TBI

1. the room was ..... that I had to move to another room to continue my study.
A. So noisy
B. Very noisy
C. Many noisy
D. Too noisy
A

2. his suggestion sounds...., so we decide to put it in our proposal.

A. Logic
B. Logics
C. Logical
D. Logically
C

3. I'm sitting next to you, .....?

A. Am I?
B. Aren’t you ?
C. Aren’t I?
D. Amn’t I ?
C

4. a study from University of Missouri found that some high assertive individuals had rather .... more
prestigious brands.
A. Buy
B. Buying
C. To buy
D. Bought
A

5. I would rather .... a movie alone than work with you.

A. Being watched
B. Watched
C. Watching
D. Watch
D

6. By the time you get well, we … care of your job.

A. will take
B. will taking
C. will have taken
D. will have been taken
C

7. I am worried about the final exam, and …

A. he is so
B. so is he
C. also is he
D. he is does
B
8. Since there are many complaints about the new products, the company ..... the product now.
a. Is recalling
b. Recalls
c. Recalled
d. Has recalled
Pembahasan : D. Kata since ( sejak) menyatakan bahwa sesuatu telah terjadi sejak ...(dan terus
terjadi sampai sekarang), sehigga kata since menyatakan present perfect, kalimat ini ditambah pula
kata now yang menyatakan bentuk sekarang (present). Dengan demikian bentuk tenses soal ini
adalah present perfect . bentuk present perfect terdapat pada d. Has recalled.

9. The recent progress report ...... to the branch manager.

a. Submits c. Will be submitted
b. Will submit d. Will be submitting
pembahasan :
C. kalimat di atas adalah sebuah kalimat passive, untuk mempermudah pemahaman mari kita artikan
kalimat tersebut. “Laporan kemajuan terakhir ....... kepada manajer cabang” . kata yang mungkin bisa
digunakan untuk memenuhi titik-titik adalah kata kerja passive yaitu disampaikan, akan disampaikan
dll. Opsi yang memenuhi unsur passive ( To be + V3) adalah c. will be submitted

10. X: I really need a job right now. Y: Well, you .... look for job vacancies in the newspaper.
a. should c. might
b. must d. need
pembahasan : A. should
kalimat tersebut adlah kalimat nasehat, jadi modal yang tepat adalah a. should

11. the role of geologist varies not only with his area of specialization, but also .....
a. it varies with experience earned on the occupational specialities
b. with experience earned on the occupational specialities
c. varies with experience earned on the occupational specialities
d. its with experience earned on the occupational specialities
pembahasan : b.
not only berpasangan dengan but also. Not only dan but also bersifat saling menguatkan atau saling
membenarkan. Karena not only diikuti with, maka but also juga harus diikuti with. jadi jawaban
yang tepat adalah b. with experience earned on the occupational specialities

12. of three dresses she has just bought, the dark blue one is ...... (USM STAN 2011)
a. more expensive c. most expensive
b. the more expensive d. the most expensive
pembahasan : d
merupakan superlative, jadi jawaban a dan b salah. Adapun cara penulisan superlative adalah the
adjective .... jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah the most expensive

13. The little girl is taking care of the puppy with ......., affection, and kindness.
a. Patient
b. Patience
c. Patiently
d. Patient
Jawaban: B. Patience Kalimat di atas adalah kalimat paralel. Affection adalah noun, begitu juga
kindness. Oleh karena itu titik-titik pada kalimat di atas harus diisi dengan noun. Satu-satunya noun
pada pilihan hanyalah b. Patience(kesabaran).
14. Promoting ... good and services, the company salesmen also bid an opportunity to earn some
profit (USM STAN 2010)
a. They c. Its
b. Their d. It
jawaban : b. Their kalimat di atas butuh sebuah possesive pronoun(kepemilikan). Ciri utama dari
possesive pronoun adalah diikuti noun. Their merupakan pilihan yang tepat karena yang dipromosikan
adalah barangnya the company salesmen (mereka)

15. Kiranti said to Tono,“did you finish your homework”

Kirani asked Tono .... (USM STAN 2009)
a. Whether he finished his homework
b. Whether he has finished his homework
c. If he finished his homework
d. If he had finished his hoework
jawaban : d. If he had finished his hoework
kalimat di atas berpola past, “past”, maka indirectnya harus berbentuk
Past,Past perfect. Sehingga jawaban pertanyaan ini harus berbentuk past
perfect. Satu-satunya opsi yang tensesnya past perfect adalah d.

16. She has ..... many books that she needs more room to keep them (USM STAN 2010)
a. So c. Such a
b. Such d. So a
jawaban : b. Such. So harus diikuti adjective atau verb, sedangkan many books (buku yang
banyak/banyak buku) adalah kata benda, jadi a salah. Jawaban c dan d salah. Many sudah
menunjukkan lebih dari satu. Jawaban yang benar adalah b. such

17. Not all people can afford ..... in a big city like New York (USM STAN 2011)
a. live b. to live c. living d. for living
jawaban : b
can afford harus diikuti oleh To + Verb1

18. The whitney boomerang is the first .... which exceeds all srash testing requirement ( USM
STAN 2010)
a. Two seater aircraft
b. Two-seater aircraft
c. Two seaters aircraft
d. Two-seaters aircraft
Pembahasan : B. jawaban yang paling tepat adalah yang Penulisannya benar. Yaitu menggunakan
“-“ dan tidak ditambah s pada adjectivenya b. Two-seater aircraft.

19. . ...... she finishes the daily report, she leaves the office
a. that c.while
b. once d. unless
pembahasan : D Kalimat diatas adalah benuk conditional sentences, karena result clausenya bentuk
present. Maka if clausenya adalah bentuk present pula. (conditionl sentences type 1). Jadi kalimat
engkapnya adalah sbb: “If she don’t finish the daily report, she leaves the office” dan seperti kita tahu,
if ... not bisa diganti unless. Dengan demikian kalimat tersebut dapat menjadi “unless she finishes the
daily report, she leaves the office”.
20. You ..... the job were not late to the interview (USM STAN 2010)
a. Would get
b. Would be gotten
c. Would have gotten
d. Would have been gotten
Pembahasan: A. Karena if clausenya (were not late to the interview) adalah bentuk past maka result
clausenya adalah would + V1 a. Would get .

21. The Outbound participant should .... for the footbridge on the river (USM STAN 2010)
a. Look Over b. Look Into
c. Look Out d. Look Up
Jawaban : c. Look out Sangat jelas, bahwa peserta outbond harus hati-hati (look out) terhadap
jembatan (foot bridge)

22. It was very kind of my friend to help me ..... cash money (USM STAN 2011)
a. to count c. counts
b. counted d. count
pembahasan : D. count
seperi yang telah dijelaskan bahwa bentuk let, make, dan help boleh diikuti subject + Verb1
jadi pola untuk soal ini adalah ... Help + Subject + Verb1

23. During his career, luther vandross, ......, sold over twenty-five milion albums and won eight
grammy award.
a. which an american singer and producer
b.was an american singer and producer
c. an american singer and producer
d. an american singer and producer was
pembahasan : c. titik-titik diatas berisi apositive yang harus merupakan noun phrase, noun clause atau
noun. Satu-satunya noun phrase pada kalimat tersebut adalah pilihan c. an american singer and
producer.

24. Mars, . . ., has two satellites. (USM STAN 2010)

a. which the fourth planet from the Sun
b. it is the fourth planet from the Sun
c. the fourth planet from the Sun
d. is the fourth planet of the Sun
jawaban : c. the fourth planet from the sun titik-titik diatas berisi appositive yang harus merupakan
noun phrase atau noun. Satu-satunya noun phrase pada kalimat tersebut adalah pilihan c.

25. a financial ...... evaluates and interprets public companyfinancial statement (USM STAN 2011)
a. Analysis c. analyses
b. analyze d. analyst
pembahasan : D. analyst
tips soal : penulisan pakar/ahli umumnya diikuti “st”. Contoh : Economist (ahli ekonomi), Analyst
(ahli Analisa) dan physicist (ahli fisika)

26. The air turned... when the wind blew (USM STAN 2010)
a. Cold b. Coldly
c. Colds d. Coldest
jawaban : a. Cold untuk lebih jelasnya, artikan dulu soalnya. Terjemah dari soal tersebut adalah
“ udara berubah ..... saat angin bertiup” jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah a. Cold (dingin)

27. his father is an experienced investor who is accustomed to .... with residential properties. (USM
STAN 2011)
a. deal b. dealing
c. be dealing d. be dealt
pembahasan : B. seperti telah dijelaskan sebelumnya, bahwa be accustomed to harus diikuti verb ing
jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah . b. dealing

28. We made the juice from freshly ..... orange (USM STAN 2010)
a. Squeeze c. Squeezing
b. Squeezed d. Squeezing of
Jawaban: b. squeezed mari kita terjemahkan terlebih dahulu “ kita membuat jus dari....” kalimat
tersebut dapat dilengkapi dengan jeruk segar yang diperas / perasan jeruk segar. Jadi kalimat tersebut
harus dilengkapi dengan adjective. Karena noun yang dilekati adjective (jeruk) dikenai pekerjaan,
maka kita menggunakan V3 ( squeezed).

29. The lecturer insist that the students … the test on time.
A. handed in
B. handing in
C. to handed in
D. hand in
Pembahasan : D, insist +V1

30. … Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan won the All England is the pride of Indonesia.
A. As
B. Thus
C. However
D. That
Pembahasan : D

ERROR RECOGNITION (1-40)

Choose the one word or phrase which would not be appropriate in standard written English !

31. We would rather (A) study for (B)the final exam tomorrow (C)better than go (D)shopping.
A. Study
B. The
C. Better than
D. Shopping
Pembahasan :
c. would rather hanya berpasangan dengan than bukan better than.

32. No one (A)seems to know when (B)will the bus (C)arrive at (D)the bus stop.
A. Seems
B. Will
C. Arrive
D. The
Pembahasan : B. bentuk present future kalimat positive adalah S + will +V1. Will harus diletakkan
sesudah subject. Jadi penulisan yang tepat adalah when the bus will arrive b. will

33. Both Agung (A)as well as Wawan (B)eat all the time (C)but they never get (D)fat.
A. As well as
B. Eat
C. But
D. Fat
Pembahasan:
A. Both harus berpasangan dengan and ( Both...and....) bukan as well as, jadi bagian yang salah adalah
a. As well as

34. The biggest mistake people can make with (A)their dog (B)is to treat (C)them (D)alike human.
A. Their
B. Is
C. Them
D. Alike
Pembahasan :
D. apabila kita punya dua noun, alike harus diletakkan di akhir. Yang
boleh diletakkan di antara dua noun adalah like. bagian yang salah
adalah d. Alike

35. (A)in the movie , (B)the actor (C)has showed a (D)fiercely, dreamy and brave character.
a. In
b. The
c. Has showed
d. fiercely
Pembahasan : d. fiercely
seharusnya fierce saja. Kalimat di atas adalah kalimat paralel. dreamy adalah adjective, begitu juga
brave. Oleh karena itu fiercely harusnya berupa adjective, yaitu fierce.

36. even with (A)the nomination out of (B)reach. He appeared (C)unwillingness (D)to concede.
A. The
B. Reach
C. Unwillingness
D. To
pembahasan : Unwillingness .
Unwillingness adalah noun, sedangkan kalimat membutuhkan adv. Untuk menjelaskan appear

37. I had so (A)few job (B)offer that (C)its was not (D)difficult to select one.
A. Few
B. Offer
C. Its
D. Difficult
Pembahasan : C. its seharusnya mengunakan it karena its dipakai saat menunjukkan kepemilikan
(possesive).
38. Calcium is (A)known as (B)an (C)nutrient that will (D)decrease hypertension and colonic
cancer.
A. Known
B. An
C. Nutrient
D. Decrease
Pembahasan : B. an
harusnya a nutrient. Karena nutrient saat dibaca huruf awalnya tetap huruf konsonan.

39. The late (A)prehistoric rock-art sites of (B)an Iberian peninsula (C)form an (D)exceptionaly
large group.
A. Prehistoric
B. An
C. Form
D. Exceptionaly
Pembahasan : B. an
Seharusnya menggunakan ‘the’, Iberian = a native of Iberia (the Iberian peninsula), especially in
ancient times. (English to English oxford dictionary)

40. former military ruler pervez musharraf (A)has plegged to (B)return back to pakistan (C)despite
threats to (D)his life from the Taliban.
A. Has plegged to
B. Return back
C. Despite
D. His
Pembahasan : B. returrn back
Return back adalah sebuah pemborosan kata (Redundancy), seharusnya cukup return saja.

READING COMPHERENSION
Read the passage carefully and select the one correct answer from the four choices (A,B,C, or D) !
Reading 1 for question no 41-46.

Police in New Jersey believe they have solved one of the longest
running murder cases in the state's history: the disappearance of five Newark
teenagers in 1978. After tracking leads for 32 years, two men were arrested
March 22 and charged with herding the teens at gunpoint into an abandoned
row house, tying them up and torching the building, setting a blaze so fierce
police say the bodies were incinerated, destroying any evidence. Now
prosecutors have a difficult task: prove the teens were murdered when their
bodies were never found.
Murders without bodies were long considered one of the most
complex challenges in the legal profession, but advances in technology have
made the once-unthinkable prospect more common. The absence of the key
piece of evidence - the corpse - poses unique problems for both prosecutors
and defense attorneys, according to Thomas "Tad" DiBiase, a Washington
based lawyer who runs a website chronicling "no body" murders. He said the
majority of such cases end in convictions or guilty pleas. "The body can tell
you how the murder occurred," he said. "lt can tell you when the murder
occurred, it can tell you where the murder occurred, so by taking away the
body you take away all those elements from a case that makes it enormosly
difficult."
The new jersey case was initially treated as a missing person's case
and no connection was made between the fire and the teens' disappearance.
ln the decades since, any clues have been all but obliterated. The site of the fire is now a housing
complex and additional case files were reportedly lost in a courthouse flood.

41. The word their in paragraph one refers to....

a. The teens b. The murderers
c. The police d. The prosecutorrs
Pembahasan: a. The teens
Pada kalimat berikut : prove the teens were murdered when their bodies
were never found. Sudah sangat jelas bahwa yang tubuhnya tidak
ditemukan adalah yang dibunuh, yaitu the teens.

42. In paragraph 3, the word obliterated is closest in meaning to...

a. Eliminated b. Preserved
c. Terminated d. Scattered
Pembahasan: a. Eliminated
Obliterated artinya menghapus atau melenyapkan, sehingga kata yang
paling sesuai adalah eliminated .

43. What can be inferred from the passage about the New Jersey case?
a. The prosecutors have enough evidence.
b. The convicts need to find a good lawyer.
c. The case needs to be closed.
d. The murderers will never be put into trials.

Jawaban a salah karena “Now prosecutors have a difficult task:

prove the teens were murdered when their bodies were never

Jawaban c juga salah, polisi sudah mengaku memecahkannya, jadi

 Jawaban d juga tidak tepat, alasannya bisa dibaca pada paragraf

Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah b.

44. What is the main idea of the passage?

a. The site of the murders is an important clue.
b. The weapon of the murders has a significant role.
c. The bodies were the key piece of evidence.
d. The prosecutors were the key elements of a case.
Pembahasan :
Main idea harus mewakili semua isi bacaan, tidak hanya satu paragraf.
"The body can tell you how the murder occurred ................ those
elements from a case that makes it enormosly difficult."
Pada bagian tersebut telah dijelaskan bahwa bagian yang paling penting
dari kasus tersebut adalah tubuh korban dan hal tersebut merupakan ide
utama bacaan di atas. Ide utama inilah yang akan menjiwai paragraf
paragraf lainnya.
Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah c. The bodies were the
key piece of evidence.

45. When was the murder of five Newark teenagers solved?

a. ln 1978.
b. ln 2000.
c. ln 2010.
d. In 2011
Pembahasan : c. in 2010
Dijelaskan bahwa the disappearance of five Newark teenagers in 1978.
After tracking leads for 32 years,....
Jadi dipecahkannya kasus ini adalah 32 tahun setelah 1978, yaitu 2010.

46. The author mentions all of the following about the New Jersey cases EXCEPT ....
a. It was the longest running murder case in the US
b. The site of the fire is now a housing complex
c. The case files were lost in a courthouse flood
d. It was originally treated as a missing person's case
Pembahasan : c.
perhatikan kalimat terakhir, kalimat itu berbunyi ..... and additional case files
were reportedly lost in a courthouse flood, Bukannya The case files were lost
in a courthouse flood.

Reading 2.
This passage is for question 47-54.
The technology of the North American colonies did not differ strikingly from that of Europe, but
in one respect, the colonists enjoyed a great advantage. Especially by comparison with Britain,
Americans had a wonderfully plentiful supply of wood. (Paragraph 1)
The first colonists did not, as many people imagine, find an entire continent covered by a climax
forest. Even along the Atlantic seaboard, the forest was broken at many points. Nevertheless, all sorts
of fine trees abounded, and through the early colonial period, those who pushed westward encountered
new forests. By the end of the colonial era, the price of wood had risen slightly in eastern cities, but
wood was still extremely abundant. (Paragraph 2)
The availability of wood brought advantages that have seldom been appreciated. Wood was a
foundation of the economy. Houses and all manner of buildings were made of wood to a degree
unknown in Britain. Secondly, wood was used as fuel for heating and cooking. Thirdly, it was used as
the source of important industrial compounds, such as potash, an industrial alkali; charcoal, a
component of gunpowder; and tannic acid, used for tanning leather. (Paragraph 3)
The supply of wood conferred advantages but had some negative aspects as well. Iron at that time
was produced by heating iron ore with charcoal. Because Britain was so stripped of trees, she was
unable to exploit her rich iron mines. But the American colonies had both iron ore and wood; iron
production was encouraged and became successful. However, when Britain developed coke smelting,
the Colonies did not follow suit because they had plenty of wood and besides, charcoal iron was
stronger than coke iron. Coke smelting led to technologic innovations and was linked to the emergence
of the Industrial Revolution. In the early nineteenth century, the former colonies lagged behind Britain
in industrial development because their supply of wood led them to cling to charcoal iron. (Paragraph
4)

47. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The advantages of using wood in the colonies
B. The effects of an abundance of wood on the colonies
C. The roots of the Industrial Revolution
D. The difference between charcoal iron and coke iron

48. The word strikingly in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to …

A. realistically.
B. dramatically.
C. completely.
D. immediately.

49. Which of the following is a common assumption about the forests of North America during
thecolonial period?
A. They contained only a few types of trees.
B. They existed only along the Atlantic seaboard.
C. They had little or no economic value.
D. They covered the entire continent.

50. According to the passage, by the end of the colonial period, the price of wood in eastern cities …
A. rose quickly because wood was becoming so scarce.
B. was much higher than it was in Britain.
C. was slightly higher than in previous years.
D. decreased rapidly because of lower demand for wood.

51. What can be inferred about houses in Britain during the period written about in the passage?
A. They were more expensive than American houses.
B. They were generally built with imported materials.
C. They were typically smaller than homes in North America.
D. They were usually built from materials other than wood

52. Why does the author mention gunpowder in paragraph 3?

A. To illustrate the negative aspects of some industrial processes
B. To give an example of a product made with wood compounds
C. To remind readers that the colonial era ended in warfare
D. To suggest that wood was not the only important product of the colonies

53. The phrase follow suit in paragraph 4 means...

A. do the same thing.
B. make an attempt.
C. have the opportunity.
D. take a risk.
54. According to the passage, why was the use of coke smelting advantageous?
A. It led to advances in technology.
B. It was less expensive than wood smelting.
C. It produced a stronger type of iron than wood smelting.
D. It stimulated the demand for wood.

Reading 3
This passage is for question 55-60
Europe is the smallest of planet Jupiter's four largest moons and the second moon out from
Jupiter. Until 1979, it was just another astronomy textbook statistic. Then came the close-up images
obtained by the exploratory spacecraft Voyager 2, and within days, Europe was transformed--in our
perception, at least--into one of the solar system's most intriguing worlds. The biggest initial surprise
was the almost total lack of detail, especially from far away. Even at close range, the only visible
features are thin, kinked brown lines resembling cracks in an eggshell. And this analogy is not far off
the mark.
The surface of Europe is almost pure water ice, but a nearly complete absence of craters indicates
that Europe's surface ice resembles Earth's Antarctic ice cap. The eggshell analogy may be quite
accurate since the ice could be as little as a few kilometers thick--a tree shell around what is likely a
subsurface liquid ocean that, in turn, encases a rocky core. The interior of Europe has been kept warm
over the cons by tidal forces generated by the varying gravitational tugs of the other big moons as they
wheel around Jupiter. The tides on Europe pull and relax in an endless cycle. The resulting internal
heat keeps what would otherwise be ice melted almost to the surface. The cracklike marks on Europe's
icy face appear to be fractures where water or slush oozes from below.
Soon after Voyager 2's encounter with Jupiter in 1979, when the best images of Europe were
obtained, researchers advanced the startling idea that Europe's subsurface ocean might harbor life. Life
processes could have begun when Jupiter was releasing a vast store of internal heat. Jupiter's early heat
was produced by the compression of the material forming the giant planet. Just as the Sun is far less
radiant today than the primal Sun, so the internal heat generated by Jupiter is minor compared to its
former intensity. During this warm phase, some 4.6 billion years ago, Europe's ocean may have been
liquid right to the surface, making it a crucible for life.

55. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The effect of the tides on Europe's interior
B. Temperature variations on Jupiter's moons
C. Discoveries leading to a theory about one of Jupiter's moons
D. Techniques used by Voyager 2 to obtain close-up images
KJ : C

56. The word "intriguing" in line 5 is closest in meaning to …

A. changing
B. perfect
C. visible
D. fascinating
KJ : D

57. In line 7, the author mentions "cracks in an eggshell" in order to help readers …
A. visualize Europe as scientists saw it in the Voyager 2 images
B. appreciate the extensive and detailed information available by viewing Europe from far away
C. understand the relationship of Europe to the solar system
D. recognize the similarity of Europe to Jupiter's other moons
KJ : A

58. It can be inferred from the passage that astronomy textbooks prior to 1979 …
A. provided many contradictory statistics about Europe
B. considered Europe the most important of Jupiter's moons
C. did not emphasize Europe because little information of interest was available
D. did not mention Europe because it had not yet been discovered
KJ : C

59. What does the author mean by stating in line 7 that "this analogy is not far off the mark"?
A. The definition is not precise.
B. The discussion lacks necessary information.
C. The differences are probably significant.
D. The comparison is quite appropriate.
KJ : D

60. It can be inferred from the passage that Europe and Antarctica have in common which of the
following?
A. Both appear to have a surface with many craters.
B. Both may have water beneath a thin, hard surface.
C. Both have an ice cap that is melting rapidly.
D. Both have areas encased by a rocky exterior.
KJ : B