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SOAL

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c. Abolished
SOAL LATIHAN PAKET 1
d. Absolved
Choose the correct answer to complete the 7. Your marks are poor, ……. I’m afraid you
sentences. This part is for questions no. 1 - 25 have failed.
a. Although
1. The mountains surrounding Los Angeles b. Because
effectively shield the city from the hot, dry c. However
winds of the Mojave Desert, …… the d. Therefore
circulation of air.
a. But they also prevent 8. I will ask him to give me my record back
b. Also prevented by them when I …. him.
c. And also to prevent a. Will see
d. And also preventing b. See
c. Saw
2. They have just released a new record d. Have seen
called “Starlight”, ………. You must buy.
a. Who 9. The young soldier ……. A dangerous
b. What mission across the desert, although he
c. That knew that he might be killed.
d. Which a. Undertook
b. Agreed
3. Excuse me, but would you ….. talking a c. Promised
little bit more quietly? We are trying to d. Entered
work.
a. Mind 10. I cannot be held responsible ….. other
b. Care people’s mistakes.
c. Object a. By
d. Rather b. To
c. From
4. What he told me was a ………. of lies. d. For
a. Pack
b. Load 11. The child was made …….. everything on
c. Mob her plate.
d. Flock a. Eat
b. To eat
5. My parents moved to California when I c. Eating
was 8. I really didn’t want us to move d. Ate
there, but I was a child, I had …
a. No say in the matter 12. What …. for the last two weeks?
b. No say on the matter a. Were you doing
c. No say about the matter b. Have you been doing
d. No say in matter c. Did you do
d. Are you doing
6. The death penalty was …… many years
ago in this country.
a. Abstained
b. Aborted
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13. The ….. of blood always makes him feel 20. You had better keep a box of matches ….
sick. in case the lights go out again.
a. View a. Handy
b. Scene b. By hand
c. Form c. In touch
d. Sight d. In the way

14. I was shocked …. His refusal. 21. He has received several scholarships ….
a. For a. Not only because of his artistic but his
b. To academic ability
c. At b. For both his academic ability as well as
d. With his artistic
c. Because of his academic and the
15. Janet and Peter broke …. A few months artistic ability
ago and are now living apart. d. As a resulting of his ability in the art
a. Into and the academy
b. Out
c. Up 22. So little ….. that he failed the examination.
d. Away a. Did the student know
b. The student knew
16. It is rude to stare …. People c. The student had known
a. On d. Knew the student
b. To
c. At 23. ……… discovery of insulin, it was not
d. Into possible to treat diabetes.
a. Prior to the
17. I’m afraid I can’t come to dinner on b. Prior
Wednesday. Could you put it …. Until c. The prior
next week? d. To prior
a. Up
b. On 24. The skiers would rather ….. through the
c. Away mountains than go by bus.
d. Off a. To travel on train
b. Travelled by train
18. If I had seen this film on TV, I …. to the c. Travel by train
cinema to see it. d. Traveling by the train
a. Didn’t go
b. Don’t go 25. Copper is the favoured metal for
c. Wouldn’t have gone electrician’s wire because of …
d. Wouldn’t go a. It is an excellent conductor
b. Its excellent conductivity
19. You really …. have come to the party, c. Excellent conductivity of it
because all our old friends were there. d. So conductive is it
a. Must
b. Ought
c. May
d. Should
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Identify one of the four underlined words which a. Geologists

is grammatically incorrect! This part is for b. Rely
questions no. 26 - 40 c. A number of
d. To studying
26. Alaska is the larger and most sparsely
populated state of the United States. 32. Soil temperatures in Death Valley,
a. Larger California, near the Nevada border, have
b. Sparsely been known to reach 90 of degrees Celsius
c. Populated a. Soil
d. Of the b. Near
c. Have been known
27. The Mississippi, the longest river in the d. Of
United States, begins as small, clear
stream in Northwestern Minnesota. 33. Northern Canada contains vast areas
a. The Mississippi treeless of low vegetation known as tundra.
b. As small a. Contains
c. Clear b. Areas treeless
d. Northwestern c. Low
d. Known
28. Alaska is fame for tall mountains and
beautiful scenery. 34. Rock decay or weathering is the results of
a. Fame reactions between elements in the
b. Tall atmosphere and the rock’s constituents.
c. And a. Weathering
d. Scenery b. Results
c. Between
29. True ferns have undergone remarkably d. Atmosphere
little change during its long geological
history, which extends back to the 35. Humus is formed during soil
Devonian period. microorganisms decompose animal and
a. Remarkably plant material into elements usable by
b. Its plants.
c. History a. During
d. To b. Animal and plant
c. Elements
30. Alaska’s vast areas of untamed wilderness d. Plants
attracts many people who enjoy the
outdoors. 36. During periods of heavy rains, a swamp
a. Untamed can become a naturally flood controlling
b. Wilderness device if excess runoff can be temporarily
c. Attracts stored in its basin.
d. Enjoy a. Periods ‘
b. Naturally
31. Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano c. Excess
observatory rely on a number of d. In
instruments to studying volcanoes in
Hawaiian.
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37. A number of the Pacific islands are feet no longer touching the bottom. And hundreds
volcanoes that have pushed up from the more have to be rescued by (47) …….. if you want
ocean floor, others are the tops sunken to (48) ……….. into the sea, from rocks or some
mountain ranges. other hight point, make sure it’s deep enough. If it’s
a. A number of (49) ………. You could seriously injure yourself.
b. Pushed up from And finally, if you decide to walk along the high
c. Tops sunken (50) ……….. overlooking the beach and the sea.
d. Ranges Don’t go near the edge.

38. Among the parameters that determine 41. A. shore

whether an environment is suitably for life b. beach
as we know it are temperature, water c. bank
availability, and oxygen content. d. land
a. That
b. Suitably 42. A. waves
c. Water availability b. shallow
d. Oxygen content c. horizon
d. fish
39. Rainbows in the shape of complete circles
are sometimes seen from airplanes because 43. A. waves
they are not cutting off by the horizon. b. shallows
a. Complete circles c. horizons
b. Sometimes seen d. drivers
c. Are not cutting
d. Horizon 44. A. hang
b. choke
40. Avalanches occur why particles of sand, c. suffocate
rock, or snow are dragged down a slope by d. drown
gravity.
a. Occur 45. A. cliffs
b. Why b. currents
c. Rock c. horizons
d. Down d. beaches

Choose the correct answer to complete the 46. A. mass

sentences. b. length
c. depth
The Seaside (for questions no. 41 – 50) d. weight

Many people’s idea of relaxation is to sit on a sandy 47. A. lifeguards

(41) ………… gazing at the broad (42) ………… b. bathers
or watching the (43) ………… roll in one after the c. lifesavers
other. But the sea can be dangerous and every year d. firefighters
hundreds of bathers (44) ……… either when they d. pemadam
are carried out to sea by strong (45) ……….. or
simply because they can’t swim and find
themselves out of their (46) …………… with their
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48. A. swim
b. jump
c. drown
d. dive

49. A. deep
b. shallow
c. long
d. low

50. A. cliffs
b. currents
c. depths
d. beaches

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PEMBAHASAN

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Jawaban: A
PEMBAHASAN SOAL
Pembahasan: would you mind adalah
LATIHAN PAKET 1 salah satu bentuk expresi untuk
meminta / rikues pertolongan pada
orang lain.

Choose the correct answer to complete the

4. What he told me was a ………. of lies.
sentences. This part is for questions no. 1 - 25
a. Pack
b. Load
1. The mountains surrounding Los Angeles
c. Mob
effectively shield the city from the hot, dry
d. Flock
winds of the Mojave Desert, …… the
Jawaban: A
circulation of air.
Pembahasan; a pack of lies artinya
a. But they also prevent
apapun yang kamu beritahu itu benar –
b. Also prevented by them
benar tidak sesuai kenyataan/
c. And also to prevent
semuanya bohong.
d. And also preventing
Jawaban: A
5. My parents moved to California when I
Pembahasan: dalam satu kalimat tidak
was 8. I really didn’t want us to move
boleh ada 2 kata kerja dan subjek,
there, but I was a child, I had …
maka harus dipisah dengan
a. No say in the matter
menggunakan ‘kata penghubung’
b. No say on the matter
pilihan yang mengandung konektor
c. No say about the matter
adalah pilihan A, C dan D. namun
d. No say in matter
pilihan C dan D tidak tepat karena
Jawaban: A
dikalimat sebelumnya kata kerja yang
Pembahasan: I had no say in the matter
digunakan berbentuk V1. Maka,
artinya tidak punya hak dalam
pilihan jawaban yang tepat adalah A.
mengatakan / menyampaikan pendapat
terhadap suatu hal.
2. They have just released a new record
called “Starlight”, ………. You must buy.
6. The death penalty was …… many years
a. Who
ago in this country.
b. What
a. Abstained
c. That
b. Aborted
d. Which
c. Abolished
Jawaban: D
d. Absolved
Pembahasan: which digunakan karena
Jawaban: C
yang menjadi acuan adalah a new
Pembahasan: a. tidak memberikan
record called Starlight (noun).
suara
b. aborsi/ menggagalkan
3. Excuse me, but would you ….. talking a
c. dihapuskan
little bit more quietly? We are trying to
d. dimerdekakan / dibebaskan
work.
a. Mind
7. Your marks are poor, ……. I’m afraid you
b. Care
have failed.
c. Object
a. Although
d. Rather
b. Because
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c. However a. Eat
d. Therefore b. To eat
Jawaban: D c. Eating
Pembahasan: a. walaupun d. Ate
b. karena Jawaban: B
c. bagaimanapun Pembahasan: setelah make/ made
d. oleh karena itu diikuti dengan ‘to”  made to + v1.

8. I will ask him to give me my record back 12. What …. for the last two weeks?
when I …. him. a. Were you doing
a. Will see b. Have you been doing
b. See c. Did you do
c. Saw d. Are you doing
d. Have seen Jawaban: B
Jawaban: B Pembahasan: for merupakan penanda
Pembahasan: conditional tipe 1: simple waktu present perfect, maka formula
future + present tense, karena tense tersebut adalah S + has/ have+
dikalimat sudah diberikan future tense V3  jika dalam kalimat interogatif :
(I will ask), maka diikuti dengan what + has / have + S + V3  what
present tense (see). have you been doing?

9. The young soldier ……. A dangerous 13. The ….. of blood always makes him feel
mission across the desert, although he sick.
knew that he might be killed. a. View
a. Undertook b. Scene
b. Agreed c. Form
c. Promised d. Sight
d. Entered Jawaban: D
Jawaban: A Pembahasan: a. pemandangan
Pembahasan: a. mengerjakan / b. layer
bertanggung jawab c. bentuk
b. menyetujui d. pandangan
c. berjanji
d. memasuki 14. I was shocked …. His refusal.
a. For
10. I cannot be held responsible ….. other b. To
people’s mistakes. c. At
a. By d. With
b. To Jawaban: C
c. From Pembahasan: shock biasanya diikuti
d. For dengan ‘at’ yang artinya terkejut akan.
Jawaban: D
Pembahasan: responsible diikuti 15. Janet and Peter broke …. A few months
dengan kata ‘for”. ago and are now living apart.
a. Into
11. The child was made …….. everything on b. Out
her plate. c. Up
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d. Away a. Must
Jawaban: C b. Ought
Pembahasan: a. broke into: menerobos c. May
b. broke out: hancur d. Should
c. broke up: pisah / bercerai Jawaban: D
d. broke away: melarikan diri Pembahasan: must have artinya pasti,
ought seharusnya diikuti dengan to 
16. It is rude to stare …. People ought to + have + v3, sedangkan may
a. On + have + v3  menyatakan pekerjaan
b. To yang mungkin telah dilakukan. Karena
c. At kalimat soal mengandung makna berisi
d. Into saran/ suggestion, maka digunakanlah
Jawaban: C kata ‘should + have + v3’.
Pembahasan: stare biasanya diikuti
dengan ‘at’ yang artinya menatap/ 20. You had better keep a box of matches ….
memandang. in case the lights go out again.
a. Handy
17. I’m afraid I can’t come to dinner on b. By hand
Wednesday. Could you put it …. Until c. In touch
next week? d. In the way
a. Up Jawaban: A
b. On Pembahasan: handy artinya dekat ke
c. Away tangan.
d. Off
Jawaban: D 21. He has received several scholarships ….
Pembahasan: put up; mendirikan a. Not only because of his artistic but his
Put on; memakai academic ability
Put away; meletakkan kembali pada b. For both his academic ability as well as
tempatnya his artistic
Put off; menunda. c. Because of his academic and the
artistic ability
18. If I had seen this film on TV, I …. to the d. As a resulting of his ability in the art
cinema to see it. and the academy
a. Didn’t go Jawaban: C
b. Don’t go Pembahasan: pilihan A seharusnya not
c. Wouldn’t have gone only diikuti dengan but also, pilihan B
d. Wouldn’t go seharusnya both diikuti dengan and,
Jawaban: C pilihan D seharusnya as a result of.
Pembahasan: conditional tipe 3: past Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah C
perfect tense + past future perfect because of + noun/ noun frase.
tense. Karena di soal sudah diberikan
past perfect tense, untuk klausa 22. So little ….. that he failed the examination.
berikutnya adalah past future perfect a. Did the student know
 S + would + have + V3 + C/O. b. The student knew
c. The student had known
19. You really …. have come to the party, d. Knew the student
because all our old friends were there. Jawaban: A
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Pembahasan: inversi terjadi dalam Jawaban: A

kalimat diatas karena ditandai dengan Pembahasan: larger  largest karena
kata “so little”, maka formula inversi superlative degree ditandai dengan
adalah so little + modal + S + v1  so artikel “the “sebelum adjective + noun
little did she know.  the largest state
23. ……… discovery of insulin, it was not
possible to treat diabetes. 27. The Mississippi, the longest river in the
a. Prior to the United States, begins as small, clear
b. Prior stream in Northwestern Minnesota.
c. The prior a. The Mississippi
d. To prior b. As small
Jawaban: A c. Clear
Pembahasan: prior to artinya sebelum. d. Northwestern
Jawaban: A
24. The skiers would rather ….. through the Pembahasan: artikel the seharusnya
mountains than go by bus. dihapus karena Mississippi merupakan
a. To travel on train nama sungai dan hanya terdiri dari 1
b. Travelled by train kata, maka the tidak perlu dipakai.
c. Travel by train
d. Traveling by the train 28. Alaska is fame for tall mountains and
Jawaban: C beautiful scenery.
Pembahasan: would rather seharusnya a. Fame
diikuti dengan V1 + than. Maka, b. Tall
jawaban yang tepat adalah C. c. And
d. Scenery
25. Copper is the favoured metal for Jawaban: A
electrician’s wire because of … Pembahasan: setelah tobe (is)
a. It is an excellent conductor seharusnya diikuti dengan adjective,
b. Its excellent conductivity fame adalah noun, maka diubah ke
c. Excellent conductivity of it adjective menjadi famous.
d. So conductive is it
Jawaban: B 29. True ferns have undergone remarkably
Pembahasan: because of + noun/ noun little change during its long geological
frase, maka yang termasuk noun history, which extends back to the
adalah B its excellent conductivity. Devonian period.
a. Remarkably
b. Its
Identify one of the four underlined words which c. History
is grammatically incorrect! This part is for d. To
questions no. 26 - 40 Jawaban: B
Pembahasan: its seharusnya diubah
26. Alaska is the larger and most sparsely menjadi their karena yang menjadi
populated state of the United States. acuan adalah “ferns” (pronoun: they).
a. Larger
b. Sparsely 30. Alaska’s vast areas of untamed wilderness
c. Populated attracts many people who enjoy the
d. Of the outdoors.
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a. Untamed 34. Rock decay or weathering is the results of

b. Wilderness reactions between elements in the
c. Attracts atmosphere and the rock’s constituents.
d. Enjoy a. Weathering
Jawaban: C b. Results
Pembahasan: attracts diubah menjad c. Between
attract karena yang menjadi acuan d. Atmosphere
adalah areas (they). Subjek They + V1. Jawaban: B
Pembahasan: verb ‘is’diikuti singular
31. Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano noun, sedangkan results merupakan
observatory rely on a number of plural noun, maka results diubah
instruments to studying volcanoes in menjadi  result.
Hawaiian.
a. Geologists 35. Humus is formed during soil
b. Rely microorganisms decompose animal and
c. A number of plant material into elements usable by
d. To studying plants.
Jawaban: D a. During
Pembahasan: to studying seharusnya b. Animal and plant
diubah menjadi to study karena to + c. Elements
V1. d. Plants
Jawaban: A
32. Soil temperatures in Death Valley, Pembahasan: during artinya selama,
California, near the Nevada border, have seharusnya diubah menjadi
been known to reach 90 of degrees Celsius ‘when’yang artinya Ketika.
a. Soil
b. Near 36. During periods of heavy rains, a swamp
c. Have been known can become a naturally flood controlling
d. Of device if excess runoff can be temporarily
Jawaban: D stored in its basin.
Pembahasan: kata of seharusnya a. Periods ‘
dihilangkan karena 90 mengacu pada b. Naturally
derajat suhu tanah. Maka, yang benar c. Excess
adalah 90 degrees Celsius. d. In
Jawaban: B
33. Northern Canada contains vast areas Pembahasan: naturally merupakan
treeless of low vegetation known as tundra. adverb, sedangkan sebelum noun
a. Contains (flood) seharusnya diikuti dengan
b. Areas treeless adjective. Maka kata naturally diubah
c. Low menjadi natural.
d. Known
Jawaban: B 37. A number of the Pacific islands are
Pembahasan: treeless merupakan volcanoes that have pushed up from the
adjective. Urutan yang benar adalah ocean floor, others are the tops sunken
adjective + noun  treeless areas. mountain ranges.
a. A number of
b. Pushed up from
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c. Tops sunken Choose the correct answer to complete the

d. Ranges sentences.
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan: urutan yang benar adalah The Seaside (for questions no. 41 – 50)
adjective + noun  sunken tops.
Many people’s idea of relaxation is to sit on a sandy
38. Among the parameters that determine (41) ………… gazing at the broad (42) …………
whether an environment is suitably for life or watching the (43) ………… roll in one after the
as we know it are temperature, water other. But the sea can be dangerous and every year
availability, and oxygen content. hundreds of bathers (44) ……… either when they
a. That are carried out to sea by strong (45) ……….. or
b. Suitably simply because they can’t swim and find
c. Water availability themselves out of their (46) …………… with their
d. Oxygen content feet no longer touching the bottom. And hundreds
Jawaban: B more have to be rescued by (47) …….. if you want
Pembahasan: suitably merupakan to (48) ……….. into the sea, from rocks or some
adverb, sedangkan setelah be verb ‘is’ other hight point, make sure it’s deep enough. If it’s
seharusnya diikuti dengan adjective. (49) ………. You could seriously injure yourself.
Maka, bentuk adjective dari kata And finally, if you decide to walk along the high
suitably adalah suitable. (50) ……….. overlooking the beach and the sea.
Don’t go near the edge.
39. Rainbows in the shape of complete circles
are sometimes seen from airplanes because 41. A. shore
they are not cutting off by the horizon. b. beach
a. Complete circles c. bank
b. Sometimes seen d. land
c. Are not cutting jawaban: B
d. Horizon pembahasan: a. pinggir laut/ tepi laut
Jawaban: C b. pantai
Pembahasan: formula kalimat pasif c. bank
adalah tobe + v3  are not cut off. d. daratan

40. Avalanches occur why particles of sand, 42. A. waves

rock, or snow are dragged down a slope by b. shallow
gravity. c. horizon
a. Occur d. fish
b. Why jawaban: C
c. Rock pembahasan: a. ombak
d. Down b. dangkal
Jawaban: B c. horizon
Pembahasan: why artinya kenapa/ d. ikan
mengapa, seharusnya setelah kata
occur (terjadi) diikuti dengan kata 43. A. waves
when yang artinya Ketika karena b. shallows
menunjukkan proses/ cara. c. horizons
d. drivers
jawaban: A
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pembahasan: a. ombak b. jump

b. dangkal c. drown
c. horizon d. dive
d. supir jawaban: D
pembahasan: a. berenang
44. A. hang b. melompat
b. choke c. tenggelam
c. suffocate d. menyelam
d. drown
jawaban: D 49. A. deep
pembahasan: a. menggantungkan b. shallow
b. mencekik/ tersedak c. long
c. mencekik d. low
d. tenggelam jawaban: B
pembahasan: a. dalam
45. A. cliffs b. dangkal
b. currents c. Panjang
c. horizons d. rendah
d. beaches
jawaban: B 50. A. cliffs
pembahasan: a. jurang b. currents
b. arus c. depths
c. horizon d. beaches
d. pantai jawaban: A
pembahasan: a. jurang
46. A. mass b. arus
b. length c. kedalaman
c. depth d. pantai
d. weight
jawaban: C
pembahasan: a. massa
b. Panjang
c. kedalaman
d. berat

47. A. lifeguards
b. bathers
c. lifesavers
d. firefighters
jawaban: A
pembahasan: a. pawang/ pengawal renang
b. perenang /pemandi
c. juru penyelamat
d. pemadam

48. A. swim
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