DOKTERPOST TOEFL TRY

OUT 01 DECEMBER BATCH

Nama : Tri Mandala Putra

Asal : Bulukumba, SulSel

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

▪ TYPE OF QUESTION

▪ • What does the man/woman mean?

▪ • What are the man & woman discussing?

▪ • What are the man & woman talking about?

▪ • What is the main subject of the conversation?

▪ • What is the purpose of the conversation?

▪ • What do we know about …?

▪ • What do we learn about …?

▪ • What did the man/woman do?

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

▪ TYPE OF QUESTION

▪ • What does the man/woman prefer to do?

▪ • What does the man/woman need to do?

▪ • What does the man/woman probably want to do?

▪ • What will the man/woman probably do next?

▪ • What is the man/woman problem?

▪ • What is the man/woman excuse?

▪ • What does the man/woman suggest the woman/man to do?

▪ • What does the man/woman imply?

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

▪ TYPE OF QUESTION

▪ • What had the man/woman thought?

▪ • What should the man/woman have done?

▪ • What has the man/woman assumed?

▪ • Where does the conversation take place?

▪ • When does the conversation take place?

▪ • Who is the man/woman in this conversation?

▪ • Why does the man/woman have problem?

▪ • How does the man/woman feel?

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

▪ SOME QUICK TIPS

▪ 1. Avoid choosing the similar sound

▪ 2. Be careful with the possibilities

▪ 3. Antonym

▪ 4. Synonym

▪ 5. Assumption (stressed word as clue)

▪ 6. Conditional sentence (contrast)

▪ 7. Idiom showing agreement

▪ 8. The most important is to focus on the second speaker

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No. 1

a. The coffee is much better this morning.

b. The coffee tastes extremely good.
c. The coffee isn't very good.
d. This morning he definitely wants some coffee.

Keyword= it tastes extremely bitter this morning!

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No. 2

a. The two classes meet in an hour and a half.

b. The class meets three hours per week.
c. Each half of the class is an hour long.
d. Two times a week the class meets for an hour

Keyword= it meets twice a week, for an hour and a half each

time
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No. 3

a. A few minutes ago, the flight departed.

b. The fight will start in a while.
c. They are frightened about the departure.
d. The plane is going to take off soon.

Keyword= Relax. I’m sure that the flight will depart within a few
minutes
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No. 4

a. He hasn't yet begun his project.

b. He's supposed to do his science project next week.
c. He needs to start working on changing the due date.
d. He's been working steadily on his science project.

Keyword= I suppose I’ll have to start working on it now.

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No. 5

a. At the post office

b. In a florist shop
c. In a restaurant
d. In a hospital delivery room

Keyword= a dozen roses.

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No. 6

a. The professor drowned the cells in a

b. The lecture was long and boring.
c. The professor divided the lecture into parts.
d. The biologist tried to sell the results of the experiment.

Keyword= The professor droned on and on about cell devision.

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No. 7

a. She needs to get a driver's license.

b. Two pieces of identification are necessary
c. The man should check to see if he needs credit.
d. A credit card can be used to get a driver's license.

Keyword= I have to see a driver’s license and a credit card

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No. 8

a. Housing within his budget is hard to locate.

b. It's hard to find his house in New York.
c. He can't afford to move his house to New York.
d. Housing in New York is unavailable.

Keyword= It’s difficult to find affordable housing in New York.

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No. 9

a. The boss was working on the reports

b. He would have to finish the reports before the end of next month.
c. He was directed to stay late and finish some work.
d. He could finish the reports at home.

Keyword= My boss had me finish all the month-end reports

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No. 10

a. The boisterous students made the teacher mad.

b. The teacher angered the students with the exam results.
c. The students were angry that the teacher was around.
d. The angered students complained to the teacher

Keyword= she was angered by her rowdy students

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No. 11

a. The prices are reasonable.

b. The store is too far out of town.
c. He would like the woman to repeat what she said.
d. He agrees with the woman.

Keyword= you can say that again! (means agree)

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No. 12

a. It's rained unusually hard this year.

b. There hasn't been any rain for many years.
c. It's been many years since it rained.
d. He doesn't like rain.

Keyword = we haven’t seen rain like this for many years!

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No. 13

1. Nomor 31 dalam audio

a. She's a senior.
b. She's a junior.
c. She's a transfer student.
d. She's a graduate student.

Keyword= I am a senior literature major.

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No. 14

1. Nomor 32 dalam audio

a. How to transfer to a junior college
b. How to find his way around campus
c. What courses are required for a literature major
d. Who won the campus election

Keyword= Perhaps you could tell me about the courses you’ve

got to take for a literature major.
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No. 15

1. Nomor 33 dalam audio

a. Three
b. Five
c. Eight
d. Ten

Keyword= for a literature major you need to take eight courses

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No. 16

1. Nomor 34 dalam audio

a. American literature
b. World literature
c. Literary analysis
d. Surveying

Keyword= The other course required for all literature majors is

“Introduction to Literary Analysis”
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No. 17

1. Nomor 39 dalam audio

a. To protect its members
b. To save the natural environment
c. To honor the memory of John Muir
d. To improve San Francisco's natural beauty

Keyword= the sierra club is an organization whose goals are

centered on the protection of the environment.
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No. 18

1. Nomor 40 dalam audio

a. For less than a year
b. Only for a decade
c. For more than a century
d. For at least two centuries

Keyword= it was founded in 1892 (means it has been more

than a century until now)
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No. 19

1. Nomor 41 dalam audio

a. San Francisco
b. All fifty states
c. The Sierra Nevadas
d. The eastern United States

Keyword= intent on preserving the natural beauty and

harmony of the sierra nevadas
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No. 20

1. Nomor 42 dalam audio

a. All over the world
b. In the entire United States
c. Onlv in California
d. Only in the Sierra Nevadas

Keyword= 200,000 members in all fifty states of the United

States (means in the entire united states)
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Structure and Written Expression

▪ Quick Tips: We don’t need to translate word by word, All we

need to do is to find out the Verb.

▪ Be sure that the subject and the verb agree each other.

▪ Conjunction, 1 conj.= 2 verbs, 2 conj.= 3 verbs, etc.

▪ Know Active and Passive Meaning

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Structure and Written Expression
21. Found in and near the Mohave Desert, ____ has a limited habitat.
a. is the Joshua tree that it
b. it is the Joshua tree
c. the Joshua tree
d. the Joshua tree it
The Joshua tree, found in and near the mohave desert, has a limited habitat.

Quick Tip: Membutuhkan subject saja. Jawaban C (noun)

satu-satunya yang bisa berdiri sebagai subject.
App: 1. App, subj + verb
App: Subj, app, verb
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No. 22

1. Traditionally, the South has been mostly Democrat ____ , while the North has been
divided between Democrats and Republicans.
a. in the politics
b. politically
c. politics-wise
d. in a political way

Quick Tips : Soal ini membutuhkan objek (pronoun). Politics, econimics

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No. 23

1. Digital clocks, however precise, ____ because the earth's rotation changes
slightly over the year.
a. they cannot be perfectly accurate
b. cannot be perfectly accurate
c. not perfectly accurate
d. not be perfectly accurate

Quick Tip: Verb phrase (modals + adverb + adjective)

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No. 24
1. Natural gas often occurs _____ petroleum in the minute pores of rocks such as sandstone and
limestone.
a. both together with
b. both together
c. with
d. both with
Quick Tip: Occur harus berpasangan dengan with (phrasal verb)
Phrasal verb:
Listen to
Based on
Depend on
According to
Lead to
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No. 25
1. The Pilgrims ____ seven thousand dollars at 43 percent interest to make their journey in 1620.
a. Lent (meminjamkan)
b. Borrowing
c. to lend
d. Borrowed (meminjam)

Quick tip: Past tense ditandai dengan kata in 1620. Verb

yang tepat digunakan adalah D.
Seven thousand dollars was borrowed by the pilgrims
Pola passive: to be + V3
The mango is eaten by Me.
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No. 26

1. Although blood ____ in urine and stool samples, it cannot always be detected
without the aid of a microscope.
a. lets residue
b. leaves residue
c. residues
d. making residue

Quick Tip: membutuhkan verb. Bagian C dan D harus dieliminasi

karena tidak bisa menjadi verb. Bagian A salah karena error
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1. The audible range of frequencies for human beings ____ between 20 and
20,000Hz.
a. Lies
b. Lays
c. Lying
d. Laying

Quick Tips: Transitive & Intransitive

Lay + objek
Lie + tanpa objek
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No. 28

1. _____ mammals, once weaned, do not routinely drink milk.

a. As a whole,
b. As whole,
c. Wholly,
d. On a whole,
Soal ini membutuhkan arti secara keseluruhan, dan yang terletak
diawal kalimat.
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No. 29

1. People with exceptionally high intelligence quotients may not be the best
employees since they _____ unless the job is constantly changing.
a. become bored of work
b. are becoming boring in work
c. become bored with their work
d. work becoming bored

Bored harus berpasangan dengan with

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No. 30

1. In cold weather, growers place wind machines ____ the groves to keep the air
circulating and to warm up the citrus crops.
a. near to
b. near of
c. next to
d. nearly

Preposition
Near
Next to
Close to
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No. 31

1. Bacterial cultures are used commercially in the preparation of food products

▪ A B C
▪ such that yogurt, sour cream, and vinegar.

▪ D

Pembahasan Jawaban: such that --> such as

Pasangan phrase
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No. 32

1. Anyone with absolute, or perfect, pitch are able to identify by ear any note
▪ A B
▪ at some standard pitch or to sing a specified note at will.

▪ C D

Pembahasan Jawaban: are --> is

anyone (singular) + is (singular)
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No. 33

1. Sea horses usually live along the shore among seaweed and other plants to which
▪ A B
▪ they cling to by their tails.

▪ C D

Pembahasan Jawaban: cling to --> cling (double to)

Adjective clause.
dua bentuk: (1) to which they cling by their tails (2) which they
cling to by their tails. Bentuk pertama umum digunakan untuk
situasi formal.
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No. 34

1. Babies have soft spots between the bones of their skulls, which allowing for further
▪ A B C D

▪ growth.

Pembahasan Jawaban: allowing (adjective / present participle) -->

allow (verb)

Adjective clause: Connector/Subject + Verb → which (connector/subject)

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No. 35

1. T.S.Elot, who a poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, was a leader of
▪ A B C
▪ the Modernist movement in poetry.

▪ D

Pembahasan Jawaban: who --> dihilangkan saja

Appositive: noun (phrase) yang menjelaskan noun lainnya
(yang umumnya posisi subject dalam soal TOEFL)
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No. 36

1. The Pacific Ocean comprises almost the entire boundary western of North and South
▪ A B C D

▪ America.

Pembahasan Jawaban: boundary western --> western

boundary
Noun phrase: Adjective +noun
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No. 37

1. Established in 1948, the State University of New York is

▪ A
▪ the singly largest university system in the United States.

▪ B C D

Pembahasan Jawaban: singly largest --> single largest

Pasangan phrase
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No. 38
1. Photography disseminates information about humanity and nature, records
▪ A
▪ the visible world, and extension human knowledge into areas the eye cannot penetrate.

▪ B C D

Disseminate (verb)

Record (verb)

And extends

Pembahasan Jawaban: extension --> extends

Parallel Structure: disseminates (verb), records (verb),
extends (verb)
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No. 39
1. Because of their rapidly changing economically fortunes, many frontier towns of the
▪ A B
▪ American West underwent spectacular fluctuations in population in the nineteenth
▪ C D

▪ century.

Fortune, yang bisa menjelaskan noun Cuma adjective (kata sifat), economically dia kan adverb,
diubah jadi adjective, jadinya economical

-ive, productive, negative, positive

Pembahasan Jawaban: economically (adverb) --> economical (adjective)
| rapidly (adverb) changing (adjective) economically (adverb) fortunes (noun)
Noun Phrase: adverb + adjective + noun
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No. 40

1. Virtually no disease exists today for which there is no drug that can be given, neither to
▪ A B C
▪ cure the disease or to alleviate its symptoms.

▪ D

Neither berpasangan dengan nor

Either berpasangan dengan or
Pembahasan Jawaban: neither --> either
Paired Conjunction: either .. or ... , neither ... nor, both ... and
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Reading Section

▪ Be familiar with the directions

▪ Don’t spend your time on reading the passages

▪ Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with the passages

▪ Don’t spend much time on your question that you are unsure of

▪ Be sure you fill all the answers

▪ Read as much as possible

▪ Learning the new vocabs from the passages that you don’t know
before
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No. 41

1. The word “suggests” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

a. implies
b. demands
c. describes
d. compares

Dalam konteks ini, “suggests" berarti “implies." Baris 6–9

membahas hubungan antara nama “eel form” dan artinya.
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No. 42

1. The word “it” in line 10 refers to

a. tail
b. thrust
c. body
d. water

Dalam kalimat ini, kata ganti “it" mengacu pada “body." Kalimat tersebut
membahas tentang gerakan yang digunakan belut untuk mendorong tubuhnya
ke dalam air.
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No. 43

1. Which of the following does the author mention as the cause of the eel’s inefficient
swimming style?
a. The increased drag produced by the movement of the body
b. The eel’s habit of usually swimming near the bottom of the water
c. The simple structure of the eel’s body
d. The weakness of the backward thrust of the eel’s tail

Pada baris 10–12 penulis memberi tahu kita bahwa “Eel-form swimming is
effective but not particularly efficient because the undulations increase the
drag, or resistance in the water (Berenang bentuk belut efektif tetapi tidak
terlalu efisien karena undulasi meningkatkan hambatan, atau hambatan di
dalam air).”
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No. 44

1. The word “employed” in line 12 is closest in meaning to

a. used
b. occupied
c. developed
d. provided

Dalam kalimat ini kata “employed” berarti gaya renang ini “used” terutama oleh
penghuni bawah. Oleh karena itu, “used" adalah jawaban terbaik.
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No. 45

1. It can be inferred from the passage that blennies (line 14) are
a. bottom dwellers
b. sharks
c. predators
d. a type of eel

Anda tidak perlu tahu apa itu blennies untuk menjawab pertanyaan ini. Baris
13–14 mengatakan bahwa blennies berenang dengan cara yang sama seperti
belut, sedangkan baris 12–13 mengatakan bahwa gaya renang ini digunakan
terutama oleh “bottom dwellers.”. Ini menyiratkan bahwa blennies adalah
bottom dwellers.
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No. 46

1. The word “minimizes” in line 26 is closest in meaning to

a. prevents
b. reduces
c. determines
d. repeats

Karena kalimat selanjutnya mengatakan bahwa jenis fitur tubuh ini “helps
keep the body still,”, kita dapat melihat bahwa kata “minimizes” berarti
“reduces”.
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No. 47

1. What does the author mention about fish that are “jack-form” swimmers?
a. They usually prey on bottom-dwelling fish.
b. Their swimming style lets them catch prey effectively.
c. They have tails similar to those of eels.
d. Their highly flexible skeletal structure allows them to swim efficiently.

Paragraf 3 membahas karakteristik “jack-form swimming.”. Anda dapat

menemukan jawabannya di baris 25–26, yang mengatakan “Jack-form fish
are efficient swimmers, as they must be to catch their prey.”
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No. 48

1. The word “objective” in line 31 is closest in meaning to

a. ability
b. preference
c. purpose
d. method

Dalam konteks ini, kata “objective” berarti “purpose”.

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No. 49

1. Which of the following fish would most likely emit a poisonous substance?
a. A nurse shark
b. A jack
c. A pompano
d. A puffer fish

Pertanyaan ini mengharuskan Anda untuk mengidentifikasi di mana informasi

spesifik dinyatakan dalam bagian tersebut. Baris 30–32 memberitahu kita
bahwa ikan yang beracun adalah “puffer fish”.
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No. 50

1. Which of the following statements does the passage support?

a. A scientist today would use a system of classification for fish locomotion similar to that
used in the 1920s.
b. Scientists today still do not understand the mechanics of fish locomotion.
c. Mathematical analysis of fish locomotion has remained largely unaltered since the 1920s.
d. The classification of fish locomotion has been simplified since it was devised in the 1920s.

Gunakan proses eliminasi untuk mengidentifikasi opsi yang dapat didukung

oleh konten bagian. (B), (C), dan (D) semuanya kontradiktif di bagian
tersebut, jadi pilihlah opsi pertama, (A).
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