GETTING TO KNOW THE TOEFL
phrase.
1. Custer was cautioned by his advisors not to underestimate the strength of his
opponent.
(A) challenged
(B) persuaded
(C) known
(D) warned
2. Bright feathers have been used for ornamentation since early times.
(A) Long
(B) Unique
(C) Delicate
(D) Brilliant
3. Telescopic images from outer space are often blurred by atmospheric
conditions.
(A) clouded
(B) limited
(C) enhanced
(D) blocked
4. The narrow, green-grey leaves of the sweet alyssum are untoothed and usually
bear many silvery hairs.
(A) carry
(B) yield
(C) replace
(D) hide
5. For many years, scientists were baffled by the small size of the atom.
(A) amazed
(B) limited
(C) puzzled
(D) fascinated
LESSON 6
chiefly coarse commonplace comparatively complex
conventional curious exceedingly exclusively immense
indeed rigid routinely sufficiently visibly
chiefly adv. most importantly or most commonly
adj