(D) Although

1. _____ Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn't found a job yet.
(A) However
(B) Yet
(C) That
(D) Although
Pembahasan Jawaban:
Terdapat dua cluse: clause 1 (Jane has an excellent resume), clause 2 (she hasn't found a job
yet). Karena ada dua clause maka kita butuh 1 connector untuk menghubungkan ke dua clause
tersebut. Dari pilihan jawaban yang ada, hanya pilihan B dan D yang merupakan connector.
Pilihan B salah karena kata yet ketika menjadi connector berada di tengah clause atau di antara
ke dua clause bukan di awal kalimat; yet masuk dalam coordinate connector. Pilihan paling tepat
ialah D. Although masuk dalam kategori subordinate connector yang letaknya bisa di antara ke
dua clause bisa juga depan kalimat.
2. _____ several universities that have excellent engineering schools.
(A) There are
(B) The
(C) There is a lot of
(D) Some of
Pembahasan Jawaban:
Kalimat di atas terdapat dua clause ditandai adanya connector 'that'. Clause 1 ' several
universities' kehilangan kata kerja. Clause 2 'that have excellent engineering schools' sudah
lengkap. Subjectnya ialah that yang juga berfungsi sebagai connector.
Olehnya, kita butuh untuk melengkapi clause pertama yg kehilangan verb. Dari pilihan jawaban
yg ada, hanya pilihan A dan C yg berisi verb. Pilihan paling tepat ialah pilihan A.
3. Many Middle Eastern diplomats still feel that the United States is intent _____ the ultimate
police in the region.
(A) to being
(B) being
(C) be
(D) on being
Pembahasan Jawaban:
Pasangan Phrase: intent + on
4. Woodrow Wilson believed the United States' entry into World War I would put a _____ to the
war in months.
(A) to stop
(B) stop
(C) stopping
(D) will had stopped
Pembahasan Jawaban: article 'a' + noun
Dari pilihan jawaban hanya B yang merupakan kata benda (noun).
5. _____ of New York's Erie Canal greatly enhanced trade in the upstate region.
(A) The complete
(B) Completing
(C) A completing
(D) The completion
Pembahasan Jawaban: Yang dibutuhkan ialah subject untuk melengkapi kalimat di atas.
6. A leech, after _____ the skin, is best removed by the application of either salt or heat.
(A) it attaches itself to
(B) attaching it
(C) its attaching to
(D) where it attaches to
Pembahasan Jawaban: kata after menandakan adanya clause lain selain clause utama 'A
leech is best removed by the application of either salt or heat'
7. _____ east of the Mississippi River.
(A) Indigo was grown usually
(B) Usually grown was Indigo
(C) Indigo usually grown
(D) Indigo was usually grown
Pembahasan Jawaban: Kata adverb (usually) umumnya terletak setelah helping verb BE (was).
8. _____ wrote the operetta Babes in Toyland, drawn from the childhood characters of Mother
Goose.
(A) That was Victor Herbert who
(B) Victor Herbert who
(C) Since it was Victor Herbert
(D) It was Victor Herbert who
Pembahasan Jawaban: Yang dibutuhkan kalimat di atas ialah subject kalimat.
9. Some of the oldest and most widespread creation myths are _____ involving the all-giving
"Earth Mother."
(A) those
(B) them
(C) they
(D) their
Pembahasan Jawaban: those mengarah ke subject kalimat yang plural (myths).
10. In _____ , disk technology has made record albums almost obsolete.
(A) the decade from
(B) the decade since
(C) the past decade
(D) decade ago the
Pembahasan Jawaban: Hal ini seharusnya sangat mudah, karena sangat umum digunakan.
Jika tidak biasa didapatkan gunakan rumus Noun Phrase (Adjective + Noun)
11. In the first few months of life, an infant learns how to lift its head, smile, and _____ .
(A) parents to recognize

(B) recognize its parents
(C) recognizing its parents
(D) the recognizing of its parents
Pembahasan Jawaban: Parallel Structure: lift (infinitive), smile (infinitive), and recognize
(infinitive)
12. Juana Inez de la Cruz _____ Mexico's greatest female poet.
(A) considered
(B) considered to be
(C) is considered to be
(D) is consideration
Pembahasan Jawaban: Yang dibutuhkan ialah verb untuk mengisi kalimat. Pilihan yang berisi
verb lengkap sesuai makna kalimat ialah pilihan C.
13. Because the metal mercury _____ in direct proportion to temperature, it was once used as the
indicator in common thermometers.
(A) is expanding
(B) expands
(C) is expanded
(D) expanded
Pembahasan Jawaban: Kita lihat terdapat 1 connector 'because' yang menandakan adanya dua
clause. Clause 2 'it was once used as the indicator in common thermometers' sudah lengkap.
YYang kita butuhkan ialah verb untuk melengkapi clause 1. Subject dari clause 1 ialah 'the metal
mercury'. Dari segi makna ada dua piihan jawaban yang memungkinkan ialah pilihan B dan D.
Pilihan paling tepat ialah pilihan B karena konteks dari clause 1 mengarah ke waktu sekarang
(present tense).
14. _____ what is now San Salvador, Christopher Columbus believed that he had found Japan.
(A) He reached
(B) When did he reach
(C) Having reached
(D) Whether he reached
Pembahasan Jawaban:
Yang terlihat di kalimat, terdapat 3 clause dan dua connector (what & that). Clause 1 (what is
now San Salvador), clause 2 (Christopher Columbus believed), clause 3 (he had found Japan).
Ingat prinsip kalimat bahasa Inggris: jika ada dua clause maka butuh 1 connector, 3 clause butuh
2 connector, dan 4 clause butuh 3 connector.
Pilihan A salah karena terdapat 1 clause baru tanpa connector. Jika dimasukkan dalam kalimat
maka akan terdapat 4 clause hanya dengan dua connector.
Pilihan B salah karena menggunakan helping verb 'did'. Did ketika bersama WH Question
(when) hanya digunakan dalam interrogative sentence.
Pilihan D salah karena whether bukanlah subordinate conjunction. Subordinate conjunction ialah
conjunction atau connector yang bisa terletak di awal dan di pertengahan kalimat.
15. The principal purpose of aviation medicine is _____ by people aboard an aircraft in flight.
(A) to study the stress experienced

(B) study the experienced stress
(C) to study stress experiencing
(D) study the stress experience
Pembahasan Jawaban:
is to study (is + to infinitive) adalah bentuk umum / sudah sangat umum digunakan dalam
kalimat.
to study the stress experienced (untuk memplejari tekanan yang dialami)

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1. _____ Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn't found a job yet.

(A) parents to recognize

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