Kamis, 25 April 2013

Contoh Soal Toefl dan Jawabannya


SOME QUESTION TOEFL
Direction: question 1-5 are incomplete sentence. Four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D), are given beneath each sentence. You are to choose the one word or pharese that best completes the sentence.
      1. The ostrich is........of all living birds.
a.      The largest
b.      The largest that is
c.       Largest
d.      Largest than
       2.      Ants are most numerous is regions…..
a.      Have a warm climate
b.      That have a warm climate
c.       A warm climate has
d.      A warm climate
        3.      ……… is found in many kinds of trees and plants
a.      Latex
b.      It is latex
c.       Since latex
d.      That latex
         4.      The telephone……… was the invention of Alexander Graham Bell.
a.      As is known by us
b.      As do we know it
c.       As we know it
d.      As we know
         5.      People who enjoy collecting rocks and minerals as a hobby…….. rock hounds
a.      Themselves call
b.      Called
c.       Call themselves
d.      They call

Direction: in questions 6-10 each sentence has four words or pharases underline. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). you are to identify the one underlined word or pharase that should be corrected or rewritten.
As soon as you understand the direction, begin work on the questions.
          6.      Milk is a important part of most people’s diets
                       A                        B               C         D
          7.      Natural resources of Massachusetts they include thick forest, hundreds of miles of rivers
      A                                        B
           and streams, and coastal waters filled with sea life
                                          C                             D
          8.      Most kinds of mollusks, including clams and oysters, have a hard, armorlike shell
                A                                                                                                        B
           that protects its soft bodies
                    C          D
          9.      No art form presents a most complete or clearer record of the development of human
                A                                      B                                                          C
           culture than sculpture.
                         D
          10.  Libraries play a vital role in the education, working, and recreation of millions of people
                           A    B                C                                D

Directions: in questions 11-15 each sentence has a word or phrase underlined. Below each sentence are four other words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). you are to choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.

          11.  Looking through the microscrope, the scientist saw the dim object.
a.      Small
b.      Faint
c.       Clear
d.      Large
          12.  In the last decade, great strides have been made in cancer research
a.      Century
b.      Twenty-five years
c.       Ten years
d.      Epoch
          13.  The initial sounds of words are frequently stressed
a.      Vowel
b.      Hard
c.       Alphabetical
d.      beginning
          14.  The Hawaiian islands have constant volcanic eruption.
a.      Problems
b.      Disturbances
c.       Outbursts
d.      excitement
          15.  The incredible discovery of the dinosaur bones surprised the anthropologists.
a.      Magnificent
b.      Unbelievable
c.       Intack
d.      unpredictable


THE ANSWER
      1.      C
      2.      B
      3.      A
      4.      C
      5.      C
      6.      A          “an” is needed before a vowel
      7.      A          “include” is double subject error
      8.      D          “their” since “mollusks” is plural
      9.      B          “a more complete,” since the comparison form should be parallel with “clearer”
      10.  D          “work” the noun form, is needed to be parallel with “education” and “recreation”
      11.  B
      12.  C
      13.  D
      14.  C
      15.  B

SUMBER
Steinberg, Roberts. 1987, “Prentice-Hall’s practice test for the TOEFL.”


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