TOEFL/Cambridge Skills: Use of English | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Mars’s two small (A) moons are irregularly (B) shaped (C) and covered for (D) craters.

D. covered OF (instead of cover for)

Many comfort heating systems using (A) steam as (B) working fluid operate (C) at (D) the convection principle.

D. according to instead of AT

In (A) July of (B) 1861, Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid in a (C) house close Fort Summer (D).

D. close TO Fort Summer

A marionette is controlled by (A) means strings (B) connected (C) to (D) wooden bars.

B. means OF strings

Plants that sprout, grow, bloom, produce seeds (A), and die within (B) one year (C) are classified for (D) annuals.

D. classified AD not for

The middle ear (A) is attached for (B) the back of (C) the throat by (D) the Eustachian tube.

B. attached TO not for

According legend (A), Betsy Ross designed and sewed (B) the first (C) American flag (D).

A. According TO legend

Atomic nuclei are (A) believed (B) to be composed by (C) protons and neutrons in (D) equal numbers for the lighter elements.

C. composed OF not by

The occurrence edema (A) indicates (B) the presence of (C) a serious illness (D).

A. occurrence OF edema

Amelia Earhart, the first (A) woman to fly solo across (B) the Atlantic, disappeared on (C) June 1937 while attempting to fly around (D) the world.

C. disappeared IN instead of on

Correct or Incorrect: Anyone taking group tour to the Hawaiian Islands must pay fee before a first of the month.

Incorrect. (should be A group tour, there should be A fee, should be THE first of the month)

Correct or Incorrect: The car needed gas, so the driver stopped at a service station.

Correct

Correct or Incorrect: His absence from the board meeting was a strong indication of his desire to leave the company.

Incorrect. (indications should be indication)

Correct or Incorrect: She admitted that she made mistake but said that she had made a honest effort.

Incorrect. (mistake should be mistakes, should be an honest effort... sound of "o")

Correct or Incorrect: Each chemistry student should bring laboratory manual to a next class.

Incorrect. (should be THE laboratory manual, should be THE next class instead of a next class)

Correct or Incorrect: The Senate passed law banning smoking in public workplaces.

Incorrect. (should be A law)

Correct or Incorrect: The appearance of room could be improved by adding a green plants.

Incorrect. (should be of THE room, should be a green plant)

Correct or Incorrect: Because of previous disagreements, they are trying to arrive at an understanding.

Correct

Correct or Incorrect: The notebook that he left had an important assignment in it.

Correct

Correct or Incorrect: He took a money from his wallet to pay for sweater.

Incorrect. (should be TOOK money, should be for A sweater...quantifiable)

The story presented by Fischer is a headlong (A) tale told so effectively (B) that its momentum (C) carries the reader right through the live (D) endnotes.

D. the LIVELY instead of live

Signing (A) at the outset (B) of a business deal, a contract offers the participants a certain (C) degree of legal protection from costly (D) mistakes.

A. SIGNED instead of signing

Most probably (A) because of the likeable (B) rapport between anchors, the night (C) newscast on the local ABC affiliate has recently (D) moved well beyond its competitors in the ratings battle.

C. the NIGHTLY instead of NIGHT

Among (A) the disputing (B) sections (C) of the Monteverdi opera are (D) the sinfonia, the prologue, and the role of Ottone.

B. the DISPUTE instead of disputing

The state of deep (A) asleep (B) is characterized (C) by (D) rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep.

B. SLEEP instead of asleep

Halley’s comet, viewing (A) through (B) a telescope, was quite (C) impressive (D).

A. VIEWED instead of viewing

Perhaps the most welcoming (A) and friendly (B) of the park’s wild places is the live (C) oak forest that surrounds the district’s alone (D) visitors’ center in Gulf Breeze.

D. LONE instead of alone

Edelman stresses the mounting (A) evidence showing (B) that greatly (C) variation on a microscopic scale is likely (D).

C. GREAT instead of greatly

During the annually (A) salmon migration from the sea to fresh (B) water, Alaska’s McNeil River becomes a gathering (C) place for brown bears waiting eagerly (D) to catch their fill.

A. ANNUAL instead of annually

As the only (A) major American river that flowed (B) in a west (C) direction, the Ohio was the preferred (D) route for settlers.

C. in a WESTERLY instead of west