yolk, and one but more tinted powders.

A. type

B. mixture

C. but

D. tinted

26. Moonquakes originating at deep of some 800 kilometers indicate the Moon has considerable rigidity and is not molten at such levels.

A. originating

B. deep

C. some

D. considerable rigidity

25. Tempera, a type of paint, is prepared from a mixture of water, egg yolk, and one but more tinted powders.

A. type

B. mixture

C. but

D. tinted

26. Moonquakes originating at deep of some 800 kilometers indicate the Moon has considerable rigidity and is not molten at such levels.

A. originating

B. deep

C. some

D. considerable rigidity

27. Cartilage covers the ends of bones helps to protect the joints from wear and tear.

A. covers

B. the ends

C. to protect

D. from

28. Laminated safety glass is produced with combining alternate layers of flat glass and plastic.

A. safety

B. with

C. alternate

D. flat

27. Cartilage covers the ends of bones helps to protect the joints from wear and tear.

A. covers

B. the ends

C. to protect

D. from

28. Laminated safety glass is produced with combining alternate layers of flat glass and plastic.

A. safety

B. with

C. alternate

D. flat

29. Slightly over half of the population of El Paso, Texas, says both English and Spanish.

A. Slightly

B. half

C. population

D. says

30. Part of the sunlight that strikes the Earth is reflected into the sky, and a rest is absorbed by the ground.

A. Part of

B. strikes

C. a rest

D. ground

29. Slightly over half of the population of El Paso, Texas, says both English and Spanish.

A. Slightly

B. half

C. population

D. says

30. Part of the sunlight that strikes the Earth is reflected into the sky, and a rest is absorbed by the ground.

A. Part of

B. strikes

C. a rest

D. ground

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Documents

greater material output

advisory committee

declaration of war

prime ministers conviction

settlement organizer

improper campaign practices

american indian

archaeological sites