TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (READING) DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

By YULI ROSA RITA -
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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 JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(STRUCTURE)

By YULI ROSA RITA -
1.The cyclist.......he crossed the main street.
a.looked with caution after
b.had looked cautiously before
c.was looked cautious when
d.looks cautious when
pembahasan:Choice(A)is verbose,using with caution rather than cautiously.Also,it would make no sense to look cautiously after crossing the street.Choice(A) also uses simple past when past perfect is required.Choice(C)is passive and the sentence does not call for a passive meaning.Also,using the adjective cautious would indicate that look in the sentence is a stative verb meaning appear,and that is not the meaning of the sentence.(D)uses an incorrect sequence of tenses.The verb crossed is in the past.

2.Here.......notebook and report that I promised you last week.
a.is the
b.are the
c.was the
d.has been a
pembahasan:(B)The subject notebook and report is plural,and choices(A),(C),and (D) all countain singular verbs.

3.Neither Jone nor her brothers..........a consent form for tomorrow's field trip
a.need
b.needs
c.is needing
d.has need
pembahasan:(A)The plural verb need is required here because if there is a plural noun after nor,the verb must be plural.

4.Cuba is.......sugar-growing areas in the world.
a.one of the larger
b.one of largest
c.one of the largest
d.largest
pembahasan:(C)Choice(A)is incorrect because the superlative,not the comparative,must be used when more than two are expressed.Choice(B)and(D)are incorrect because the definite article the must be used before the superlative.

5.The skiers would rather......through the mountains than go by bus.
a.to travel on train
b.traveled by train
c.travel by train
d.traveling by the train
pembahasan:(C)The correct form is would rather+(verb in simple form)

6.That magnificent..........temple was constructed by the Chinese.
a.eight-centuries-old
b.eight-century's-old
c.old-eight-centuries
d.eight-century-old
pembahasan:Eight-century-old is functioning as an adjective and cannot be plural.

7.There were two small rooms in the beach house,.......Served as a kitchen.
a.the smaller of which
b.the smallest of which
c.the smaller of them
d.smallest of that
pembahasan:Use the comparative when only two entities are involved.Choice(B) incorrectly uses the superlative.Choice(C)would be correct if the smaller of them began a new sentence,but it is not correct after the comma.(D)incorrecttly uses the relative pronoun that,which cannot be used with the preposition.

8.Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships,and..........
a.so do their children
b.neither did the children
c.also the child
d.so did their children
pembahasan:(D)Choice(A)includes an incorrect sequence of tenses;do should be did to agree with endured.(B)uses negative agreement,and the sentence is positive.Choice(C)includes. incorrect uses of affirmative agreement.Also,the correct plural of child is children.

9.Last year,Matt earned.......his brother,who has a better position.
a.twice as much as
b.twice more than
c.twice as many as
d.twice as more as
pembahasan:(A)This is a multiple number comparative.Choice(C)is also a multiple number comparative,but one earns money.Money is a non-countnoun,and thus the sentence requires much.

10.............,he would have been able to pass the exam.
a.If he studied more
b.If he were studying to a greater degree
c.Studying more
d.Had he studied more
pembahasan:This is a past condition.The correct sequence is had studied........would have ben able.(B)is verbose.

11.Mr.Duncan does not know......the lawn mower after they had finished using it.
a.where did they put
b.where they did put
c.where they put
d.where to put
pembahasan:(C)The correct structure for an embedded question is question word+subjct+verb.Choice(A)and(B)incorrectly include did,and choice(D)incorrectly uses the infinitive to put.

12.The facilities of the older hospital..........
a.is as good or better than the new hospital
b.are as good or better that the new hostital
c.are as good as or better than the new hospital
d.are as good as or better than those of the new hospital
pembahasan:Choice(A)is incorrect because the subject facilities is plural and requires a plural verb.Choice(B)uses an incorrect comparative.It should be better than.Choices(A),(B),and (C)all use an illogical comparison.They seem to compare the facilities with the new hosital.Choice(D)is correct;those of =the facilities of.

13.Our flight from Amsterdam to London was delayed......the heavy fog.
a.because of
b.because
c.on account
d.as result
pembahasan:(A)Choice(B),(C),and(D)are all missing necessary prepositions,because of,on account of,as as a result of(notice that a necessary article was left out here as well).

14.The teacher suggested that her students.......experiences with ESP.
a.write a composition on their
b.to write composition about the
c.wrote some compositions of his or her
d.had written any compositions for his
pembahasan:In this subjunctive construction use suggest that+(verb in simple form)
15.Of the two new teachers,one is experienced and.........
a.the others are not
b.another is inexperienced
c.the other is not
d.other lacks experience
pembahasan:(C)Choice(A)incorrectly uses others,which implies that there are more than one other.The sentence says there are two teachers.Choice(B)incorrectly uses another,which indicates the indefinite.A specific is required here.(D)is incorrect because in this sentence other requires the article the.

reference:CLIFFS
TOEFL PREPARATION GUIDE
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