TOEFL ITP Written Expression 03

 

 

1. In the early twentieth century, there was considerable interesting among sociologists in the fact that in the United States the family was losing its

                                                                                                                                                                                       

traditional roles.

     

2. Although pure diamond is colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other material it may appear in various color, ranging from pastels to

                                                                                                                                                                 

opaque black.

 

3. Comparative anatomy is concerned to the structural differences among animal forms.

                                                                                                           

4. A seismograph records oscillation of the ground caused by seismic waves, vibrations that travel from its point of origin through the Earth or along its surface.                                                                                                                                                             

 

5. Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1900’s and have replaced other type of fat, gas, or oil lamps for almost every purpose.

                                                                                                                                                                             

6. Located in Canada, the Columbia Icefield covers area of 120 square miles and is 3,300 feet thick in some places.

                                                                                                                                                  

7. Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II brought to the musical Oklahoma! extensive musical and theatrical backgrounds as

                                                                                                                                                               

well as familiar with the traditional forms of Operetta and musical comedy.

                                       

8. Because of its vast tracts of virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has one of the lowest population density in the world.

                                                                                                                                                     

9. Rice, which it still forms the staple diet of much of the world’s population, grows best in hot, wet lands.

                                                                                                                         

10. Government money appropriated for art in the 1930’s made possible hundreds of murals and statues still admiration in small towns all over the

                                                                                                                                                                                           

United States.