FAKULTAS SASTRA

UNIVERSITAS DARMA
PERSADA
Jl. Radin Inten II (Terusan Casablanca) Pondok Kelapa – Jakarta 13450
Telp. 8649051, 8649053, 8649057 Fax. 8649052
E-mail : unsada@rad.net.id

TOEIC PRE-TEST SEMESTER GANJIL 2019/2020

A. Cross the letter of the correct answer.

1. … a baby turtle is hatched, it must be able to fend for itself.
(A) Not sooner than (C) So soon that
(B) Not sooner (D) As soon as
2. Rich tobacco and champion race horse have … of Kentucky.
(A) long been symbols (C) symbols long been
(B) been long symbols (D) long symbols been
3. … other big cats, leopards are expert climbers.
(A) The most unlike (C) Unlike the most
(B) They are unlike the most (D) Unlike most
4. The fuel used in nuclear-power ships is usually uranium in either the metallic …
(A) as well as the oxide form (C) or the oxide form
(B) but also the oxide form (D) and the oxide from
5. Touch-typing was originally devised as an aid to …
(A) the blinds (C) a blinds one
(B) the blind (D) blinds
6. … the news from war zones is inevitably censored.
(A) Although much of (C) Much of
(B) Because much of (D) Many of
7. On no account … be removed from the library.
(A) reference books may (C) reference books cannot
(B) may reference books (D) reference books
8. The Saiga, which … as the Russian antelope, is famous for the medicinal properties
attributed to its horns.
(A) is also known (C) known also
(B) also it is known (D) it is also known
9. … brilliant, Aaron Burn was unreliable.
(A) Though (C) Though he
(B) He was (D) Being
10. … to use pigeons for observation purpose on sea-rescue missions.
(A) It is planned (C) Has been planned
(B) There is planned (D) Is planned
11. Hardly … that he was in danger.
(A) did he realize (C) he had realized
(B) he did realize (D) he realized
12. … rain now, the farmers will have to postpone the harvest.
(A) It should (C) Should it
(B) Will it (D) When it will
13. … about the tragedy, we would never have come without first calling.
(A) If we hear (C) If we heard
(C) Did we hear (D) Had we heard
14. Because of the bad weather, the teacher permitted them …
(A) leave (C) to leaving
(B) to leave (D) to be left
15. … his wealth, he is not spoiled.
(A) Despite of (C) In spite of

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16. I thought I saw Professor Davis … in the library last night.
(A) working (C) worked
(B) to work (D) works
17. … salmon in vast numbers readily available to the Kwaikutl Indians.
(A) Nutritious (C) It was
(B) There was (D) There were
18. Many doctors believe cures for many forms of cancer … soon.
(A) will discover (C) will be discovered
(B) they will be discovered (D) have been discovered
19. … great was the destruction that the South took decades to recover.
(A) Very (C) Such
(B) Too (D) So
20. … there, the southwest desert contains a remarkable variety of flora and fauna.
(A) Although rarely rains (C) Although it rarely rains
(B) It rarely rains (D) Sometimes it rains

B. Put the words in brackets into the correct form and tense.

Dear Sir,
I (write) wrote 1 to you three weeks ago about the conditions of entry into your
college. Your (reply) reply (enclose) enclosed3 an enrolment form, which I (fill up)
have filled up4 and (return) returned5 without delay. Since then, however, I (hear)
heard 6 nothing of you and I (begin) begun to wonder if my application (go) goes astray.
You please (check) checked 9 that you (receive) have received 10 it and if you haven’t,
please send me another enrolment form. If, on the other hand, you (receive) have
recieved11 my application but (not decide) haven’t decided 12 whether to accept me as a
student or not, I (be) will be 13 grateful if you (tell)tell14 me when I may expect to hear
decision, finally, if my application already (be) been 15 (refuse) refused 16, I (like)
like 17to be (inform) inform18 as soon as possible because if I (not get) don’t get 19 into
your college I (have) have20to apply to another and the (soon) sooner 21 I do this, the
(good) better22 chance I (have) will have 23 of (be) being 24 (accept) accept 25 .

C. Complete these sentences with suitable words made from the words typed at the
end of the sentences.

1. Try and see things from my point of view, and be a bit more reasonable (reason)
2. Jeremy Hopkins’s performance in King Lear was most impressed (impress)
3. The gas from the chemical factory was extremely harm (harm)
4. Digging the garden is a very laborious task. (labor)
5. My uncle is very forgetful (forget); he is always losing his socks and pens.

D. Use the right tenses.

1. Kathy (sit, usually) usually sit in the front row during class, but today she (sit) sit in the
last row.
2. A: Look! It (snow) snowed
B: It’s beautiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It (snow, not) doesn’t snow in
my country.
3. Mike is a student, but he (go, not) doesn’t go to school right now because it’s summer.
He (attend) attends college from September to May every year, but in the summers he
(have, usually) usually has a job at the post office. In fact, he (work) worked there this
summer.
4. Ten years ago, the government (decide) decided to begin a food program. At that time,
many people in the rural areas of the country (starve) starve owing to several years
of drought.
5. I really enjoyed my vacation last January. While it (snow) was snowing in Iowa, the
sun (shine) was shining in Florida. While you (shovel) were shoveling snow in Iowa, I
(lie) was lie down on the beach in Florida.