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Kumpulan 100 Soal TOEFL Written Expression 1. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consist of a nearly hundred                                                                                     A           B large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.                           C                       D Pembahasannya: B. a nearly -> nearly 2. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earth’s than are                             A                                                    B                                C those of any other planet in the solar system.                         D Pembahasannya: B. the more -> more 3. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky                               A                                                              B                   C for twenty-four hours or longer.                                        D   Pembahasannya: B. visible remains -> remains visible 4. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering, hunting,                                         A               B         C and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.            D Pembahasannya: D. farmer -> farming 5. The participants of the seminar has already been in the halt.      A                                                B                  C    D Pembahasannya: B. Has > Have 6.  All of the teacher are invited to attend the annual meeting next week.                  A               B               C             D Pembahasannya: A. Teacher > Teachers 7. Only in the morning does my grand father drank coffee.             A  B                   C                                 D Pembahasannya: D. drank > drink 8. His team is the better football team in this season.       A            B          C                                D Pembahasannya: C. Better > Best 9. Black workers relative incomes were also increasing because of some general changes.                                                     A                B                       C                          D Pembahasannya: A. incomes were  > incomed were 



10. Brenda must have called her brother last night, but she arrived home too late to call him.            A                             B         C       D Pembahasannya: A. must have called > should have called 11. Venomous snakes with modified teeth connected to                                 A poison glands in which the venom  is  secreted and stored.                    B                                   C       D Pembahasannya:  A. Agar kalimat di atas benar, seharusnya kata with dihilangkan. 12. The new mall shopping in the downtown area will be more                                A                      B expensive for shoppers than the mall on th e fre eway outside the town.                            C                       D Pembahasannya: A. Seharusnya posisi kata shopping berada di depan mall karena berfungsi sebagai adjective, atau kata shopping harus dihilangkan 13. Guppies are sometimes (A) call rainbow fish (B) due to the (C) bright colors of (D) the males. Pembahasannya: A. Call > Called 14. (A) Serving several (B) term in the Congress, Shirley Chisholm (C) became a (D) respected political figure. Pembahasannya: B. Term > Terms 15. The gopher (A) digs not only with the (B) claw strong of its two front feet (C) but also with its (D) overhanging front teeth. Pembahasannya: B. Claw Strong > Claws Strong 16. The (A)firstly naval battle of the Revolutionary (B)War was fought off the coast (C)of Machias, Maine, (D)in June 1775. Pembahasannya: A. Firstly > First 17. The (A)public ceremonies of the Plains Indians are (B)lessers elaborate (C)than those of the Navajo in (D)the Southwest. Pembahasannya: B. Lessers > Lesser 18. In (A)some species of fish, (B)such the three-spined stickleback, the male, not the female, (C)performs the task of (D)caring for the young. Pembahasannya: B. Such The > So The 19. When she (A)retires in September 1989, (B)tennis champion Christine Evert was (C)the most famous (D)woman athlete in the United States. Pembahasannya: A. Retires > Retires 20. The ancient Romans used vessels equipped with sails and banks of oars to transporting their armies. Pembahasannya: D. To transporting > to transporting 21. Dinosaurs (A)are traditionally classified as cold-blooded reptiles, (B)but recent evidence based on eating habits, posture, and skeletal (C)structural suggests some (A)may have been warm-blooded. Pembahasannya: C. Structural > structure 22. Since the Great Depression of the 1930’s, social (A)programs such as Social Security have (B)been built into the economy (C)to help avert (D)severity business declines. Pembahasannya: D. Severity > Severited 23. In the 1970’s (A)consumer activities (B)succeeded in promoting laws that set (C)safety



standards for automobiles, children’s clothing, and a (D)widely range of household products. Pembahasannya: D. Widely > Wide 24. Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and the Bronx (A)have become biological parks (B)where animals (C)roams free and people (D)watch from across a moat. Pembahasannya: C. Roams free > Roam free 25. In human beings, as in other (A)mammals, hairs (B)around the eyes are ears and in the nose (C)prevent dust, insects, and other matter from (D)entering these organs. Pembahasannya: A. Mammals > Mammal 26. The Rocky Mountains (A)were explored (B)by fur traders during the early 1800’s in (C)a decades (A)preceding the United States Civil War. Pembahasannya: C. A > The 27. The works of the (A)author Herman Melville are (B)literary creations of a high order, blending (C)fact, fiction, adventure, and subtle (D)symbolic. Pembahasannya: D. Symbolic > Symbol 28. Each chemical (A)element is (B)characterized to the (C)number of protons that an atom of that element contains, called its atomic (D)number. Pembahasannya: B. Characterized > Character 29. The body (A)structure that developed in birds (B)over millions of years is well (C)designed for flight, being both (D)lightly in weight and remarkably strong. Pembahasannya: D. Lightly > Light 30. (A)From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton (B)was at the height of her writing career, publishing (C)of her three (D)most famous novels. Pembahasannya: C. Of Her > Of This 31. In the early twentieth century, there was considerable (A)interesting among sociologists in the fact (B)that in the United States (C)the family was losing its (D)traditional roles. Pembahasannya: A. Interesting > Interesting 32. (A)Although pure diamond is colorless and transparent, (B)when contaminated with other material (C)it may appear in various (D)color, ranging from pastels to opaque black. Pembahasannya: D. Color > The Color 33. Comparative anatomy is (A)concerned to the (B)structural differences (C)among animal (D)forms. Pembahasannya: A. Concerned > Concerned 34. A seismograph records oscillation of the ground (A)caused by seismic waves, vibrations that (B)travel from (C)its point of origin (D)through the Earth or along its surface. Pembahasannya: C. Its > It 35. Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1900’s and (A)have replaced other (B)type of fat, gas, or (C)oil lamps for (D)almost every purpose. Pembahasannya: B. Type > By Type 36. Located in Canada, the Columbia Icefield (A)covers area of 120 square miles (B)and is 3,300 feet (C)thick in some (D)places. Pembahasannya: A. Covers area > cover area 37. Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II (A)brought to the musical Oklahoma! (B)extensive musical and theatrical backgrounds as well as (C)familiar with the (D)traditional forms of Operetta and musical comedy. Pembahasannya: C. Familiar > the familiar



38. Because of (A)its vast tracts of (B)virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has (C)one of the lowest population (D)density in the world. Pembahasannya: D. Density > densited 39. Rice, (A)which it still forms the staple diet of (B)much of the world’s population, grows (C)best in (D)hot, wet lands. Pembahasannya: A. Which it still > which its still 40. Government money appropriated (A)for art in the 1930’s made possible (B)hundreds of murals and statues still (C)admiration in small towns (D)all over the United States Pembahasannya: C. Admiration > Admirations 41. Margaret Mead (A)studied many (B)different cultures and she was one (C)of the first anthropologists to photograph (D)hers subjects. Pembahasannya: D. Hers > her 42. Talc, (A)a soft mineral with a (B)variety of uses, (C)sold is in slabs or in powdered (D)form. Pembahasannya: C, Sold is > sold 43. (A)During the 1870’s iron workers in Alabama proved they (B)could produce iron by (B)Curning iron ore with coke, (D)instead than with charcoal. Pembahasannya: D. Instead > instant 44. (A)Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (B)rely on (C)a number of instruments (D)to studying the volcanoes in Hawaii. Pembahasannya: D. To studying > to study 45. Underlying aerodynamics and (A)all other (B)branches of theoretical mechanics (C)are the laws of motion (D)who were developed in the seventeenth century. Pembahasannya: D. Who > who ditiadakan 46. (A)Was opened in 1918, the Philips Collection (B)in Washington, D.C., was the first museum in the United States (C)devoted to modern (D)art. Pembahasannya: A. Was opened > was open 47. A mortgage (A)enables a person (B)to buy property (C)without paying for it outright; thus more people are able to enjoy (D)to own a house. Pembahasannya: D. To own > own 48. (A)Alike ethnographers, ethnohistorians (B)make systemic observations, but they (C)also gather data from documentary and oral (D)sources. Pembahasannya: A. Alike > A alike 49. Basal body temperature (A)refers to the (B)most lowest temperature of a (C)healthy individual (D)during waking hours. Pembahasannya: B. Most lowest > lowest 50. (A)Research in the United States on acupuncture (B)has focused on (C)it use in (D)pain relief and anesthesia. Pembahasannya: C. It > its 51. The Moon’s (A)gravitational field (B)cannot keep atmospheric gases (C)from escape into (D)space. Pembahasannya: C. From escape > from escaped 52. (A)Although the pecan tree is chiefly (B)value for its fruit, its wood (C)is used extensively (D)for flooring, furniture, boxes, and crates. Pembahasannya: B. Value > values



53. (A)Born in Texas in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter produced three (B)collection of short (C)stories before (D)publishing her well-known novel Ship of Fools in 1962 Pembahasannya: B. Collection > collections 54. Insulation from cold, (A)protect against dust and (B)sand, and camouflage (C)are among the (D)functions of hair for animals. Pembahasannya: A. Protect > protected 55. The notion that students are not (A)sufficiently involved in their (B)education is one reason for the (C)recently surge of (D)support for undergraduate research. Pembahasannya: C. Recently > recent 56. (A)As secretary of transportation from 1975 to 1977, William Coleman worked (B)to help the bankrupt railroads in the northeastern United States (C)solved their (D)financial problems. Pembahasannya: C. Solved > solvedly 57. Faults in the Earth’s crust (A)are most (B)evidently in sedimentary (C)formations, where they interrupt previously (D)continuous layers. Pembahasannya: B. Evidently > evident 58. Many (A)flowering plants benefit (B)of pollination by (C)adult butterflies (D)and moths. Pembahasannya: B. OF > have 59. A number (A)of the American Indian languages (B)spoken at the (C)time of the European arrival in the New World in the late (D)fifteen century have become extinct. Pembahasannya: D. Fifteen > fifteens 60. George Gershwin was an American composer (A)whose concert (B)works joined the sounds of jazz (C)with (D)them of traditional orchestration. Pembahasannya: D. Them > him 61. (A)One of the problems of United States agriculture that has persisted (B)during the 1920’s until the present day is the tendency of farm income to lag (C)behind the costs of (D)production. Pembahasannya: B. During the > drank the 62. Volcanism (A)occurs on Earth in several geological (B)setting, most of which are associated with the boundaries of the (C)enormous, rigid plates that (D)make up the lithosphere. Pembahasannya: B. Setting > settied 63. Early European settlers in North America (A)used medicines (B)they made from (C)plants native to treat colds, pneumonia, and ague, (D)an illness similar to malaria. Pembahasannya: C. 64. (A)Some insects bear a remarkable resemblance to dead twigs, (B)being long, (C)slenderness, wingless, and brownish (D)in color. Pembahasannya: C. Slenderness 65. A food (A)additive is (B)any chemical that food manufacturers (C)intentional add to their (C)products. Pembahasannya: C. Intentional > intentionally 66. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consist of a nearly hundred                                                                                      A           B large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.                           C                       D Pembahasannya: B. a nearly -> nearly



67. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earth’s than are                              A                                                    B                                C those of any other planet in the solar system.                         D Pembahasannya: B. the more -> more 68. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky                               A                                                              B                   C for twenty-four hours or longer.                                        D   Pembahasannya: B. visible remains -> remains visible 69. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering, hunting,                                          A               B         C and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.            D Pembahasannya: D. farmer -> farming 70. The participants of the seminar has already been in the halt.      A                                                B                  C    D Pembahasannya: B. Has > Have 71. The dandelion (A)plant has a straight, (B)smoothly, and hollow stem (C)that contains a (D)white, milky juice. Pembahasannya: B. Smoothly > Smooth 72. Of the (A)much factors that (B)contributed to the (C)growth of international tourism in the 1950’s, (D)one of the most important was the advent of jet travel in 1958. Pembahasannya: A. Much > Muchly 73. The Canadian (A)province of Alberta (B)it is believed to have some of the (C)richest oil deposits in the world. Pembahasannya: B. It is believed to have > It is believe to have 74. Elizabeth Bishop’s poems (A)are frequently (B)long and carefully constructed, (C)uses (D)elaborate rhyme or half-rhymes. Pembahasannya: C. Uses > Use 75. California (A)has more land (B)under irrigation (C)than any (D)another state. Pembahasannya: D. Another > a anothers 76. Thomas Moran’s magnificent, (A)colorful paintings (B)onto Wyoming landscapes captured the spirit (C)of the western wilderness in the (D)late nineteenth century. Pembahasannya: B. Onto > Into



77. Emily Dickinson, among the greatest women (A)poets in the English language, died (B)with all of (C)hers poems unpublished, except for seven that appeared in (D)publications of limited circulation Pembahasannya: C. Hers > Her 78. Protecting Florida’s coral reefs in (A)difficult because some of the corals are (B)very fragile: even the (C)touch of a diver’s hand can kill (D)it. Pembahasannya: D. It > Its 79. Martin Luther King, Jr., (A)is well known for (B)organize the huge (C)human rights march that (D)took place in Washington in 1963. Pembahasannya: B. Organize > Organized 80. (A)A lightning flash produces electromagnetic waves (B)that may (C)travels along the Earth’s magnetic field (D)for long distances. Pembahasannya: C. Traveles > Travelling 81. One of the earliest (A)plants domesticated in the Western Hemisphere, manioc (B)was introduced to Europe (C)by Spaniards (D)returning from the New World. Pembahasannya: B. Was Introduced > Was Introduceds 82. (A)Besides the age of nine and fifteen, (B)almost all (C)young people undergo a (D)rapid series of physiological changes. Pembahasannya: A. Besides > Beside 83. The (A)frequency of meteors in the Earth’s (B)atmosphere increases when the Earth (C)passes through a swarm of particle generated by (D)the breakup of a comet. Pembahasannya: C, Passes > Passed 84. (A)Ponds are noted for their rich and (B)varied types of plant and animal (C)life, all maintain (D)in a delicate ecological balance. Pembahasannya: C. Life > Lifes 85. (A)In the 1920’s cinema (B)became an important art form and (C)one of the ten largest (D)industry in the United States. Pembahasannya: D. Industry > Industred 86. (A)To improvise effectively, a musician must (B)thorough understand the conventions (C)of a (D)given musical style. Pembahasannya: B, Thorough > Thorought 87. During the Jurassic period plant life was (A)abundance, providing herbivores (B)in particular with a (C)plentiful supply of (D)food. Pembahasannya: A. Abundance > Abudances 88. (A)Some maple trees (B)are raised for their sap, (C)which has a high sugar content (D)for yields sugar and syrup. Pembahasannya: D. For > to 89. (A)Long before boats became important in recreation, they were (B)valuable to people for many essential tasks, (C)included transportation (D)and fishing. Pembahasannya: C. Included > Include 90. Asteroids may be (A)fragments of a planet (B)shattered (C)long ago or (D)from material the nuclei of old comets. Pembahasannya: D. From material > From materials 91. The first Native Americans (A)to occupy (B)what is now the southwestern United States (C)were the Big-Game Hunters, (D)which appeared about 10,000 B.C. Pembahasannya: D. Which > Whichly



92. (A)Some hangers, buildings used to hold large aircraft, are (B)very tall that rain occasionally falls (C)from clouds that form (D)along the ceilings. Pembahasannya: B. Very > Long 93. Most sand dunes are always in (A)motion as wind pushes sand (B)upward one side of each dune, over the top, (C)and down (D)the other side. Pembahasannya: B. Upward > Upwards 94. (A)Farms of maize, beans, and tobacco, the Wendat, Native American tribes that (B)inhabited present-day Michigan, lived a sedentary (C)life in (D)densely populated villages. Pembahasannya: A. Farms > Farm 95. Recently scientists have (A)apply new tools of biochemistry (B)and molecular biology (C)to investigate the structure of human (D)hair. Pembahasannya: A. Apply > Take 96. (A)According to most (B)psychological studies, body language (C)expresses a speaker's emotions and attitudes, and it also tends to affect the emotions and attitudes of the (D)listen. Pembahasannya: D. Listen > Listening 97. The dachshund (A)is a hardy, (B)alert dog with a (C)well sense of (D)smell. Pembahasannya: C. Well > Wells 98. Quasars, (A)faint celestial objects (B)resembling stars, are (C)perhaps the most distant objects (D)know. Pembahasannya: C. Perhaps > Perhap 99. The (A)importance of environmental stimuli in (B)the development of coordination between sensory input (C)and motor response varies lo species (D)to species. Pembahasannya: D. To > From 100. A (A)smile can be observed, described, and reliably (B)identify; it (C)can also be elicited and manipulated under (D)experimental conditions. Pembahasannya: B. Identify > Identifed