Like Football

        I like playing football very much. my mother often warns me if i watch a football match in television until late at night. my favorite football player is zinedine zidane. i have a good football jersey. it was my father's jersey. but now, it is mine. he gave me the jersey when his body got fatter and fatter.
        My father is also fond of football very much. once, i suprised him when i bought an expensive ball by using my saving. i knew it from his smile. i gave the ball to my father as gift when he celebrated his 40th brithday. now the ball is his. on sundays, he usually uses it to play football with his friends in their office's ground.

What Is A Good Friend?

Hello, friends. how are you doing ?
       I'm very well, thank you. by the way, do you have some friends ? good. are they good friends? well,
everybody. now i would like to tell you about what a good freinds is.
      Do you know, what is a good friend, everybody? that's right a good friend is a person one knows and like. a good friend is a person who always at your side when you are in trouble. anything else everybody ?
      That's good. a good friend is a person who always helps you when you get some troubles and it is also a person who always plays together with us.
okay, friends. i think that's all for now. and thank you very much for you attention. bye-bye...

Holiday

      Time holiday  semester two I to  bromo. i stayed at my friend's house in probolinggo, east java. the house has a garden  colourful flowers  small pond.
      In the morning, my friend and i saw mount batok. the scenery was very beautiful. we rode on horseback. it was scary, but it was fun. then we went to get a closer look at the mountain. we took pictures of the beautiful scenery there. after that, we took a rest and had lunch under a big tree. before we got home, we went to the zoo at wonokromo. we went home in the afternoon.
     We were very tired. however, i think it was really fun to have a holiday like this. i hope my next holiday will be more interesting.

A Wet Night

        Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. as soon as it was done, they cooked a meal on an open fire. they were all hungry and the food smell good. after a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire.
        But some time later, it began to rain. the boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly.
        In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shounting. then tent was full of water. they all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. it was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. the stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent.

Stylistic Problems

 1.       The defendant refused to answer the prosecutor’s question….
    Answer : A.  Because he was afraid it would incriminate him

   2.       Mrs. Walker has returned…
    Answer : B.  To its original owner the wallet

   3.       The hospital owes…….. for the construction of the new wing.
    Answer : C.  To the government twenty million dollars

   4.       Sarah……..that she could not attend classes next week.
    Answer : D.  Is telling her professors

   5.       The artist was asked to show some paintings at the contest because…..
    Answer:  C.  Of their belief that he was an good artist

   6.    If motorists do not observe the traffic regulation, they will be
                                       A           B                              C  

          stopped, ticketed and have to pay a fine.

                                                    D

          Answer : A, the correct answer is "not obey"

   

   7.   Fred, who ussualy conduct the choir rehearsals, did not
                                                            A  
          show up last night because he had an accident           
              B                                        C  
          on his way to the practice. 
                       D  
 

         Answer : D,  the correct answer is "on the way to the practice"

   8.   A short time before her operation last month, Mrs. Carlyle
              A                                            B

         dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.

             C                                             D

         Answer : A, the correct answer is "some time"

   9.   The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, and
                                         A  


         gives a welcome feeling to all who have
                    B                                 C  
         the good fortune to visit here.

             D

         Answer : B, the correct answer is "gives the feeling of welcome"

  10.  Some of the people were standing in the street watched
                      A                              B                           C
           
         the parade, while others were singing songs.

                                      D

         Answer : C, the correct answer is "watching"

TUGAS 2

TUGAS  2

TOEFL EXERCISE (skill 1-3)

Choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is noty correct

 1.      Nobody know when the process of glass-making was invented. 

                      A                        B                               C       D

Answer : A ( harusnya know menjadi knows karena merupakan singular )

2.      The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural similarities and differences.

A                   B                                        C                      D

Answer : A ( harusnya presents menjadi present karena merupakan plurar )

3.      The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals

             A            B

 can operate in so many jurisdictions.

 C        D

Answer : A ( harusnya have menjadi has karena merupakan singular )

4.      All of the east-west interstate highways in the united states has even numbers, while north-

         A                 B    

south interstate highways are odd-numbered.

                                          C           D

Answer : A ( harusnya has menjadi have karena merupakan plural )

5.      When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos

A                                                                                 B

Were detected on Earth.

  C        D

Answer : C ( harusnya were menjadi was karena merupakan singular )

6.      Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes are occupied by the

      A                       B                                      C          D

white-crowned sparrow.

Answer : C ( harusnya is bukan are karena merupakan singular )

7.      Krakatao is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into the air that sunsets around

A                                                  B

the world was affected for two years afterward. 

                        C                                      D

Answer : D (harusnya later bukan afterward karena merupakan singular )

8.      The term “Yankee” was originally a nickname for people from New England, but now anyone

         A

from the United States are referred to as a Yankee.

                                     B         C          D

                                       

Answer : B ( harusnya is bukan are karena merupakan singular )

9.      A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and the underlying muscles,

      A                                                             B

supply blood to the face and scalp.

    C         D

Answer : C ( harusnya supplying bukan supply karena merupakan singular )

10.  Mesquite is a small tree in the southwest who can withstand the severest drought.

                  A     B                                               C              D

Answer : D ( harusnya withstanding bukan withstand kerna merupakan singular )