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TOEFL ARTICLE1



Multiple Choice
Choose the underlined word or group of words that is not correct!
 

 1. 

There was ecologist taking an expeditionary trudge to observe the lethal epidemics
in the wildest forest.
a.
ecologist
c.
the lethal epidemics
b.
an expeditionary trudge
d.
the wildest forest
 

 2. 

The vast thicket was so dense that they could see nothing except sky and the strong arm of
the expedition’s point man.
a.
The vast thicket
c.
the strong arm
b.
sky
d.
the expedition’s point man
 

 3. 

The point man chopping the weeds ten hours day without stopping, without a drink and eating
encouraged the team depressed team that they would emerge.
a.
The point man
c.
day
b.
the weeds
d.
a drink
 

 4. 

After six months, the ecologist and his crew paused at a field camp called Ekania within
Odzala National Park which is noted for its big populations of the forest elephants and gorillas.
a.
the ecologist
c.
Odzala National Park
b.
a field camp
d.
the forest elephants and gorillas
 

 5. 

What interested him to explore on the foot is the bais, small meadow clearings having mineral
salts, edible sedges and other tooth, some vegetation attracting elephants, gorillas, forest
buffaloes, and others in large groups.
a.
on the foot
c.
elephants
b.
the bais
d.
in large groups
 

 6. 

It looked like a daunting endeavor for a human being to go deeper into wildest forest,
but he could manage to stay there for months.
a.
a daunting endeavor
c.
wildest forest
b.
a human being
d.
months
 

 7. 

Gathering data on some new and significant impressions of Odzala National Park,
he found a black colobus monkey belonging to the rare species within a park.
a.
data
c.
a black colobus monkey
b.
Odzala National Park
d.
a park
 

 8. 

Elephant researchers and visiting film crew used an usual route to the Maya North camp
which was upriver along the Mambili and could be travelled for some hours by
motorized dugout.
a.
visiting film crew
c.
the Maya North camp
b.
an usual route
d.
the Mambili
 

 9. 

Several Congolese camp workers didn’t believe that the team preferred to walk to get to
the camp, instead of travelling by a ferry.
a.
Several Congolese
c.
the camp
b.
the team
d.
by a ferry
 

 10. 

The pygmies accompanying J. Michael Fay, the ecologist, entered a alien landscape far
away from their home as bravely as the Portuguese seamen sailing with Ferdinand Magellan.
a.
The pygmies
c.
a alien landscape
b.
the ecologist
d.
the Portuguese seamen
 

 11. 

After nursing few of the sick crew who got hepatitis, he decided to ship them the home which
was far enough from the forest for their sickness seemed to go worse.
a.
the sick crew
c.
the forest
b.
the home
d.
their sickness
 

 12. 

Having escorted a sick to their village, a new crew from the gold-mining camps whose arms
are strong.
a.
a sick
c.
a new crew
b.
their village
d.
the gold-mining camps
 

 13. 

Having a new and strong crew, he was filled with great deal of enthusiasm and energy to
continue exploring the forest to find out why the number of gorillas is going less.
a.
a new and strong crew
c.
the forest
b.
great deal of enthusiasm and energy
d.
the number of gorillas
 

 14. 

Many scientists doing a field researches for the cause of the decreasing number of gorillas
and chimps gathered testimony from hunters and gold-miners.
a.
Another scientist
c.
the decreasing number of gorillas
b.
a field researches
d.
hunters and gold-miners
 

 15. 

As human population grows faster and faster, it’s greatly possible that a human presence will
destroy the spectacular zones of forest and swamps where plant and animal kingdoms should
be protected.
a.
human population
c.
the spectacular zones of forest and swamps
b.
a human presence
d.
plant and animal kingdoms
 



 
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