1. When a spacecraft is operating beyond the atmosphere, its fins and wings not longer serve to stabilize it.
(A) When
(B) beyond
(C) not longer
(D) stabilize

Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– bentuk benar yang digunakan untuk “tidak lagi” adalah “no longer”

When a spacecraft is operating beyond the atmosphere, its fins and wings no longer serve to stabilize it.
Ketika sebuah pesawat luar angkasa beroperasi setelah atmosfer, sirip dan sayapnya tidak lagi berfungsi untuk membuatnya stabil.

2. The University of Chicago is unlike most other U.S. universities in that it has emphasized graduate student programs so much as undergraduate programs ever since it opened.
(A) unlike
(B) most other
(C) so much
(D) ever since

Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– bentuk benar yang digunakan untuk “sebanyak” adalah “as much as”

The University of Chicago is unlike most other U.S. universities in that it has emphasized graduate student programs as much as undergraduate programs ever since it opened.
Universitas Chicaho tidak seperti sebagian besar universitas-universitas lain Amerika Serikat di mana ia mempromosikan program pascasarjana sama halnya seperti program sarjana sejak ia dibuka.

3. The mass production of paper bags cut costs so much that a bag soon became a routine part of near every purchase.
(A) production
(B) so much
(C) soon
(D) near

Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– bentuk benar yang digunakan untuk “hampir” adalah “nearly”

The mass production of paper bags cut costs so much that a bag soon became a routine part of nearly every purchase.
Produksi massal kantong kertas memotong begitu banyak biaya sehingga kantong segera menjadi bagian rutin dari hampir semua pembelian.

4. A person must be at least thirty years age in order to serve as a US. senator.
(A) must be
(B) least
(C) age
(D) serve as

Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– bentuk benar untuk menyatakan usia adalah “…. years old” atau “… years of age”

A person must be at least thirty years old in order to serve as a US. senator.
A person must be at least thirty years of age in order to serve as a US. senator.
Seseorang harus setidaknya berusia tiga puluh tahun supaya bisa menjadi seorang senator Amerika Serikat.

5. No other state receives as few rainfall as the state of Nevada.
(A) No
(B) other
(C) few
(D) as

Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– rainfall = curah hujan = uncountable noun
– untuk uncountable noun kita gunakan ‘little’,
– ‘few’ digunakan untuk countable noun

No other state receives as little rainfall as the state of Nevada.
Tidak ada negara bagian lain menerima curah hujan sesedikit negara bagian Nevada.

6. Because of refraction, the water in a tank ever looks as deep as it actually is.
(A) Because
(B) ever
(C) as deep
(D) actually

Jawaban yang paling tepat (B)
– Penggunaan ‘ever’ tidak tepat untuk konteks kalimat
– ever = pernah, selalu
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘never’

Because of refraction, the water in a tank ever looks as deep as it actually is.
Karena pembiasan, air di dalam wadah tidak pernah terlihat sedalam yang sebenarnya.

7. Molds grow on bread, fruit, paper and much other substances.
(A) grow
(B) much
(C) other
(D) substances

Jawaban yang paling tepat (B)
– substances = countable noun
– ‘much’ hanya bisa digunakan untuk uncountable noun
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘many’

Molds grow on bread, fruit, paper and many other substances.
Jamur tumbuh di roti, buah, kertas banyak bahan lain.

8. The lei, which is made of flowers, shells, and other materials, is presented to visitors as a symbolize of Hawaiian hospitality.
(A) made
(B) other
(C) as
(D) symbolize

Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– symbolize = verb = melambangkan
– ‘a’ = determiner, hanya bisa mendahului noun
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘symbol’ (noun)

The lei, which is made of flowers, shells, and other materials, is presented to visitors as a symbol of Hawaiian hospitality.
Lei, yang dibuat dari bunga, cangkang, dan bahan lain, disajikan kepada pengunjung sebagai simbol keramahtamahan orang Hawaii.

9. The botanists Katherine Hunter and Emily Fose spent many difficult months making research in the Rocky Mountains.
(A) botanists
(B) many
(C) making
(D) in the

Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– untuk penelitian, collocation (bentuk lazim) yang digunakan adalah ‘do research’
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘doing’

The botanists Katherine Hunter and Emily Fose spent many difficult months doing research in the Rocky Mountains.
Ahli botani Katherine Hunter dan Emily Fose menghabiskan berbulan-bulan yang sulit melakukan penelitian di Pegunungan Rocky.

10. Early explorers in Utah named the cliffs they encountered “reefs” because they thought these cliffs looked alike coral formations.
(A) Early
(B) encountered
(C) because
(D) alike

Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– bentuk yang benar ‘like’
– looked like = terlihat seperti
– looked alike = terlihat sama

Early explorers in Utah named the cliffs they encountered “reefs” because they thought these cliffs looked like coral formations.
Penjelajah awal di Utah menamai tebing-tebing yang mereka temukan “karang” karena mereka berpikir tebing-tebing terlihat seperti formasi karang.

11. Today oysters are grown and harvested much like any another crop.
(A) Today
(B) much
(C) like
(D) another

Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– another bisa befungsi sebagai ‘adjective’ atau ‘pronoun’. Tidak bisa didahului ‘determiner’ (any)
– yang bisa didahului determiner adalah ‘other’
– ‘other’ lazimnya diikuti plural noun: other books
– tapi ‘other’ bisa diikuti singular noun jika diawali determiner: ‘the’ ‘some’ ‘any’ ‘one’ ‘no’

Today oysters are grown and harvested much like any other crop.
Saat ini tiram dikembangkan dan dipanen sama seperti tanaman-tanaman panenan lain.

12. Walter Hunt invented an enormous amount of devices, including the safety pin and a machine for making nails.
(A) amount
(B) including
(C) machine
(D) making

Jawaban yang paling tepat (A)
– devices = countable noun
– ‘amount’ digunakan untuk uncountable noun
– untuk countable noun, bentuk yang benar adalah ‘number’: a great number of people etc

Walter Hunt invented an enormous number of devices, including the safety pin and a machine for making nails.
Walter Hunt menciptakan piranti dalam jumlah besar, termasuk peniti dan mesin untuk membuat kuku.

13. Connecticut, like the other New England states, are dotted with many little lakes.
(A) like
(B) other
(C) are
(D) many

Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– subject kalimat adalah singular subject (Connecticut)
– untuk singular subject, kita gunakan singular verb (is)

Connecticut, like the other New England states, is dotted with many little lakes.
Connecticut, seperti negara-negara bagian New England yang lain, dihiasi banyak danau-danau kecil.

14. The soonest parachutes were made of canvas, but later, silk and then nylon were used.
(A) soonest
(B) made of
(C) later
(D) were used

Jawaban yang paling tepat (A)
– soonest = yang paling cepat / segera
– bentuk yang benar ‘earliest’ = yang paling awal

The earliest parachutes were made of canvas, but later, silk and then nylon were used.
Parasut yang paling awal dibuat dari kain kanvas, tapi kemudian, sutera dan nilon digunakan.

15. When vigorous exercise, muscles require a much greater amount of oxygen than when they are at rest.
(A) When
(B) much greater
(C) amount
(D) when they

Jawaban yang paling tepat (A)
– vigorous exercise = noun phrase
– ‘when’ = subordinating conjunction, perlu diikuti klausa
– untuk noun, kita gunakan ‘during’ (preposition)

During vigorous exercise, muscles require a much greater amount of oxygen than when they are at rest.
Selama kegiatan olahraga yang energik, otot-otot membutuhkan oksigen dalam jumlah lebih banyak dibandingkan ketika mereka dalam keadaan istirahat.

16. Medical students must to study both the theory and practice of medicine.
(A) to study
(B) both
(C) theory
(D) medicine

Jawaban yang paling tepat (A)
– must = modal verb
– modal verb hanya bisa diikuti verb dalam bentuk Verb 1
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘study’

Medical students must study both the theory and practice of medicine.
Mahasiswa kedokteran harus mempelajari baik teori maupun praktik pengobatan.

17. The seal, like the sea lion and the walrus, is a descendant of ancestors that once live on the land.
(A) like
(B) is
(C) descendant
(D) live

Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– once = dulunya, merujuk pada masa lampau
– bentuk verb yang tepat adalah bentuk Verb 2 (lived)

The seal, like the sea lion and the walrus, is a descendant of ancestors that once lived on the land.
Anjing laut, seperti singa laut dan walrus, adalah keturunan dari nenek moyang yang dulunya tinggal di daratan.

18. The top layer of the ocean stores as much heat as does gases in the atmosphere.
(A) The top
(B) stores
(C) heat
(D) does

Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– gases = plural noun
– ‘does’ digunakan untuk singular subject
– bentuk yang tepat adalah ‘do’

The top layer of the ocean stores as much heat as do gases in the atmosphere.
Lapisan atas lautan menyimpan panas sebanyak gas di atmosfer.

19. Every one of the body’s billions of cells require a constant supply of food and oxygen.
(A) billions
(B) require
(C) constant
(D) supply

Jawaban yang paling tepat (B)
– Kalimat soal diawali dengan ‘every’
– every + noun diikuti dengan singular verb
– bentuk yang tepat adalah ‘requires’

Every one of the body’s billions of cells requires a constant supply of food and oxygen.
Setiap satu dari milyaran sel tubuh memerlukan suplai makanan dan oksigen yang konstan.

20. In science, the results of an experiment are not generally accepted until they had been duplicated in other laboratories.
(A) science
(B) accepted
(C) had
(D) duplicated

Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– Main clause adalah sebuah fakta umum
– Untuk fakta umum kita gunakan Present Simple Tense
– Subordinating clause juga perlu dalam bentuk Present
– bentuk yang tepat adalah ‘have’

In science, the results of an experiment are not generally accepted until they have been duplicated in other laboratories.
Dalam sains, hasil dari sebuah percobaan umumnya tidak diterima sampai mereka diduplikasi di laboratorium-laboratorium lain.