Soal dan Pembahasan TBI (Pilihan Berganda) Bagian 21

  1. Soal
  2. Pilihan Berganda
  1. Response : I used to, but I resigned my membership. The sentence that could generate the response indicated?
    1. Won’t you belong to the English Club?
    2. Wouldn’t you have belonged to the English Club?
    3. Didn’t you use to belong to the English Club?
    4. Wouldn’t you belong to the English Club?
    Jawaban : a
    Pertanyaan ini ditujukan untuk menanyakan tentang kondisi seseorang pada masa sekarang yang responnya adalah dia sudah tidak aktif lagi sebagai anggota English Club tesebut.
  2. The proposal ..... discussed when I called the office this morning.
    1. was being
    2. been
    3. being
    4. have been
    Jawaban : a
    Kalimat ini merupakan bentuk passive past continuous tenses.
    Pola: S + was/were + being + V3
  3. Armansyah seems ..... the point you were making.
    1. Misunderstood
    2. Misunderstanding
    3. having misunderstood
    4. to have misunderstood
    Jawaban : d
    Kalimat ini merupakan bentuk perfect infinitive.
    Pola : S + V + to have + past participle
  4. Not only ... a good thing; he did the right thing.
    1. Did Sam do
    2. Will Sam do
    3. Sam did
    4. Sam do
    Jawaban : c
    Bentuk kesetaraan bermakna positif, Sam did (he did the right thing).
  5. Soekarno ..... one of the strongest Indonesian President, served from 1945 to 1965.
    1. was considered
    2. considering
    3. considered
    4. is considered
    Jawaban : c
    Kalimat aposisi membutuhkan bentuk pasif. Awal mula kalimat itu adalah Soekarno, who was considered one of the strongest Indonesian President, served from ... dan disingkat menjadi Soekarno, considered as ....
  6. In the view of the STAN lecturers' union, it is essential that discipline ... maintained in the classroom.
    1. Be
    2. is to be
    3. is
    4. was
    Jawaban : a
    Bentuk subjunctive clause yang kata kerja atau to be dalam kalimtnya kembali ke bentuk awalnya. Biasanya ditandai dengan it is essential, it is imperactive, it is important, atau kata kerja suggest, advised, recommend.
  7. Ditto ..... Indonesia before he came to Jakarta to study in the International student program.
    1. would never visited
    2. had never visited
    3. has never visited
    4. never visited
    Jawaban : b
    Bentuk past perfect tense, menyatakan perbuatan yang telah selesai sebelum perbuatan lain terjadi di masa lampau. Pola: S + had + V3
  8. Thomas Alfa Edison invented .....
    1. electric lights
    2. the electric lights
    3. an electric light
    4. electric light
    Jawaban : d
    Partikel a dan the menunjukkan sesuatu hal yang spesifik, sedangkan yang dipentingkan adalah lampu listriknya, bukan jenis atau kuantitasnya.
  9. Feng Shui is a system of laws considered to govern spatial arrangement and ... the flow of energy, and whose favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into account when sitting and designing buildings.
    1. orientation in its relation of
    2. orientation to the relationship of
    3. orientation relating to
    4. orientation in relation to
    Jawaban : d
    Kata “relation” menunjukkan hubungan dengan suatu hal sehingga diikuti preposisi “to”
  10. The consultant's duty to keep up to date with developments in his specialization ... effort, to ensure that his knowledge remains at the leading edge of what is going on.
    1. meaning that he should make the
    2. mean that he should make all
    3. means whom he should make every
    4. means that he should make every
    Jawaban : d
    Subjek dalam kalimat ini “the consultant’s duty” merupakan subjek ketiga tunggal sehingga predikatnya jika menggunakan verb harus ditambah “s/es”