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1. Although the boys have enough money,neither of them ……….. going onvacation.a. Was d. wereb. Are e. have beenc. Is

2. All the classmates of their only son………… invited to his birthday party.a. Am d. beb. Are e. beingc. Is

3. Five hundred miles ………… a longdistance to drive in one day.a. To be d. they

areb. Are being e. isc. Is

4. The school has a lot of classrooms, eachof them …………. equipped with anoverhead projector.a. Are d. beingb. Is e. to bec. They are

5. Neither the students nor their professor………… happy about the result of theexperiment.a. Have been d. wasb. To be e. arec. Were

6. An increase in the number of students………… expected next year.a. Are d. wereb. Is e. willc. Was

7. The number of people attending theconcert …… not as had been expected.a. Was d. wereb. Be e. to bec. Being

8. A number of students taking SPMB………. Each year.a. Increase d. has increasedb. Increased e. is increasingc. Increases

9. Hanny became the focus of attentionwhen she wore a colorful dress and………. At my birthday party.a. Her behavior is foolish

b. Was a foolc. Behaved foolishlyd. Her foolishnesse. Her foolish behavior

10. To face the globalization era in 2020,improvement in all sectors of theeconomy ………..a. Highly necessitatedb. Is highly necessaryc. The necessity is very highd. Are necessarily highe. Are highly necessitated

11. Tini’s frequent absence from school and……… for almost all subjects are causedby her addiction to narcotics.a. She had bad gradesb. Her grades that are badc. Her bad gradesd. That her grades are bade. All her grades are bad

12. The burden of economic problems………… the majority of Indonesianpeople.a. Have been frustratedb. Deeply frustratec. It is deeply frustratingd. Has frustratede. Are frustrated

13. The great number of unskilled labor and……… has made it difficult for thecompany’s product to compete with thoseof other companies.a. There are no experienced managersb. Nor are there experienced managersc. Inexperienced managersd. Neither are there managers

experiencede. The managers are all experienced

14. Different interpretations on the sameevent by various newspapers ……….Readers confused and angry.a. To make d. it makesb. They make e. makesc. Make

15. At the beginning of the semester, each ofthe students ………. Given a new time-table.a. He is d. isb. They are e. bec. Are


16. Due to monetary crisis, the number ofpeople without jobs ……. At themoment.a. Increase d. was increasingb. Is increasing e. will

increasec. Increased

17. One of the problems faced by foreignbusinessmen ………. The frequentchanging of regulations.a. Are d. isb. Is being e. to bec. Be

18. Due to the current financial condition,our budget plan for 1998/1999……………..a. Needs to reviewb. Needs to be reviewedc. Needs reviewd. Is needed to be reviewede. It needs reviewing

19. The way he smiles and talks always…….. many girls.a. To attract d. attractingb. It attracts e. attractc. Attracts

20. In the next poetry reading contest, eachof the contestants ………. Expected to bemore critical and more accurate inpronunciation.a. Is d. to beb. Are e. beingc. They are

21. The number of illiterate people in ourcountry ………… drastically.a. To decrease d. they decreaseb. Decrease e. it decreasesc. Has decreased

22. The increases in the sales of new cars………. Expected to make traffic jamworse.a. Is d. beingb. Are e. to bec. Be

23. The way professor Mattis teaches Englishnot only keeps the student’s interest……..a. And also increases their motivationb. But also increasing their motivationc. And he also increases their

motivationd. But also increases their motivatione. And also to increase their motivation

24. Each of the participants ………. receivedan invitation.

a. Having d. be havingb. Have e. to havec. Has

25. Neither the football players nor theircoach ………. Satisfied with thereferee’s decision.a. Was d. beingb. Be e. he wasc. Were

26. It was a miracle that neither thepassengers nor the drivers …….. injuredin the car accident.a. They were d. wereb. Was e. he wasc. To be

27. Everybody believe that either themembers or the chairperson of theparliament ……….. the matter seriously.a. Is discussingb. Discussc. Are discussingd. Have been discussinge. Have discussed

28. Producing fine paintings ……… skill andcreativity.a. Require d. requiresb. They require e. it

requiresc. It is requiring

29. Mrs. Tamara’s way of teaching and ofdealing with students ………. her thename of model teacher.a. To have earnedb. Have been earningc. Have earnedd. Has to earne. Has earned

30. The shipment of logs …………. becauseof the bad weather.a. They have been postponedb. Has been postponedc. To be postponedd. Been postponede. Being postponed

31. The production process in the textileplant ……a. Needs to be monitoredb. Are needed to monitorc. They need to monitord. Needs to be monitoringe. Are needed to be monitored

32. The flowers were judged for theirunusual colors, pleasant fragrance and…………..


a. Attractively shapedb. Attractive shapesc. Shaped attractivelyd. Attractive, shapelye. Shapely and attractively

33. The eastern part of the town is not onlydensely polluted ………a. And also pollution is anywhereb. While it is polluted tooc. Or the whole area is polluted badlyd. But also badly pollutede. Or the whole area is polluted badly

34. The boys are members of the Karateclub, except Amir. This means: ……….of the Karate club.a. Besides, Amir, These boys are

membersb. Amir is the only one who is not a

memberc. All of those boys are membersd. Only Amir is a special membere. Amir, as well as these boys, is a

member

35. Kris does not have a pen. Kris does nothave paper. These two sentences can becombined into:a. Kris does have a pen but paperb. Kris has neither a pen nor paperc. Kris has either a pen or paperd. Kris doesn’t have a pen and also

papere. Kris not only have a pen but also

paper

36. ‘What has made Wijaya so well-knowntoday’? ‘……………..’a. He is also only a good artist, but not a

scholarb. Only is he not a good artist, but a

scholarc. Also he is a good artist only, but not a

scholard. He is not only a good artist, but also a

good scholare. Only he is an artist and also a scholar,

but not good

37. Which sentences has the CORRECTpunctuation?

a. You can either go with Yan and Adi,or you can go with me

b. You can either: go with Yan and Adi,or you can go with me

c. You can go either go with Yan, andAdi, or you can go with me

d. You can either go with Yan, and Adior, you can with me

e. You can either go, with Yan, andAdi, or you can go with me

38. People like to go that restaurant becauseof its quick service and ……………..a. Friendly waitersb. Their friendly waitersc. The friendliness of the waitersd. The waiters being friendlye. The waiters who are friendly

39. I know Setiawan as an awfully loyalemployee and ………..a. He works very hardb. A person who works very hardc. He is a very hard working persond. A person working very harde. A very hard worker

40. ‘What are your mother’s hobbies?‘Growing orchids and ………. antiquejewelry.’a. Collect d. to collectb. She collects e. is collectingc. Collecting

41. The workers are demanding not only araise in salary, but also ………….a. They want a longer annual leaveb. To have a longer annual leavec. A longer annual leave they askedd. In getting a longer annual leavee. A longer annual leave

42. Ecologists are trying to preserve ourenvironment for future generation bypurifying the air and …………….a. Forests are replantedb. Have forests replantedc. Replant the forestsd. They replant the forestse. Replanting forests

43. The children enjoy playing on the beachand ……………a. Swim in the oceanb. To swim in the oceanc. Swimming in the oceand. They are swimming in the oceane. To be swimming in the ocean

44. Most developing countries are not onlyheavily burdened with foreign debt……….. such as employment.a. With problem in society alsob. As well as social problemc. And problem in social tood. But also with social problems in

societye. And also problems in society


45. ‘The successful athletes got medals andmoney’ means: ‘They got ………….. butalso money.’a. Not only d. no moreb. As well as e. not evenc. Instead of

46. Customs influence ………… and howthey prepare and serve the food.a. People eat thatb. People eat itc. What people eatd. That people eate. People eating what

47. They can neither give him a part-timejob, …….. as a trainee in their company.a. And also not accept himb. They cannot accept himc. Nor accept himd. But also not accept hime. As well as not accepting him

48. The name of a river passing throughsome big towns ……….. the little of avery popular Indonesian songs.a. It has becomeb. Has becomec. Having becomed. To have becomee. Have become

49. I together with my students, ………… tohold a seminar on modern literature.a. Are going to d. to be

going tob. Is going to e. being going toc. Am going to

50. My brothers nor sister …………… withdecision to get married sooner.a. Does not agreeb. Do not agreec. Are not agreed. Disagreee. Do not disagree

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