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1. Some animals .....during the winter and only.....in spring.


a. Do not eat, come out
b. Do not eat, wil come out
c. Will not eat, will come out
d. Wil not eat, come out
e. Are not eating, are coming out
2. The fact that sleep deprivation causes numerous harmful effects ....that the body require
sleep to restore itself.
a. Suggests
b. Suggested
c. Has suggested
d. Had suggested
e. Was suggesting
3. It has been found that for every hour of sleep lost in a night our IQ ....one point the next day.
a. Drops
b. Bas dropped
c. Is dropping
d. Will have dropped
e. Has been dropped
4. A black hole has such a strong gravitational force that nothing can escape from it, not even
light. That is why black hole is invisible, it .....light.
a. Traps
b. Trapped
c. Is trapping
d. Has trapped
e. Will trap
5. Generally, TPA is not given to the patient until he or she.....the hospital, and it still does not
immediately stop damage.
a. Reaches
b. Reached
c. Is reaching
d. Will reach
e. Was reaching
6. It is already known that when an organ is colled, damage in slowed. This is why sometimes a
person who ....into an icy pond is not significantlhy harmed after being warmed up again.
a. Is falling
b. Falls
c. Was falling
d. Fell
e. Had fallen
7. When are you going to tell your sister the good news?
When she...from her business trip
a. Will be returning
b. Is going to return
c. Returns
d. Was returning
e. Has returned
8. Could you please book me on the next flight to Mexico City?
I’m sorry, sir. Our airline ...to Mexico City.
a. Will not fly
b. Has not been flying
c. Did not fly
d. Was not able to fly
e. Doesn’t fly
9. Every night the watchman turns on the light and ...around the building every half an hour.
a. Walks
b. Is walking
c. To be walking
d. Walking
e. To walk
10. He has to take a TOEFL test before leaving for the US.
No, ....have to, he already took it a few monts ago
a. He doesn’t
b. He isn’t
c. He hasn’t
d. He mustn’t
e. He can’t
11. When do you plan to get married
After ....school.
a. I finish
b. I finished
c. I am finishing
d. I had finished
e. I have been finishing
12. What do you do on Saturday?
a. I am playing tennis
b. I played tennis last Saturday
c. I will play tennis next Saturday
d. I have played tennis on Saturday
e. I would play tennis on Saturday
13. Kiki usually sits next to Doni, but today he ....next to Didi.
a. Sat
b. Has sat
c. Would sit
d. Is sitting
e. Was sitting
14. May I borrow your magazine?
I am sorry, my sister.....it.
a. Is still reading
b. Has been reading
c. Will still read
d. Still read
e. Still reads
15. Do I hear something?
Yes, somebody....at the door.
a. Knocks
b. Knocked
c. Is knocking
d. Has knocked
e. Was knocking
16. Have the boys had their breakfast?
Not yet, they......
a. Have taken a bath
b. Are still taking a bath
c. Will take a bath
d. Were taking a bath
e. Would still take a bath
17. For a long time men....to use solar energy because sunshine is not something which is
constant and thus always available, especially in temperate and cold climate.
a. Fail
b. Failed
c. Have failed
d. Had failed
e. Is failing
18. Have you finished writing yourfinal paper?
Not quite
From the above dialogue we may conclude that the paper.....
a. Is ready to be submitted
b. Still has to be published
c. Is rejected by the examiners
d. Still needs revising
e. Is to be presented in a seminar
19. In recent years, some health practitioners ...to apply the terms well and wellness only to
those people who are ctively striving tgo maintain and to improve their health.
a. Begin
b. Began
c. Have begun
d. Are beginning
e. Who began
20. Do you often go to restaurant?
No, it ...quite a long time since I went to a restaurant with my friends.
a. Has been
b. Would be
c. Is being
d. Was
e. Had been
21. Is no one living with your grandmother in the house?
No, and she.......anyone do anything for her for years.
a. Never had
b. Does not have
c. Has never had
d. Never has
e. Will never have
22. Andi : I didn’t see your sister. Where is she?
Roy : She’s studying in Australia
Andi : Oh, how long has she been there?
Roy : .....
a. Last year
b. A year ago
c. Since last year
d. By next year
e. Yesterday
23. The radio says that most of the streets in Jakarta are flooded at the moment.
I’m not surpresed, we ...so much rain for a week now.
a. Had
b. Have had
c. Have
d. Are having
e. Had had
24. You look so unhapy, Anton. What’s the matter?
My father......his job.
a. Has just lost
b. Has been losing
c. Losing
d. Is losing
e. Loses
25. Where is Tanti?
I don’t know. In fact I ....any of our friends since I arrived.
a. Did not see
b. Was not seeing
c. Have not seen
d. Had not seen
e. Do not see
26. What are you looking for?
My wallet, I don’t konw where I ...it.
a. Have been putting
b. Am putting
c. Had put
d. Was putting
e. Have put
27. Where is my dictionary? It was on my desk
Perhaps somebody.....it.
a. Takes
b. Has taken
c. Is taking
d. Had taken
e. Would take
28. My friend said, “I have never seen such a good film.
From the above sentence we may conclude that......
a. It was the first time he went to see a film
b. He seldom went to movies
c. This is the best film he has ever seen
d. The film he saw was a bad one
e. He has never seen bad films before
29. I have written three letters. It means....
a. She is still writing now
b. She is not writing anymore
c. She hasn’t finished writing yet
d. She hopes to finish writing this morning
e. She has to write now

30. If you are deciding to cut down on your coffee habit to you’ve been advised by yuour doctor
to cut out coffee all together, maybe you’ve tried to stop and...from painful headaches.
a. Have been suffering
b. Would suffer
c. Had suffer
d. Will be suffering
e. Were suffering

31. Is the rescue team still looking for survivors of the plane crash?
Yes, they...the area for hous, but they have not found any yet.
a. Searched
b. Will be searching
c. Were searching
d. Had rearched
e. Have been searching
32. What a beautiful vice. She is talented singer.
She ....since she was a child
a. Snag
b. Sings
c. Is singing
d. Had been singing
e. Has been singing
33. A : I think we’re going to be here for a while
B : But we....in line for almost an hour
a. Are standing
b. Have stood
c. Stand
d. Stand
e. Have been standing
34. Because the allocated time is not enough to finish this project, we are still working on it
now. As a matter of fact, we ...on it for four days.
a. Are working
b. Work
c. Have been working
d. Worked
e. Had worked
35. Since Ria graduated from university, she has been working as a reporter for RCTI.
From above sentence we may conclude that......
a. Ria stopped working for RCTI
b. Rea graduated after she became a reporter
c. As soon as Ria graduated, seh became a reporter
d. Ria became a reporter before she graduated
e. Ria was working as a reporter when she graduated
36. Several hotels in this region are closing down
That’s becfause tourism itself...since last year
a. Is declining
b. Had declined
c. Has been declining
d. Was declining
e. Had declined
37. Anwar was promoted president of your company last week, wasn’t he?
I’m glad he was, he ...in this company
a. Had worked
b. Has been working
c. Was working
d. Would work
e. Worked
38. Dina has bought an MP3 player last week and she ...to music ever since.
a. Has been listening
b. Was listening
c. Would have listened
d. Will be listening
e. Listened
39. The anthropologist has been studyng that tribe for the last five years. It means
that.He....that tribe.
a. Had finished studying
b. Studied
c. Was studying
d. Had studied
e. Is still studying
40. All these years, Ira’s family....in poverty.
a. Lived
b. Has been living
c. Had lived
d. Was living
e. Lives
41. Iwan, the national tennis champion, ....tennis since he was nine.
a. Played
b. Has been playing
c. Plays
d. Is playing
e. Has played
42. Ten years ago there was statue in from of this building
Well, it ...there for three years now.
a. Is
b. Has been
c. Is being
d. Was
e. Had been
43. For the last five months he ...of moving out because the area has become highly polluted.
a. Thinks
b. Is thinking
c. Thought
d. Had thought
e. Has been thinking
44. Over the past few years medical doctors ....for a drug to congtrol Covid 19.
a. Have been searching
b. Searched
c. Are searching
d. Were searcing
e. Will search
45. I know one of my students ...in your company since he graduated.
a. Work
b. Working
c. To work
d. Has been working
e. Have worked
46. Hadi looks very tired, he..for hous now.
a. Drove
b. Has driven
c. Was driving
d. Had been driving

47. Dr. Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgeon, proved that by stimulating their brains
electrically, he was able to elicit the total recall of specific events in his subjects’ lives. Even
dreams and other minor events supposedly forgotten for many years suddenly .....in detail.
a. Are emerging
b. Emerged
c. Had emerged
d. Have been emerging
e. Were emergin
48. When Angela was young, she ...three times.
a. Changes
b. Changed
c. Will change
d. Will have changed
e. Changing
49. When the bus broke down in the niddle of the deser, we ...that we would have to finish the
journey to our destination on foot.
a. Were telling
b. Were told
c. Jave told
d. Have been tola
e. Had told
50. Professor Furnham concluded that it was not advertising that.....children, but irrexponsible
parenting
a. Harmed
b. Is harming
c. Had harmed
d. Was harming
e. Has been harming
51. Mother : Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Amelia : Romeo and Juliet……by Shakespeare.
a. Will be written
b. Has been written
c. Was written
d. Can be written
e. Is written
52. How long has the U.S. been fiercely fighting terrorism?
Since the bombing of the World Trade Center which …hundreds of Americans.
a. Is killing
b. Had killed
c. Killed
d. Was killed
e. Was killing
53. Windy has stayed with us since her father…..
a. Sends abroad by his company
b. Sent abroad by his company
c. Was sent abroad by his company
d. Is sent abroad by his company
e. To be sent abroad by his company
54. While living in Bogor, we always went to school on foot.
This means that we…on foot while we were living in Bogor.
a. Go to school
b. Are used to going to school
c. Are going to school
d. Liked going to school
e. Used to go to school
55. A : This is a very odl building
B : I wasn’t even born yet when it ……
a. is built
b. is being built
c. was built
d. has been built
e. had built
56. As student, I always had instant noodles for breakfast.
This means that I ....for breakfast.
a. Am having instant noodles
b. Like to have instan noodles
c. Am used to having instant noodles
d. Have intant noodles
e. Used to have instant noodles
57. X : Was there any trouble at the demondtration?
Y : Yes, about 20 people... arrested
a. Are being
b. Have been
c. Will be
d. Were
e. Are
58. When did you realize you had lost your purse?
When I ....money to pay the bus fare.
a. Was needing
b. Neede
c. Had neede
d. Have neede
e. Am needing
59. Since when hasn’t she been feeling well?
Since she....from Singapore.
a. Returned
b. Has returned
c. Was returning
d. Had returned
e. Has been returning
60. When did you realize you had lost your way?
When we ....a dead end road
a. Was reaching
b. Reached
c. Has reached
d. Have reached
e. Am reaching
61. We haven’t heard from Ratu for such along time
We haven’t either, since she .....to London.
a. Moves
b. Moved
c. Was moving
d. Has moved
e. Had moved
62. A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took my ijured brother to the hospital and
then ....my parents.
a. Call
b. Called
c. Calling
d. To call
e. Was calling
63. My daughter ... a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her last
vacation
a. Has taken
b. Has been taking
c. Would take
d. Had taken
e. Took
64. Mr. Nikoyama had Mr. Ling ......him in the headquarter to sign some documents.
a. Meet
b. To meet
c. Meeting
d. Been meeting
e. Met
65. The master got the order......by the servant on time.
a. Delivered
b. Deliver
c. To deliver
d. Delivering
e. Be delivered

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