Written Expressions 03 Answers

1. When a spacecraft is operating beyond the atmosphere, its fins and wings not longer serve to stabilize it.
(A) When
(B) beyond
(C) not longer
(D) stabilize
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– bentuk benar yang digunakan untuk “tidak lagi” adalah “no longer”
 
When a spacecraft is operating beyond the atmosphere, its fins and wings no longer serve to stabilize it.
Ketika sebuah pesawat luar angkasa beroperasi setelah atmosfer, sirip dan sayapnya tidak lagi berfungsi untuk membuatnya stabil.
 
2. The University of Chicago is unlike most other U.S. universities in that it has emphasized graduate student programs so much as undergraduate programs ever since it opened.
(A) unlike
(B) most other
(C) so much
(D) ever since
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– bentuk benar yang digunakan untuk “sebanyak” adalah “as much as”
 
The University of Chicago is unlike most other U.S. universities in that it has emphasized graduate student programs as much as undergraduate programs ever since it opened.
Universitas Chicaho tidak seperti sebagian besar universitas-universitas lain Amerika Serikat di mana ia mempromosikan program pascasarjana sama halnya seperti program sarjana sejak ia dibuka.
 
3. The mass production of paper bags cut costs so much that a bag soon became a routine part of near every purchase.
(A) production
(B) so much
(C) soon
(D) near
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– bentuk benar yang digunakan untuk “hampir” adalah “nearly”
 
The mass production of paper bags cut costs so much that a bag soon became a routine part of nearly every purchase.
Produksi massal kantong kertas memotong begitu banyak biaya sehingga kantong segera menjadi bagian rutin dari hampir semua pembelian.
 
4. A person must be at least thirty years age in order to serve as a US. senator.
(A) must be
(B) least
(C) age
(D) serve as
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– bentuk benar untuk menyatakan usia adalah “…. years old” atau “… years of age”
 
A person must be at least thirty years old in order to serve as a US. senator.
A person must be at least thirty years
of age in order to serve as a US. senator.
Seseorang harus setidaknya berusia tiga puluh tahun supaya bisa menjadi seorang senator Amerika Serikat.
 
5. No other state receives as few rainfall as the state of Nevada.
(A) No
(B) other
(C) few
(D) as
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– rainfall = curah hujan = uncountable noun
– untuk uncountable noun kita gunakan ‘little’,
– ‘few’ digunakan untuk countable noun
 
No other state receives as little rainfall as the state of Nevada.
Tidak ada negara bagian lain menerima curah hujan sesedikit negara bagian Nevada.
 
6. Because of refraction, the water in a tank ever looks as deep as it actually is.
(A) Because
(B) ever
(C) as deep
(D) actually
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (B)
– Penggunaan ‘ever’ tidak tepat untuk konteks kalimat
– ever = pernah, selalu
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘never’
 
Because of refraction, the water in a tank never looks as deep as it actually is.
Karena pembiasan, air di dalam wadah tidak pernah terlihat sedalam yang sebenarnya.
 
7. Molds grow on bread, fruit, paper and much other substances.
(A) grow
(B) much
(C) other
(D) substances
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (B)
– substances = countable noun
– ‘much’ hanya bisa digunakan untuk uncountable noun
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘many’
 
Molds grow on bread, fruit, paper and many other substances.
Jamur tumbuh di roti, buah, kertas banyak bahan lain.
 
8. The lei, which is made of flowers, shells, and other materials, is presented to visitors as a symbolize of Hawaiian hospitality.
(A) made
(B) other
(C) as
(D) symbolize
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– symbolize = verb = melambangkan
– ‘a’ = determiner, hanya bisa mendahului noun
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘symbol’ (noun)
 
The lei, which is made of flowers, shells, and other materials, is presented to visitors as a symbol of Hawaiian hospitality.
Lei, yang dibuat dari bunga, cangkang, dan bahan lain, disajikan kepada pengunjung sebagai simbol keramahtamahan orang Hawaii.
 
9. The botanists Katherine Hunter and Emily Fose spent many difficult months making research in the Rocky Mountains.
(A) botanists
(B) many
(C) making
(D) in the
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (C)
– untuk penelitian, collocation (bentuk lazim) yang digunakan adalah ‘do research’
– bentuk yang benar adalah ‘doing’
 
The botanists Katherine Hunter and Emily Fose spent many difficult months doing research in the Rocky Mountains.
Ahli botani Katherine Hunter dan Emily Fose menghabiskan berbulan-bulan yang sulit melakukan penelitian di Pegunungan Rocky.
 
10. Early explorers in Utah named the cliffs they encountered “reefs” because they thought these cliffs looked alike coral formations.
(A) Early
(B) encountered
(C) because
(D) alike
 
Jawaban yang paling tepat (D)
– bentuk yang benar ‘like’
– looked like = terlihat seperti
– looked alike = terlihat sama
 
Early explorers in Utah named the cliffs they encountered “reefs” because they thought these cliffs looked like coral formations.
Penjelajah awal di Utah menamai tebing-tebing yang mereka temukan “karang” karena mereka berpikir tebing-tebing terlihat seperti formasi karang.