TOEFL Mini Quiz #10

Part A: Structure

1. Had the team practiced more, they _______ the championship.

(A) would win (B) would be winning (C) would have won (D) won

Jawaban: (C). Inverted Conditional Type 3 (Past Unreal). "Had the team practiced..." sama dengan "If the team had practiced...". Pasangannya adalah "would have + V3".

2. Only after food has been dried or canned _______ for later consumption.

(A) that it should be stored (B) should be stored (C) should it be stored (D) it should be stored

Jawaban: (C). Inversion. Frase diawali "Only after...", maka Main Clause harus dibalik (Aux + S + V).

3. Ideally, _______ the engine when the light turns red.

(A) a driver should stop (B) when a driver stops (C) the stop of a driver (D) stopping a driver

Jawaban: (A). Sentence Structure. Kita butuh Subject + Verb lengkap untuk main clause. Opsi lain menyebabkan fragment atau dangling.

4. The committee suggested that the new regulations _______ immediately.

(A) to be enforced (B) be enforced (C) are enforced (D) enforced

Jawaban: (B). Subjunctive. Verba "Suggest that" diikuti subject + bare infinitive (be), tanpa "to" atau "should".

5. _______ , Henry feels a great deal of responsibility for the project.

(A) The manager (B) He is the manager (C) Being the manager (D) To be the manager

Jawaban: (C). Participle Phrase (Sebab-Akibat). "Because he is the manager..." disingkat menjadi "Being the manager...".

Part B: Written Expression

6. (A) Alike oxygen, (B) which is chemically (C) active, neon is a (D) non-reactive gas.

(A) Alike (B) which is (C) active (D) non-reactive

Jawaban: (A). Word Usage. "Alike" tidak bisa diletakkan di depan objek sebagai preposisi. Gunakan "Unlike" (karena ada kontras active vs non-reactive) atau "Like". Di sini konteksnya kontras.

7. The (A) video disc has the capacity (B) to store one thousand times (C) more information (D) than a phonograph record.

(A) video (B) to store (C) more (D) than

Jawaban: (D). Comparison Logic. Seharusnya "than DOES a phonograph record" atau "than a phonograph record HAS". Tapi secara grammar, (D) "than" saja bisa diterima di informal, namun di TOEFL ketat, seringkali jawabannya ada di "video disc" (compounds). Tunggu, soal ini sepertinya tidak ada error fatal. Mari saya koreksi soal ini agar lebih jelas salahnya. *Revised Question:* "The harder he tried, the worst he danced." -> (C) worst. Seharusnya "worse".
*Note: Di kode ini saya ganti soalnya ke Double Comparative agar lebih valid.*

7. The (A) harder he tried (B) to solve the problem, the (C) worst he (D) felt.

(A) harder (B) to solve (C) worst (D) felt

Jawaban: (C). Double Comparative. Polanya "The + Comparative ..., the + Comparative ...". "Worst" adalah Superlative. Seharusnya "the worse".

8. (A) Another great scientists (B) are often (C) ignored by the (D) public.

(A) Another (B) are (C) ignored (D) public

Jawaban: (A). Determiner. "Another" diikuti singular noun. Karena "scientists" jamak, gunakan "Other".

9. Please (A) do not (B) make a mistake (C) by forgetting (D) to sign your name.

(A) do (B) make (C) by (D) to sign

Jawaban: (B). Collocation/Phrase. Oh, "make a mistake" itu benar. Coba cek lagi. "Do not make a mistake". Benar. "By forgetting". Benar. Soal ini sepertinya benar semua. Mari ganti dengan error "Make/Do".
*Revised Question:* "The professor asked the student to make his homework." -> (B) make. Seharusnya "do".

9. The professor (A) asked the student (B) to make his homework (C) before the (D) next class.

(A) asked (B) to make (C) before (D) next

Jawaban: (B). Collocation. Untuk pekerjaan rumah, kita menggunakan "do homework", bukan "make homework".

10. The man (A) of whom the red car (B) is parked in front (C) of our house is a (D) famous doctor.

(A) of whom (B) is parked (C) of (D) famous

Jawaban: (A). Relative Pronoun (Possession). Mobil itu "milik" orang tersebut. Seharusnya menggunakan "whose red car".