TOEFL
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2. _______ James A. Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was adopted is the state
song of Virginia in 1940.
(A) Was written b
(B) His writing was
(C) He wrote the
(D) Written by
3. Mary Garden, ______ the early 1900’s was considered one of the best singing
actresses of her time.
(A) a soprano was popular
(B) in a popular soprano
(C) was a popular soprano
(D) a popular soprano in
4. In the realm of psychological theory Margaret F. Washburn was a dualist _____ that
motor phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
(A) who she believed
(B) who believed
(C) believed
(D) who did she believe
Jawaban : B
Keyword : Indonesia
Pembahasan : Karena Indonesia adalah nama tempat, kata untuk menggantikan tempat adalah
where.
Jawaban : C
Keyword : His wife
Pembahasan : Kata ganti kepunyaan adalah whose. Jadi pilihan yang tepat adalah The man
whose wife had a birthday party yesterday is an engineer.
Jawaban : B
Keyword : the woman
Pembahasan : Kata ganti yang tepat untuk the woman (subjek orang) adalah who.
4. A friend of mine ______ father is the manager of a company helped me to get a job.
A. whose
B. whom
C. which
D. who
Jawaban : A
Keyword : A friend of mine; father
Pembahasan : Kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah whose yang berarti
“yang …nya” (yang ayahnya).
5. Eko : “Which is your mother, Lily?”
Lily : “There she is; the one ______ is coming here.”
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. whose
Jawaban : A
Keyword : she
Pembahasan : Kata the one merujuk pada your mother yang berfungsi sebagai subjek dalam
kalimat. Kata ganti subjek orang adalah who.
6. Mary introduced me to her former lecturer _____ she married after she had graduated.
A. of whom
B. whose
C. of which
D. whom
Jawaban : D
Keyword : her former lecturer; she married
Pembahasan : Kata ganti whom digunakan untuk menggantikan objek orang (her former
lecturer).
7. Angiosperms inhabit relatively diverse environments and may be found _____ higher plants
can survive.
A. There
B. Wherever
C. Somewhere
D. Then
Jawaban : B
Keyword : may be found
Pembahasan : Karena mengacu pada diverse environments yang menunjukkan tempat, maka
pilihan yang tepat adalah wherever.
Jawaban : D
Keyword : hardiness
Pembahasan : Karena mengacu pada daylilies yang berbentuk jamak, maka kata ganti yang
digunakan adalah their.
9. The spiral threads of a spider’s web have sticky substance on them _____ insects.
A. Traps
B. Trap its
C. Which traps
D. Which it traps
Jawaban : C
Keyword : sticky substance
Pembahasan : Kata ganti yang dibutuhkan merujuk pada sticky substance. Karena rujukannya
adalah benda, maka kata yang tepat adalah which.
Jawaban : B
Keyword : The Good Earth
Pembahasan : Karena menerangkan The Good Earth yang merupakan judul novel/nama benda,
maka relative pronoun yang digunakan adalah which.
11. State universities bear the name of their state, and its achievements are recognized as state
achievements.
Jawaban : C
Keyword : State universities
Pembahasan : Karena state universities adalah benda jamak, maka penggunaan kata ganti it tidak
tepat. Seharusnya yang digunakan adalah their.
12. The Pilgrims were 102 English emigrants whom, after arriving on the
Mayflower, became the firstEuropean settlers in New England.
Jawaban : A
Keyword : emigrants
Pembahasan : Karena adjective clause pada kalimat tersebut sebagai pengganti subjek untuk
orang, maka seharusnya yang digunakan adalah who, bukan whom.
13. When them strike, the cobras raise themselves high above the ground on their tails and
then fall forward.
Jawaban : A
Keyword : when them strike
Pembahasan : Kata ganti yang diperlukan pada kalimat ini seharusnya kata ganti untuk subjek.
Jadi them tidak tepat karena merupakan kata ganti untuk objek. Seharusnya yang digunakan
adalah they.
14. Quasars, which relatively small objects, emit an enormous amount of energy.
Jawaban : A
Keyword : which relatively
Pembahasan : Karena adjective clause harus dalam bentuk klausa, seharusnya which are
relatively.
15. The philanthropist did not feel sad when he donated his only to the museum.
Jawaban : D
Keyword : his only to the museum
Pembahasan : Possessive adjective harus diikuti noun. Jadi pilihan yang mungkin adalah his only
money.
Choose the correct answer
1. I hope you don't mind _______ sitting here.
A. my
B. I had been
C. to be
D. that I may
4. We'll get you a car once you _______ your driving test.
A. are passing
B. are having passed
C. have passed
D. might pass
7. I regret to inform you that your application _______ unsuccessful on this occasion.
A. has been
B. to be
C. should have been
D. is being
8. The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall
access to contraception has improved in the past decade, _____ new report.
A. published in a
B. according a
C. according to a
D. as stated in a
9. The 2000 Census showed that married couples _____ half of the 2 million
households in the state, and 46 percent of those couples had children living with them.
A. which they made up
B. and made up
C. to make up
D. made up
10. By far the most noticeable blemishes on the surface of the Sun _____ sunspots.
A. are
B. the
C. that are
D. in the