CONTOH SOAL TOEFL BESERTA JAWABAN DAN ALASAN

 SOAL TOEFL BESERTA JAWABAN DAN ALASAN

1. The first recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was in the town of Frederick, New York, in
                       A                                     B                           C                         D

1825.

Answer : B (it was)

 The use of the pronoun subject it is unnecessary; it should be omitted.

2. The French Quarter is the most famous and the most old section of New Orleans.

                                       A              B                       C                             D

Answer : C (most old)

 The superlative form of a one-syllable adjective (old) is formed with the suffix -est: oldest.

3. Liquids take the shape of any container which in they are placed.

                              A           B                     C                        D

Answer : C (which)

 in The preposition must precede the relative pronoun: in which.

4. Many communities are dependent on

groundwater __________ from wells for

their water supply.

(A) that obtained

(B) obtained

(C) is obtained

(D) obtain it

Answer : B (obtained)

 The only correct way to complete this sentence is with a participle (obtained really means which is obtained).

5. Physical therapists help patients relearn how to use their bodies after disease or injure.

                                                           A              B                         C                       D

Answer : D (injure)

 A noun (injury), not a verb (injure), is required.

6. Not only ____________________ places of

beauty, but they also serve scientific and

educational purposes as well.

(A) are botanical gardens

(B) botanical gardens to be

(C) botanical gardens are

(D) to be botanical gardens

Answer : A (are botanical gardens)

 A main verb, such as are, is required to complete the clause (to be is not a main verb), and the subject and verb must be inverted because the clause begins with the negative phrase not only.

          7.      Would you mind.....for a minute

                  a.       Waiting

                  b.      To wait

                  c.       Wait

                  d.      That i wait

            Jawaban          : C. Wait

            Alasan             : would you mind + gerund

                                      Would you mind...is followed by a gerund and is used for a request

          8.      He threw a vase at the burglar but... him.

                  a.        Shot

                  b.        Fired

                  c.        Missed

                  d.        Hi
            Jawaban          : C. Missed

            Alasan             : To miss

                                    To fire = to shoot off bullets / arrows

`                                   To miss = to fail to hit

                                    To hit = to brings something hard against.

           9.      She’s young and full...life

                  a.       With

                  b.      Having

                  c.       Of

                  d.      A long with

            Jawaban          : C. OF

             Alasan             : to be “OF” is used with the preposition; to be full of the stadium is full of                                       people. 

          10.      He spends his time .... after grils.

                  a.       Running

                  b.      To run

                  c.       Ran

                  d.      Runs

            Jawaban          : a. Running

            Alasan             : spendtime doing sth

                                      Here you are asked about the pattern ‘spend time doing sth’.

           11.      We don’t know ..... we have to change planes or not.

                  a.       If  

                  b.      Until

                  c.       That

                  d.      When

                            Jawaban   : A. If

                            Alasan     : Indirect question

                                              Here the conjunction “IF” indriduces an indirect question.

           12.      L like vienna, but i wish it ... a bit hooter

                  a.       Is

                  b.      Were

                  c.       Becomes

                  d.      Became

            Jawaban          : B. Were

             Alasan             : Wish clause “we don’t use simple present tense in wish -  clause.

           13.      He rarely gets drunk.....?

                  a.       Doesn’t he

                  b.      Does he

                  c.       Won’t be

                  d.      Will be

            Jawaban          : B. Does he

            Alasan             :  we form tgas with an auxiliary (e.g. do, have, did or a modal (e.g. can, 
                                       must, should) plus apronoun (e.g. he, she, it).

           14.      She’s too tired to go....

                  a.       Shooping

                  b.      To shop

                  c.       Shop

                  d.      For shopping

            Jawaban          : A. Shopping

            Alasan             :   got gerund

                                      We can use gerund to talk about things we go out to do.

           15.      I know a man called rupert .... house is near ypurs

                  a.       Who

                  b.      Whom

                  c.       That

                  d.      Whose

            Jawaban          : D. Whose

            Alasan             : relative clauses – possession case

                       Here you are asked whether you know the relative clause   or not.

               16.  Some...don’t like such jokes.

                  a.       Child

                  b.      Man

                  c.       Woman

                  d.      People

            Jawaban          : D. People

            Alasan             : some – countable and uncountable nouns some can be followed by both a
                                      countable and an uncountable noun.