Practicum Report

ENGLISH VI

TOEFL POST-TEST

By:

Ayu Novita Ningsi Lumbantobing (11317048)

D3 Technology Information

DEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

2020
 TOEFL POST-TEST (Page 228-233)
1. The planet Mercury _________ rotations during every two trips around the Sun
(A) three complete
(B) completes three
(C) the completion of three
(D) completing three of the
The answer is B. Completes three
Because Tenses in this sentence are Simple Present Tense because the sentence is
general truth and the sentence does not yet have a verb so option B is the right
answer to complete the sentence.

2. In prehistoric ________ of western Utah was covered by Lake Bonneville.

(A) times, a large part
(B) times, there was a large part
(C) pan or the time
(D) for large parts of time
The answer is B. Completes three
Because Tenses in this sentence are Simple Present Tense because the sentence is
general truth and the sentence does not yet have a verb so option B is the right
answer to complete the sentence.

3. The helicopter is able to hover in ___________ powered rotors produce lift even at
zero forward speed.
(A) flight because of lite
(B) flying the
(C) the flying of the
(D) flight because the
The answer is D. Flight because the
Because in this sentence there are two sentences that are combined into one so that
requires conjunctions. And the sentence is cause and effect sentence that requires the
connecting word "because". Because must be followed by a sentence and because of
must be followed by a noun phrase. So option D the right answer to complete the
sentence.
4. The upper levels of the Sun’s atmosphere are of very low ________ heats the gases
there to very high temperatures.
(A) dense and solar
(B) density, solar activity
(C) density, but solar activity
(D ) density and activity of the Sun is
The answer is C. Density, but solar activity
Because In this sentence there are already subject and verb main. There is a low
word where this low word has an adjective word class. Usually after this adjective
explains noun. So after adjective here will be followed by noun. The choices that
have the noun class are density. Then there is the heat verb. So it can be concluded
that there are two clauses in this sentence. The subject for the second clause is solar
activity by considering the meaning of the sentence. Because these two sentences
have conflicting meanings, the "but" conjunction is needed.

5. Lapis lazuli, ______ stone, has been valued for ornamental purposes lor more than
6,000 years.
(A) an opaque deep blue
(B) is an opaque deep blue
(C) it is an opaque deep blue
(D) that is an opaque deep blue
The answer is A. An opaque deep blue
Because This sentence is complete with subject and verb. Where the subject is Lapis
lazuli and the verb is has been valued which is passive in the form of present perfect
tense. Seeing this sentence structure must be after the subject there is an appositive
sentence. But this positive sentence does not require verb or tobe. So the right
answer is A. An opaque deep blue to explain Lapis lazuli.

6. Mountaineers _______ climb Mount Everest must make reservations to do so, often
up to seven years in advance.
(A) want to
(B) they want to
(C) who want
 (D) wanting to
The answer is D. Wanting to
Because in the sentence there is already a subject, choices B and C are wrong. And
also the choice of want must be concurrent with to infinitive.

7. Created by the dissolution of limestone, the underground cave system _________

Mammoth Cave is noted for its stalactites and stalagmites.
(A) is known as
(B) His known to be
(C) known as
(D) to be known
The answer is C. Known as
Because In this sentence there is the subject of the sentence that is the underground
cave system ___ Mammoth Cave, and there is a tobe is so it does not require verbs.
So it needs to be completed from the side of the subject. On this subject verb isn't
needed because it's not the sentence needed but in the form of a noun phrase. Of the
available choices, it must be avoided that if placed in the sentence, it has no potential
to become verb. So a possible choice is C. Known as (known) which sounds
passive. When made in the original structure Which is created by the dissolution of
limestone, the Undergroud cave system which is known as Mammoth Cave is noted
for its stalactites and stalagmites. So which is can be eliminated and immediately use
known as.

8. Most slang terms are simply old words ________ additional new meanings.
(A) give
(B) given
(C) are given
(D) they are given
The answer is B. Given (diberikan)
Because in this sentence, the subject and tobe are complete. The subjects are Most
slang terms and are are tobe. Then in the object / compliment there is a passive
adjective clause if you see from its use in the sentence. So the appropriate answer is
B. Given
9. North Carolina's Outer Banks are chain of low, narrow islands _________ the
mainland from the frequent Atlantic storms in the area.
(A) they buffer
(B) that buffer
(C) to buffer them
(D) that they buffer
The answer is B. That buffer
Because that sentence requires an adjective clause connector, after which the
connector is directly tobe found in the B.that buffer option.

10. It is at the age of approximately eighteen months _______ children begin to make
combinations of two or three words.
(A) when many
(B) when are many
(C) when do many
(D) when have many of the
The answer is A. When many
Because the sentence is an Inverted subject using the Question word, where after
QW is the subject.

11. Story of a Bad Boy, a semiautobiographical Novel by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, ranks
high Among books _______ have incorporated their boyhood experiences.
(A) the American authors
(B) which are American authors
(C) in which American authors
(D) are those which American authors
The answer is C. In which American authors
Because The sentence wants to explain the position of a subject, so an adjective
clause is needed to explain the place, which is "in which"

12. In the La Brea tar pits of Los Angeles _______ which have been preserved from the
Pleistocene period.
 (A) thousands of animals are
(B) thousands are animals
(C) the thousands of animals
(D) are thousands of animals
The answer is D. Are thousands of animals
Because The sentence does not yet have the main predicate, so the choice is D

13. _________ provided a living for nearly 90 percent of the population of the American
colonies.
(A) Farming was what
(B) What fanning
(C) Farming was
(D) What was farming
The answer is A. Farming was what
Because This sentence requires a subject and a predicate. Judging from the available
choices, it can be concluded that provided is not the main verb and sounds active. So
the right answer is A. Farming was what. If it can be interpreted completely,
Agriculture is what provides (the source of) life for almost 90% of the population of
the American colony. What is here is not as a question word but as an actual link.

14. Not only ________ more brittle than hard maples, but they are also less able to
withstand high winds.
(A) soft maples are
(B) are soft maples
(C) they are soft maples
(D) soft maples
The answer is B. Are soft maples
Because In this sentence there is Not only which should be paired with But Also

15. _______ become blocked so that heat and moisture could not escape, death would
result.
(A) Were the skins pores to
(B) The pores of the skin were to
 (C) The skins pores
(D) If the pores of the skin
The answer is A. Were the skins pores to
Because Actually this is a sentence with type 2 if conditional, it's just that it is
inverted. So the answer is A. Were the skin’s pores to

16. The wave of ultraviolet light are than of visible light Longer

than of X-rays.
The answer is B. Short should be Shorter
Beause this is comparison statement, so one-syllable word or a word ending in -
y or -ly add the suffix -er to form a comparative phrase with than.

17. thoroughbreds are descended three Arabian imported England

between 1689 and 1724.

The Answer is C Stallion should be Stallions
Because In section C there should be stallions because before this word there are
three words that show more than one if noun is more than one then add -s like two
books.

18. By the rate of decay of potassium isotopes in volcanic ash, scientists

the layers of volcanic ash and any human in

The Answer is D They should be Them

Because In section D they should be because they act as objects to replace the layers
of volcanic and human remains.

19. partial fossil skeletons of Triceratops have been in North

America from of the late Cretaceous period.

The answer is C. Gather should be Gathered

Because Past perfect tense: aux "have" + past participle "been" should be followed
 by third verb or this is the formula have/has+been+V3.

20. By the the dinosaurs, turtles already developed the hard shell

their heads and legs could be .

The answer is B. Have should be Had

Because The time expression “By the time” indicates that the verb should be in the
past perfect.

21. zoom lens an real image, either on the film in a camera on

the light-sensitive tube of a television camera.

The answer is D. And should be Or
The sentences are incorrect because the wrong parts of the paired conjunctions are
used together. In the first, Either should be used with or. In the second and should be
used with both.

22. The leaves and young twigs of the henna plant are into a powder to

a that can as a dye .

The answer is D. Used should be be used

Because This sentence is passive voice. If there is modal in passive voice, modal
should be followed by be and then the past participle.

23. Thirty-one of spinal nerves in humans, and each pair two roots.
The answer is D. Have should be Has
Because Each is a word or expression grammatically singular, so the plural verb have
should be changed to the singular verb has.

24. William Randolph Hearst a chain of newspapers included 25 and 11

Sunday editions at peak in 1937.

The answer is D. Their should be Its

 Because what you want to replace into possessive pronouns is in the form of objects,
namely newspapers.

25. The electromagnetic consists of different .

The answer is B in should be Of

Because This sentence wants to show a reference from the electromagnetic spectrum
assisted again with the word consists. So it is more appropriate to use of.

26. Lemon trees are similar longevity and to orange trees more upright

The answer is B. Appear should be Appearance

Because There is and as conjunction, so we must connect the two clauses correctly.
Longevity is noun and appear is verb, so verb must be changed into a noun so the
answer is appearance

27. Christopher Columbus, explorers, underestimated the size of the

Earth and overestimated the of Asia.

The answer is A. Alike should be Like

Because Alike and like are adjectives that mean similar. Alike is predicate adjective,
it can only be used after a linking verb and like is used immediately before the noun.

28. Manganese, in trace amounts in higher animals, activates a large of the

enzymes in metabolic .

The answer is B. Amount should be Number

Because The enzymes as nouns can also be counted, so have to use key word for
countable like Number, because amount is key word for uncountable.

29. The remains of Homo erectus, extinct of early man, first

on the island of Java by Dutch physician Eugene Debois.

 The answer is C. Was should be were
Because the sentence has a plural subject namely The remains of Homo erectus.

30. The Ford Motor Company introduced the assembly line in 1914 so that it

be able to meet the huge for Model T.

The answer is B. Will should be Would

Because this sentence is a simple past where there are time expressions in 1914 so
that will in the form of simple past is would.

31. 1830, 200 steamboats had on the Mississippi

River.
The answer is D. Operationally should be operational
Because sentence 200 Steamboats becomes Subject and had as verb and position D
should be Adj and more precisely if it is replaced with operational.

32. Meteor Crater was when a 63.000-ton iron the Earth

near Winslow, Arizona.

The anwer is C. Meteorites should be meteorite
Because there is article a which means the meteorite is singular.

33. Daniel Boone build the Wilderness Road the Cumberland Gap,

a route for settlers heading

The answer is D. westerly should be In awesterly direction

Because Westerly here is not adverb but rather ly-adjective and ly-adjective should
be before the noun because that will explain the noun. For example daily activity.
Daily explains its activities. Likewise, this westerly must explain the noun
afterwards. For example westerly direction (direction to the west).

34. Appalachian Mountains Georgia Alabama in the south Canada in

 the north.
The answer is B. Extend should be extend from

35. Howard Hughes once more than dollars in one day in 1966 when he

received bank draft for $546.549. 1 7 1 for of TWA.

The answer is A. Did should be Made

Because The sentence is to explain the process of making Howard Hughes. So you
have to use made instead of did.

36. The city of Tampa, Florida, is on Tampa Bay Saint

Petersburg.
The answer is B. Paninsula should be a paninsula
There should be an article a because the peninsula (semenanjung) in question does
not yet know the extent of the peninsula which so uses article a to become a
peninsula.

37. it gets to December 21, the of winter, the the days .

The answer is C. Short should be shorter

Because The sentence must have a pattern where A has used Closer. So the others
follow because this is a parallel structure where the indicator is a comma (,).

38. Only about a hundred out of an 3,000 known mineral species

at least suitable as gems.

The answer is A. Estimating should be estimated

Because the sentence is a past sentence, so estimating must be changed to for the
past sentence.

39. Most of the year San Miguel Island is in fog, and northwest winds
 The answer is D. Relentlessy the island should be the island relentlessy
Because This relentlessly wants to explain how the batter is towards the island.

40. Women have to the United States Military Academy at West Point

1976, and the women cadets in 1980

The answer is A. Admitted should be Been admitted

Because in this sentence there are time expressions that is since. Where since using
the present perfect, but for the context of this sentence it happened a long time ago
and still continues today.