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Practice exercises for the TOEIC®, Part 5

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Part 5: Filling in the Blanks

Practice Exercises 1 - 20

Read the question. Look at the four choices. Select the INCORRECT part of the sentence. Then, look at the answer box. This version is low tech. Please use a pencil and paper to record your right and wrong answers.


1) Because of his high blood pressure, his doctor advised him to use salt _____.

2) She has been the president of _____ company for seven years.

3) The turn _____ at the company picnic was greater than expected.

4) During the _____ years of the millennium, social unrest increased dramatically.

5) This new hearing aid is _____ that it is almost invisible when placed in the ear.

6) In some parts of the world, the leaves on deciduous trees _____ in the autumn.

7) With the successful launch of the new satellite, the company can offer space-based ground imaging with one meter _____.

8) Since many of the managers were _____, and the chairman had a headache, the meeting was canceled.

9) The teleconference _____ for 3:00 PM, but was delayed due to telephone problems.

10) All the students _____ awaited the results of their last test.

11) Looking at the problems in schools around the world, from Colorado to Germany, from Japan to Pennsylvania, it seems many have forgotten the old adage, 'Spare the rod and _____ the child', to their misfortune.

12) The computer department decided to _____ the Y2K crisis by purchasing Macintosh computers before the end of the year.

13) With the current increases in _____ in US schools, the level of police security will also increase, perhaps causing an escalating situation.

14) The camera is _____ quite expensive, carrying a price tag of over $2,000.

15) The president signed just eight of the _____ spending bills that were supposed to be passed by Oct. 1.

16) Health officials report that about 20,000 Americans die of _____ of influenza every year.

17) The price of space tourism should come down _____ as more companies get into the business.

18) The Pokemon _____ in the US has caused a run on anything Pokemon related.

19) There are many stories of inventors or writers who can not _____ a manufacturer or publisher, yet eventually make it big.

20) The man was given a ticket for ______.


Score:

Number right: ____ Letter grade: _____ Level: _____

18 - 2016 - 1714 - 1512 - 13<=11
GradeABCDF
LevelGREATVery GoodGoodSo-soSee you in class soon!

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