TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (READING) DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

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        READING TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA            Madison Square Garden,a world-famous sporting venue in Newyork City,has actually been a series of buildings in varied locations rather than a single building in one spot.In 1873,P.T.Barnum built Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome at the corner of Madison Avenue and 26th Street,across from Madison Square Park.Two years later,bandleader Patrick Gilmore bought the property,added statues and fountains,and renamed it Gilmore's Gardens.When Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the property in 1879,it was renamed Madison Square Garden.          A second very lavish Madison Square Garden was built at the same location in 1890,with a ballroom,a restaurant,a theater,a rooftop garden,and a main arena with seating for 15000.However,this elaborate Madison Square Garden lasted only until 1924,when it was torn down to make way for a forty-story skyscraper.          When the second Madison Square Garden ha
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TRIK NO.1 MENGERJAKAN SOAL SOAL TOEFL DAN PEMBAHASANNYA 2

By YULI ROSA RITA -

 Trik no. 1 menyelesaikan soal-soal TOEFL dengan mudah.Disini kita akan membahas beberapa soal-soal TOEFL dan pembahasannya sehingga kita bisa menganalisa dan memahaminya dengan mudah.Di bawah ini adalah contoh soal-soal TOEFL:
1.Physics..............my most dificult course.
   a.was
   b.were
   c.be
   d.am
Physics merupakan kata benda khusus yang di akhiri s namun bukan petunjuk jamak.Jadi,Subjek Physics pada kalimat di samping patut diikuti kata kerja perangkai tunggal was karena physics kata benda tunggal.
2.New york...........in United States.
    a.was
    b.were
    c.is
    d.are
New york memang berada di America Serikat dan kalimat di samping menunjukkkan kebenaran umum.Jadi,kalimatnya harus dalam bentuk present-singular.Kata kerja perangkai yang tepat adalah is.
3.Does he.............English?
   a.studied
   b.studying
   c.studies
   d.study
Kata bantu tanya does selalu diikuti oleh kata kerja asli (V1).Jadi,kata kerja yang tepat untuk kalimat tersebut adalah study.
4.Have you .............about her?
    a.heard
    b.hearing
    c.hears
    d.hear
Kata have di awal kalimat disamping menunjukkan bahwa kalimat menggunakan auxiliary verb sehingga setelah kata have wajib diikuti kata kerja ketiga(V3)-yakni heard.
5.Fortunately,studies............that muscle atrophy can be kept largely at bay with appropriate exercise.
    a.show
    b.is showing
    c.shows
    d.are showed
Kalimat disamping merupakan kalimat aktif yang menggunakan subjek jamak studies sehingga kata kerja yang sesuai adalah kata kerja aktif bentuk asli (V1)-show.
6.These problems are of particular concorn because they could...........acute.
    a.become
    b.become
    c.becoming
    d.becomes
Setelah kata kerja bentuk could diikuti oleh kata kerja bentuk asli(V1)-yakni become .
7.The reef' 's 300 species of coral ...........an underwater garden of briliant colors and intricate shapes.
   a.is creating
   b.creates
   c.create
   d.is created
Subjek The reef 's 300 species of coral mengacu pada frase kata benda jamak,sehingga harus diikuti oleh kata kerja jamak atau bentuk asli(V1)-yaitu create.
8.Pollution and rising water temperatures also ..........the delicate coral .
   a.threaten
   b.threatens
   c.threatening
   d.is threatened
Subjek kalimat di samping berjenis jamak -pollution and rising water temperatures.Jadi,kata kerja yang digunakan juga harus jamak-threaten.
9.Storytelling should...........first to the heart and only second to the intellect.
   a.speak
   b.speaks
   c.spoke
   d.spoken
Kata kerja bantu should mengharuskan kalimat disamping menggunakan kata kerja asli(V1)-yaitu speak
10.The new writer should avoid creating  pieces that..........delibelately obscure and impossible to       understand except by a small ,elite group of other writers.
   a. is
   b.are
   c.was
   d.has
Konjungsi that mengacu pada pieces yang pada dasarnya merupakan kata benda jamak.Jadi,kata kerja yang sesuai adalah are 
11.I believe that electronic mail...........a convenient,fast way to communicate.
    a.is
    b.are
    c.am
    d.have
Electronic mail merupakan frase kata benda berjenis tunggal dan memiliki kata ganti ketiga-yaitu it.Jadi ,kata kerja bantu yang sesuai adalah is.
12.For me,the noise,lights,and movement of the city..........more comforting than a quiet dark,and still night in the country
   a.is
   b.are
   c.am
   d.have
Subjek kalimat disamping berjenis jamak yaitu the noise,lights,and movement of the city sehingga kata kerja yang sesuai adalah are.Are dipilih (bukan have)karena juga didasarkan pada kata comforting yang berjenis kata sifat dan berkedudukan sebagai pelengkap.
13.Internet............our lives.
     a. are improving
     b.have improved
     c.has improved
     d.improve
Internet merupakan subjek tunggal yang sesuai diikuti oleh kata kerja tunggal pula .Kata kerja yang di maksud adalah has improved.
14.You ..........time to substantially revise or rewrite your piece.
     a.Not having
     b.aren't have
     c.doesn't have
     d.don't have
You merupakan kata ganti orang kedua yang seharusnya dikuti oleh kata kerja bentuk asli .Bila kata kerja berbentuk negatif maka harus dalam bentuk don't (do not) +V1.Jadi,kata kerja yang tepat untuk you adalah don't have.
15.Switching tense within a sentence can.........its meaning.
      a.change
      b.changes
      c.changing
      d.changed
Pada kalimat seperti kalimat di samping,apapun subjeknya jila terdapat kata kerja bantu seperti can maka wajib diikuti oleh kata kerja bentuk asli(V1).Jadi ,jawaban yang tepat adalah change.
REFERENCE:
FORUM TENTOR INDONESIA-TOP NO.1 TOEFL

   
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