Directions : Question 1-15 are incomplete sentences.

Beneath each sentence you will see for

words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to choose one word or phrase that best
complete the sentence.

Example I
The swimming instructor came... if the apartment was still available.
A. to see
B. seeing
C. saw
D. for seeing

The sentence should be read "The swimming instructor came to see if the apartment was still
available." Therefore, you should choose A.

Now begin work on the questions.

1. The committee has met twice and ....

A. they reached a final decision
B. a final decision was reached
C. its decision was reached
D. it has reached a final decision

2. The manager won't be able to attend the shareholders' meeting tomorrow because....
A. he must to give a lecture
B. he will be giving a lecture
C. of he will give lecture
D. he will have giving a lecture

3. Brenda's score on the test is the highest in class.

 A. She should study hard last night.
B. She should have studied hard last night.
C. She must have studied hard last night.
D. She had to study hard last night

4. To answer accurately is more important than...

A. to finish quickly
B. a quick finish
C. you finish it quickly
D. quick finish

5. Having been served lunch,....

A. the problems were discussed by the participants.
B. the participants discuss the problems.
C. it was discussed by the participants.
D. A discussion of the problems were made by the participants.

6. East Kalimantan relies heavily on income from oil and natural gas, and....
A. Aceh province also.
B. Aceh province too.
C. Aceh province is as well.
D. so does Aceh province.

7. The participants have had some problems deciding....

A. when they should announce the result of the meeting.
B. when are they sgoing to announce the result of the meeting.
C. when should they announce the result of the meeting.
D. the time when the result of the meeting to announce.
8. This year will be more difficult for our organization because....
A. we have less money and volunteers than last year.
B. there is a little money and volunteers than last year.
C. it has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year.
D. it has fewer money and less volunteers than it had last year.

9. Professor Baker told his students that...

A. they can turn over their reports on Mondays.
B. the reports can turn over on Monday.
C. they could hand in their reports on Monday.
D. the reports they can hand in on Monday.

10. The adder is a venomous snake ... bite may prove fatal to humans.
A. its
B. whom its
C. that
D. whose

Sepuluh Soal TOEFL dan Kunci Jawaban di atas bisa dijadikan pemanasan. Kalau sudah,
silahkan lanjutkan dengan 5 soal berikutnya di bawah ini.

11. .... a bee colony gets, the more the queen's egglaying capability diminishers.
A. It is more overcrowded.
B. The more overcrowded.
C. More overcrowded than.
D. More than overcrowded.

12. The chairwoman requested that ....

 A. the participants studied more careful the problem.
B. the participants study the problem more carefully.
C. the participants studied the problem with more careful.
D. the problem be studied more carefully.

13. Unlike the earth, which rotates once every twenty-four hours ... once every ten hours.
A. the rotation of Jupiter
B. Jupiter rotates
C. Jupiter rotation
D. Jupiter rotate

14. Jackson,... capital of Mississippi, is the largest city in the state.

A. the
B. it is the
C. is the
D. where the

15. The various types of bacteria are classified according to...shapes.

A. whose
B. how they are
C. have
D. their

Kunci Jawaban Soal TOEFL

1. D 11. B
2. B 12. B
3. B 13. B
4. B 14. A
5. B 15. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. D
Contoh Toefl Grammar

Untuk lebih jelas silahkan lihat beberapa contoh soal untuk test toefl grammar pada pembahasan
Soal berikut ini:

1. From 1949 onward, the artist Georgia O’Keeffe made New Mexico ______.
(A) her permanent residence was
(B) where her permanent residence
(C) permanent residence for her
(D) her permanent residence

2. Just as remote-controlled satellites can be employed to explore outer space, _______employed

to
investigate the deep sea.
(A) can be robots
(B) robots can be
(C) can robots
(D) can robots that are

3. In ______ people, the areas of the brain that control speech are located in the left hemisphere.
(A) mostly of
(B) most
(C) almost the
(D) the most of

4. Stars shine because of _______ produced by the nuclear reactions taking place within them.
(A) the amount of light and heat is
(B) which the amount of light and heat
(C) the amount of light and heat that it is
(D) the amount of light and heat

5. ________ is not clear to researchers.

(A) Why dinosaurs having become extinct
(B) Why dinosaurs became extinct
(C) Did dinosaurs become extinct
(D) Dinosaurs became extinct

6. Although many people use the word “milk” to refer cow’s milk, _______ to milk from any
animal,
including human milk and goat’s milk.
(A) applying it also
(B) applies also
(C) it also applies
(D) but it also applies

7. The first transatlantic telephone cable system was not established _______ 1956.
(A) while
(B) until
(C) on
(D) when

8. _______ no two people think exactly alike, there will always be disagreement, but
disagreement
should not always be avoided; it can be healthy if handled creatively.
(A) There are
(B) Why
(C) That
(D) Because

9. Drinking water ________ excessive amounts of fluorides may leave a stained or mottled effect
on
the enamel of teeth.
(A) containing
(B) in which containing
(C) contains
(D) that contain
(Kumpulan Soal dan Pembahasan)
10. In the 1820’s physical education became _______ of the curriculum of Harvard and Yale
Universities.
(A) to be part
(B) which was part
(C) was part
(D) part

11. Pewter, _______ for eating and drinking utensils in colonial America, is about ninety percent
tin, which copper or bismuth added for hardness.
(A) was widely used
(B) widely used it
(C) widely used
(D) which widely used

12. A moth possesses two pairs of wings _________as a single pair and are covered with
dustlike scales.
(A) function
(B) are functioning
(C) that function
(D) but functions

13. Soap operas, a type of television drama series, are so called because at first, they were
________.
(A) often which soap manufacturers sponsored
(B) sponsored often soap manufacturers
(C) often sponsored by soap manufacturers
(D) soap manufacturers often sponsored them

14. The Woolworth Building in New York was the highest in America when _______ in 1943
and was
famous for its use of Gothic decorative detail.
(A) built
(B) it built
(C) was built
(D) built it

15. Humans, ________, interact through communicative behavior by means

of signs or symbols used conventionally.
(A) like other animals
(B) how other animals
(C) other animals that
(D) do other animals
Passage One (Questions 1-2)
Blood pressure measurement has two components: systolic and diastolic. Systolic pressure is
taken when the heart is contracting to pump blood; diastolic pressure is taken when the heart is
resting between beats. In the usual blood pressure reading, the systolic measurement is given first
and is the higher of the two. Normal blood pressure is a systolic measurement of 120—140, and
when the systolic pressure is 160 or higher, then hypertension exists. Systolic pressure between
140 and 160 indicates borderline hypertension.
1. Which of the following is NOT true about systolic blood pressure?
(A) It is taken during the contraction of the heart.
(B) It is usually given first in a blood pressure reading.
(C) A normal systolic measurement is 120 – 140.
(D) Hypertension exists when the systolic pressure is below 140.

2. Which of the following is NOT stated about diastolic pressure?

(A) It is one of the two components of blood pressure measurement.
(B) It is taken when the heart is resting.
(C) It is lower than systolic pressure.
(D) A diastolic measurement of 140 is normal.
PASSAGE TWO (Questions 3 - 4)
In the 1960s, as space travel was becoming a subject of much discussion, Pan American Airlines
began receiving some fairly unusual requests for flight information. People began making
requests to be on the first flight that Pan Am made to the Moon.On a whim, Pan Am started a
waiting list for the first flight to the Moon. Similar requests have come to Pan Am over the years,
and Pan Am has responded by adding the
names of the requesters to the list. Unfortunately for Pan Am, the original company is no longer
in business, and it never got to the Moon. However, when it went out of business, it had a
waiting list of more than 90,000 names for its first lunar flight. (Kumpulan Soal dan
Pembahasan)
3. All of the following are mentioned about Pan American Airlines, EXCEPT that
(A) it started business in the 1960s
(B) it received requests for its first flight to the Moon
(C) it kept some people on a long waiting list
(D) it went out of business
4. Which of the following is NOT true about Pan Am’s Moon flights?
(A) People asked Pan Am about its flights to the Moon.
(B) Pan Am kept a waiting list for its Moon flights.
(C) Pan Am never really made any Moon flights.
(D) Pan Am’s waiting list had only a few names on it.

Perlu diingat, soal diatas hanya merupakan sebuah contoh soal test yang digunakan untuk
menguji kemampuan membaca kita. pada test toefl sebenarnya terdapat berbagai macam tipe
soal yang tentunya berbeda-beda satu sama lain.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Soal Toefl Reading Practice dan Jawaban)

1. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's

1. operating costs
2. employees
3. consumers
4. construction
2. The word "it" in line 4 refers to

1. pipeline
2. ocean
3. state
4. village
3. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each

1. day
2. week
3. month
4. year
4. The phrase "Resting on" in line 13 is closest in meaning to

1. Consisting of
2. Supported by
3. Passing under
4. Protected with
5. The author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline's route
EXCEPT the

1. climate
2. lay of the land itself
3. local vegetation
4. kind of soil and rock
6. The word "undertaken" in line 26 is closest in meaning to

1. removed
2. selected
3. transported
4. attempted
7. How many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 8
4. 12
8. The word "particular" in line 29 is closest in meaning to
 1. peculiar
2. specific
3. exceptional
4. equal
9. Which of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each member
of the consortium would pay?

1. How much oil field land each company owned

2. How long each company had owned land in the oil fields
3. How many people worked for each company
4. How many oil wells were located on the company's land
10. Where in the passage does the author provide a term for an earth covering that always
remains frozen?

1. Line 3
2. Line 13
3. Line 19
4. Line 32
(Sumber: ets.org)

Jawaban Soal Toefl Reading Practice

Penasaran dengan kemampuan anda, setelah mengerjakan soal di atas silahkan cek menggunakan
kunci jawaban yang sudah disediakan di bawah ini. Answer Key for Reading Comprehension ini
bisa anda gunakan untuk mengukur seberapa jauh kemampuan anda dalam reading.

Section 3 — Reading Comprehension

1. D
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. C
Toefl Structure + Jawaban

Directions: Questions 1–4 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. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Look at the following examples:
Example I
Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes _______ they both emit hot liquids from below
the Earth's surface.

A. due to
B. because
C. in spite of
D. regardless of
The sentence should read, "Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because they both
emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface." Therefore, you should choose answer B.
Example II
During the early period of ocean navigation, ________ any need for sophisticated instruments and
techniques.

A. so that hardly
B. where there hardly was
C. hardly was
D. there was hardly
The sentence should read, "During the early period of ocean navigation, there was hardly any need
for sophisticated instruments and techniques." Therefore, you should choose answer D.

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Refrigerating meats ________ the spread of bacteria.

1. retards
2. retarding
3. to retard
4. is retarded
2. Throughout the animal kingdom, ________ bigger than the elephant.

1. whale is only the

2. only the whale is
3. is the whale only
4. only whale is the
3. The fact ________ money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of
payment.

1. of
2. that
3. is that
4. which is
4. The first article of the United States Constitution gives Congress ________ to pass laws.

1. the power
2. has the power
3. the power is
4. of the power

Soal Written Expression + Jawaban

Directions: In questions 5–10, 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.

Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds
to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Look at the following examples:

The sentence should read, "Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish because of the males' bright
colors." Therefore, you should choose answer A.
The sentence should read, "Serving several terms in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an
important United States politician." Therefore, you should choose answer B.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS

(Sumber: ets.org)

Jawaban Toefl Structure and Written Expression

Soal section 2 di atas, setelah dikerjakan bisa dicek hasilnya menggunakan kunci jawaban yang
ada di bawah ini. Silahkan bandingkan dengan hasil yang anda dapatkan

1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. D