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Soal Concord
Soal Concord
1. Although the boys have enough money, neither of them _____ going on vacation.
A. Was
C. Is
E. Have been
B. Are
D. Were
2. All the classmates of their only son _____ invited to his birthday party
A. Am
C. Is
E. Being
B. Are
D. Be
3. Five hundred miles _____ a long distance to drive in one day
A. To be
C. It is
E. Is
B. Are being
D. Being
4. The school has a lot of classrooms, each of them _____ equipped with an overhead projector
A. Are
C. They are
E. To be
B. Is
D. Being
5. Neither the students nor their professor _____ happy about the result of the experiment
A. Have been
C. Were
E. Are
B. To be
D. Was
6. An increase in the number of students _____ expected next year
A. Are
C. Was
E. Will
B. Is
D. Were
7. The number of people attending the concert _____ not as had been expected
A. Was
C. Being
E. To be
B. Be
D. Were
8. A number of students taking SPMB _____ each year
A. Increase
C. Increases
E. Is increasing
B. Increased
D. Has increased
9. Hanny became the focus of attention when she wore a colorful dress and _____ at my birthday
party
A. Her behavior is foolish
D. Her foolishness
B. Was a fool
E. Her foolish behavior
C. Behaved foolish
10. To face the globalization era in 2020, improvement in all sectors of the economy _____
A. Highly necessitated
C. The necessity is very high
E. Are highly necessitated
B. Is highly necessary
D. Are necessarily high
11. Tinis frequent absence from school and _____ for almost all subjects are caused by her addiction
to narcotics
A. She has bad grades
C. Her bad grades
E. All her grades are bad
B. Her grades that are bad
D. That her grades are bad
12. The burden of economic problems _____ the majority of Indonesian people
A. Have been frustated
C. It is deeply frustating
E. Are frustated
B. Deeply frustated
D. Has frustated
13. The great number of unskilled labor and _____ has made it difficult for the companys product to
compete with those of other companies
A. There are no experienced managers
B. Nor are there experienced managers
C. Inexperienced managers
D. Neither are there managers experienced
E. The managers are all inexperienced
14. Different interpretations on the same event by various newspapers _____ readers confused and
angry
A. To make
C. Make
E. Makes
B. They make
D. It makes
15. At the beginning of the semester, each of the students _____ given a new time-table
A. He is
C. Are
E. Be
B. They are
D. Is
16. Due to monetary crisis, the number of people without jobs _____ at the moment
A. Increase
C. Increased
E. Will increase
B. Is increasing
D. Was increasing
17. One of the problems faced by foreign businessmen _____ the frequent changing of regulations
A. Are
C. Be
E. To be
B. Is being
D. Is
18. Due to the current financial condition, our budget plan for 1998/1999 _____
A. Needs to review
C. Needs review
E. It needs reviewing
B. Needs to be reviewed
D. Is needed to be reviewed
19. The way he smiles and talks always _____ many girls
A. To attract
C. Attracts
E. Attract
B. Is attracts
D. Attracting
20. In the next poetry reading contest, each of the contestants _____ expected to be more critical and
more accurate in pronunciation
A. Is
C. They are
E. being
B. Are
D. To be
21. The number of illiterate people in our country _____ drastically
A. To decrease
C. Has decreased
E. It decreases
B. Decrease
D. They decrease
22. The increase in the sales of new cars _____ expected to make traffic jam worse
A. Is
C. Be
E. To be
B. Are
D. Being
23. The way professor Mattis teaches english not only keeps the students interest _____
A. And also increase their motivation
B. But also increasing their motivation
C. And he also increases their motivation
D. But also increase their motivation
E. And also to increase their motivation