Selasa, 03 April 2012

Structure and Written Expression- with an answer and causes


  1. Calculus, _________elegant and economical symbolic system, can reduce complex problems to simple term.
a.      It is an
b.      That an
c.       An
d.      Is an
Answer : C
Causes : because the word is elegant, so it must use an and an elegant and economical symbolic system is noun phrase that express.

  1. In cold weather, growers place wind machines_________the grows to keep the air circulating and to warm up the citrus corps.
a.      near to
b.      near of
c.       next to
d.      nearby
Answer : C
Causes : next to is an idiom with preposition word.

  1. Most of Caju French who live in Lousiana can neither read________the French variety that they speak fluently.
a.      nor they write
b.      nor write
c.       or writing
d.      neither write
Answer : B
Causes : neither is a conjunction that need nor to be equal between verb read and neither.

  1. The average temperature of rocks on the surface of the earth________55 degrees F.
a.      be
b.      are
c.       is
d.      been
Answer : C
Causes : the best subject for agreement is is.

  1. This old desk isn’t______to sell, but maybe we could give it to someone.
a.      goodly enough
b.      good enough
c.       good as enough
d.      enough good
Answer : B
Causes : an adjective is use for need expression before enough.

  1. Our daughter and son-in-law visit my wife and_____every Christmas.
a.      mine
b.      my
c.       I
d.      Me
Answer : D
Causes : object pronoun is use as complement.

  1. The situation had cured________a misunderstanding.
a.      for
b.      of
c.       because of
d.      because
Answer : C
Causes : because of is use for cause expression before noun, like a misunderstanding.

  1. The assignment for Monday is to write________about your home town.
a.      a five-hundred-word composition
b.      a five-hundred-words composition
c.       a five-hundreds-word composition
d.      a five-hundreds-word composition
Answer : A
Causes : because in English, an adjective don’t have plural type.

  1. George belongs to the_________
a.      class of the upper middle
b.      upper middle class
c.       class from the center up
d.      high medium class
Answer : B
Causes : the most exactly structure.

  1. Because the farms in our country produce less food than the people need, some products must_____from abroad.
a.      to bring
b.      bring
c.       brought
d.      brings
Answer : B
Causes : modal auxiliary verb is followed by verb one.

  1. 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
Answer : C
Causes : the most exactly structur is C, becase its an adverb clause.

  1. Botanist are not sure where the plant was grown or even__________.
a.      what plant was
b.      it was what plant
c.       what plant was it
d.      what plan it was
Answer : D
Causes : its an adverb clause

  1. Bernars Foucault_______in 1851 that the earth rotating.
a.      who proved
b.      proved
c.       he proved
d.      it was proved
Answer : B
Causes : Simple Past Tense

  1. The teacher suggested that her students______experiences with ESP.
a.      write a composition on their
b.      to write a composition about the
c.       wrote some compositions of this or her
d.      had written any composition for his
Answer : A
Causes : because its a past subjective with verba suggested.

  1. The doctor insisted that his patient________
a.      that he not work too hard for three months
b.      take it easy for three months
c.       taking it easy inside of three months
d.      to take some vacations for three months
Answer : B
Causes : because its a past subjunctive with verba insisted.

Source : Soal-soal untuk Meningkatkan Score TOEFL by Mien Kasmini, S.Pd. , Dr. Siwi Ultima, M.Pd. and Dra. Umi Prahastuti, M.Si.


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