TOEIC Practice Test #1
READING COMPREHENSION
Error Recognition
1. Because International Motors exceeded (a) it’s sales target (b) last year, it is (c) planning to build a new factory (d) in China.
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2. Mobiline Inc. (a) announcement yesterday (b) the launching of its (c) newest cellular phone, (d) which has a built-in video camera and TV set.
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3. (a) Despite the absence of any information (b) on the ailment, the public has (c) realized but they need (d) to take precautions.
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4. (a) Starting next quarter, the company (b) will be (c) use shift rotation (d) for its call center agents.
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5. Henley Foods (a) and Crown Beverages (b) will release a joint statement about (c) their plan (d) to be merging.
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6. The (a) client requested that the (b) TV advertisement be (c) as much informative as possible, but it (d) turned out to be very uninteresting.
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7. (a) As decided in (b) last week’s meeting, workers (c) who has accumulated more than 20 absences in a year (d) will be suspended for 15 days.
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8. The general manager (a) will fly (b) in Rio de Janeiro to handle the (c) initial operations of the company’s (d) newly opened representative office.
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9. One who is (a) applying for a housing loan (b) is require to submit his (c) most recent pay slip, his latest tax returns, and (d) his current home and office address.
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10. Gamma TV Network (a) has criticized for its (b) biased coverage of the (c) Afghanistan war.
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11. To make the event (a) more exciting, Cheltam Publishers will ask an (b) award-winning novelist to (c) host the (d) written workshop in June.
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12. Ed Durant has (a) been named (b) a best salesman of the year after he (c) closed the deal with Fox Industries, the company’s (d) biggest client in years.
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13. The management and employees union of Garfield Industries failed (a) to come up with a mutually acceptable (b) collective bargaining agreement, (c) was leading to a deadlock (d) in the negotiations.
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14. We have two alternative activities (a) for our winter fraternity outing: (b) either to go skiing (c) and to (d) go skating.
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15. (a) Upon Mr. Albert Brown’s (b) retirement this March, he (c) will be (d) replacing by Mrs. Rona Peterson as human resources manager of Orion Commodities.
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16. The art exhibit will (a) be held at the lobby of the Icon Cultural Center instead (b) because the sponsors (c) founded the original venue (d) too big.
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17. On (a) its 12th anniversary, I-Explore Liner (b) will be giving (c) a trip to Sydney to the 50th passenger (d) to that day.
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18. J. K. Rowliing, author of the Harry Potter series, (a) said that she is (b) thrilled that her latest book (c) have been a bestseller (d) worldwide.
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19. Ms. Helen Stanton, our personnel manager, (a) will go to Tokyo for a (b) shortly seminar right (c) after the (d) convention in Shanghai.
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20. The trade representative (a) is asking for an (b) acceptance fee for $2,000 (c) to represent the company (d) in the latter’s foreign operation.
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