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1. I fount it difficult to get … sleep again.
a. To c. for
b. Into d. onto
(a)Pattern : to get to slepp = to succeed in sleeping it is usully used in the negative.

2. These clothes need ….
a. Iron c. to iron
b. Ironing d. being ironed
(b)Pattern : need doing/to be done = require, if the subject is not a persen, a grerund or a passive in finitive follows the verb need.

3. Big cars are … comfortable but … economical than small ones.
a. The most/fewer c. fewer/more
b. Less/better d. more/less
(d)testing point : comparison “comfortable” and “economical” can be modified by either “more” or “less”

4. The glass on the table looks dirty. Please bring ….
a. Another c. the other
b. Another one d. it
(b)testing point : another one = additional one of the same kind.

5. The accused refused to talk to ….
a. Some body c. no body
b. Any body d. nothing
(b)testing point : to refuse “refused” is a negative verb “any body” is used in negative and interrogative sentences.




6. The rubbish … every evening.
a. Collects c. is collected
b. Is being collected d. may have collected
(c)testing point : passive voice the road has been cleared of snow. His behavior cannot be excused.

7. I come here every Saturday either to take photographs or ….
a. To draw c. I walk in the park
b. Drawing picture d. for walking in the park
(a)items in alist or a pettern should be parallel in structure.

8. Are you saw this man … yhe money?
a. Steal c. to steal
b. Stole d. when he stealing
(a)testing point : to see sb do sth, I sow him go out of the room.

9. I … to let you know that we’ve arrived safe and sound.
a. Wrote c. am writing
b. Write d. was writing
(c)testing point : the present continuouse tense it is used for an action happening now. Listen! She’s playing the piano.

10. I tired … to take his attention , but he didn’t see me.
a. Very c. hardly
b. Hard d. lots of
(b)testing point : adverbs qualifying verbs , notive that “very” and “lots of” don’t modify verbs.

11. It smells as if it … just … fire.
a. Was, cought c. is, catching
b. Is, caught d. has, caught
(d)testing point : present perfect tence, with “just”, it used to express arecently completed action.

12. He’s mending the car. After that we … to go for a drive.
a. Can c. may
b. Might d. we be able
(d)testing point : will be able to I will be able to run faster if I take this coat off.

13. Most patients … some sort of relief from their doctors.
a. Expect c. are advised
b. Are expected d. advise
(a)testing point : active voice he expected a letter this morning.

14. Sylvia and I … to marry this summer.
a. Will c. is
b. Am d. are
(d)testing point : subject-verb agreement because there are two subject in the sentence the verbshould be plural.

15. He advised that key … the bad news.
a. Not be told c. aren’t told
b. Not to be told d. wouldn’t be told
(a)testing point : advise that +present subjunctive the present subjunctive is the base form of the verb when used after certain verbs indicating that one person wants another to do something.

LET SUCCEED IN RESOLVING THE KEY LISTENING TOEFL

- Understand the forms of the command on each piece.
- Read the options on each question as much as possible when the narrator was reading about the direction and example.
- Listen with full concentration and focus your attention on the conversation you are listening to.
- Maximize your listening skills on the first questions in each part.
- Focus your hearing on the second.
- Only needs to capture the idea or content of the conversation.
- Understand fungtional forms of exprestion, idiomatic, expression, and the situation when the talks do.
- Choice of answer briefly and then record it and predict what will be the theme of conversation.
- When listening to conversations, you must know what the theme / topic.
- Pay attention to the conditions and situations that occur during a conversation, the conversation regarding where and when, what and who is talking about.
- Look at the answer choices are listed in the booklet and find the key word.
- Beware of talks in the first sentence because it usually will be the topic for the next sentences.
- Focus your hearing on matters relating to the 5-W questions (what, who, when, where, why) and How.