BANK SOAL TOEFL

Anggota Kelompok :
 Sagian’t Decka Panuluh
 Dony Syahputra
 Putri Huzaifah
 Structure
Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four
words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence.
Look at the following examples.
Example I
The president _____ the election by a landslide.
(A) won
(B) he won
(C) yesterday
(D) fortunately

The sentence should read, “The president won the election by a landslide.” Therefore, you
should choose (A).
Example II
When _____ the conference?
(A) the doctor attended
(B) did the doctor attend
(C) the doctor will attend
(D) the doctor’s attendance

The sentence should read, “When did the doctor attend the conference?” Therefore, you should
choose (B).

Now begin work on the questions.

1. The North Pole ____ a latitude of 90 7. Experiments ____ resepsent a giant step
degrees north. into the medicine of the future.
a) it has a) using gene therapy
b) is having b) use gene therapy
c) which is having c) they use
d) has d) gene therapy uses
2. The city of Beverly Hills is surrounded 8. ____ off the Hawaiian coastline are
on ____ the city of Los Angles. living, others are dead.
a) its sides a) While some types of coral reefs
b) the sides are b) Some types of coral reefs
c) it is the side of c) There many types of coral reefs
d) all sides by d) Coral reef
3. ____ greyhound, can achieve speeds up 9. Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray
to thirty-six miles per hours. clouds ____ forebode rain.
a) The a) what
b) The fastest b) which
c) The fastest dog c) what they
d) The fastest dog, the d) which they
4. Marmots spend their time foraging 10. Some economists now suggest that home
among meadow plants and flower or equity loans are merely a new trap to
____ on rocky cliffs. push consumers beyond ____.
a) gets sun a) they can afford
b) sunning b) they can afford it
c) the sun c) what is affordable
d) sunny d) able to afford
5. The greenhouse effect occurs ____ heat 11. People who reverse the letters of words
radiated from the sun. ____ to read suffer from dyslexia.
a) When does the Earth’s atmosphere a) when trying
trap b) if they tried
b) Does the Earth’s atmosphere trap c) when tried
c) When the Earth’s atmosphere traps d) if he tries
d) The Earth’s atmosphere traps 12. Featured at the Henry Ford Museum ____
6. The Rose Bowl, ____ place on New of antique cars dating from 1865.
Year’s Day, is the oldest postseason a) is an exhibit
collegiate football game in the United b) an exhibit
States. c) an exhibit is
a) takes d) which is an exhibit
b) it takes
c) which takes
d) took
13. Rubber ____ from vulcanized silicones 15. According to the World Health
with a high molecular weight is difficult to Organization, ____ any of the six most
distinguish from natural rubber. dangerous diseases to break out, it could
a) is produced be cause fo quarantine.
b) producing a) were
c) that produces b) they were
d) produced c) there were
14. ____ appears considerably larger at the d) were
horizon than it does overhead is merely an
optical illusion.
a) The Moon
b) That the Moon
c) When the Moon
d) The Moon which
 Written Expression
Directions: In questions 16-40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four
underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined
word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
Look at the following examples.
Example I
The four string on a violin are tuned
A B C D
In fifths.
The sentence should read, “The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths.” Therefore, you
should choose (B).
Example II
The research for the book Roots taking
A B C
Alex Haley twelve years.
D
The sentence should read, “The research for the book Roots took Alex Haley twelve years.
“Therefore, you should choose (C).
Now begin work on the questions.
16. On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a mile
A B C D
Beneath sea level.

17. Because of the flourish with which John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence,
A
his name become synonymous with signature.
B C D

18. Segregation in public schools was declare unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1954.
A B C D

19. Sirius, the Dog Star, is the most brightest star in the sky with an absolute magnitude about
A B
twenty-three times that of the sun.
C D
20. Killer whales tend to wander in family clusters that hunt, play, and resting together.
A B C D
21. Some of the most useful resistor material are carbon, metals, and metallic alloys.
A B C D
22. The community of Bethesda, Maryland, was previous known as Darcy’s Store.
A B C D
23. Alloys of gold copper have been widely using in various types of coins.
A B C D
24. J. H. Pratt used grup therapy early in this country when he brought tuberculosis patients
A B C
together to discuss its disease.
D
25. The United States has import all carpet wools in recent years because domestic wools are
A B C
to fine and soft for carpets.
D
26. Irving Berlin wrote “Oh How I Hate to Get Uo in the Morning” while serving in a U. S.
A B C
Army during world War I.
D
27. Banks are rushing to merge because consolidations enable them to slash theirs costs and
A B C
expand.
D
28. That water has very high specific heat means that without a large temperature change
A B
water can add or lose a large number of heat.
C D
29. Benny Goodman was equally talented as both a jazz performer as well as a classical
A B C D
musician.

30. The state seal still used in Massachusetts designed by Paul Reverse, who also designed
A B C
the first Continental currency.
D
31. Quarter horses were developed in eighteenth-century Virginia to race on courses short of
A B
about a quarter of a mile in length.
C D
32. No longer satisfied with the emphasis of the Denishawn School, Martha Graham has
A B C
moved to the staff of the Eastman School in 1925.
D
33. William Hart was an act best known for his roles as western heroes in silent films.
A B C D
34. Prior to an extermination program earlier this century, alive wolves roamed across nearly
A B C D
all of North America.
35. During the 1960s the Berkeley campus of the University of California came to national
A B
attention as a result its radical political activity.
C D
36. Artist Gutzon Borglum designed the Mount Rushmore Memorial and worked on project
A B
from 1925 until his death 1941.
C D
37. It is proving less costly and more profitably for drugmakers to market directly to patients.
A B C D
38. Sapphires weighing as much as two pounds have on occasion mined.
A B C D
39. Like snakes, lizards can be found on all others continents except Antartica.
A B C D
40. Banks, savings and loans, and finance companies have recently been doing home equity
A B
loans with greater frequency than ever before.
C D
 READING COMPREHENSION

Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by a number of
questions about it. You are to choose the one of best answer, (A), (B), (C), (D), to each question.

Answers all questions about the information in a passage on the basis of what is stated or
implied in that passage.
Read the following passage:
John Quincy Adams, who served as the sixt president of the United States from
1825 to 1829, is today recognized for his masterful statesmanship and diplomacy. He dedicated
his life to public serveice, both in the presidency and in the various other political offices that he
held. Throughout his political career he demonstrated his unswerving belief in freedom of
speech, the antislavery cause, and the right of Americans to be free from European and Asian
domination.
Example I
To whar did John Quincy Adams devote his life?
(A) Improving his personal life
(B) Serving the public
(C) Increasing his fortune
(D) Working on his private business
According to the passage, John Quincy Adams “dedicated his life to public service.” Therefore,
you should choose (B).

Example II
In line 4, the word “unswerving” is closest in meaning to
(A) moveable
(B) insignificant
(C) unchanging
(D) diplomatic
The passage states tha John Quincy Adams demonstrated his unswerving belief “throughout his
career.” This implies that the belief did not change. Therefore, you should choose (C).
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Questions 1-9
Carbon tetrachloride is a colorless and inflammable liquid that can be produced by
combining carbon disulfide and chlorine. This compound is widely used in industry today because
of its effectiveness as a solvent as well as its use in the production of propellants.
Despite its widespread use in industry, carbon tetrachloride has been banned for home
use. In the past, carbon tetrachloride was a common ingredient in cleaning compounds that
were used throughout the home, but if was found to be dangerous: when heated, it changes
into a poisonous gas that can cause severe illness and even death if it is inhaled. Because of
this dangerous characteristic, the United States revoked permission for the home use of
carbon tetrachloride in 1970. Thu United States has taken similar action with various other
chemical compounds.
(A) harmful
(B) colorless
1. The main point of this passage is that (C) a cleaning compound
(A) Carbon tetrachloride can be very (D) inflammable
dangerous when it is heated 6. The word “inhaled” in line 7 is closest in
(B) the government banned carbon meaning to
tetrachloride in 1970 (A) warned
(C) although carbon tetrachloride can (B) breathed in
legally be used in industry, it is nit (C) carelessly
allowed in home products (D) blown
(D) carbon tetrachloride used to be a 7. The word “revoked” in line 8 could most
regular part of cleaning compounds easily be replaced by
2. The word “widely” in line 2 could most (A) gave
easily be replaced by (B) granted
(A) grandly (C) instituted
(B) extensively (D) took away
(C) largely 8. It can be inferred from the passage that
(D) hugely one role of the U. S. government is to
3. The word “banned” in line 4 is closest in (A) regulate product safety
meaning to (B) prohibit any use of carbon
(A) forbidden tetrachloride
(B) allowed (C) instruct industry on cleaning
(C) suggested methodologies
(D) instituted (D) ban the use of any chemicals
4. According to the passage, before 1970 9. The paragraph following the passage
carbon tetrachloride was most likely discusses
(A) used by itself as a cleanser (A) additional uses for carbon
(B) banned in industrial use tetrachloride
(C) often used as a component of (B) the banning of various chemical
cleaning products compounds by the U.S. goverment
(D) not allowed in home cleaning (C) further dangerous effect of carbon
products tetrachloride
5. It is stated in the passage that when (D) the major characteristics of carbon
carbon tetrachloride is heated, it becomes
tetrachloride
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Questions 10-19
The next artist in the survey of American artist is James Whistler; he is included in this
survey of American artists because he was born in the United States, although the majority of his
artwork was completed in Europe. Whistler was birn in Massachusetts in 1834, but nine years
later his father move the family to St. Peterburg, Russia, to work on theconstruction of a railroad.
The family returned to be the United States in 1849. Two years later Whistler entered the U.S.
military academy at West Point, but he was unable to graduate. At the age of twenty-one, Whistler
went to Europe to study art despite familial objections, and he remained in Euroope until his
death.
Whistler worked in various art forms, including etchings and lithographs. However, he is
most famous for his paintings particularly Arrangement in gray and Black No. 1: Potrait of the
Artist Mother or Whistler’s Mother, as it is more commonly known. This painting shows a side
view of Whistler’s mother, dressed in black and posing against a gray wall. The asymmetrical
nature of the portrait, with his mother seated off-center, is highly characteristic of Whistler work.
10. The paragraph preceding this passage (B) highly supportive of his desire to
most likely discusses pursue art
(A) a survey of eighteenth-century art (C) wotking class
(B) a different American artist (D) military
(C) Whistler’s other famous paintings 15. The word “objections” in line 7 is closest
(D) European artists in meaning to
11. Which of he following best describes the (A) protects
information in the passage? (B) goals
(A) Several artists are presented (C) agreements
(B) One artist’s life and works are (D) battles
described 16. In line 8, the “etching” are
(C) Various paintings are constrasted (A) a type of painting
(D) Whistler’s family life is outlined (B) the same as a lithograph
12. Whistler is considered an American artist (C) an art form introduced by Whistler
because (D) an art form involving engraving
(A) he was born in America 17. The word “asymmetrical” in line 11 is
(B) he spent most of his life in America closest in meaning to
(C) he served in the U.S. military (A) proportionate
(D) he created most of his famous art in (B) uneven
America (C) balanced
13. The word “majority” in line 2 is closest in (D) lyrical
meaning to 18. Which of the following is NOT true
(A) seniority according to he passage?
(B) maturity (A) Whistler worked with a variety of art
(C) large pieces forms
(D) high percentage (B) Whistler’s mother is not the official
14. It is implied in the passage that Whistler’s name of his painting
family was (C) Whistler is best known for his
(A) unable to find any work at all in ecthings
Russia (D) whistler’s mother is painted in
somber tones.
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19. Where in the passage does the author

mention the types of artwork that Whistler
was involved in?
(A) Lines 1-3
(B) Lines 4-5
(C) Lines 6-7
(D) Lines 8-10
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Listening
(D). The biologist tried to sell the result
20. (A). The coffe is much better this of the experiment.
morning.
(B). The coffe tastes extremely good. 26. (A). She needs to get a driver's license
(C). The coffe isn't very good. (B). Two pieces of identification are
(D). This morning he definitely wants necessary
some coffe. (C). The man should check too see if
needs credit
21. (A). The two classes meet in an hour (D). A credit card can be used to get a
and a half. driver's license
(B). The class meets three hours per
week. 27. (A). Housing within his budget is hard
(C). Each half of the class in an hour to locate
long. (B). It's hard to find his house in New
(D). Two times a week the class meets York
for an hour. (C). He can't afford to move his house to
New York
22. (A). A few minutes ago,the flight (D). Housing in New York in
departed. unavailable
(B). The fight will start in a while.
(C). They are frightened about the 28. (A). The boss was working on the
departure. reports
(D). The plane is going to take off soon. (B). He would have to finish the reports
before the end of the next month
23. (A). he hasn't yet begun his project. (C). He was directed to stay late and
(B). He's supposed to do his science finish some work.
project next week. (D). He could finish the repost at home.
(C). He needs to start working on
changing the due date. 29. (A). The boisterous studet made the
(D). He's been working steadily on his teacher mad.
scince project. (B). The teacher angered the student
with the exam result.
24. (A). At the post office (C). The student were angry that the
(B). In a florist shop teacher was around
(C). In a restaurant (D). The angered student complained to
(D). In a hospital delivery room the teacher.

25. (A). The professor drowned the cells in

a lab.
(B). The lecture was long and boring
(C). The professor divided the lecture
into parts
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ANSWER KEY
STRUCTURE
22.B previously
23.C used
1. D 24.D their
2. D 25.A imported
3. D 26.C the
4. B 27.C their
5. C 28.D amount
6. C 29.C and
7. A 30.B was designed by
8. A 31.B shot courses
9. B 32.D moved
10. C 33.A actor
11. A 34.C live
12. A 35.C result of
13. D 36.B the project
14. B 37.B profitable
15. A 38.D been mined
16. B are 39.C other
17. C became 40.B making
18. B was declared
19. A the brightest star
20. C rest
21. C materials
READING 19. D
1. C
2. B LISTENING
3. A 20. C
4. C 21. B
5. A 22. D
6. B 23. A
7. D 24. B
8. A 25. B
9. B 26. B
10. B 27. A
11. B 28. C
12. A 29. A
13. D 1.
14. C
15. A
16. D
17. B
18. C
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