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Dec 26, 2004, was a day that I will never forget. It was the day I experienced my
first earthquake. l had just ..... home from mosque and was lying on the living
room sofa watching the news on TV. My little brother was in my room playing,
and my older sister was in the kitchen preparing our breakfast. Our parents were
still sleeping.
At exactly 3.08 a.m., the earthquake ...... my country. Our house started .......
violently as it ..... a small wooden boat being tossed by giant waves in the ocean.
At first, none realized what was happening. Then my sister yelled, "Earthquake!
Get under something!" I was too stunned to move, but the shaking was so strong
that I soon fell off the sofa onto the floor. I half rolled, half crawled across the
floor to the dining table and got under it. My sister was sitting on the floor kitchen,
holding her arms ...... her head to protect it from falling dishes. She yelled at my
little brother to get under his desk, but he wanted to be near us. He tried to get out
of my room, but he kept falling down. The earthquake lasted less than a minute,
but it seemed like a year to us.
a. Get
b. Getting
c. Gotten
d. Got
Pembahasan PEMBAHASAN
Nomor 2.
Soal This question is marked in red
School uniforms are uniforms which are obligatory to be …. by the students in the
school or any other educational …. School uniforms tell …. things such as
students' grade level and school or institution identity. Nowadays, school
uniforms become a ….issue among parents. Some of them think that school
uniforms are necessary, while others think that they ….
A. Debatable
B. Debater
C. Debate
D. Debating
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Arti kalimat:
Nomor 3.
Soal This question is marked in red
A. May be
B. Must be
C. Should be
D. Is going to be
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Modals adalah sebuah bentuk kata yang membantu kata kerja dan sering
digunakan untuk menunjukkan bahwa sebuah kalimat mengandung makna
tentang “saran” , “kemampuan”, “pernyataan izin/permintaan”, “keharusan”,
dan “kemungkinan”. Modals selalu diikuti oleh kata kerja pertama.
Nomor 4.
Soal This question is marked in red
A. Measuring
B. Measure
C. Measured
D. Have measured
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Kalimat di atas harus diikuti bentuk verb yang tepat. Adapun kalimat tersebut
menjelaskan kejadian lampau (hasil penelitian), maka menggunakan simple past
tense, dengan pola:
S + V2 + O
Jawaban [C] karena “measured” mengikuti pola simple past tense, dan sesuai
untuk melengkapi kalimat di atas
Nomor 5.
"We think that sleep is a ….. of the body trying to conserve energy in a setting
where energetic levels are ...… down. Our findings suggest that if you ....… to
fast for a day, we would predict you might get ...… because your energetic stores
…... be depleted," said study co-author David Raizen, MD, PhD, an associate
professor of Neurology and member of the Chronobiology and Sleep Institute at
Penn.
A. Going
B. Goes
C. Go
D. Gone
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Kalimat tersebut harus diikuti bentuk verb yang tepat. Maka digunakan “Present
Continuous Tense” dengan pola:
Subject + to be + Verb-ing
Pilihan B, C, dan D salah karena tidak mengikuti pola kalimat present continuous
tense.
Jawaban [A] karena “going” mengikuti pola kalimat present continuous tense dan
sesuai untuk melengkapi kalimat.
Nomor 6.
The energy value of food is usually …. in calories. A calorie is the amount of heat
…. is required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C. The
number of calories which people need per day ….. It depends on the activity
which the people are involved …. For example; people will need more calories
for standing ….. for sitting, etc.
A. On
B. In
C. Out
D. At
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
“It depends on the activity which the people are involved … (4)”
Arti kalimat:
Jawaban [B] karena kata “in” lazim digunakan bersama kata “involved”
dan menjadi satu kesatuan makna “involved in” yang berarti terlibat dalam
sehingga sesuai untuk melengkapi kalimat.
Nomor 7.
A. Was
B. Which
C. Who
D. Were
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Kalimat di atas harus dilengkapi dengan reference atau rujukan terhadap sesuatu
yang telah disebutkan sebelumnya.
Jawaban [D] karena “were” pada kalimat di atas merujuk pada Tingkat kortisol,
yang dikenal sebagai hormon "stres".
Nomor 8.
When Michael Joseph Jackson was born into a large family in a small house in
Gary, Ind., .......... Aug. 29, 1958, no one ............... that he would become perhaps
the most recognizable entertainer on the planet. On the king of pop’s birthday, this
article takes you back through his life and music. Jackson’s rise was swift.
By the time he was 10, he and his brothers were pop sensations performing as the
Jackson 5. The group had four No. 1 Motown hits in a little more than a year,
including “I Want You Back,” all of which ...........Michael’s ebullient high-
pitched voice. By 20, Jackson wanted to .............from his overbearing father, his
demanding siblings and the Jackson 5 sound. His first solo album, “Off the Wall,”
may be the quintessential recording of the disco era. It featured “Don’t Stop ’Til
You Get Enough,” for which Jackson sang with a flirtatious falsetto. Jackson’s
next album was “Thriller,” which was released in 1982 and became the best-
selling album of all time. It won eight Grammy Awards, spent two years on the
Billboard album chart and sold more than 100 million copies around the world.
Jackson’s dancing and innovative music videos, especially the one for the title
track “Thriller,” helped redefine the medium and open MTV to black musicians.
A. Had featured
B. Has featured
C. Would featured
D. Featured
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Pilihan (A) salah karena “had featured” merupakan bentuk dari “Past
Perfect Tense”
Pilihan (B) salah karena “has featured” merupakan bentuk dari “Simple
Perfect Tense”
Pilihan (C) salah karena “would featured” merupakan bentuk dari “Past
Future Tense”
Nomor 9.
In … every job or position you hold during your time in the United States will
… you to be punctual, which means … . This practice will serve you well in both
… academic … professional careers.
A. Near
B. Nearly
C. Nothing
D. Accordingly
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Pilihan A, C, dan D salah karena arti kata tersebut tidak sesuai untuk
melengkapi kalimat dan membentuk kalimat yang logis.
Jawaban [B] karena adverb “Nearly” memiliki arti hampir dan sesuai untuk
melengkapi kalimat dan membentuk kalimat yang logis.
Nomor 10.
George Washington was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S.
president, from 1789 to 1797. The son of a prosperous planter, Washington was
… in colonial Virginia. As a young man, he worked as a … then fought in the
French and Indian War (1754-63). During the American Revolution, he led the
colonial forces to victory over the British … became a national hero. In 1787, he
… president of the convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution. Two years later,
Washington became America’s first president. Realizing that the way he handled
the job would impact how future presidents approached the position, he handed
down a legacy of strength, integrity and national purpose. Less than three years
after … office, he died at his Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, at age 67.
A. Left
B. Leaved
C. Leaving
D. Leave
Pembahasan Pembahasan
Nomor 11.
School uniforms are uniforms which are obligatory to be.......by the students in
the school or any other educational …. School uniforms tell …. things such as
students' grade level and school or institution identity. Nowadays, school uniforms
become a ….issue among parents. Some of them think that school uniforms are
necessary, while others think that they …..
A. Wear
B. Wearing
C. Worn
D. Wears
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Arti kalimat:
“Seragam sekolah adalah seragam yang wajib untuk dipakai oleh siswa di
sekolah…”
Maka kalimat diatas perlu dilengkapi dengan verb dalam pola kalimat pasif.
Pola kalimat pasif:
Subject + to be + V3
Jawaban [C] karena worn merupakan verb 3 dari kata kerja wear. Maka
kalimat lengkapmya menjadi:
Nomor 12.
A. Him
B. He
C. His
D. Her
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Kalimat tersebut tidak lengkap karena tidak memiliki objek, adapun objek
yang dimaksud adalah Barrack Obama/He. Objective Pronoun yang tepat
adalah “him”.
Jawaban [A] karena “him” adalah subjective pronoun yang tepat untuk
Barrack Obama/he.
Nomor 13.
In … every job or position you hold during your time in the United States will …
you to be punctual, which means … . This practice will serve you well in both …
academic … professional careers.
A. And
B. Or
C. But
D. For
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Pilihan B, C dan D salah karena bukan pasangan yang tepat untuk paired
conjunction “both”.
Nomor 14.
Soal This question is marked in red
Although it has been commonly accepted that cats … in Egypt 4000 years ago,
their history among human beings goes back much further. Wild cats are now
known to have lived among the … of Mesopotamia over 100,000 years ago and to
have been domesticated there approximately 12,000 BCE at about the same time
as dogs, sheep, and goats. … excavations in the past ten years have provided
evidence that the Near Eastern Wildcat is the … relative of the modern-day
domestic cat and was bred by Mesopotamian farmers, most probably as … pests,
such as mice, which were attracted by grain supplies.
A. Archeology
B. Archeologic
C. Archeological
D. Archaeologist
Pembahasan Pembahasan
Nomor 15.
Soal This question is marked in red
London (CNN) A fire has ….. out at Japan's Shuri Castle on the island of
Okinawa, local police told CNN on Wednesday. People in the area ….....
being evacuated, said a police spokesperson, though it is unclear how
many ….... there are or how big the fire is. The main building of the Shuri
Castle is seen …..... fire in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan,
early 31 October 2019. The castle was ….... destroyed during the Battle of
Okinawa in 1945, and reconstruction work was only completed in the early
1990s.
A. In
B. Around
C. On
D. At
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Nomor 16.
B. Never eat
C. Never eaten
D. Ever eaten
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Kalimat di atas menjelaskan suatu kejadian yang telah selesai dilakukan dan hasil
pekerjaan itu dapat dilihat pada saat sekarang, disebut present perfect tense. Maka
struktur kalimatnya adalah:
S + Have/Has + V3 + O
Nomor 17.
A. That I attended
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Kalimat di atas merupakan kalimat indirect speech dan dalam bentuk past perfect
tense. Maka polanya adalah:
S + had + V3 + O
Jawaban [C] karena “how often I attended” mengikuti pola kalimat di atas yang
berarti seberapa sering saya menghadiri kursus jurnalis.
Nomor 18.
Soal The flight was announced delay a moment ago. Now, the passengers … at the
airport.
A. Waiting
B. Is waited
C. Are waiting
D. Were waiting
Pembahasan Pembahasan:
Kalimat dalam soal menggunakan dua pola tenses yaitu past dan present
continuous tense. Pada kalimat pertama menggunakan pola past tense, karena
keterangan waktu “a moment ago” atau beberapa saat lalu menunjukkan sesuatu
yang sudah terjadi. Kalimat kedua menggunakan present continuous tense, hal ini
ditandai dengan penggunaan kata “now” atau saat ini sebagai keterangan waktu
untuk menjelaskan kejadian yang saat ini sedang berlangsung. Maka, untuk
menjawab pertanyaan tersebut dibutuhkan kata kerja bentuk present continuous
yaitu To be + V ing.
Pilihan A salah karena tidak ada to be sebagai auxiliary verb atau kata kerja bantu.
Pilihan D salah karena kata kerja bantu “were” digunakan untuk pola kalimat past
tense, bukan present tense.
Jawaban [C] benar karena sesuai untuk pola kalimat present continuous tense.
Nomor 19.
Soal Valentino Rossi has seen his career …. over the years
A. tormenting
B. rejected
C. declining
D. ejected
Pembahasan Pembahasan: C. Declining
Kolom kosong pada soal terletak diantara sebuah noun dan adverb waktu yang
terletak setelah unsur Subject dan Verb, maka jawaban B dan D salah karena yang
dibutuhkan bukan V3 namun sebuah gerund. Kata tormenting berarti menyiksa
atau menghancurkan tidak cocok dengan konteks kalimat yang menyatakan
perjalanan karir seseorang, maka jawaban yang paling benar ialah C.
Nomor 20.
Soal Susi: What a nice nail arts! Did you make it yourself?
Pembahasan Pembahasan: