Soal Barron

1. In simple animals, .......... reflex movement or involuntary response to stimuli.

(A) behavior mostly
(B) most is behavior
(C) most behavior is
(D) the most behavior

2. Although the whether in Martha's Vineyard isn't .......... to have a year-around tourist season,
it has become a favorite summer resort.
(A) goodly enough
(B) good enough
(C) good as enough
(D) enough good

3. According to the wave theory, .......... population of the Americas may have been the result
of a number of separate migrations.
(A) the
(B) their
(C) that
(D) whose

4. It is presumed that governing the sharing of food influenced .......... that the earliest cultures
evolved.
(A) that the way
(B) is the way
(C) the way
(D) which way

5. Calculus, .......... elegant and economical symbolic system, can reduce complex problems to
simple terms.
(A) it is an
(B) that an
(C) an
(D) is an

6. Canada does not require that U.S. citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and .......... .
(A) Mexico does neither
(B) Mexico doesn't either
(C) neither Mexico does
(D) either does Mexico

7. The poet .......... just beginning to be recognized as an important influence at the time of his
death.
(A) being Walt Whitman
(B) who was Walt Whitman
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Walt Whitman was

8. ........... the formation of the sun, the planets, and other stars began with the condensation
of an interstellar cloud.
(A) It accepted that
(B) Accepted that
(C) It is accepted that
(D) That is accepted
.

9. As a general rule, the standard of living .......... by the average output of each person in
society.
(A) is fixed
(B) fixed
(C) has fixed
(D) fixes

10. The Consumer Price Index lists .......... .

(A) how much costs every car
(B) how much does every car cost
(C) how much every car costs
(D) how much are every car cost

11. The Ford Theater where Lincoln was shot .......... .

(A) must restore
(B) must be restoring
(C) must have been restored
(D) must restored

12. Fast-food restaurants have become popular because many working people want .......... .
(A) to eat quickly and cheaply
(B) eating quickly and cheaply
(C) eat quickly and cheaply
(D) the eat quickly and cheaply

13. After seeing the movie Centennial, .......... .

(A) the book was red by many people
(B) the book made many people want to read it
(C) many people wanted to read the book
(D) the reading of the book interested many people

14. .........., Carl Sandburg is also well-known for his multivolume biography of Lincoln.
(A) An eminent American poet
(B) He is an eminent American poet
(C) An eminent American poet who is
(D) Despite an eminent American poet

15. The examiner made us .......... our identification in order to be admitted to the test center.
(A) showing
(B) show
(C) showed
(D) to show
 Soal Longman

1. _______ range in color from pale yellow to

bright orange.
(A) Canaries which
(B) Canaries
(C) That canaries
(D) Canaries that are

2. _______ of precious gems is determined by their hardness, color, and brilliance.

(A) The valuable
(B) It is the value
(C) It is valuable
(D) The value

3. _______ a tornado spins in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, it

spins in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere.
(A) However
(B) Because of
(C) Although
(D) That

4. The Caldecott Medal, _______ for the best children's picture book, is awarded each
January.
(A) a prize
(B) which prize
(C) is a prize which
(D) is a prize

5. The horn of the rhinoceros consists of a cone of tight bundles of keratin _______ from
the epidermis.
(A) grow
(B) grows
(C) growing
(D) they grow

6. Most species of heliotropes are weeds, _______ of them are cultivated.

(A) some
(B) but some
(C) for some species
(D) some species

7. Thunder occurs as _______ through air, causing the heated air to expand and collide
with layers of cooler air.
(A) an electrical charge
(B) passes an electrical charge
(C) the passing of an electrical charge
(D) an electrical charge passes
8. Researchers have long debated _______ Saturn's moon Titan contains hydrocarbon
oceans and lakes.
(A) over it
(B) whether it
(C) whether
(D) whether over

9. Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark grey clouds _______ forebode rain.
(A) what
(B) which
(C) what they
(D) which they

10. _______ in several early civilizations, a cubit was based on the length of the forearm
from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow.
(A) It was used as a measurement
(B) A measurement was used
(C) The use of a measurement
(D) Used as a measurement

11. Only when air and water seep through its outer coat _______
(A) does a seed germinate
(B) to the germination of a seed
(C) a seed germinates
(D) for a seed to germinate

12. _______ seasonal rainfall, especially in regions near the tropics, is winds that
blow in an opposite direction in winter than in summer.
(A) Causing
(B) That cause
(C) To cause
(D) What causes

13. The extinct Martian volcano Olympus Mons is approximately three times
as _______ Mount Everest.
(A) high
(B) high as is
(C) higher than
(D) the highest of
.

14. The flight instructor, _______ at the air base, said that orders not to fight had
been given.
(A) when interviewed
 (B) when he interviewed
(C) when his interview
(D) when interviewing

15. In the northern and central parts of the state of Idaho _______ and churning
rivers.
(A) majestic mountains are found
(B) found majestic mountains
(C) are found majestic mountains
(D) finding majestic mountains

1. The hard palate forms a partition ____ and nasal passages.

(A) the mouth
(B) between the mouth
(C) is between the mouth
(D) it is between the mouth

2. Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Rick Blaine in Casablanca ____ of Humphrey Bogart's more
famous roles.
(A) they are two
(B) two of them are
(C) two of them
(D) are two

3. ____, the outermost layer of skin, is about as thick as a sheet of paper over most of the skin.
(A) It is the epidermis
(B) In the epidermis
(C) The epidermis
(D) The epidermis is

4. During the Precambrian period, the Earth's crust formed, and life ____ in the seas.
(A) first appeared
(B) first to appear
(C) is first appearing
(D) appearing

5. When fluid accumulates against the eardrum, a second more insidious type of ____
(A) otitis media may develop
(B) developing otitis media
(C) the development of otitis media
(D) to develop otitis media

6. Before the Statue of Liberty arrived in the United States, newspapers invited the public to help
determine where ____ placed after its arrival.
(A) should the statue be
(B) the statue being
(C) it should be the statue
(D) the statue should be

7. A stock ____ at an inflated price is called a watered stock.

(A) issued
(B) is issued
(C) it is issued
(D) which issued
.

8. Acidic lava flows readily and tends to cover much larger areas, while basic lava ____.
(A) viscous
(B) is more viscous
(C) more viscous
(D) it is more vicious
.

9. Seismic reflections profiling has ____ the ocean floor is underlain by a thin layer of nearly
transparent sediments.
(A) reveal that
(B) revealed that
(C) the revelation of
(D) revealed about

10. ____ and terrifying, coral snakes can grow to 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length.
(A) They are extremely poisonous
(B) The poison is extreme
(C) Extremely Poisonous
(D) An extreme amount of poison

11. The leaves of the white mulberry provide food for silkworms, ____ silk fabrics are woven.
(A) whose cocoons
(B) from cocoons
(C) whose cocoons are from
(D) from whose cocoons

12. As ____ in Greek and Roman mythology, harpies were frightful monsters that were half woman and
half bird.
(A) described
(B) to describe
(C) description
(D) describing

13. Not only ____ generate energy, but it also produces fuel for other fission reactors.
(A) a nuclear breeder reactor
(B) it is a nuclear breeder reactor
(C) does a nuclear breeder reactor
(D) is a nuclear breeder reactor

14. D.W. Griffith pioneered many of the stylistic features and filmmaking techniques ____ as the
Hollywood standard.
(A) that established
(B) that became established
(C) what established
(D) what became established

15. _____ be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.

(A) Hydroelectric power should
(B) When hydroelectric power
(C) Hydroelectric power
(D) Should hydroelectric power

Soal Kaplan
1. _____ Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn't found a job yet.
(A) However
(B) Yet
(C) That
(D) Although

2. _____ several universities that have excellent engineering schools.

(A) There are
(B) The
(C) There is a lot of
(D) Some of
.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. The principal purpose of aviation medicine is _____ by people aboard an air¬craft in flight.
(A) to study the stress experienced
(B) study the experienced stress
(C) to study stress experiencing
(D) study the stress experience