TOEFL Simulation Test 16

16. Having completing his education in Harvard, Wendell Phillips became an outspoken abolitionist and a widely-traveled lecturer, who also supported labor unionization.   

17. Plant hormones have shown to produce a remarkable effects on plant growth, flowering, and the generation of fruit. 

18. Lately, motorcycle race courses incorporated oval-shaped dirt tracks, hill climbs, and natural terrains with added artificial hazards. 

19. Passports are legal documents issued by governments to give their bearers an authorization to cross nation borders and seek protection in an emergency.

20. Body of still water in ground depressions are common in formerly glaciated areas, near slow-flowing rivers, and in low lands near sea shores. 

21. It is not known why many seeds undergo a period of dormancy even during the times when conditions for their growth is favorable. 

22. The lowest layer of the atmosphere, heated by the Earth, consisting of bound atoms of nitrogen and oxygen, with a small quantity of argon.  

23. Alvin Ailey’s choreography reflected his southern roots and center on fragments of folk songs and jazz that was innovative in his time. 

24. The wire-wound coil in a simple generator rotates between the pole of a permanent magnet. 

25. Milwaukee, settled in 1818, drawn a large number of immigrants who arrived in search of jobs and inexpensive housing. 

26. J.R.R.  Tolkien’s book for children, titled The Hobbit, describes the adventures of Bilbo in a fantastic world, populated by dragons, dwarfs, and another mythical creatures, including a wizard.

27. Studies of Mars indicate that enough water might be collected on the planet’s surface sustain prolonged missions by human space crews. 

28. North Dakota, rich in natural gas and lignite deposits, remains the most rural of all states, with 90% of land under agricultural cultivation.

29. Geological dating can be carried out by measuring how much radioactive elements of a rock have change since the rock was formed. 

30. Parallel beams of light converge and can be eventually brought into focus when pass through a convex lens to produce a real image on a screen. 

31. If the air temperature falls below the freezing point, the dew will freeze, and the water vapor can condenses directly into ice. 

32. Although different in size and shape, most ferns are perennial and spreading by low-growing root systems and spores transported by wind. 

33. Walt Disney and his brother established their animation studio in Hollywood in 1923, and the first animation cartoon with Mickey Mouse appeared in black and white in 1928.

34. For centuries, philosophers and artists alike have debated the meaning of beauty and questioned whether it real or only perceived.

35. In some musical compositions, regular alternations of the beat are avoided without repetition so that the listener will not become accustomed by them. 

36. Margaret Michell, the author of Gone with the Wind, had researched the Civil War and then had written the story about Georgia and the period that followed the war. 

37. As the sign languages ​​of the deaf show, the sounds of speech are not required to expressing meaningful structures.

38. In 1831, English physicist, Michael Faraday, discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction, which the electric motor and the electric generator are based. 

39. Aspiring to eliminate slavery entirely, Francois Toussaint organized an army consisting mostly of illiterate slaves into a power military force. 

40. The human rib cage protects the lungs and the heart allows the chest to expand and contract easily.