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HI Kingqueen 7. Are those used for TOEFL PBT or IBT, if used for PBT, please send me those materials to banhminho@yahoo.com. Thanks a million of tons :D

Hi kumdgk, I am aslo preparing for Toefl PBT. But There is not too much new materials for practising toefl pbt in my country. I am practising with books published many years ago in 1999, 2000, 2003...So I don't feel confident about my true score. Do u have any new material for Toefl PBT. would u mind sharing them with me? Thanks in advance Best regards

:) I go with C, Because this sentence don't aim to similarity, so " such as " is the best choice

OA is E :D

The answer is E, but i can't explain the structure

thanks for ur support. But i see B is also okie , very good grammar : cost of sth , cost to sone = cost of illiteraccy to United State .... which is very reasonable By the way, please help me explain the strange sentence following: From the bark of the paper birch tree the Menomini crafted a canoe about twenty feet long and two feet wide, with small ribs and rails of cedar, which could carry four persons or eight hundred pounds of baggage so light that a person could easily portage it around impeding rapids. A baggage so light B baggage being so light C baggage, yet being so light D baggage, and so light E baggage yet was so light I have no idea about grammar which this sentences used. Please help me clear it, Which is the best choice?

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It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United states of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year A the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year B The annual cost of illiteracy to the United States is at least $20 billion a year because of lost industrial putput and tax revenues C Illiteracy costs the United States at least $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues D $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues is the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy E Lost industrial output and tax revenues cost the United States at least $20 billion a year because of litteracy. I hesitate before A, B, C, D which all of their grammar are okie. I just eliminated choice E. Please help me lighten them:whistle:

An invetory equal to 90 days sales is as much as even the strongest businesses carry, and then only as way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages. a as much as even b so much as even c even so much as d even as much that e even so much that :blush: I can't explain this grammar, What 's wrong with the choice b and c ? I think they 're okie. Please help me clear them:hmm:

:) thanks everybody, But i haven't recived ur explanation of sentence 3 i post some more, let me know ur opinion 21. Objects falling freely n a vacuum have the same rate of speed is regardless of differences in A B C size and weight. C. -> ‘ OF SPEED WHICH” 22. The construction of sundials was considered to be an acceptable part of a student's educator A B C D as late as the seventeenth century. D -> EDUCATION. 16. In every society there are norms that say individuals how they are supposed to behave. B -> TEACH 35. Booker T. Washington, an educational leader, worked throughout the lifetime to improve A B C economic conditions for Black people in the United States. ‘ THE ‘ AIMED TO ‘BOOKER T.WASHINGTON ‘ . WHY IS IT WRONG?

:hmm: Let me know ur opinion! 1. The texture of soil is determined by the size of the grains or particles that make up. A B C D D-> ‘ MAKE UP OF THEM 2. To produce on pound of honey, a colony of bees must fly a distance equals to twice around A B C D the world. C -> ‘ EQUAL” 3. Scientists estimate that as many as hundred millions visible meteors enter the Earth’s A B C atmosphere every day. B ->‘MILLIONS OF’ . IN ADDITION, I THINK, A IS ABUNDANT, SO IT IS ALSO WRONG, HUH? 8. ---conventional black ink costs newspapers about thirty cents a pound, most rub-resistant inks add at least ten cents more per pound to the bill. (A) Furthermore (B) Meanwhile © Moreover (D) While WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE BETWEEN ‘MEANWHILE’ AND ‘WHILE’

Please help me figure them out:hmm: . 31During the 1600's skilled shoemakers scarce were in what is now the United States. I think that there are 2 wrong here, the first is skilled shoemaker ‘s scarce instead of skilled shoemakers scarce, the second is was instead of were , is it right, the aswer key is c, 39. Salt Lake City, Utah's capital and largest city, is industrial and banking center. i doubt the structure of this sentence, shoud we use use ‘an industrial and a banking center’ or ‘ an industrial and banking center’ . which one do u chose ? why? 28. Due to sophisticated transportation networks, people can now buy the same types of A B perishable goods in Toronto like in New York City. I chose d because it just ‘like’ seem wrong , it should be ‘as’, but how to explain 29. Glaciers that develop nearly the North and South Poles advance into the sea, break into A B C D pieces, and become icebergs. I chose b , because it has the highest possibility of typos, the rest is good. How can correct? Why?

i couln't agree more with wasleys.More often, i meet it with future perfect tense, it 's hard to see it in past perfect tense

dear kronique, half is a count - noun, how it can stay alone such as in half. "In a half" is a prep phrase, so it doesnt involve in eyeglasses.do u undertand ' in half ' here i couldn't agree me with u in sentence 28, but how can explain ' founded' Finally, a in 'a atom ' term was not underlined, so 'a' is right. i know an atom is completely right , maybe the sentence have a typo