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A. Contoh Soal TOEFL Written Expression
A. Contoh Soal TOEFL Written Expression
_____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, aengineers, are creating exotic new
metallic substances.
(A) Meet
(B) Being met are
(C) To meet
(D) They are meeting
2. _______ James A. Bland, Carry Me Back to Old Virginny was adopted is the state song of
Virginia in 1940.
(A) Was written b
(B) His writing was
(C) He wrote the
(D) Written by
3. Mary Garden, ______ the early 1900s was considered one of the best singing actresses of her
time.
(A) a soprano was popular
(B) in a popular soprano
(C) was a popular soprano
(D) a popular soprano in
4. In the realm of psychological theory Margaret F. Washburn was a dualist _____ that motor
phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
(A) who she believed
(B) who believed
(C) believed
(D) who did she believe
17. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earths than are
A B C
those of any other planet in the solar system.
D
18. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky
A B C
for twenty-four hours or longer.
D
19. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering, hunting,
A B C
and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.
D
B. Written Expression.
16. Jawab : (B) a nearly
Keyword : hundred large stumps
Pembahasan : a nearly -> nearly
Kata a nearly tidak memerlukan indefinite article/determiner a, karena kata
benda stumps adalah plural.
Contoh 1:
_________ was backed up for miles on the freeway.
(A) Yesterday
(B) In the morning
(C) Traffic
(D) Cars
Contoh 2:
Engineers________ for work on the new space program.
(A) necessary
(B) are needed
(C) hopefully
(D) next month
Contoh 3:
Fitzgerald_______ the society of the 1920's in his novel, The Great Gatsby.
(A) reflect
(B) reflects
(C) are reflecting
(D) have reflected
INGAT
Cara menjawab soal TOEFL Structure nomor ke-1 adalah "Pastikan Kesesuaian Kalimat yang
Memiliki Subject dan Verb". Strategi dan penjelasan lengkapnya dapat dilihat di software belajar
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Perhatikan bagan berikut ini tentang penggunaan subject dan verb yang sesuai dalam sebuah
kalimat:
Example I
The swimming instructor came... if the apartment was still available.
A. to see
B. seeing
C. saw
D. for seeing
6. East Kalimantan relies heavily on income from oil and natural gas,
and....
A. Aceh province also.
B. Aceh province too.
C. Aceh province is as well.
D. so does Aceh province.
10. The adder is a venomous snake ... bite may prove fatal to humans.
A. its
B. whom its
C. that
D. whose
11. .... a bee colony gets, the more the queen's egglaying capability
diminishers.
A. It is more overcrowded.
B. The more overcrowded.
C. More overcrowded than.
D. More than overcrowded.
13. Unlike the earth, which rotates once every twenty-four hours ...
once every ten hours.
A. the rotation of Jupiter
B. Jupiter rotates
C. Jupiter rotation
D. Jupiter rotate
KUNCI JAWABAN
1. D 11. B
2. B 12. B
3. B 13. B
4. B 14. A
5. B 15. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. C
10.D
A. it has
B. is having
C. which is having
D. has
2. The city of Beverly Hills is surrounded on ________ the city of Los Angeles.
A. its sides
C. it is the side of
D. all sides by
A. The
B. The fastest
4. Marmots spend their time foraging among meadow plants and flowers or ________ on
rocky cliffs.
A. gets sun
B. sunning
C. the sun
D. sunny
5. The greenhouse effect occurs ________ heat radiated from the Sun.
6. The Rose Bowl, ________ place on New Years Day, is the oldest postseason collegiate
football game in the United States.
A. takes
B. it takes
C. which takes
D. took
7. Experiments ________ represent a giant step into the medicine of the future.
C. they use
8. ________ off the Hawaiian coastline are living, others are dead.
D. Coral reefs
9. Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray clouds ________ forecast rain.
A. what
B. which
C. what they
D. which they
10. Some economists now suggest that home equity loans are merely a new trap to
push consumers beyond ________.
C. what is affordable
D. able to afford
11. People who reverse the letters of words ________ to read suffer from dyslexia.
A. when trying
B. if they tried
C. when tried
D. if he tries
12. Featured at the Henry Ford Museum ________ of antique cars dating from 1865.
A. is an exhibit
B. an exhibit
C. an exhibit is
D. which is an exhibit
13. Rubber ________ from vulcanized silicones with a high molecular weight is difficult to
distinguish from natural rubber.
A. is produced
B. producing
C. that produces
D. produced
14. ________ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely
an optical illusion.
A. The Moon
A. were
B. they were
C. there were
D. were they
Written Expression
Directions: In questions 510, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases.
The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one
underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Example I
Guppies are sometimes call rainbow fish because of the males' bright colors
A B C D
The sentence should read, "Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish because of the
males' bright colors." Therefore, you should choose answer A.
Example II
A B C
D
The sentence should read, "Serving several terms in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became
an important United States politician." Therefore, you should choose answer B.
16. On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a
mile
A B C D
B C D
18. Segregation in public schools was declare unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in
1954.
A B C
D
19. Sirius, the Dog Star, is the most brightest star in the sky with an absolute magnitude
about
A B
B D
20. Killer whales tend to wander in family clusters that hunt, play, and resting together.
A B C D
21. Some of the most useful resistor material are carbon, metals, and metallic alloys.
A B C D
22. The community of Bethesda, Maryland, was previous known as Darcy's Store.
A B C D
23. Alloys of gold and copper have been widely using in various types of coins.
A B C D
24. J. H. Pratt used group therapy early in this century when he brought tuberculosis
patients
A B C
D
25. The United States has import all carpet wools in recent years because domestic
wools are
A B C
26. Irving Berlin wrote "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" while serving in a U.S.
Army
A B C
A B C
and expand.
D
28. That water has a very high specific heat means that without a large temperature
change
A B
C D
29. Benny Goodman was equally talented as both a jazz performer as well as a classical
A B C D
musician.
30. The state seal still used in Massachusetts designed by Paul Revere, who also
designed
A B C
D
31.Quarter horses were developed in eighteenth-century- Virginia to race on courses
short of
A B
C D
32. No longer satisfied with the emphasis of the Denishawn School, Martha Graham has
moved
A B C
D
33. William Hart was an act best known for his roles as western heroes in silent films.
A B C D
34. Prior to an extermination program earlier this century, alive wolves roamed across
nearly all
A B C D
of North America.
35. During the 1960s the Berkeley campus of the University of California came
to national
A B
C D
36. Artist Gutzon Borglum designed the Mount Rushmore Memorial and worked
on project from
A B
C D
37. It is proving less costly and more profitably for drug makers to market directly to
patients.
A B C D
39. Like snakes, lizards can be found on all others continents except Antarctica.
A B C D
40. Banks, savings and loans, and finance companies have recently been doing home
equity
A B
C D
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Part A - Structure
DDDB CCAA BCAA DBA
17. C - became --> signed (past) paralel dengan became (past) bukan become (present)
19. A - the brightest star --> Ingat aturan Comparison degree -Supelative
20. C - rest --> Hunt, play, and rest together (Harus paralel)
21. C - materials --> kata kerjanya are jadi butuh subjek yang plural. Some of ...
material menandakan plural
28. D - amount --> heat menandakan uncountable noun. Amount (untuk uncountable
noun) dan number (untuk countable noun)
32. D - moved --> terdapat tahun di kalimat. Maka perlu kata kerja simple past (moved)
bukan has moved (past perfect)
34. C - live --> alive terletak dibelakang kalimat. Live (adjective) + Noun
37. B - profitable --> costly (adjective) --> profitable (adjective). Harus paralel. Profitably
(adverb)
Passage 1
Robert moog was an american inventor who developed the moog synthesizer. it was one of the first
synthesizer to gain widespread use as a musical instrument. Moogs synthesizers were an important
part of musical innovation in rock and jazz music in the 1960s and 1970s. Robert Arthur Moog was
born in queens, a borough of New York City 75 years ago. He became fascinated with electronics as
a teenager, particularly an early electronic music instrument called the theremin. mood studied
physic and electrical engineering at queens college and columbia university both in new york city
and later received a Ph.D. in engineering physic cornel University in Ithaca, New York. in 1954, while
still an undergraduate student, Moog Formed his own company to sell theremins and theremins kits.
Soon after, moog began working on a keyboard instrument that could replicate the sound of any
musical instrument electronically. working with american composer herbert deutch. moog introduced
the prototype moog synthesizer at a convention in 1964. the device represented a signivicant
advance over previous electronic syntesizerbecause of its use of new semiconductor technology,
which made it smaller and considerably cheaper than earlier machines. the moog, as it was known,
was soon in demand by musician all over the world.
In 1964, moog began a collaboration with american composer and organist walter carlos who
realesed the best selling electronic music album switched-on bach in 1968. Rock groups such as the
beatles and yes and jazz musician such as harbie hancock and chick corea began incorporating
moog synthesizer in to their recordings, a trend that increased when the company introduced the
compact and portable minimoog in 1970. A moog synthesizer was also prominently featured on the
sountrack to the movie A clockwork Orange in 1971.
A) Significantly
B) Perfectly
C) Accurately
D) Excellently
A) Electronic synthesizer
B) A keyboard instrument
4.According to the passage, all of the following are true about the Moog, EXCEPT
C) in initiated new technology which was smaller and cheaper then previous machines
Passage 2
Throughout history, people have been victim of pickpockets. Today, pick pocketing is the one of the
most rapidly increasing crimes. Pickpockets are increasing in number and developing better
methods to practice their skill. Aproximately ome million amricans lose money to pickpockets every
year and none is really safe from a skilled pickpockets. His victims, or marks as they are called, can
be rich or poor, young or old.
During the eihteenth century, pickpockets were hanged in england, large crowds of people would
gather watch the hanging , which was supposed to be a warning to other pickpockets. however, in
time the practice was discontinued. The reason ; while people were attentively watching the hanging
of a pickpockets, other pickpockets skillfully stole the money of spectators.
Police official say that the most efficient pickpockets come from south america. many of these expert
pickpockets are trained in special school called jingle bell schools. A pickpockets graduate from
J.B.S when he is able to steal a wallet from a dresses dummy that has bells inside its pockets.
Even the most well dressed, respectable person may be a pickpocket. some of the favorite places of
pickpockets are banks, airports, racetract, supermarkets, elevators and train and bus station.
oftentimes, a pickpocket will work with another pickpockets as his partner. Another kind of
pickpockets works outside or inside bars and specialize in stealing from women is called a purse
snatcher.
T avoid being the victim of a pickpocket, its important to be very cautious and alert when in the midst
of large gathering of the people.
C) Pickpockets
D) The hanging of pickpockets
A) An old
B) A modern
C) A temporary
D) A contemporary
10) The passage mentions that pickpockets steal in/from the following, except.
A) Crowded places
B) The shops
C) Drunkards
D) Women
1.A
Pembahasan : Prominently berarti secara menonjol. sementara itu masing-masing pilihan jawaban
berarti dengan jelas (significantly), dengan sempurna (perfectly). dengan akurat (accurately) dan
dengan baik (excellently). Jadi jawaban yang sesuai adalah significantly.
2.B
Pembahasan : Lihat baris ke-5 : particularly on early electronic music instrument called theremin.
3.C
Pembahasan : Berdasarkan paragraf 2, kata it merujuk pada the moog, yaitu sebutan untuk the
prototype moog synthesizer.
4.D
Pembahasan : Karena dalam bacaan baris 14 dituliskan bahwa sebelumnya sudah diciptakan mesin
synthesizer which made it smaller and considerably cheaper than earlier machine
5.C
Pembahasan : Paragraf terakhir bacaan membahas kerjasama moog dengan banyak musisi
terkenal. Jadi jika bacaan ini akan diteruskandengan paragraf baru kemungkinan besar paragraf
baru itu akan membahas perkembangan moog selanjutnya (the improvement of moog synthesizer)
6.A
Pembahasan : Dalam bacaan dituliskan bahwa moog mulai berkolaborasi dengan berbagai musisi
dalam berbagai genre music.
7.C
8.D
Pembahasan : Pada paragraf 2 dijelaskan bahwa ketika para pencopet dihukum gantung justru
pencopet lain beraksi diantara kerumunan penonton.
9.A
Pembahasan : Pada bacaan dijelaskan bahwa hal ini telah berlangsung sejak lama, bahkan tercatat
sejak abad ke-18
10.C