Beranda › Semua Latihan

Latihan Structure TOEFL Bagian 20

Pilih bentuk yang paling tepat untuk melengkapi tiap kalimat. Buka pembahasan setelah menjawab untuk memahami polanya.

1. ___ no objections from the board, the merger proceeded as planned.

  1. Despite
  2. Having
  3. Given that
  4. With
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: D. With

Struktur absolut 'with + noun' menyatakan keadaan yang menyertai.

2. ___ once by the same mistake, the manager implemented stricter review procedures.

  1. Burned
  2. Burning
  3. Having burning
  4. To burn
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: A. Burned

Idiom 'burned once' sebagai reduced clause pasif dari 'Because he had been burned once'.

3. The candidate, ___ of any wrongdoing, withdrew from the race regardless.

  1. clearing
  2. to clear
  3. cleared
  4. having clear
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: C. cleared

Kandidat menerima tindakan dibersihkan (pasif) → past participle 'cleared'.

4. ___ the implications carefully, the panel ultimately rejected the proposal.

  1. Having weighed
  2. Weighed
  3. To weigh
  4. Weighing
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: A. Having weighed

Perfect participle aktif menekankan tindakan menimbang selesai sebelum keputusan diambil.

5. The manuscript, ___ by several publishers, was eventually accepted after revision.

  1. rejecting
  2. having reject
  3. to reject
  4. rejected
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: D. rejected

Manuskrip menerima tindakan ditolak (pasif) → past participle 'rejected'.

6. The more rigorously a hypothesis is tested, ___ confidence researchers can place in it.

  1. more greater
  2. the greater
  3. the more great
  4. greater
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: B. the greater

Pola korelasi comparative 'the more..., the greater...'.

7. Not only does the policy fail to address the core issue, ___ it introduces new complications.

  1. but it also
  2. but it
  3. also but it
  4. but also it
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: A. but it also

Pasangan korelatif 'not only...but also...'.

8. The committee is divided not so much over the proposal's goals ___ its implementation.

  1. but over
  2. than over
  3. as
  4. as over
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: D. as over

Pola 'not so much X as Y' untuk perbandingan penekanan relatif.

9. The higher the stakes, ___ the pressure to perform flawlessly.

  1. the greater
  2. more great
  3. greater
  4. the more great
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: A. the greater

Pola korelasi comparative 'the higher..., the greater...'.

10. The findings were as much a surprise to the researchers ___ to the public.

  1. as
  2. as much
  3. so
  4. than
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: A. as

Pola 'as much X as Y' untuk perbandingan kesetaraan.

Latihan interaktif di app

Lihat semua latihan lainnya