TOEFL - Section 2 - Giúp sửa lỗi.

This is all from a TOEFL website. Hope it can be of help to those who are in the middle of preparing for TOEFL Section 2.
One of the most important rules on the TOEFL is this:A singular count noun cannot stand alone.What I say quite frequently in my explanations is this:If you see a Singular Count Noun with no determiner, it is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!Both of these sentences mean essentially the same thing.There are, however, many "idiomatic" usages that do not follow this rule, and TOEFL will expect you to know them. I''ve been collecting these usages for a while now. Here''s what I have:


according to legend

arm in arm, hand in hand

at home, at work, at school, at church, at camp

at lunch, out to lunch, for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, etc.

at night

at sea

at sea level

at sea, to sea

attend school, college, university

by car, by bus, by train, by airplane, by boat, etc.

by day, by night

by means of, by use of

day after day, week after week, month after month, etc.

from top to bottom

go to sleep, go to bed

in class, out of class, after class, before class, to class, etc.

in court, in prison, in bed

in hand, on bended knee, on hand, at hand

in office, of office

in orbit

in school, at school, to school, from school, after school, etc.

inch by inch, mile by mile

job titles: poet, manager, head, author, sculptor, secretary, owner, founder, president, photographer, choreographer, painter, etc.

kind of guy, sort of thing, type of car

measurements: in area, in height, in distance, in length, etc.

on foot

on land

part of, as in x is part of y. For example, oxygen is part of water, memory is part of learning, etc.

per: We do NOT use a determiner after per. For example, we say miles per hour, times per day, etc.

subject to arrest, to fine, to deportation, etc.

tools: with hammer and saw, with knife and fork, with knife in hand
 
Back to our problem, I think HUMAN BODY should be THE human body.
You hear that? That is the sound of inevitability...

This is all from a TOEFL website. Hope it can be of help to those who are in the middle of preparing for TOEFL Section 2.
One of the most important rules on the TOEFL is this:A singular count noun cannot stand alone.What I say quite frequently in my explanations is this:If you see a Singular Count Noun with no determiner, it is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!Both of these sentences mean essentially the same thing.There are, however, many "idiomatic" usages that do not follow this rule, and TOEFL will expect you to know them. I''ve been collecting these usages for a while now. Here''s what I have:


according to legend

arm in arm, hand in hand

at home, at work, at school, at church, at camp

at lunch, out to lunch, for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, etc.

at night

at sea

at sea level

at sea, to sea

attend school, college, university

by car, by bus, by train, by airplane, by boat, etc.

by day, by night

by means of, by use of

day after day, week after week, month after month, etc.

from top to bottom

go to sleep, go to bed

in class, out of class, after class, before class, to class, etc.

in court, in prison, in bed

in hand, on bended knee, on hand, at hand

in office, of office

in orbit

in school, at school, to school, from school, after school, etc.

inch by inch, mile by mile

job titles: poet, manager, head, author, sculptor, secretary, owner, founder, president, photographer, choreographer, painter, etc.

kind of guy, sort of thing, type of car

measurements: in area, in height, in distance, in length, etc.

on foot

on land

part of, as in x is part of y. For example, oxygen is part of water, memory is part of learning, etc.

per: We do NOT use a determiner after per. For example, we say miles per hour, times per day, etc.

subject to arrest, to fine, to deportation, etc.

tools: with hammer and saw, with knife and fork, with knife in hand
 
Back to our problem, I think HUMAN BODY should be THE human body.
You hear that? That is the sound of inevitability...

I retain the answer D, the roles, for the following reasons:
1. whether considering each hormon separately or as a whole unit, there can be many roles that a hormone or hormones in general plays, not neccessarily a hormone/a unit - only one role.
2. B is excluded because chemitry of human body is grammartically right. (i)human body in general, no need a definite article, (ii) usage of the to differentiate (for example the human body and the animal body) or to denote a specific thing, which are both not the case here.
However, Jeno, you have the key of these questions? I guess they come from some official source.

I retain the answer D, the roles, for the following reasons:
1. whether considering each hormon separately or as a whole unit, there can be many roles that a hormone or hormones in general plays, not neccessarily a hormone/a unit - only one role.
2. B is excluded because chemitry of human body is grammartically right. (i)human body in general, no need a definite article, (ii) usage of the to differentiate (for example the human body and the animal body) or to denote a specific thing, which are both not the case here.
However, Jeno, you have the key of these questions? I guess they come from some official source.

I''ve just googled the phrase ''human body'' and I''ve changed my mind. Captor, you have my vote. It should be [red]THE human body

I''ve just googled the phrase ''human body'' and I''ve changed my mind. Captor, you have my vote. It should be [red]THE human body

OK. Tui cùfng 'Ă?i ỳ luĂn. Vư?a nàfy mới google the role of hormones và? the roles of hormones và? thẮy là? the role of hormones cò tới khoà?ng 6000 kẮt quà? trong khi cài kia chì? khoà?ng 200.
Dù? hormones cò 'a dàng nhưng nẮu gĂm chùng nò lài 1 cùc thì? chì? cò 1 cài ROLE chung: kìch thich tẮ bà?o phàt triĂ?n, v.v...
Được nktvnvn sửa chữa / chuyển vào 23:18 ngày 08/04/2004