Structure (15 Soal)

1. Not only _____ to detennine the depth of the ocean floor, but it is also used to locating oil.

(A)   to use seismology

(B)   is seismology used

(C)   seismology is used

(D)   using seismology

2. Nebraska has floods in some years, _____ .

(A)   in others drought

(B)   droughts are others

(C)   while other droughts

(D)   others in drought

3. Emily Dickinson’s garden was a place _____ great inspiration for her poems.

(A)   that she drew

(B)   by drawing her

(C)   from which she drew

(D)   drawn from which

4. The air inside a house of office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants _____ heavily polluted outside air.

(A)   than does

(B)   more

(C)   as some that are

(D)   like of

5. The mountains surroundings Los Angeles effectively shield the city from the hot, dry winds of the Mojave Desert, _____ the circulation of air.

(A)   but they also prevent

(B)   also prevented by them

(C)   and also to prevent

(D)   and also preventing

6. The decimal numeral system is one of the _____ ways of expressing numbers.

(A)   useful most world’s

(B)   world’s most useful

(C)   useful world’s most

(D)   most world’s useful

7. Before every presidential election in the United States, the statisticians try to guess the proportion of the population that _____ for each candidate.

(A)   are voted

(B)   voting

(C)   to be voted

(D)   will vote

8. _____ at a river ford on the Donner Pass route to California, the city of Reno grew as bridge and railroads were built.

(A)   Settle

(B)   To settle

(C)   It was settling

(D)   Having been settled

9. Playing the trumpet with dazzling originality, _____ dominated Jazz for 20 years.

(A)   Louis Armstrong

(B)   the influence of Louis Armstrong

(C)   the music of Louis Armstrong

(D)   Louis Armstrong’s talent

10. _____ Colonial period the great majority of Connecticut’s settlers came from England.

(A)   Since

(B)   The time

(C)   During the

(D)   It was

11. A polician can make a legislative proposal more _____ by giving specific examples of what its effect will be.

(A)   to understanding

(B)   understandably

(C)   understandable

(D)   when understood

12. Oliver Ellsworth, _____ of the United State Supreme Court, was the author of the bill that established the federal court system.

(A)   he was the third chief justice

(B)   the third chief justice was

(C)   who the third chief justice

(D)   the third chief justice

13. Muskrats generally _____ close to the edge of a bog, where their favorite plant foods grow plentifully.

(A)   staying

(B)   they are staying

(C)   stay

(D)   to stay there

14. After the First World War, the author AnaYs Nin became interested in the art movement known as Surrealism in psychianalysis, both _____ her novels and short stories.

(A)   in which in the influence

(B)   of which influenced

(C)   to have influence

(D)   its influence in

15. According to the third low of thermodynamics, _____ possible is -273.16 degrees centigrade.

(A)   that temperature is lowest

(B)   the temperature is lowest

(C)   lowest temperature

(D)   the lowest temperature

Jawaban dan Pembahasan

1. Not only _____ to detennine the depth of the ocean floor, but it is also used to locating oil.

    Jawaban          : B – is seismology used

    Keyword         : but it is also used

   Pembahasan   : Not only selalu diikuti but also. Bentuk kalimatnya pun harus setara. Karena setelah but also kalimatnya pasif (it is used), maka jawabannya yang tepat adalah is seismology used.

2. Nebraska has floods in some years, _____ .

         Jawaban          : A – in others drought

         Keyword         : has floods in same years

        Pembahasan   : Kalimat tersebut bermakna pertentangan: banjir beberapa tahun dan musim kekeringan (drought) di lain waktu. Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah in others drought.

3. Emily Dickinson’s garden was a place _____ great inspiration for her poems.

         Jawaban          : C – from which she drew

         Keyword         : was a place

         Pembahasan   : Kata ganti penghubung (relative propoun) untuk kalimat tersebut adalah menujuk tempat (where). Karena where tidak ada maka yang mempunyai arti sama adalah from which she drew.

4. The air inside a house of office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants _____ heavily polluted outside air.

            Jawaban          : A – than does

            Keyword         : higher

            Pembahasan   : Pada kalimat terdapat perbandingan yang ditandai dengan higher.Bentuk more tau adjective-er biasanya diikuti than. Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah than does.

5. The mountains surroundings Los Angeles effectively shield the city from the hot, dry winds of the Mojave Desert, _____ the circulation of air.

           Jawaban          : A – but they also prevent

           Keyword         : the circulation of air

          Pembahasan   : Kalimat tersebut bermakna pertentangan ”Pegunungan yang mengelilingi Los Angeles secara efektif melindungi kota dari panas, tapi juga menghalangi (prevent) pergerakan angin.” Jadi jawaban dengan kata sambung yang tepat adalah but they also                                                 prevent.

6. The decimal numeral system is one of the _____ ways of expressing numbers.

            Jawaban          : B – world’s most useful

            Keyword         : is one of the

            Pembahasan   : Dalam adjective comparison degree yang bermakna paling (superlative), susunan frasa yang paling tepat adalah world’s most useful.

7. Before every presidential election in the United States, the statisticians try to guess the proportion of the population that _____ for each candidate.

            Jawaban          : D – will vote

            Keyword         : try to guess

            Pembahasan   : Kalimat tersebut berbentuk simple future, jadi jawaban yang paling tepat adalah will vote.

8. _____ at a river ford on the Donner Pass route to California, the city of Reno grew as bridge and railroads were built.

         Jawaban          : D – Having been settled

         Keyword         : the city of Reno

        Pembahasan : Soal tersebut mengandung unsur participle dengan subjek the city of Reno. Karena ada dua kejadian yang berurutan dan berbentuk pasif, maka jawaban yang tepat adalah having been settled.

9. Playing the trumpet with dazzling originality, _____ dominated Jazz for 20 years.

            Jawaban          : A – Louis Armstrong

            Keyword         : playing

            Pembahasan   : Soal tersebut mengandung unsur active participle (playing).Yang belum ada adalah subjeknya yaitu Louis Armstrong.

10. _____ Colonial period the great majority of Connecticut’s settlers came from England.

            Jawaban          : C – during the

            Keyword         : colonial period

            Pembahasan   : Adverbial of time yang tepat untuk melengkapinya adalah during the

11. A polician can make a legislative proposal more _____ by giving specific examples of what its effect will be.

            Jawaban          : C - understandable

            Keyword         : more

            Pembahasan   : Dalam adjective comparison degree, setelah more dibutuhkan adjective. Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah understandable.

12. Oliver Ellsworth, _____ of the United State Supreme Court, was the author of the bill that established the federal court system.

            Jawaban          : D – the third chief justice

            Keyword         : was the author

            Pembahasan   : Karena dalam kalimat tersebut sudah terdapat predikat (was), maka yang kurang  adalah subjeknya. Jadi jawaban yang paling sesuai adalah the third chief justice.

13. Muskrats generally _____ close to the edge of a bog, where their favorite plant foods grow plentifully.

            Jawaban          : C - stay

            Keyword         : muskrats

            Pembahasan   : Subjek muskrats (jamak) maka predikat yang tepat adalah stay.

14. After the First World War, the author AnaYs Nin became interested in the art movement known as Surrealism in psychianalysis, both _____ her novels and short stories.

            Jawaban          : B – of which influenced

            Keyword         : her novel and short stones

            Pembahasan   : Kata ganti penghubung (relative pronoun) untuk benda adalah which, sedang preposisi yang tepat adalah of, jadi jawaban yang sesuai adalah of which influenced.

15. According to the third low of thermodynamics, _____ possible is -273.16 degrees centigrade.

            Jawaban          : D – the lowest temperature

            Keyword         : is

            Pembahasan   : Karena pada kalimat tersebut sudah terdapat predikat (is), maka yang kurang adalah subjeknya. Jadi jawaban yang paling sesuai adalah the lowest temperature.