TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (WRITTEN EXPRESSION 10)DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

By YULI ROSA RITA -
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1. Please give me a few coffee and some donuts if you have any left.                    A                B                              C                              D jawab :(B)a few key word :coffee pembahasan: seharusnya a little ,coffee adalah noun-countable noun. 2. There are ten childs playing in the yard near her house,but your child is not among them.            A                      B                                                                                     C                           D jawab :(B)childs key word: ten pembahasan :seharusnya children ,jamak dari child adalah children 3. People respected George Washington because he was a honest man ,and he returned out          A                                                                    B                                 C to  be one of our greatest   military leaders.                 D jawab :(C)a honest man key word :honest pembahasan :seharusnya an honest man ,honest dibaca
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TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(STRUCTURE)

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1.Blood flow.......by the heart.
a.which is controlled
b.being controlled
c.controlled
d.is controlled
pembahasan:A verb is missing(the verb"flow"is a noun used as a subject in this sentence).The phrase"by the heart" indicates that the verb should be passive"is controlled"

2.........D.J. Stanford decided to devote his free time to anthropological study.
a.He was fifteen
b.His age was fifteen
c.When he was fifteen
d.The age of fifteen
pembahasan:The sentence is complate.Therefore,a phrase or adverb clause giving more information is needed to fill in the blank."When he was fifteen"tells when the decision was made.

3.Not all birds.......
a.fly
b.flying
c.to fly
d.flown
pembahasan:A verb is needed to complete the sentence:"fly"

4.The construction kits consist of small interlocking parts that can be.......
a.together they are fitted
b.that when fitted together
c.fitted together
d.together are fitted
pembahasan:The adjective clause"that can be"is incomplate.A verb "fitted"can complete the clause."Together"tells how the parts fit.

5.The man who managed.......the documents is now a national hero.
a.obtain
b.obtaining
c.to obtain
d.obtained
pembahasan:The infinitive"to obtain"is needed to complete the sentence.

6.The western part of Oregon generally receives more rain than.......the eastern part.
a.does
b.in it does
c.it does in
d.in
pembahasan:An aux-word"does"is needed to complete the sentence.

7........porpoises and dolphins,whales are mammals.
a.As
b.Also
c.Like
d.When
pembahasan:"Like,"meaning"similar to,"is a propesition that indicates a comparison between"porpoises and dolphins"and "whales"

8.In the eightteenth century..........as meeting places by literary figures.
a.coffeehouses were used
b.coffeehouses which were used
c.even though coffeehouses were
d.there were coffeehouses
pembahasan:A subject"confeehouses"and a verb"were used"are needed to complete the sentence.The phrase"by literary figures"indicates that the verb should be in  the passive form.

9.The Romans used central heating systems very much like.....
a.those of today
b.today's do
c.those they do
d.the systems which are now
pembahasan:The word"like" indicates that a comparison is being made.The word"those"refers to the"central heating systems"of today.

10.The surface of the moon was shaped by meteories whose impact..........craters of all sizes.
a.form
b.forming
c.formed
d.are forming
pembahasan:A past-tense verb is needed for the idependent clause.(The verb in the main sentence"was shaped"indicates that the action took place in the past.)

11........living in Birmingham,England,that the American writer Washington Irving wrote Rip Van Winkle.
a.It was
b.There he was
c.It was while
d.While he was
pembahasan:A subject and verb are needed to complete the sentence.The word"it"fills the subject position,and the verb"was"fills the verb position.An adverb is needed to introduce the adverb phrase"living in Bimingham,England."

12.........lack of success and financial reward.Vincent van Gogh persevered with his painting.
a.Because of his
b.Despite his
c.His
d.Although his
pembahasan:A preposition indicating a contrast is needed to complete the sentence.The"lack of succes and financial reward"is in contrast to the action of persevering.

13.........censored in his native Ireland and elsewhere,influenced a generation of writers.
a.James Joyce's.Ulysses.was
b.James Joyce's.Ulysses.
c.James Joyce wrote Ulysses.
d.That James Joyce wrote Ulysses
pembahasan:The verb"influenced"needs a subject.The noun group"James Joyce's Ulysses"can take the subject position and correctly completes the sentence.

14..........known as"Stonehenge" has never been determined.
a.Who built the stone circle
b.The stone circle
c.That the stone circle
d.There is the stone circle
pembahasan:The verb"has never been determined" needs a subject.The noun clause"who built the stone circle known as Stonehenge"can fill the subject position.

15.Certain Paleolithic artifacts are given special terms .......
a.which indicating their location of discovery.
b.Whose locations are indicating their discovery.
c.What the location of their discovery is.
d.indicating the location of their discovery.
pembahasan:An adjective clause or adjective phrease is needed to modify the noun "terms."The phrase"indicating  the location of their discovery"describes"what kind" of terms.

reference:Cambridge preparation for the TOEFL test.
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