1. Captain Henry,_____________
crept slowly through the underbrush.
A. being remote from the enemy,
B. attempting to not encounter the enemy,
C. trying to avoid the enemy,
D. not involving himself in the enemy,
2. Tommy was one ____________________
A. of the happy childs of his class
B. of the happiest child in the class
C. child who was the happiest of all the class
D. of the happiest children in the class
3._____________ he began to make friends more easily.
A. Having entered school in the new city, it was found that
B. After entering the new school,
C. When he had been entering the new school,
D. Upon entering into the new school,
4. It is very difficult to stop the cultivation of marijuana because
_____________
A. it grows very carelessly
B. or it`s growth without attention
C. it grows well with little care
D. it doesn`t care much to grow
5. The fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past
thirty ___________
A. is an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system
B. indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system
C. how we want to learn more about the solar system
D. is pointing to evidence of our intention to know a lot more about what is
called our solar system
6. Many of the current international problems we are now facing _______________
A. linguistic incompetencies
B. are the result of misunderstandings
C. are because of not understanding themselves
D. lacks of the intelligent capabilities of understanding each other
7. Mr.Roberts is a noted chemist_____________
A. as well as an effective teacher
B. and too a very efficient teacher
C. but he teaches very good in addition
D. however he teaches very good also
8. Public television stations are different from commercial stations
__________________
A. because they receive money differently and different types of shows
B. for money and program types
C. in the areas of funding and programming
D. because the former receives money and has programs differently from the latter
9. Manufacturers often sacrifice quality _______________________ -
A. for a larger profit margin
B. in place of to earn more money
C. to gain more quantities of money
D. and instead earn a bigger amount of profit
10. Automobile production in the United States ____________
A. have taken slumps and rises in recent years
B. has been rather erratic recently
C. has been erratically lately
D. are going up and down all the time
11. A major problem in the construction of new buildings _______________
A. is that windows have been eliminates while air conditioning systems have not
been perfected
B. is they have eliminated windows and still don't have good air conditioning
C. is because windows are eliminated but air conditioners don't work good
D. is dependent on the fact that while they have eliminated windows, they are
not capable to produce efficient air conditioning systems
12.John said that no other car could go ______________
A. so fast like his car
B. as fast like his car
C. as fast like the car of him
D. as fast as his car
13. Her grades have improved, but only ________________
A. in a small amount
B. very slightly
C. minimum
D. some
14. While attempting to reach his home before the storm,_______________
A. the bicycle of John broke down
B. it happened that John's bike broke down
C. the storm caught John
D. John had an accident on his bicycle
15. The changes in this city have occurred _________________
A. with swiftness
B. rapidly
C. fastly
D. in rapid ways
Kunci Jawaban
1. C
Pembahasan Jawaban: sangat mudah dipahami dari pendekatan makna
2. D
Pembahasan Jawaban: one of
the + plural nouns (children)
3. B
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. Having entered school in the new city, it was found that
--> it mengarah ke mana?
B. After entering the new school,
C. When he had been entering the new school, --> penggunaan tense
yg tidak tepat
D. Upon entering into the new school, --> enter + noun
4. C
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. it grows very carelessly --> carelessly hanya digunakan untuk animal
dan people
B. or it`s growth without attention --> it's ---> its
C. it grows well with little care
D. it doesn`t care much to grow --> kata care megacu ke 'perasaan' yang
seharusnya tidak ditujukan ke tumbuhan marijuana
5. B
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. is an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system
--> our wanting (masuk di materi gerund)
B. indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system
C. how we want to learn more about the solar system --> jika ini digunakan
maka kalimat tidak lengkap / tanpa verb utama
D. is pointing to evidence of our intention to know a lot more about what is
called our solar system --> terlalu bertele-tele
6. B
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. linguistic incompetencies --> kalimat yg fragmen
B. are the result of misunderstandings
C. are because of not understanding themselves -->
themselves mengarah ke mana?
D. lacks of the intelligent capabilities of understanding each other -->
makna tidak sesuai
7. A
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. as well as an effective teacher
B. and too a very efficient teacher --> too mestinya also
C. but he teaches very good in addition --> teaches well
D. however he teaches very good also --> teaches well
8. C
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. because they receive money differently and different types of shows -->
salah pemilihan kata
B. for money and program types ---> salah pemilihan kata
C. in the areas of funding and programming
D. because the former receives money and has programs differently from the
latter --> different from
9. A
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. for a larger profit margin
B. in place of to earn more money --> of + noun
C. to gain more quantities of money --> salah makna / kalimat tidak membahas
quantities of money
D. and instead earn a bigger amount of profit --> bigger umum
digunakan dalam situasi informal
10. B
Pembahasan Jawaban:
10. Automobile production in the United States ____________
A. have taken slumps and rises in recent years --> have (plural)
B. has been rather erratic recently
C. has been erratically lately --> been verb (linking verb) +
adverb
D. are going up and down all the time --> are (plural)
11. A
Pembahasan Jawaban:
A. is that windows have been eliminates while air conditioning systems have not
been perfected
B. is they have eliminated windows and still don't have good air
conditioning --> they mengarah ke?
C. is because windows are eliminated but air conditioners don't work good -->
work well
D. is dependent on the fact that while they have eliminated windows, they are
not capable to produce efficient air conditioning systems -->
capable + of + verb-ing
12. D
Pembahasan Jawaban: equal comparison --> as ... as
13. B
Pembahasan Jawaban: improved + adverb (very slightly)
14. D
Pembahasan Jawaban: Reduction in adverbial clause -->
while John was attempting to reach his home before the storm, John had
an accident on his bicycle
Prinsip: clause yang bisa di reduksi hanyalah klausa yang mempunyai subjek sama
15. B
Pembahasan Jawaban: have occurred + adverb (rapidly)
Directions
: Question 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see
for words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to choose one word
or phrase that best complete the sentence.
Example
I
The
swimming instructor came... if the apartment was still available.
A.
to see
B.
seeing
C.
saw
D.
for seeing
The
sentence should be read "The swimming instructor came to see if
the apartment was still available." Therefore, you should choose A.
Now
begin work on the questions.
1.
The committee has met twice and ....
A. they reached a final decision
B. a final decision was reached
C. its decision was reached
D. it has reached a final decision
2.
The manager won't be able to attend the shareholders' meeting tomorrow
because....
A. he must to give a lecture
B. he will be giving a lecture
C. of he will give lecture
D. he will have giving a lecture
3.
Brenda's score on the test is the highest in class.
A. She should study hard last night.
B. She should have studied hard last night.
C. She must have studied hard last night.
D. She had to study hard last night
4.
To answer accurately is more important than...
A. to finish quickly
B. a quick finish
C. you finish it quickly
D. quick finish
5.
Having been served lunch,....
A. the problems were discussed by the participants.
B. the participants discuss the problems.
C. it was discussed by the participants.
D. A discussion of the problems were made by the participants.
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.
7.
The participants have had some problems deciding....
A. when they should announce the result of the meeting.
B. when are they sgoing to announce the result of the meeting.
C. when should they announce the result of the meeting.
D. the time when the result of the meeting to announce.
8.
This year will be more difficult for our organization because....
A. we have less money and volunteers than last year.
B. there is a little money and volunteers than last year.
C. it has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year.
D. it has fewer money and less volunteers than it had last year.
9.
Professor Baker told his students that...
A. they can turn over their reports on Mondays.
B. the reports can turn over on Monday.
C. they could hand in their reports on Monday.
D. the reports they can hand in on Monday.
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.
12.
The chairwoman requested that ....
A. the participants studied more careful the problem.
B. the participants study the problem more carefully.
C. the participants studied the problem with more careful.
D. the problem be studied more carefully.
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
14.
Jackson,... capital of Mississippi, is the largest city in the state.
A. the
B. it is the
C. is the
D. where the
15.
The various types of bacteria are classified according to...shapes.
A. whose
B. how they are
C. have
D. their
KUNCI JAWABAN
1.
D
11. B
2.
B
12. B
3.
C
13. B
4.
A
14. A
5.
B
15. D
6.
D
7.
C
8.
C
9.
C
10.D
Soal Toefl Reading Practice
The Reading
Comprehension section contains reading passages and questions about the
passages. The questions are about information that is stated or implied in the
passage and about some of the specific words in the passages. Because many
English words have more than one meaning, it is important to remember that
these questions concern the meaning of a word or phrase within the context of
the passage.
Answer
all questions about the information in a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in
that passage.
Read
the following passage:
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The
railroad was not the first institution to impose regularity on
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society,
or to draw attention to the importance of precise
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timekeeping.
For as long as merchants have set out their wares at
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Line
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daybreak
and communal festivities have been celebrated, people
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(5)
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have
been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the time of
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day.
The value of this tradition is today more apparent than ever.
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Were
it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time,
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social
life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers
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of
goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and
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(10)
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starts;
the very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.
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Example
I
What
is the main idea of the passage?
A. In
modern society we must make more time for our neighbors.
B. The
traditions of society are timeless.
C. An
accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth functioning of
society.
D. Society
judges people by the times at which they conduct certain activities.
The
main idea of the passage is that societies need to agree about how time is
measured in order to function smoothly. Therefore, you should choose answer C.
Example
II
In
line 6, the phrase "this tradition" refers to
A. the
practice of starting the business day at dawn
B. friendly
relations between neighbors
C. the
railroad's reliance on time schedules
D. people's
agreement on the measurement of time
The
phrase "this tradition" refers to the preceding clause, "people
have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the time of day."
Therefore, you should choose answer D.
Now
begin work on the questions.
PRACTICE
PASSAGE
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The
Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean.
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It
stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in
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the
United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly
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Line
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800
miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely
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(5)
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complicated
to operate.
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The
steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of
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delicate
tundra that tops the frozen ground. It weaves through
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crooked
canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky
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crags,
makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or
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(10)
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under
hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter,
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and
up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can
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be
pumped through it daily.
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Resting
on H-shaped steel racks called "bents," long sections of
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the
pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth.
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(15)
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Other
long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky
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ground
and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the
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pipeline's
up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh
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demands
of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the
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land,
and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost
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(20)
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(permanently
frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline
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is
elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere
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from
3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and
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the
properties of the soil.
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One
of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately
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(25)
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$8
billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction
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project
ever undertaken by private industry. In fact, no single
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business
could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies
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formed
a consortium in order to share the costs. Each company
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controlled
oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and
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(30)
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paid
into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its
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holdings.
Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply
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shortages,
equipment breakdowns, labor disagreements, treacherous
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terrain,
a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the
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Alaska
pipeline has been completed and is operating.
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PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. The
passage primarily discusses the pipeline's
A. operating
costs
B. employees
C. consumers
D. construction
2. The
word "it" in line 4 refers to
A. pipeline
B. ocean
C. state
D. village
3. According
to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each
A. day
B. week
C. month
D. year
4. The
phrase "Resting on" in line 13 is closest in meaning to
A. Consisting
of
B. Supported
by
C. Passing
under
D. Protected
with
5. The
author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline's
route EXCEPT the
A. climate
B. lay
of the land itself
C. local
vegetation
D. kind
of soil and rock
6. The
word "undertaken" in line 26 is closest in meaning to
A. removed
B. selected
C. transported
D. attempted
7. How
many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 8
D. 12
8. The
word "particular" in line 29 is closest in meaning to
A. peculiar
B. specific
C. exceptional
D. equal
9. Which
of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each
member of the consortium would pay?
A. How
much oil field land each company owned
B. How
long each company had owned land in the oil fields
C. How
many people worked for each company
D. How
many oil wells were located on the company's land
10. Where
in the passage does the author provide a term for an earth covering that always
remains frozen?
A. Line
3
B. Line
13
C. Line
19
D. Line
32
Jawaban Soal Toefl Reading Practice
1. D
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. C
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