Pembahasan handbook week 6:

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Temu Online Week 6 – Pembahasan Skills 6 dan 7
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TOEFL Exercise 6:
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. B
TOEFL Exercise 7:
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
TOEFL Exercise (Skills 6 – 7):
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. A
Structure
1. Among the 450 artworks in the White House art collection __
(A) as is Mary Cassatt’s Young Mother and Two Children
(B) is Mary Cassatt’s Young Mother and Two Children
(C) which is Mary Cassatt’s Young Mother and Two Children
(D) Mary Cassatt’s Young Mother and Two Children
Jawaban: B. Kalimat ini diawali keterangan tempat – ciri kalimat inversi. Berarti dibutuhkan verb
dan subject yang muncul setelahnya.
2. An unconsolidated aggregate of silt particles is also termed silt, __ a
consolidated aggregate is called siltstone.
(A) which
(B) why
(C) whereas
(D) whether
Jawaban: C. Kalimat ini memiliki 2S dan 2V, berarti membutuhkan connector. Kedua klausa
menjelaskan hal yang sama, yaitu terminology atau sebutan untu dua hal yang berbeda.
Kuncinya disini “berbeda”, artinya berlawanan. Connector yang menjelaskan dua klausa yang
berlawanan bisa menggunakan: while, whereas, but, dan yet.
3. In 1864 the American Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth gained critical acclaim
when he __ Hamlet at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
(A) perform
(B) performed
(C) had been performing
(D) having performed
Jawaban: B. Kalimat membutuhkan verb untuk subject he pada klausa kedua. Bentuk verb
adalah simple past karena ada keterangan waktu bentuk lampau: in 1864.
4. -- are chiefly derived from petroleum.
(A) Plastics today
(B) There are plastics today
(C) Because today plastics today
(D) Due to plastics today
Jawaban: A. Kalimat membutuhkan subject. Sudah ada verb: to be are.
5. Most tangerine trees and their flowers and fruits resemble __ the orange, although tangerines
are generally smaller.
(A) of those
(B) which of those
(C) those of
(D) which are of
Jawaban: C. Kalimat sudha memiliki 2 subject dan 2verb dan connector. Jadi tidka dibutuhkan
connector lagi. Pilihan B dan D salah. Pola yang benar those of. Karena verbnya resemble
membutuhkan object setelahnya. Those bisa menjadi object.
6. Ohio, the center of __ the Hopewen culture, has the greatest concentration of ancient burial
mounds in the United States.
(A) called
(B) what is called
(C) that is called
(D) is called
Jawaban: B. Kalimat ini membutuhkan pelengkap appositive. Pilihan B lebih tepat.
7. __, such as jazz, are often played from memory rather than from a written
score.
(A) Of some types music
(B) Music some of types
(C) Some types of music
(D) Types of music some
Jawaban: C. Kalimat membutuhkan subject dalam bentuk plural.
8. During the 1850’, reform movements __ temperance and the abolition of slavery gained
strength in the United States.
(A) advocating
(B) they had advocated
(C) to advocating
(D) to advocate when
Jawaban: A. Kalimat memiliki subject reform movements dan verb gained, sudha lengkap. Jadi
tidak membutuhkan subject dan verb. Pilihan A lebih tepat karena menawarkan present participle
berfungsi seabagai kata sifat.
9. Many meteorites are thought to have originated from __ that once existed between the orbits
of Mars and Jupiter.
(A) where a planet or planets
(B) a planet or planets so
(C) which a planet or planets
(D) a planet or planets
Jawaban: D. Kalimat membutuhkan object of preposition untuk kata from. Kata benda lebih
tepat.
10.The modem automobile is a __ composed of more than 14,000 parts.
(A) complex technical system
(B) system of complex technical
(C) complex technical system that
(D) system is technically complex
Jawaban: A. Dibutuhkan object yang berbentuk noun, tanpa verb dan connector.
11. __ over 100 years since the invention of the square-bottomed paper bag.
(A) Now is
(B) Now it has
(C) There is now
(D) It is now
Jawaban: D. Kalimat membutuhkan S dan V untun independent clausenya.
12.The novelist John Dos Passos developed a style of fiction incorporating several
documentary devices __ to his works.
(A) lent realism
(B) that lending realism
(C) to lend realism
(D) of whose realism lent
Jawaban: C. Subject dan Verb kalimat sudah lengkap. Pilihan C lebih tepat.
13.In Earth’s infancy, its surface was warm enough for life __ the young Sun was fainter than it is
today.
(A) in spite of
(B) whether
(C) neither of which
(D) even though
Jawaban: D. Ada 2 S dan 2 V dalam kalimat. Isi kedua klausa berlawanan. Connector yang bisa
menghubungkan dua klausa berlwananan dan ada s dan v didepannya hanya even though dari
pilihan yang ada.
14.The invention of the compound microscope (which allowed much higher magnification through
multiple lenses) made __ the great strides in life
sciences.
(A) it possible
(B) possibly
(C) possible
(D) it was possible
Jawaban: C. Bentuk make possible lebih tepat untuk kalimat ini.
15.Hares generally have longer ears and hind legs than rabbits and move by jumping
__ running
(A) rather to be
(B) rather than
(C) are rather
(D) as rather
Jawaban: B. Kalimat sudah ada S dan V dan berbentuk perbandingan. Bentuk rather than bisa
digunakan.
Written Expression
16. Lake trout, fish usually finding in deep, cool lakes, are greenish gray and are covered with
pale spots.
Jawaban: A. finding seharusnya found karena harus jadi past participle berfungsi sebagai
adjective agar sesuai maknanya: ikan yang umumnya “ditemukan” bukan “menemukan”.
17. During the first 20 years of the space age, the United States spent more than 90 billion
dollars onto its civilian and military space programs.
Jawaban: C. Seharusnya into bukan onto.
18. Vitamin A and C and most of the B vitamins are retain in foods that have been canned.
Jawaban: B. Bentuk kalimat passivenya are retained.
19. Ella Baker spent her adult life working for social change by lecturing, writing, teacher,and
organizing adult literacy programs.
Jawaban: C. Seharusnya teaching agar parallel dengan writing dan organizing.
20. Gold can combined with silver in any proportion, but alloys with 50 to 60 percent silver are
the strongest.
Jawaban: A. Seharusnya bentuk passivenya can be combined.
21. The camera obscure, a lensless precursor of the photographic camera, consists of a
darkened chamber, with light pass into it through a single tiny hole.
Jawaban: C. Seharusnya passing, bentuk present participle sebagai adjective. Kalau pass saja
dia menjadi verb. Kalimat sudah ada verb.
22. Lumber production was the main industry in Michigan until the early 1900`s, which the
automobile industry was established in Detroit.
Jawaban: D. Connetcor yang lebih tepat adalah when.
23. Twenty minutes of vigorous exercise every day is very effect in helping a person to maintain
physical fitness.
Jawaban: B. Seharusnya bentuk adjective effective karena kata very menjelaskan adjective,
Effect adalah noun yang tidak bisa dijelaskan dengan adverb very.
24. It was not until after Emily Dickenson’ s death in 1886 that, hidden away in her bureau, overly
one thousand unpublished poems were discovered.
Jawaban: C. Seharusnya over.
25. Rocks form within Earth are called intrusive or plutonic rocks because the magma form which
they form often intrudes into neighboring rock.
Jawana: A. Seharusnya bentuk past participle formed, karena maknanya: bebatuan yang
dibentuk.
26. Most fish swim by moving their tails from side to side, with little relatively body undulation.
Jawaban: D. Seharusnya relative. Kata little bisa menjelaskan adjective tetapi tidak bisa
menjelaskan adverb.
27. In its life expectancy, although in most other things, the Sun is a typical star.
Jawaban: B. Tidak membutuhkan connector although. Hanya ada satu klausa. Tetapi ada dua in,
bisa digunakan and.
28. Machines need energy to function, whether it is animal or human muscle, wind or waters
currents, or heat-generated energy, such as steam.
Jawaban: C. Seharusnya water saja, parallel dengan wind.
29. The modern violin, the smallest and versatile instrument in the violin family, is tuned in fifths
and produces tones ranging over four and a half octaves.
Jawaban: B. Seharusnya the most versatile agar parallel dengan the smallest.
30. Norman Rockwell was a meticulous artist who paintings portrayed family incidents and well-
defined characters with a wealth of supporting details.
Jawaban: A. Setelah connector who ada subject dan verb. Seharusnya digunakan connector
whose – menjelaskan paintings miliki norman Rockwell.
31. By the late twelve century, stained glass had emerged in Europe as an integral part of Gothic
architecture.
Jawaban: B. Seharusnya twelfth yang menjelaskan urutan.
32. The United States, a nation with a highly diversified economy, is a major exporter of grain,
fruit, chemical, aircraft, and cars.
Jawaban: D. Seharusnya chemicals agar parallel. Yang tidka pakai –s, itu uncountable noun.
33. Canada began cultivation wheat intensively in 1910, which led to a demand for tools,
machines, housing, and building supplies.
Jawaban: A. Seharusnya began cultivating.
34. Magnesium has little structural strength and must be alloyed with another metals such as
aluminum and zinc when it is to be subjected to stress.
Jawaban: B. Seharusnya other karena kata metals berbentuk jamak.
35. Orchid seeds take up to eighteen months to mature before they sprout, and the young plants
may need another two years to reach at the flowering stage.
Jawaban: D. At dihilangkan saja.
36. The oldest public edifice in Washington D.C, the White House was originally constructed in
the 1790`s, also has been rebuilt or extensively remodeled three times since.
Jawaban: C. Seharusnya also and karena ada verb lagi yang muncul.
37. Mitosis is the normal process by which a cell divides, each new cell ending up with a same
number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Jawaban: D. Seharusnya the same number. … as..
38.There are a series of large-scale wind patterns all over Earth are called prevailing winds that
have a direct effect on weather and climate.
Jawaban: B. Seharusnya called, bentuk past participle sebagai adjective. Verbnya sudha ada: to
be are.
39.In June, 1846, near Sacramento, California, a number of new settlers rebelled in the Bear
Flag Revolt and proclaiming California an independent republic.
Jawaban: D. Seharusnya proclaimed agar parallel dengan rebelled.
40.A mutation is result of a definite biochemical change in a gene that causes the offspring to
vary in some characteristic from the parents.
Jawaban: A. Seharusnya a result of.