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Contoh Soal Tes TOEFL (Grammar)

1. From 1949 onward, the artist
Georgia O’Keeffe made New
Mexico ______.
(A) her permanent residence was
(B) where her permanent
residence
(C) permanent residence for her
(D) her permanent residence
2. Just as remote-controlled satellites
can be employed to explore outer
space, _______employed to
investigate the deep sea.
(A) can be robots
(B) robots can be
(C) can robots
(D) can robots that are
3. In ______ people, the areas of
the brain that control speech are
located in the left hemisphere.
(A) mostly of
(B) most
(C) almost the
(D) the most of
4. Stars shine because of _______
produced by the nuclear reactions
taking place within them.
(A) the amount of light and heat is
(B) which the amount of light
and heat
(C) the amount of light and heat
that it is
(D) the amount of light and heat
5. ________ is not clear to researchers.
(A) Why dinosaurs having
become extinct
(B) Why dinosaurs became extinct
(C) Did dinosaurs become extinct
(D) Dinosaurs became extinct
6. Although many people use the
word “milk” to refer cow’s milk,
_______ to milk from any animal,
including human milk and goat’s
milk.
(A) applying it also
(B) applies also
(C) it also applies
(D) but it also applies
7. The first transatlantic telephone
cable system was not established
_______ 1956.
(A) while
(B) until
(C) on
(D) when
8. _______ no two people think
exactly alike, there will always
be disagreement, but disagreement
should not always be avoided; it
can be healthy if handled
creatively.
(A) There are
(B) Why
(C) That
(D) Because
9. Drinking water ________ excessive
amounts of fluorides may leave
a stained or mottled effect on
the enamel of teeth.
(A) containing
(B) in which containing
(C) contains
(D) that contain

10. In the 1820’s physical education
became _______ of the curriculum
of Harvard and Yale Universities.
(A) to be part
(B) which was part
(C) was part
(D) part
11. Pewter, _______ for eating and
drinking utensils in colonial
America, is about ninety percent
tin, which copper or bismuth added
for hardness.
(A) was widely used
(B) widely used it
(C) widely used
(D) which widely used
12. A moth possesses two pairs of
wings _________as a single pair
and are covered with dustlike scales.
(A) function
(B) are functioning
(C) that function
(D) but functions
13. Soap operas, a type of television
drama series, are so called because
at first, they were ________.
(A) often which soap
manufacturers sponsored
(B) sponsored often soap
manufacturers
(C) often sponsored by soap
manufacturers
(D) soap manufacturers often
sponsored them
14. The Woolworth Building in New
York was the highest in America
when _______ in 1943 and was
famous for its use of Gothic
decorative detail.
(A) built
(B) it built
(C) was built
(D) built it
15. Humans, ________, interact through
communicative behavior by means
of signs or symbols used
conventionally.
(A) like other animals
(B) how other animals
(C) other animals that
(D) do other animals
16. More and 90 percent of the calcium in the human body is in the skeleton.
A B C D
17. Perhaps the most popular film in movie history, Star Wars was written and direction
A B C D
by George Lucas.
18. Some animal activities, such as mating, migration, and hibernate have a yearly
A B C D
cycle.
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19. Geographers were once concerned largely with exploring areas unknown to them
A B
and from describing distinctive features of individual places.
C D
20. In his animated films, Walt Disney created animals that talk and act like people
A B C
while retaining its animal traits.
D
21. The first city in the United States that put into effect major plan for the clustering, of
A B C
government buildings was Washington, D.C.
D
22. In a microwave oven, radiation penetrates food and is then absorbed primarily by
A B
water molecules, caused heat to spread through the food.
C D
23. The cultures early of the genus Homo were generally distinguished by regular use of
A B
stone tools and by a hunting and gathering economy.
C D
24. Dolphins are sleek and powerful swimmers that found in all seas and unlike
A B
porpoises, have well defined, beaklike snouts and conical teeth.
C D
25. The velocity of a river is river is controlled by the slope, the depth, and the tough
A B C D
of the riverbed.
26. The phonograph record was the first successful medium for capturing, preservation
A B C
and reproducing sound.
D
27. Generally, the pattern of open space in urban areas has shaped by commercial
A B C
systems, governmental actions, and cultural traditions.
D
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28. A liquid that might be a poor conductor when pure is often used to make solutions
A B C
that readily transmits electricity.
D
29. The initial discovery by humans almost 10,000 years ago that they could exploit
A
metallic mineral deposits was an important milestone in the
B C
development civilization.
D
30. In 1989 Tillic Fowler a Republican, because the first member of her party to
A
serving as president of the city council of Jacksonville, Florida.
B C D
31. General anesthesia, which is usually used for major surgery, involves a complete
A B
loss of consciousness and a relaxed of the muscles.
C D
32. After first establishment subsistence farms along the Atlantic seaboard, European
A B
settlers in North America developed a maritime and shipbuilding industry.
C D
33. The legs of a roadrunner are enough strong that it can run up to 24 kilometers per
A B C
hour to catch lizards and small rodents.
D
34. For the immune system of a newborn mammal to develop properly, the presence of
A B C
the thymus gland is essentially.
D
35. Physicians working in the field of public health are mainly concerned with the
A B
environmental causes of ill and how to eliminate them.
C D
36. By 1850, immigration from distance shores, as well as migration from the
A B
countryside, had caused New York City’s population to swell.
C D
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37. By identifying similar words or structures in different languages, we find evidence
A
that those languages are related and may be derived from same ancestor.
B C D
38. Astronomers use photography and sighting telescopes to study the motions of all of
A B C
the bright stars and many of the faint one.
D
39. In the nineteenth century a number of Native American tribe, such as the
A B
Comanche, lived a nomadic existence hunting buffalo.
C D
40. The average elevation of West Virginia is about 1,500 foot above sea level.