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TOEFL Vocabulary test

Directions: Choose the best answer for each question. You should take 12 minutes to finish this test.

1. Because they were both inexpensive and ready available, thatched roofs were in wide use in colonial America.

A. were both
B. inexpensive
C. ready
D. wide use

2. Among the materials used ------ reeds and straw.

A. to making thatched roofs
B. to make thatched roofs were
C. for making the thatched roofs
D. were thatched roofs made

3. In wide use after in the colonial US were such materials as slate, wood, clay, metal, and even plastic.

A. In
B. after
C. materials
D. even plastic

4. Settlers in colonial America chose to use reeds and straw ------ this material could withstand strong winds.

A. roofing their houses in part because
B. for roofing their partly houses because
C. because their roofs could partly
D. to roof their houses partly because

5. Reeds are straw-like plant that have hollow stems and are used in a variety of ways, including in musical instruments and basket making.

A. plant
B. stems
C. in a variety of
D. basket making

6. Clay shingles are tiles that are laid atop the roof of a structure to protect the roof and are seeing most often in the Southwest.

A. are
B. atop
C. a structure
D. are seeing

7. Because it is a dense rock with smooth, flat surface, slate is commonly used in billiard tables and black boards.

A. a
B. smooth
C. commonly
D. and

8. Because of their flexibility, reeds and straw are able to endure harsh winds that other more brittle materials like brick and concrete would not be able to withstanding.

A. Because of
B. are able to
C. other more
D. withstanding

9. Barns are large structures ------ sheltErin Billyg farm equipment and livestock, such as horses and cows.

A. solely erecting the purpose of
B. erected for the sole purpose of
C. erecting the sole
D. to erect the purpose solely

10. ------, barns have long been a popular subject in paintings and photographs.

A. Often painted red
B. Often painting red
C. They were often painted red
D. Which were often painting red

11. Wooden shingles are prohibited in many municipalities in the US because of the ease ------ catch fire.

A. that they can
B. which they
C. with which they can
D. of

12. Before hay can be processed and sold, it is typically bundled into boxlike bales so that it can be more easily transport.

A. and sold
B. typically
C. into
D. transport

13. The primary function of the beams in a house is providing support for the roof of the house.

A. The primary
B. providing
C. for
D. of the

14. One of the chief reason for the popularity of brick in the eastern US is its longevity.

A. reason
B. of
C. is
D. longevity

15. More popular now in housing construction is tar-coated shingles that are more flame retardant than those made of wood.

A. More popular
B. housing construction
C. is
D. than those

16. Hay is processed from such as grasses clover and alfalfa and is used chiefly as fodder for livestock.

A. processed
B. as grasses
C. used chiefly
D. livestock

17. Thatching is a method of roofing dwellings ------ in the 1600's.

A. in wide use
B. that were widely used
C. that was in widely use
D. using widely

18. Among the quickest and least expensive methods of roofing dwellings available to American colonists were thatching.

A. roofing dwellings
B. to
C. were
D. thatching

19. ------ did American colonists begin to use wooden shingles to roof their houses more than they used thatching.

A. In the eighteenth century
B. It was not until the eighteenth century that
C. Not until the eighteenth century
D. Before the eighteenth century

20. The practice of using thatching to roof houses in colonial America gradually ------ the wide availability of wood.

A. died out partly because of
B. partly dying out because of
C. dies out partly due to
D. had died partly out because of