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Posted by : Leonita Anggraeni
Minggu, 15 April 2018
Strategy
of Structure
1. First study
the sentence.
Your purpose is to determine what is needed to complete the sentence correctly.
2. Then study each answer based on how well it completes the sentence.
Eliminate answers that do not complete the sentence correctly.
3. Do not try to eliminate incorrect answers by looking only at the answers.
The incorrect answers are generally correct by themselves. The incorrect answers are generally incorrect only when used to complete the sentence.
4. Never leave any answers blank.
Be sure to answer each question even if you are unsure of the correct response.
5. Do not spend too much time on the Structure questions.
Be sure to leave adequate time for the Written Expression questions
Your purpose is to determine what is needed to complete the sentence correctly.
2. Then study each answer based on how well it completes the sentence.
Eliminate answers that do not complete the sentence correctly.
3. Do not try to eliminate incorrect answers by looking only at the answers.
The incorrect answers are generally correct by themselves. The incorrect answers are generally incorrect only when used to complete the sentence.
4. Never leave any answers blank.
Be sure to answer each question even if you are unsure of the correct response.
5. Do not spend too much time on the Structure questions.
Be sure to leave adequate time for the Written Expression questions
Strategies of
Written Expression
1. First look at
the underlined word or groups of words.
You want to see if you can spot
which of the four answer choices is not correct.
2. If you have been unable to find the error by looking only at the four underlined expressions, then read the complete sentence.
Often an underlined expression is
incorrect because of something in another part of the sentence.
3. Never leave
any answers blank.
Be sure to answer each question
even if you are unsure of the correct response.
Structure
Question
1. _____ Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn’t found
a job yet.
(A) However
(B) Yet
(C) That
(D) Although
2. I had finished cleaning the house when my friends arrived.
this sentence means that ____
(A) We were cleaning the house together
(B) My friends did not see me cleaning the house
(C) My friends came before i started cleaning the house
(D) I stopped cleaning the house after my friends had
come
3. Dedi : "Arya, how do you inspec in our new
criminals?"
Arya :" I had the special agent ____ "
(A) Investigate
(B) Investigated
(C) Investigater
(D) Investigates
4. Every student ____ wear uniform in flag ceremony.
(A) Will
(B) Shoul
(C) Must
(D) May
5. The new emploees are furious ____ the news about
their delayed salary.
(A) Receiving
(B) Received
(C) To receive
(D) Receive
6. ____ Airlangga University has a well-respected
medical school.
(A) As university
(B) As public university
(C) As the university
(D) As a public university
7. _____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and
agriculture, aengineers, are creating exotic new metallic substances.
(A) Meet
(B) Being met are
(C) To meet
(D) They are meeting
8. ____ James (A) Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”
was adopted is the state song of Virginia in 1940.
(A) Was written by
(B) His writing was
(C) He wrote the
(D) Written by
9. Mary Garden, ____ the early 1900’s was considered one
of the best singing actresses of her time.
(A) a soprano was popular
(B) in a popular soprano
(C) was a popular soprano
(D) a popular soprano in
10. In the realm of psychological theory Margaret F.
Washburn was a dualist ____ that motor phenomena have an essential role in
psychology.
(A) who she believed
(B) who believed
(C) believed
(D) who did she believe
11. The celesta,
an orchestral percussion instrument, resembles ____ .
(A) a small upright piano
(B) how a small upright piano
(C) a small upright piano is
(D) as a small upright piano
12. Thomas Paine, ____ , wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet
that identified the American colonies with the cause of liberty.
(A) writer of eloquent
(B) whose eloquent writing
(C) an eloquent writer
(D) writing eloquent
13. Although beavers rarely remain submerged for more
than two minutes, they can stay underwater ____ fifteen minutes before having
to surface for air.
(A) as long
(B) as long as
(C) so long
(D) so long that
14. Protein digestion begins in the stomach ____ ends in
the small intestine.
(A) while
(B) and
(C) how
(D) because
15. When natural gas burns, its ____ into atoms of
carbon and hydrogen.
(A) hydrocarbon molecules, breaking up
(B) broke up by hydrocarbon molecules
(C) hydrocarbon molecules break up
(D) broken up hydrocarbon molecules
Written Expression
Question
16. The dwarf lemon tree, grown (A) in many areas of the
world, bears fruit (B) when it is fewer than (C) six inches in high (D)
17. The (A) brain in composed of a mass of softly (B)
gray matter (C) in the skull that (D) controls our intelligence.
18. Polluter (A) is a topic of such importance (B) today
that even elementary school children are well informed (C) about its (D)
dangers.
19. Best (A) represented in a famous oil painting (B) by
da Vinci, The Last Supper it (C) is an important part of the history (D) of
Christianity.
20. Together with (A) his friend Little John, Robin Hood
are (B) fondly (C) remembered (D) today by millions of people.
21. In Vermont, the (A) sap the maple tree is (B) the
primary (C) ingredient in (D) producing maple syrup.
22. After to have (A) won (B) the 1945 Pulitzer Prize
for A Bell for Adano, John Hersey wrote (C) a nonfiction book about (D) the
bombing of Japan.
23. The smallest hummingbirds beat (A) their wings 70
times (B) a second (C) and are about two inched (D) long.
24. Quality, price, and located (A) are (B) often
considered to be (C) the primary concerns in buying (D) a house.
25. The name (A) “America” comes from (B) Amerigo
Vespucci, who (C) was a 16th century Italian explorer (D)
26. Marie Curie won (A) two Nobel Prizes for their (B)
discoveries of radioactivity (C) and radioactive (D) elements.
27. The developing (A) of the submarine was hindered by
the (B) lack of a power source (C) that could propel (D) an underwater vessel.
28. Although humans have highly developed (A) brains,
most (B) animals have more acute (C) senses than them (D)
29. The movement of the stars (A) was first noticed by
early (B) travelers, who (C) used the stars to guide its (D) way across the
sea.
30. Those who (A)
have seen what (B) is believed to be (C) Noah’s Ark say it is the largest (D)
than a modern battleship.
Key Answers :
1.
(D) Although
2.
(B) My friends did not see me
cleaning the house
3.
(A) Investigate
4.
(C) Must
5.
(A) Receiving
6.
(D) As a public university
7.
(C) To meet
8.
(D) Written by
9.
(D) a popular soprano in
10.
(B) who believed
11.
(A) a small upright piano
12.
(C) an eloquent writer
13.
(B) as long as
14.
(B) and
15.
(C) hydrocarbon molecules break
up
16.
Answer : (D) high (height)
17.
Answer : (B) softly
18.
Answer : (A) Polluter
19.
Answer : (C) it
20.
Answer : (B) are
21.
Answer : (A) the
22.
Answer : (A) to have
23.
Answer : (D) inched
24.
Answer : (A) located
25.
Answer : (B) comes from
26.
Answer : (B) their
27.
Answer : (A) developing
28.
Answer : (D) than them
29.
Answer : (D) its
30.
Answer : (D) the largest
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