TOEFL Junior Test #17 - Language Form and Meaning

9/29/2020 12:45:00 PM

Read the announcement and choose the best answer for each blank.

If you are a good student and would like to help people, you should become a tutor. need tutors to help them with their work. What you can do is help these students. Tutoring is not only a great way other students, but it is also good for making new friends. Tutoring sessions are after school from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. Anyone who should come to the information meeting on Friday, September 8th at 3:00 in the school library.

Read the email and choose the best answer for each blank.

Hi Mr. Williams,

I’m writing to you about Matthew Bell. Matthew is another student that you this year. Matthew in school for 2 weeks. I tried calling Matthew’s house but no one answered. If know anything about Matthew, could you let me know? I hope you don't mind my .

(Adapted from: Master TOEFL Junior Basic: Language Form & Meaning.)

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

I usually have lunch with Lindsay, but today Lindsay was sick. I decided lunch with Julianne who is an interesting girl. She has lived all over the world! She began to tell me lots of stories about what it was like when she lived in Argentina. She by her mom when she lived there, but they lots of field trips together. They saw so many amazing things. When I get older, I will Julianne's advice and try to travel!

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Jameson leave his hometown when he was 10 because his parents died. Jameson went to live with his aunt and uncle, evil shoemakers. Jameson liked shoes, but only when he was wearing them. He was unhappy to do the work that his aunt and uncle asked. They wanted him shoes for 15 hours every day. Jameson's aunt at him one night as he was trying to sleep. He a slave for 2 years, so he decided to run away. The next morning, Jameson's aunt and uncle talked with their customers while he snuck the house. He was never seen again.

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Chinese is an interesting and language because it is not one language, many languages. The people in China share a background of ancient Chinese but languages they speak are very different from one another. If a Chinese person travels to another part of China, they cannot understand the people around them. Furthermore, the Chinese say that these languages are different versions of the same language, but language experts don't agree.

Mandarin and Cantonese. Mandarin is spoken throughout much of China, while Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong and Macau. Mandarin is 830 million. Most people consider the languages of Chinese to be part of a language family, just the Romance of Europe.

(Adapted from: Master TOEFL Junior Basic: Language Form & Meaning)

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

The settlement of Jamestown, Virginia was founded during the 1600s. It was settlement in North America. It was founded by a British company known as the London Company in 1607. This company was to settle and colonize land in America. that the New World contained many riches, King James hoped a successful settlement in order to make money.

Life in Jamestown was hard and people were not enjoying in an unsettled place. Sadly, many people were killed by difficult living conditions, the settlement continued to grow. King James knew it would be difficult to have a successful colony if his men did not , and they did.

Today, many Americans think fondly of Jamestown, Virginia, was also the first capital of the Virginia colony.

(Adapted from: Master TOEFL Junior Basic: Language Form & Meaning)

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

A mural is a large painting done on a wall, ceiling, or side of a building. There are several different of murals. frescoes were among of murals. To create a fresco, the artist first wet plaster to the surface of the wall or ceiling. Then, paint was layered on top of the plaster. Because the plaster dried so quickly, the artist could only paint a small area at a time. Thus frescoes often took a long time . For that reason, many artists actively making frescoes. Those who wanted to do murals more quickly to using other techniques. Painting on pieces of canvas and then attaching those pieces to a wall was another way . A more modern technique is to make murals with photographs that have been printed on large sheets.

(Adapted from Perfect TOEFL Junior Practice Test Book 2)