Kamis, 02 September 2010

Contoh Soal TOEFL(grammar test)


Berikut adalah contoh sola tes TOEFL untuk kategori Grammar dimana pada sesi ini cukup banyak peserta ujian yang mendapatkan nilai kurang bagus, padahal sebenarnya sesi inilah yang termudah diantara sesi lain sehingga bisa dimanfaatkan untuk mengantrol nilai TOEFL secara keseluruhan

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.


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Cara sukses Test TOEFL


TOEFL (Test Of English as A Foreign Language) adalah salah satu cara pengujian bahasa inggris yang digunakan untuk mengukur tingkat kecakapan atau profisiensi mereka yang tidak mengunakan bahsa inggris sebagai bahasa ibu (non native speaker).
TOEFL terdiri dari 2 jenis yaitu computer-based testing dan paper-based testing.
Ada 4 bagian yang di ujikan dalam tes TOEFL
1. Listening Comprehension
2. Structure And Written Expression
3. Reading Comprehension
4. Test Of English Written
Point- point yang harus dipersiapkan sebelum menjalankan ujian TOEFL
- TOEFL merupakan model yang mempunyai pola-pola tertentu.
- Kenali bentuk-bentuk perintah (direction) dalam TOEFL.
- Tes TOEFL bukan merupakan bahan yang harus dihindari.
- Belajar TOEFL itu entertaining dan meyenangkan.
- Biasakan hari-hari anda dengan membaca bacaan apa saja yang berbahasa inggris.
- Jangan perna membatasi bacaan anda pada tema-tema tertentu.
- Langkan waktu anda untuk membaca tiga kalimat dalam setiap harinya.
- Belajar bahasa adalah proses yang memakan waktu.

KUNCI-KUNCI DALAM TEST TOEFL
Kunci Untuk Listening Comprehension
Kunci umum
1. Pahami bentuk-bnetuk perintah (direction) pada masing-masing bagian (part) dengan baik sbelum hari H ujian.
2. Bacalah pilihan pada masing-masing soal sebanyak mungkin ketika narator sedang membacakan direction dan contoh soal (example).
3. Dengarkan dengan penuh konsentrasi dan focuskan perhatian anda pada percakapan yang sedang anda dengarkan.
4. Memaksimalkan kemampuan listening anda pada soal-soal pertama pada masing part.
Part A: short conversation
5. Fokuskan pendengaran anda pada orang kedua.
6. Jangan panik jika tidak bisa memahami kata demi kata dalam percakapan secara komplit. Anda hanya perlu menangkap ide atau isi percakapan.
7. Bila anda sma sekali tidak bisa memahami apa yang dibicarakan pembicara kedua, pilihlah jawaban yang paling berbeda dari apa yang anda dengar.
8. Pahami bentuk-bentuk funtional expresion (agreement (persetujuan), uncertainty (ketidakpastian), suggestion (sugesti), surprise(keterkejutan)), idiomatic, expression , dan situasi ketika pembicaraan dilakukan.
Part B: longer conversation
9. Ketika narator membacakan direction part B anda sebaiknya membaca pilihan jawaban secara sekilas kemudian merekamnya dan memeperkirakan tema apa yang akan menjadi perbincangan.
10. Ketika menyimak conversation, anda harus mengetahui apa tema/topik yang dibicarakan.
11. Waspadalah terhadap masing-masing pertanyaan.
12. Cermati kondisi dan situasi yang terjadi selama percakapan berlangsung, yakni menyangkut tempat dan waktu pembicaraan, apa dan siapa yang dibicarakan.
Part C: talks
13. Bila anda memiliki waktu, lihatlah pilihan-pilihan jawaban yang tertera pada lembar soal dan temukan kata kuncinya.
14. Waspadailah pembicaraan pada kalimat pertama karena biasanya akan menjadi topik bagi kalimat-kalimat selanjutnya.
15. Fokuskan pendengaran anda pada hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan pertanyaan 5 –W (what, who, when, where, why ) dan How.
16. Buatlah kesimpulan/inferasi atas situasi yang terjadi saat pembicaraan dilakukan.
Structure And Written Expression
Kunci umum
1. Pahami bentuk-bnetuk perintah (direction) pada masing-masing bagian (part) dengan baik sbelum hari H ujian.
2. Kerjakan soal-soal struktur terlebih dahulu.
3. Lanjutkan pada soal-soal written expression
Kunci structure
4. Pertama-tama perhatikan kalimat yang dipertanyakan dalam soal.
5. Perhatikan masing-masing jawaban yang tersedia, pilihlan yang paling tepat untuk menelngkapi kalimat yang dipersoalkan.
6. Jangan perna mengiliminasi sebuah pilihan jawaban dengan hanya melihat pada jawaban tanpa melihat kalimat soal.
7. Pertama-tama perhatikan kata atau kelompk kata yang digaris bawahi dan temukan secara cepat bagian mana yang tidak tepat.
8. Bila soal yang anda hadapi tidak bis adiidentifikasi hanya melihat kata atau kelompok kata yang bergaris bawah, segeralah membaca kalimat secara lengkap.
Reading Comprehension
Kunci umum
1. Jangan terlalu lam membaca teks bacaan.
2. Perhatikan semua pertanyaan yang terdapat pada sebuah bacaan dan ingat-ingat kata kuncinya.
3. Jangan panik apabila tema bacaan bukan merupakan disiplin ilmu yang anda kuasai.
4. Lakukan previewing untuk mengetahui topik bacaan.
5. Perhatikan kalimat pertama dari sebuah bacaan paragraf untuk mengetahui main idea.
6. Pahami konteks yang terdapat pada bacaan untuk mengetahui arti kata tertentu.
7. Lakukan scanning untuk menemukan informasi tertentu yang berkaitan dengan permintaan soal.
8. Kumpulkan fakta dan data dalam bacaan untuk melakukan inferasi/ penyimpulan.
9. Berkonsentrasi selama membaca teks bacaan.
10. Tingkatkan kecepatan membaca anda.

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