CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background
Test may be designed as a device to reinforce learning and to motivate
learners or as amours’ of assessing the learner’s performance in the language
learning. It aims to measure the student’s ability in language and to know how
extent the students have understanding about the language materials that teacher
have given them. In making questions for the test, the testy items should be based
on the syllabus of teaching. The language materials may include language skills
that are reading, writing, speaking, and listening skill. Beside language skills,
there are two important things in language testing that are grammar and
vocabulary.
One of the most popular tests in the world is TOEFL test. This test is
conducted to measure the English skill of non-native speaker. It has three types
such as Paper Based Test (PBT), Computer Based Test (CBT), and Internet-Based
Testing (IBT). TOEFL test includes listening, structure and written expression,
reading, and writing. It is a product of ETS (Educational Testing Service).
In this paper, the writer try to construct some questions like TOEFL test in
the form of listening, structure, reading, vocabulary and writing test. The writer
constructs the questions for the third grade students of Senior High School. The
writer chooses this level because the students on this level will face the new
experience for their live, continue their study to University. Nowadays, study
abroad becomes the popular trend for senior high school graduate, but many
countries especially in United States require a TOEFL certificate to register.
Actually, it is not only in United States, but many universities in this country also
require a TOEFL test as an entrance test for students. Thus, the writer construct
these questions like a TOEFL test based on the material or syllabus of the
students’ level to introduce the students and make them familiar with the TOEFL
test since they are in senior high school.
B. Coverage
Based on the background above, the writer make some questions which
consist of 45 items. Those 45 items covers three language skills namely listening,
reading, and writing, while the two language elements are grammar vocabulary. In
detail description, listening test consists of 10 items, reading test consists of 10
items, grammar test consists of 10 items, and vocabulary test consists of 10 items,
and writing text consists of 5 items. So, the total numbers of the test are 45 items.
Before making the questions, the writer conducted some following procedures:
1. Reading some TOEFL books.
2. Understanding the structures of TOEFL.
3. Reading the syllabus of the third grade students of senior high school.
4. Making test blue-print
5. Making the questions that consist of 45 numbers in the forms of listening,
reading, grammar, vocabulary, and writing.

C. Questions Specification
1. Subject : English
2. Level : Senior High School
3. Class/Semester : 3/1
4. Blue-print test : Syllabus of the third grade students of senior high
school.
5. Test Techniques : Multiple-Choice and writing
These questions are made for the third grade students of Senior High
School level because they need to know and familiar with the TOEFL test.
They only have one year more to study in Senior High School and then
continue their study to University. Nowadays, many students interested to
continue their study not only in this country, but they prefer to study abroad
because in this globalization era, competition is very strict. One of the
requirements to study abroad is TOEFL certificate. Thus, the teacher needs to
introduce and make the students familiar with the TOEFL test or questions
form like TOEFL test.
 CHAPTER II
TEST CONSTRUCTION

A. The Constructed Test

The writer constructed an objective language test in the form of multiple
choice and writing tests which consists of 45 items. Those 45 items covers three
language skills namely listening, reading, and writing, while two language
elements namely grammar and vocabulary.
a. Listening
In part, you will hear conversations between two people. After each
conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. The
conversation and questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question,
read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer.
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.

1. On the recording, you hear:

(man) : I have a problem with my school assignment. Could you
help me?
(woman) : My pleasure.
(narrator) : What does the woman mean?
In your test book, you read:
(A) The woman feels not sure about him.
(B) The woman ignores to help him.
(C) The woman is willing to help him.
(D) The woman does not have leisure time.

2. On the recording, you hear:

(woman) : How much are the vegetables?
(man) : Fifteen dollars.
(narrator) : Where does the conversation probably take place?
 In your test book, you read:
(A) In a florist shop.
(B) In a bakery.
(C) In a garden.
(D) In a market.

3. On the recording, you hear:

(man) : The math test was so difficult.
(woman) : I’ll say!
(narrator) : What does the woman mean?
In your test book, you read:
(A) She finished the test well.
(B) She has the same opinion with the man.
(C) She didn’t agree with the man
(D) The will have a test.

4. On the recording, you hear:

(woman) : Have you finished studying for the English test?
(man) : Not quite.
(narrator) : What does the man mean?
In your test book, you read:
(A) He needs to study more.
(B) He thinks it is difficult.
(C) He is finished with his studies.
(D) He has
On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) : Questions 5 through 6. Listen to a talk between two people.
(woman) : I didn’t sleep all night last night because I had to take care of
my father.
(man) : What happen to your father?
(woman) : He got sick. He was in hospital.
(man) : Oh, I am sorry to hear that.

5. On the recording, you hear:

(narrator) : What had happened with the woman’s father?
In your test book, you read:
(A) He couldn’t sleep last night
(B) He was hospitalized
(C) He took care of the woman
(D) He was at home

6. On the recording, you hear:

(narrator) : What does the man imply?
In your test book, you read:
(A) The man expressed sympathy.
(B) The man expressed sadness.
(C) The man expressed happiness.
(D) The man expressed anger.

On the recording, you hear:

(narrator) : Questions 7 through 10. Listen to a talk about smoking risk.
(man) : Kuala Lumpur is located in Malaysia. It offers all kinds of
activities, foods, shopping centers, museums, parks, and the
local theater. There is also a federal government center in
Putrajaya which is located in south of Kuala Lumpur. It has
modern infrastructure like Kuala Lumpur international airport.
7. On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) : What is the topic of the talk?
In your test book, you read:
(A) Foods
(B) Shopping Center
(C) Infrastructure
(D) Kuala Lumpur

8. (narrator) : What does Kuala Lumpur offer?

In your test book, you read:
(A) Kinds of food and fashion
(B) A great hotel and park
(C) Kinds of activities and a shopping center
(D) A modern airport and harbor.

9. On the recording, you hear:

(narrator) : Where is the Putrajaya’s location?
In your test book, you read:
(A) South of Kuala Lumpur
(B) The center of Kuala Lumpur
(C) North of Kuala Lumpur
(D) West of Kuala Lumpur

10. On the recording, you hear:

(narrator) : What does “infrastructure” mean in English?
In your test book, you read:
(A) Building
(B) Structure
(C) Framework
(D) Foundation
b. Grammar/Structure and Written Expression
Directions: Questions 1-5 are incomplete sentence. 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.

1. Soekarno _______ in 1961 in Surabaya.

(A) birth (C) was born
(B) was (D) is born

2. The president ate an ______ a few minutes ago in the dining room.
(A) orange (C) pineapple
(B) apples (D) some bananas

3. May I look at _______ books?

(A) that (C) this
(B) those (D) it

4. My father with his friends’ _____ tennis every Sunday.

(A) play (C) are playing
(B) plays (D) usually play

5. The old building is now ______.

(A) be painted (C) been painted
(B) is painting (D) being painted
Directions: Questions 6-10, 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.

6. Bali is one of the popular place for holiday in Indonesia.

A B C D

7. Mathematics is a difficult course for people to understands.

A B C D

8. One of the most stressful aspects of student life is final exam.

A B C D

9. Babies always drink milk every three hour.

A B C D

10. Jogging is good because it make people healthy.

A B C D
c. Reading
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 best
answer; (A), (B), (C), or (D), to each question. 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.

Questions 1 – 3: This passage below is for questions numbers 1 to 8. Choose

the best answer based on the passage.
Global Warming is the rise in the average temperature of the earth
atmosphere. It began since 1980 after revolution Industry has applied,
Industry started to produce many pollution. There are many causes of Global
Warming, but the most influence is greenhouse gasses. Human activities such
as burning fossil fuel produce waste gas which is carbon dioxide. As the
result, the temperature of the earth is raising and earth is getting hotter.
An increase in global warming will cause some problem such as
increasing hurricanes due to increase speed of wind, massive crop failure as
effect of climate change. Species extinction and increasing the sea level as the
result of melting process in polar.

1. What is the best title for the passage?

(A) The influence of gasses (C) Earth atmosphere
(B) Greenhouses (D) A Global Warming

2. Where in the passage does the author define the causes of global warming?
(A) Line 1 - 2 (C) Line 3 – 4
(B) Line 5 - 7 (D) Line 8 - 10

3. According to the passage, the cause of global warming is _______.

(A) greenhouse gasses (C) earth atmosphere
(B) speed of wind (D) sea
Questions 4 – 7: This passage below is for questions numbers 1 to 8. Choose
the best answer based on the passage.
Dinosaurs were the group of ancient animals of dinosauria. They first
emerged about 230 million years ago in the Triassic period. In 1842, Sir
Richard Owen created the word dinosaur. It came from Greek
words deino.s, meaning “terrible” and sauros, meaning “lizard”. Dinosaurs
lived on earth for about 140 million years. During the dinosaurian era, the
days were short. The sun was not as hot as it is today.
There were many kinds of dinosaurs. Some of them were very big and
some others were small. Some dinosaurs ate leaves and some others ate meat.
Some dinosaurs could fly. What happened to dinosaurs? Dinosaurs became
extinct because there was a large comet hitting the earth. The comet caused
fire and it killed the trees. Dinosaurs could not eat because there were no trees
on earth and finally they died and became extinct.
4. According to the passage, dinosaurs first emerged about ______.
a. 140 million years ago
b. 230 million years ago
c. 184 million years ago
d. 144 million years ago

5. The word them in line 7 could be best replaced by _______.

a. Lizards
b. Leaves
c. Dinosaurs
d. Animals

6. What does the passage discuss?

a. Dinosaurs era
b. The extinct of dinosaurs
c. The kinds of dinosaurs
d. The place of dinosaurs
7. Which is NOT suitable reason for dinosaurs become extinct?
a. There were no trees on earth
b. The comet caused fire in the earth.
c. A large comet hitting the earth.
d. The sun is hotter

Questions 8 – 10: This passage below is for questions numbers 1 to 8.

Choose the best answer based on the passage.
Social media is very popular since 2006. It is an online media in which
the users can easily participate, share, and create the content of blog, social
networking, and the virtual world. It has positive and negative impacts for the
users.
There are many positive impacts of social media. First is worldwide
connectivity which helps people to seek a new. The second is real-time
information sharing which let people exchange information via chat. The
third is can be used to promote a business. Besides, social media also has
negative impacts. First, people become lazy to communicate in real world.
Second, social networking sites can cause people to be less empathetic in the
real world. Third, there are many images of pornography and violence.
Social media should be used for positive activities. People have to be
restricted in using social media due to many negative impacts of it. That is not
good yet for them since they cannot decide which one is good or bad.

8. What is the main idea of the passage?

a. The history of social media.
b. The importance of social media.
c. The impacts of social media.
d. Popularity of social media.
 9. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
a. Social media is not popular.
b. Social media is only used for chatting.
c. There is no negative impact of social media.
d. Social media make people easily to do the activities.

10. The word it in line 13 could be best replaced by _______.

a. people
b. social media
c. negative impact
d. Positive impact

d. Vocabulary
Directions: In this section, choose the best answer; (A), (B), (C), or (D), to
each question. 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.

Questions 1 – 5: This passage below is for questions numbers 1 to 5. Choose

the best answer based on the passage.
Barack Obama, . . . (1) August 4, 1961, is the incumbent Democratic . . . (2),
and he’s the first fully declared candidate in the 2012 election, having . . . (3)
his reelection in a YouTube statement emailed to supporters on April 4. The
political decisions of his first term from TARP to the decifit to health care
reform to unemployment were the political fodder on which his political . . .
(4) based their bidding campaigns through the primary season. His approval
ratings were at a high of 64 percent nationally . . . (5) February 2009 and
have dropped steadily as the country has careened from one domestic or
international crisis to another.
1. (A) born (C) was born
(B) was (D) is
2. (A) contestant (C) American
(B) president (D) loyalist

3. (A) elected (C) helped

(B) counted (D) announced

4. (A) opponents (C) friends

(B) colleagues (D) assistants

5. (A) on (C) in
(B) at (D) within

6. Rupiah is Indonesian ______.

(A) currency (C) cash
(B) fund (D) dollar

7. Which is closest in meaning to "opportunity"?

(A) entry (C) change
(B) chance (D) leave

8. Which is the antonym of "pure"?

(A) empty (C) impure
(B) true (D) push

9. Sugar is … , but honey is sweeter than sugar.

(A) smooth (C) sour
(B) salty (D) sweet

10. Indah …… the match in National Olympiad. She is very happy.

(A) jumped (C) celebrated
(B) won (D) lost
e. Writing Text

1. Write down 5 vocabulary items based on the picture above! Then, make a
sentence for each vocabulary!
2. Describe the picture above at least 120 words!

3. Write down your experience when visited the tourism place!

4. Write down the activities that can be done in the second picture!
5. Look at the second picture and describe the view at least 120 words!
B. Answer Key
a. Listening
1. C 6. A
2. D 7. D
3. B 8. C
4. A 9. A
5. B 10. D

b. Grammar/Structure and written expression

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

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

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

e. Writing
Based on students answer
 CHAPTER III
CONLUSION

Making questions like TOEFL test for the third grade students of senior
high school is a little bit difficult because the questions should be based on the
material or syllabus of their level. The teacher should make the students know and
familiar with the questions form like in TOEFL test since in senior high school. It
is not only for the third grade students, but it can be for the first or second grade
students of senior high school as long as the questions appropriate with the
syllabus of the their level. Besides, in order to know whether the questions made
are reliable, valid and not very difficult, or even there are a few of tests are very
easy, those questions should be tested.
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