Soal-soal Latihan Kompetensi Concord

1. Although the boys have enough money, neither of them _____ going on vacation.A. WasC. IsE. Have beenB. AreD. Were

2. All the classmates of their only son _____ invited to his birthday partyA. AmC. IsE. Being B. AreD. Be

3. Five hundred miles _____ a long distance to drive in one dayA. To beC. It is E. Is B. Are beingD. Being

4. The school has a lot of classrooms, each of them _____ equipped with an overhead projectorA. AreC. They areE. To beB. IsD. Being

5. Neither the students nor their professor _____ happy about the result of the experimentA. Have beenC. WereE. Are B. To beD. Was

6. An increase in the number of students _____ expected next yearA. AreC. WasE. Will B. IsD. Were

7. The number of people attending the concert _____ not as had been expectedA. WasC. BeingE. To beB. BeD. Were

8. A number of students taking SPMB _____ each yearA. IncreaseC. IncreasesE. Is increasingB. IncreasedD. Has increased

9. Hanny became the focus of attention when she wore a colorful dress and _____ at my birthday partyA. Her behavior is foolishD. Her foolishnessB. Was a foolE. Her foolish behaviorC. Behaved foolish

10. To face the globalization era in 2020, improvement in all sectors of the economy _____A. Highly necessitatedC. The necessity is very highE. Are highly necessitatedB. Is highly necessaryD. Are necessarily high

11. Tinis frequent absence from school and _____ for almost all subjects are caused by her addiction to narcoticsA. She has bad gradesC. Her bad gradesE. All her grades are badB. Her grades that are badD. That her grades are bad

12. The burden of economic problems _____ the majority of Indonesian peopleA. Have been frustatedC. It is deeply frustatingE. Are frustatedB. Deeply frustatedD. Has frustated

13. The great number of unskilled labor and _____ has made it difficult for the companys product to compete with those of other companiesA. There are no experienced managersB. Nor are there experienced managersC. Inexperienced managersD. Neither are there managers experiencedE. The managers are all inexperienced

14. Different interpretations on the same event by various newspapers _____ readers confused and angryA. To makeC. MakeE. Makes B. They makeD. It makes

15. At the beginning of the semester, each of the students _____ given a new time-tableA. He isC. AreE. Be B. They areD. Is

16. Due to monetary crisis, the number of people without jobs _____ at the momentA. IncreaseC. IncreasedE. Will increaseB. Is increasingD. Was increasing

17. One of the problems faced by foreign businessmen _____ the frequent changing of regulationsA. AreC. BeE. To beB. Is beingD. Is

18. Due to the current financial condition, our budget plan for 1998/1999 _____A. Needs to reviewC. Needs reviewE. It needs reviewingB. Needs to be reviewedD. Is needed to be reviewed

19. The way he smiles and talks always _____ many girlsA. To attractC. AttractsE. Attract B. Is attractsD. Attracting

20. In the next poetry reading contest, each of the contestants _____ expected to be more critical and more accurate in pronunciationA. IsC. They areE. beingB. AreD. To be

21. The number of illiterate people in our country _____ drasticallyA. To decreaseC. Has decreasedE. It decreasesB. DecreaseD. They decrease

22. The increase in the sales of new cars _____ expected to make traffic jam worseA. IsC. BeE. To beB. AreD. Being

23. The way professor Mattis teaches english not only keeps the students interest _____A. And also increase their motivationB. But also increasing their motivationC. And he also increases their motivationD. But also increase their motivationE. And also to increase their motivation

24. Eachof the participants _____ received an invitationA. HavingC. HasE. To haveB. HaveD. Be having

25. Neither the football players nor their coach _____ satisfied with the referees decisonA. WasC. WereE. He wasB. BeD. Being

26. It was a miracle that neither the passengers nor the driver _____ injured in the car accidentA. They wereC. To beE. He wasB. WasD. Were

27. Everybody believe that either the members or the chairperson of the parliament _____ the matter seriouslyA. Is discussingC. Are discussingE. Have discussedB. DiscussD. Have been discussing

28. Producing fine paintings _____ skill and creativityA. ReqiureC. It is requiringE. It requiresB. They requireD. Requires

29. Mrs. Tamaras way of teaching and of dealing with students _____ her the name of model teacherA. To have earnedC. Have earnedE. Has earnedB. Have been earningD. Has to earn

30. The shipmen of logs _____ because of the bad weatherA. They have been postponedB. Has been postponedC. To be postponedD. Been postponedE. Being postponed

31. The production process in the textile plant _____A. Needs to be monitoredB. Are needed to monitorC. They need to monitorD. Needs to be monitoringE. Are needed to be monitored