Latihan Structure TOEFL Bagian 30
Pilih bentuk yang paling tepat untuk melengkapi tiap kalimat. Buka pembahasan setelah menjawab untuk memahami polanya.
1. The council was reluctant ___ commit to a timeline without further study.
- for to
- that it
- to
- of
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: C. to
'Reluctant to do something' struktur baku.
2. So entrenched had the practice become ___ few questioned its rationale.
- as
- that
- which
- so
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. that
Pola inversi 'So + adjective + had + subject + past participle + that'.
3. The report's findings, taken together, point ___ a systemic rather than isolated problem.
- toward only
- at
- to
- for
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: C. to
'Point to' adalah kombinasi idiom verb+preposisi.
4. It is one thing to identify a problem; it is quite another ___ solve it.
- of
- that one
- to
- for to
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: C. to
Idiom paralel 'it is one thing to X; it is another to Y'.
5. The committee's reluctance to act stemmed, in part, ___ a fear of unintended consequences.
- of
- with
- by
- from
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: D. from
'Stem from' adalah kombinasi verb+preposisi tetap.
6. However persuasive the argument may appear, ___ rests on a questionable assumption.
- so
- that
- this
- it
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: D. it
Klausa konsesif 'However + adjective + subject + verb' diikuti subjek pronomina pada klausa utama.
7. The proposal was met with skepticism, ___ not outright hostility.
- unless
- despite
- though
- if
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: D. if
'If not' berarti 'kalau bukan/meskipun tidak sampai', menghubungkan dua tingkat intensitas.
8. The results, ambiguous ___ they were, nonetheless prompted further investigation.
- as
- that
- so
- which
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: A. as
Struktur konsesif inversi 'adjective + as + subject + verb' bermakna 'meskipun ambigu'.
9. The agency's failure to act stemmed less from incompetence ___ from a lack of resources.
- as
- that
- than
- so
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: C. than
Pola 'less X than Y' untuk perbandingan penyebab.
10. The theory has come under increasing scrutiny, ___ its earlier widespread acceptance.
- unless
- despite
- provided
- because of
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. despite
'Despite' diikuti frasa kata benda menyatakan kontras.