STUDENT NAME: Aditya Wahyudi

STUDENT ID NUMBER: 1904125109

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

UNIVERSITAS OF RIAU
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CLASS : ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Toefl Preparation)
CODE/CREDIT : PIO12092/ CREDIT (2)
DEPAERTMENT : MARINE SCIENCE
LECTURER : DR. SYAFRUDDIN NASUTION, M.Sc
DAY/DATE/TIME :
TIME AVAILABLE : 60 MINUTES

A. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING many, much, a few, or a little.

1. He doesn’t have many tools.

2. Tina has much time to finish her homework.
3. Their kids don’t get many toys at Christmas.
4. The band is not so popular, they only have a few fans.
5. Rendang is a little spicy for American people.
6. Her family owns many dogs.
7. Students doesn’t have much free time these days.
8. It’s a little hot in Jakarta.
9. My mother always puts too much sugar in the batter.
10. How much money do you want to borrow?
11. How many pairs of shoes do you have?
12. There are too many students absent.
13. many people like action movies.
14. Only few people attended the seminar yesterday so it’s very quiet.
15. Don’t put too much salt in the omelette.
16. How many hours will spend to finish this project?
17. I only have a little money so I can’t join the trip.
18. My brother always stays home so he has a few friends.
19. There is a little milk left in the fridge.
20. She never got much attention from her parents when she was young

B. CHOOSE a, b, or c TO COMPLITE THE SENTENCES FOLLOW.

1. Rita can walk … than you think.

a. more far
b. further
c. furthest
2. I hope tomorrow will be … than today.
a. best
b. better

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 c. good
3. He runs as … as molasses in January.
a. slow
b. slowest
c. slower
4. The modern wind turbine works the …
a. more efficiently
b. most efficiently
c. efficiently
5. He has the … house among all his friends.
a. big
b. biggest
c. bigger

6. I have no idea why he spoke … than before.

a. more gently
b. gently
c. gentlier
7. Krystal is as … as her sister.
a. more beautiful
b. most beautiful
c. beautiful
8. If only I could find the … path from node x to node y.
a. easiest
b. more easy
c. easier
9. The man treated his stepchildren … than animals.
a. badly
b. worst
c. worse
10. Your spicy ramen noodle is … than mine.
a. hot
b. hotter
c. hottest

C. PILIHLAH RELATIVE PRONOUN ATAU RELATIVE ADVERB YANG

MENURUTMU PALING TEPAT UNTUK MELENGKAPI BAGIAN YANG
KOSONG DENGAN MENGETIK a, b, or c.

1. The university … I earned my Bachelor’s degree has built a new bussiness school
building.
a. which
b. where
c. that
2. I’d like to teach the children … were with us last weekend about forgiveness.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
3. Someone sent her a letter, … made her smile all day long.
a. whom

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 b. which
c. that
4. The little girl … is running down the hill is my neighbor’s daughter.
a. whom
b. who
c. which
5. The homeless was sleeping on the sidewalk, … was dirty and smell very bad.
a. that
b. which
c. where

6. Today is the day … most people in Indonesia get the day off.
a. that
b. which
c. when
7. The Bogor Palace, … was rebuilt in 1856, is one of Indonesia’s Presidential
Palaces.
a. which
b. that
c. who
8. The movie … they watched was very interesting.
a. whose
b. whom
c. that
9. The student, … IQ is higher that Albert Einstein, loves to learn foreign
languages.
a. who
b. whose
c. that
10. It was my classmate … hit the tennis ball over the net.
a. which
b. that
c. whom

D. READING COMPREHENSION

Questions 1 through 7 refer to the following passage:

In the 16th century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan
led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the
king of Portugal, but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and
lost the king’s favor. After he was dismissed from service by the king of Portugal, he offered
to serve the future Emperor Charles V of Spain.

A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World west of 50 degrees W
longitude to Spain and all the land east of that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that
the East Indies fell under Spanish authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from
Spain with five ships. More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography
of South America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the
remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America. Finally they

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found the passage they sought near 50 degrees S latitude. Magellan named this passage the
Strait of All Saints, but today it is known as the Strait of Magellan.

One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were
privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained crossed
the meridian now known as the International Date Line in the early spring of 1521 after 98
days on the Pacific Ocean. During those long days at sea, many of Magellan’s men died of
starvation and disease.

Later, Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was killed in a
tribal battle. Only one ship and 17 sailors under the command of the Basque navigator Elcano
survived to complete the westward journey to Spain and thus prove once and for all that the
world is round, with no precipice at the edge.

1. The 16th century was an age of great ______ exploration.

1. cosmic
2. land
3. mental
4. common man
5. None of the above
2. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became involved in a political
________.
1. entanglement
2. discussion
3. negotiation
4. problem
5. None of the above
3. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on
one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that
extends in a _________ direction.
1. north and south
2. crosswise
3. easterly
4. south east
5. north and west
4. One of Magellan’s ships explored the _________ of South America for a passage across the
continent.
1. coastline
2. mountain range
3. physical features
4. islands
5. None of the above
5. Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern ______.
1. coast
2. inland
3. body of land with water on three sides
4. border
5. Answer not available
6. The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ________.
1. Greenwich
2. The equator
3. Spain
4. Portugal

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 5. Madrid
7. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the _______ now called the International Date Line.
1. imaginary circle passing through the poles
2. imaginary line parallel to the equator
3. area
4. land mass
5. Answer not available

 The following passage refers to questions 8 through 14.

Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband,
Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and
other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie’s amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the
secrets of the atom.

Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At an early
age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning
prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when
she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher
education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she
earned her master’s degree and doctorate in physics.

Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day,
one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive
years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre
was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and
endured heartbreaking anguish. Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that
they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself
greatly increased her distress.

Curie’s feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a
physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-
famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although
Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became
disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science
and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world.

8. The Curies’ _________ collaboration helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.
1. friendly
2. competitive
3. courteous
4. industrious
5. chemistry
9. Marie had a bright mind and a ______ personality.
1. strong
2. lighthearted
3. humorous
4. strange
5. envious
10. When she learned that she could not attend the university in Warsaw, she felt _________.
1. hopeless
2. annoyed
3. depressed
4. worried

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 5. None of the above
11. Marie _________ by leaving Poland and traveling to France to enter the Sorbonne.
1. challenged authority
2. showed intelligence
3. behaved
4. was distressed
5. Answer not available
12. _________ she remembered their joy together.
1. Dejectedly
2. Worried
3. Tearfully
4. Happily
5. Irefully
13. Her _________ began to fade when she returned to the Sorbonne to succeed her husband.
1. misfortune
2. anger
3. wretchedness
4. disappointment
5. ambition
14. Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never ____
1. troubled
2. worried
3. disappointed
4. sorrowful
5. disturbed

HAVE A VERY NICE DAY

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