Tugas Pembelajar Bahasa Inggris Berbantuan Komputer 4

Choose the incorrect answer, then give the right answer and the reason!

TOEFL EXERCISES 2

1.      The Kodak was the first camera designedspecifically for both mass production or

                              A                        B                            C                                                  D

amateur use.

The Answer : D

The Correct One :  and

Reason : because ‘both’ is used to refer two things together.

2.      Coral reefs are limestone formations composed of tiny sea organisms and the remains.

        A                             B                                                     C                           D

The Answer : B

The Correct One :  limestone formation

Reason : because the information only contain of one information that is limestone, which is not plural.

3.      Most slugs and snails breathe using a lung which opens through a small hole

    A                                  B                                                               

In the sideof its bodies.

        C                  D

The Answer : D

The Correct One :  their bodies

Reason : because it refer to the snails and slugs body so it should use plural pronoun ‘their’.

4.      Frogs get much of their oxygen  by means blood capillaries in the surface

A                                   B                                      C

Of the skin

      D

The Answer : C

The Correct One :  on the surface

Reason : because ‘on’ is the preposition of place that is used to refer to a surface.

5.      The brain is made up of100 millions of neurons  that differ fromeach other greatly

A                         B                             C                                           

In size and shape

             D

The Answer : B

The Correct One :  100 million neurons

Reason : because the preposition of is not needed.

6.      During the 1700s, Philadelphia developed into the most wealthy city in the

     A                                                    B                           C

American colonies

       D

The Answer : C

The Correct One :  wealthiest

Reason : because two-syllable adjectives, ending in-y, are made into superlatives by using ‘-iest’ all other two-syllable adjectives use ‘most’.

7.      Octopuses have not only large brains and also a well-developed nervoussystem

       A                                                   B          C           D

The Answer : B

The Correct One : but

Reason : because ‘not only’ in pairs with ‘but also’ not ‘and also’.

8.      Science is the process of gathering knowledge and answering questions about the

   A                              B                                                         C

world and how works it.

                                    D

The Answer : B

The Correct One :  gathered

Reason : because it is as a verb using gathered in conjunction with knowledge seems more suitable to collect normally separate things.

9.      The development of voice recognition will enable the computer to respond to

A                         B                                         C

commands spoken.

            D

The Answer : D

The Correct One :  command spoken

Reason : because it refer to the voice recognition, so it should use singular noun ‘command’.

10.  Nails act as a hard base for the sensitive skin of the fingertips and toe tips to press

             A                             B           

against , so they may help our sensitivelyto touch.

                                                         C                        D

The Answer : C

The Correct One :  sensitivity

Reason : because it refers to human’s part body, fingertips and toe tips.