Toefl Exercise 2

Soal A

1. The Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park in Texas were created by volcanic eruptions that occurred__________.

          a. the area in which dinosaurs roamed         c. did dinosaurs roam the area

          b. when dinosaurs roamed the area         d. dinosaurs roaming the area

      Answer : B. when dinosaurs roamed the area, because after occurred (verb) should be followed by noun or noun clause and there's subordinate connector (when).

Soal B

1. Talc, a soft mineral with a variety of uses, sold is in slabs or in powdered form.

                   A                       B                   C                                         D

      Answer : C. It should be is sold.

Soal C. 

1. It is the fact that _________ form of energy.

         a. electricity the most useful

         b. electricity is the most useful

         c. the most useful in electricity

         d. electricity being the most useful

      Answer : B. electricity is the most useful (it's superlative adjective more than one syllable, the formulate : N + to be + the most + adjective, so the correct answer is B.