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  Sample TOEIC - Grammar Practice Test #3
 
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Directions: For each of the following, read each sentence and choose the answer that best fits.
 
 
101. Health care ______ have been rising but so has the quality.
A. cost
  B. costs
C. costing
D. costly
102.

We are restocking the warehouse now that the transport strike is over ______ that customers get
what they need right away.
A. to ensure
B. ensured
C. for ensuring
D. ensure
103. Electrical services will be restored more _______ if we call in some part-timers.
A. quicker
B. quickly
C. quickest
D. quick
104. Assembly lines in car manufacturing plants _______ for countless jobs.
A. supply
B. create
  C. account
  D. look
105.

______ spending is probably going to maintain this upward trend throughout the year.

A. Consume
B. Consumer
C. Consuming
D. Consumed
106. If you go ______ your travel agent, you're likely to get a much better fare.
A. after
B. over
C. about
D. through
107. Whereas the language barrier, in ______ times, was once an obstacle to trade, that is no longer the case.
A. earliness
B. early
C. early on
D. early to
108. The trade show has always been in Oslo, ______ this year the directors have decided to move it to Stockholm.
A. but
  B. nor
  C. during
  D. when
   
109. The architecture of New York ______ its importance as a center of world trade.
A. realizes
  B. inscribes
C. remembers
D. reflects
110. Not one of our representatives ______ to participate in the final draft.
A. chosen
B. were choosing
C. have been chosen
D. has been chosen
111. If John had found the wallet, we _____ you right away.
A. called
B. would call
C. would have called
D. would be calling
112. He bought an air conditioner and installed ______ himself.
A. them
B. it
C. him
D. your
113. Patrick didn't realize ______ his promotion also pushed him into a higher tax bracket.
A. that
b. then
C. when
D. since
114. Many stockholders didn't even notice when their shares went ______.
A. out
B. down
C. way
D. to
115. The prime minister will impose a tariff ______ domestic interests are being threatened by a flood of imports.
A. inspite of
B. despite
C. ever since
D. as
116. The professor praised him for his _______ the class when he was sick.
A. assist
b. to assist
C. assisting
D. assisted
117. Acoording to the Financial Times, the prime rate ______ up slightly even without the housing boom.
A. would have gone
B. will have gone
C. were to go
D. was going
118. I am honored to accept this award ______ our departed director.
A. in light of
B. because of
C. on account of
D. on behalf of
119. Economists watch the business cycle as it goes through its various ______.
A. segments
B. phases
C. sectors
D. divisions
120. Studies ______ that these new policies have done nothing to boost the economy.
A. have shown
B. shown
  C. has shown
  D. are shown
121. The water department has warned that the water may not be potable, _______ the residents shouldn't even use it to brush their teeth.
A. but
  B. so
C. because
D. nor
122. The telephone lines of the United States are ______ than those of any country in the world.
A. longer
B. longest
C. lomg
D. longs
123. These amendments will be ratified by a majority before they ______ presented to the legislative body.
A. will be
B. would be
C. are
D. were
124. Please report ______ the engineering department.
A. directly
B. to
C. forward
D. aside
125. If you wait until the twelfth, the president ______ for tywo days by then.
A. has been waiting
b. has waited
C. will have been waiting
D. was waiting
126. I'm sorry, but he is not ______ to trust his fund yet.
A. authorized
B. allowed
C. accessed
D. entitled
127. The banks are very willing to give loans for home ______
A. impropriety
B. improvements
C. improvisation
D. impulse
128. She will neither ______ the terms nor give in to your badgering.
A. acceptable
B. accepts
c. accepting
D. accept
129. The Malaysian Peninsula is ______ to Burma.
A. fastened to
B. connected to
C. put together
D. combined with
130. ______ we invested in the telecommunications industry, we would be rich by now.
A. Shall
B. Should
  C. Will
  D. Had
   
131. The presiding officials took off their hats ______ the slain leader.
A. in charge of
  B. because
  C. in deference to
  D. in light of
   
132. This prestigious award is not just given to ______.
A. anyone
  B. someone
  C. somebody
  D. many
   
133. Marine biologists want to reduce industrial ______.
A. pollution
  B. environment
  C. pollutes
  D. environmental
   
134. One of the things they will be ______ is whether or not you are a team player.
A. finding
  B. looking for
  C. inquiring
  D. seeking
   
135. I was told that the maitre d', who ______ us so much, had just been fired.
A. helping
  B. had been helped
  C. helped
  D. are being helped
   
136. Since most of the business meetings were at night we were able to spend the day ______.
A. to sightsee
  B. to enjoy sightseeing
  C. going to sightsee
  D. sightseeing
   
137. These stocks have done very ______ since the company changed management.
A. slowly
  B. weakly
  C. poorly
  D. steadily
   
138. She wasn' t able to identify the man she ______ that night.
A. sees
  B. was seen
  C. will see
  D. had seen
   
139. We were told we ______ be able to reserve a seat on the mailboat that passes through the Arctic Circle.
A. might
  B. must
  C. can
  D. could
   
140. The lower cost of doing business overseas is enticing ____ many of our local manufacturers.
A. to
  B. on
  C. with
  D. by
   
 
 
 
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