TOEFL Simulation Test 15

16. Because of the federal government did not relocate from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., until 1800, George Washington and his wife never moved into the White House but resided in Philadelphia instead.  

17. Parallels, which are imaginary dividing lines drawing parallel to the equator and perpendicular to the Earth’s axis, measure distances north and south by sectioning the globe into equally spaced circles. 

18. In his novel published in 1894, Mark Twain referred to fingerprinting as a completely reliable technique for established a personal identity of twins differentiated by the shape of ridges on their fingertips. 

19. Ancient Greek philosophers believed that listening to musicals arrangements and particular types of sounds led young children to develop beneficial physical and mental characteristics. 

20. At the end of the American Civil War, Andrew Jackson succeeded Abraham Lincoln as the U.S.  president and after the completing his term returning to his home state of Tennessee. 

21. Before the American Revolution, the task of maintaining law and order was carving out by elected officials and citizens to keep a careful watch for fires and suspicious activities in towns and rural areas alike.

22. Edmund Malone was a great scholar whom depicted the life and work of William Shakespeare and contributed his expertise in language to publishing a formal biography of the playwright and his humble beginnings.

23. Water levels in the Great Lakes fluctuate dramatically over periods of years by as much as one meter, and during the spring runoff, the levels may rise or fall by as much as two meters, particularly in Lake Erie, the shallow of the five. 

24. Whether sounds are perceived to be musical or not depends on learning more and cultural conditioning than the physical properties of sounds or innate characteristics of the human brain. 

25. Baobab trees that are closely related to the family of bottle and cactus trees have thick trunks with soft centers that store water in sufficient amounts to enable the plants to weather long periods of dessert droughts. 

26. Since the early twentieth century, the mass-production of automobiles has begun to change the American lifestyle and landscape, as ready access by a motor vehicle determines where do people build houses and other facilities.

27. Although radiocarbon dating of archaeological finds can prove to be fair reliable for establishing the age of prehistoric objects, additional techniques must be employed to date objects older than 50,000 years.

28. Owing to their superior skill, highly competitive athletes have been known to win contests and break records even when suffered from injuries, physical disorders, and infections.

  29. The keyboard was invented in medieval Europe during the rise of multipart musical compositions and replacement the mechanical dulcimer in domestic uses and public performances. 

30. The Paleo-Indian tribes were able to switch from food gathering and nomadic way of life to permanent settlements only they acquired means of planting and harvesting more predictable crops of grain and beans. 

31. Hand axes founded in the high banks of the Thames River have been identified as much older artifacts than pottery shards excavated in the lower flood planes located in different geological strata. 

32. In stained-glass work, cut pieces of colored glass are positioned in incremental frames made of shape metal strips and soldered to a large overall frame. 

33. The colonies of settlers who were called the “Pennsylvania Dutch” actually consisted from German, Swiss, and Moravian members of religious sects who secluded themselves from political and social affairs of their secular neighbors. 

33. The price theory that represents the core of microeconomics explained how the variability of supply and demand in competitive markets creates an interplay of prices for goods and services.

35. Historians believe that Navajo tribes migrated to the south from the northwestern coasts of Alaska and Canada and populated the Southwestern states as recent as 500 years ago.

36. During his remarkable career, Paul Samuelson served as a magazine columnist, consultant to research organizations, advised two presidents, and lecturer on mathematical analysis on levels of employment. 

37. In 1838, Auguste Compte devised the term “sociology” to refer to a new science that will discover regularities of human society similar to laws of nature by employing investigative methods.

38. Although zebras are related to horses, they are size is closer to that of donkeys whom they resemble in behavior and body form, with short legs, high shoulders, a stiff black mane, large ears, and a tufted tail. 

39. Influenced by the advancements in behavioral sciences, George Mead argued that communication and interaction with the environment are the keys to understand an organism’s self-consciousness. 

40. Among the sixteenth-century Dutch painters, Peter Bruegel is the most notable because of his portrayal of peasant scenes and proverbial folktales that have charmed art aficionados since more than 400 years.