Tuesday, May 7, 2013

SOAL-SOAL TOEFL

1.      Metal must be hammered, worked, and cooled rapidly to relieve internal stress causing by heating.
Answer: D
Explanation: agar sesuai konteks kalimat”causing” pada pilihan D harus ditukar kedalam bentuk past participle. Dengan demikian, kalimat diatas menjadi “Metal must be hammered, worked, and cooled rapidly to relieve internal stress caused by heating”.

2.      When a patient’s blood pressure  is much higher than it should be, a doctor usually insists that he will not smoke
Answer: D
Explanation: Sesudah “insists” harus dalam bentuk infinitive without to/bare infinitive. Dengan demikian “will” pada pilihan D seharusnya ditukar dengan “be” sehingga menjadi “when a patient’s blood pressure is much higher than it should be, a doctor usually insists that he is not smoke”.

3.      Those new models of watches are all too expensive for we to buy at this time but probably we will return sometime later.
Answer: B
Explanation: Kata “for” pada pilihan B adalah kata depan yang diikuti objek. “We” pada pilihan C tidak bisa berfungsi sebagai objek karena digunakan sebagai subjek. Dengan demikian “we” harus ditukar dengan “us” sehingga menjadi “Those new models of watches are all too expensive for us to buy at this time but probably we will return sometime later”.

4.      The cart showed the amount of money spent on food compared to the amount the amount spent on entertainment.
Answer: C
Explanation: Kata kerja “compare” yang artinya membandingkan, diikuti kata “with”. Dengan demikian kalimat diatas seharusnya menjadi “The cart showed the amount of money spenton food compared with the amount spent on entertainment”.

5.      Since the beginning of time, there has been many people who predict that the end of the world is near.
Answer: B
Explanation: Subjek kalimat diatas adalah “people” yang merupakan kata benda jamak (plural noun). Dengan demikian, auxiliary “has” pada pilihan B harus ditukar dengan “have” sehingga menjadi “Since the beginning of time, there have been many people who predict that the end of the world near”.

6.      The security officer insisted on we leaving the building before further outbursts took place.
Answer: B
Explanation: Kata “leaving” dalam kalimat diatas adalah gerund. Salah satu ketentuan dalam bahasa inggris, di depan gerund boleh ditempatkan sebuah possessive asjective. Dengan demikian, “we” pada pilihan B harus ditukar kedalam bentuk kepunyaan sehingga menjadi “The security officer insisted on our leaving the building before further outbursts took place”.

7.      The manager decided to go to golf after he had finished meeting his foreign client.
Answer: B
Explanation: Kata “go” harus diikuti bentuk gerund jika kata kerja yang mengikutinya bersifat suatu rekreasi, hiburan, atau kegiatan olahraga. Dengan demikian, pilihan B dalam bentuk to infinitive harus ditukar kedalam bentuk gerund sehingga kalimat diatas menjadi “The manager decided to go golfing after he had finished meeting his foreign client”.

8.      Any foreign reporter who plans to attend the summit meeting ought send a short note to the chairperson.
Answer: C
Explanation: “Ought” adalah salah satu auxiliary yang selalu diikuti “to”. Dengan demikian, antara “ought’ dan “send” pada pilihan C harus ditambahkan “to” sehingga kalimat menjadi “Any foreign reporter who plans to attend the summit meeting ought to send a short note to the chairperson”.

9.      Passengers are able to clearly see the outline of the whole isolated island.
Answer: B
Explanation: Pada kalimay diatas, “clearly’ adalah kata keterangan (adverb) yangditempatkan dibelakang kalimat. “Clearly” tidak boleh ditempatkan antara “be able to” dan kata kerja kedua berikutnya sehingga menjadi “Passengers are be able to see the outline of the whole isolated island from the airplane clearly”.

10.  Voslov Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both dancer and a choreographer.
Answer: D
Explanation: Voslov Nijinsky adalh seorang dancer dan koreografer. Jadi, pada pilihan D seharusnya “a dancer” sehingga menjadi “Voslov Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer and a choreographer”.

11.  Before design a building, an architect should study the plans of the other buildings built near the site.
 Answer: A
Explanation: “Before” adalah kata depan (preposition) sehingga kata kerja yang mengikutinya harus dalam –ing form atau gerund. Dengan demikian kata “design” pada pilihan A harus ditukar kedalam bentuk gerund sehingga menjadi “ Before designing a building, an architect should study the plans of the other buildings built near the site”.
12.  There is a folk myth that a horsehair in a container of rainwater place in then sun shine will develop into a snake.
Answer: C
Explanation: Kata “place” pada pilihan C harus dijadikan past participle agar sesuai konteks kalimat dalam bentuk pasif. Dengan demikian, kalimat diatas menjadi “There is a folk myth that a horsehair in a container of rainwater placed in then sun shine will develop into a snake”.

13.  Although the country’s military budget is insufficient, the army be expected to perform well in war.
Answer: C
Explanation: Kalimat pasif dalam simple present tense dibentuk dengan struktur “subject+ am/is/are+ past participle”. Dengan demikian, “be” pada pilihan C harus diganti dengan “is” karena subjek kalimat adalah kata benda tunggal sehingga kalimat diatas menjadi “Although the country’s military budget is insufficient, the army is expected to perform well in war”.

14.  To design a house the architect needs only a ruler, a pencil, an eraser, and piece of  paper.
Answer: D
Explanation: Objek kata “need” pada kalimat diatas yakni “a ruler, a pencil, an eraser, and piece of paper” harus dinyatakan dalam bentuk parallel structure. Dengan dikian, pilihan D harus ditambah dengan indenfinite article didepannya sehingga kalimat diatas menjadi “ To design a house the architect needs only a ruler, a pencil, an eraser, and a piece of paper”.

15.  Those of you who smoke should have their lungs X-rayed regularly.
Answer: C
Explanation: “Their”, pada pilihan C adalah possessive adjective yang mengacu pada “you” maka “their” harus ditukar dengan “your” sehingga kalimat diatas menjadi “Those  of you who smoke should have your lungs X-rayed regularly”.