I've always been used to computers, because in school I was required to understand and understand how to use the computer. That's why I love computers, whether it's looking for information, doing tasks, or just playing games to treat a sense of boredom alone. But the science that can be in school, makes me think in the future to become a reliable in computer science, even become a professional programmer and want to deepen the science in the field of computers.
When I graduated from high school I was confused, want to continue college or work? because parents want me to take college first and want to establish the science I previously acquired in school, I finally chose to continue college. I went to the Information Systems department at Gunadarma University, I chose this department because I wanted to continue my study, which I had gained during school. Continue in line and ability, God willing will feel happy in live.
The development of the current era more rapidly, making almost all areas of work using technology. In my opinion, the department of information systems will be very in need in the world of work, because every company would need people who are experts in the field of computers
Example: Creating an Information System for a company in the industry, a simple example that is easy to find, the application used by the cashier, or even barcode that exist on each item, all designed and made by people in the environment Information Systems, Information Management, Information Technology.
Information Systems is a science that studies the design, manufacture, and operation of information systems (especially in the form of software). Information Systems is a science that studies the design, manufacture, and operation of information systems (especially in the form of software). Through the department Information system is a system that is used to convey information to the party in question. The number of needs that increase, it takes a lot of human resources who understand and master this field.
In addition, in the department of information systems are very much in interest by the students because we can learn to analyze a data, even create a program. This is what makes me interested in taking this course. Besides being able to create programs, the computer also became one of my hobbies. Learning from something that is a hobby is also the most important thing as well.
Information Technology becomes an inseparable part of modern enterprise. This becomes our own advantage for graduates of information system graduates, as they are needed by almost all companies across business sectors. More specifically, the prospect of the Information Systems Department is as a developer of information systems, consultants and system integrators, database specialists, and academics in the field of information systems. The advantages of undergraduate graduates of information systems have capabilities that are not many other majors have.
Graduates of computer graduate can not only be a worker, but also can create their own job. The IT graduates if supported with sufficient entrepreneurship skills can surely become successful entrepreneurs. This is supported by the fact that there is still minimal IT products made in the country. If a lot of IT products made in the country, surely the market will prefer to buy products or programs made in the country is much cheaper with a quality that is not far compared to foreign-made. Therefore, by choosing to buy products in the country can promote and improve the economy of our country.
The important information that students need to note is that not all of them end up getting the Department according to their talents and interests. Interest and talent can change once we enter the world of lectures.
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Kamis, 24 Mei 2018
TOEFL - WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Written Expression TOEFL
1. The dwarf lemon tree, grown in
many areas of the world, bears fruit when it is fewer than A B C
six
inches in high.
D
Jawab: (D) high (yang benar = height)
Keyword: six inches in high.
Pembahasan: Setelah preposisi (in, on, at, by, of, from, etc) harus diikuti noun (kata benda), jadi kata “high” (adjective/kata sifat) seharusnya diganti kata “height”.
Keyword: six inches in high.
Pembahasan: Setelah preposisi (in, on, at, by, of, from, etc) harus diikuti noun (kata benda), jadi kata “high” (adjective/kata sifat) seharusnya diganti kata “height”.
2. The brain composed of a mass of softly gray matter
in the skull that controls our
A B C D
intelligence.
Jawab: (B) softly
Keyword: softly gray matter.
Pembahasan:
Susunan Noun Phrase:
D: Determiner (a, an, the, etc)
O: Opinion
S: Size
A: Age
T: Temperature
S: Shape
C: Color
O: Origin
M: Material
P: Purpose (dalam bentuk V3 atau Ving)
N: NounFrasa
Frasa benda pada kalimat tersebut seharusnya soft (opinion) gray (color) matter (noun).
Keyword: softly gray matter.
Pembahasan:
Susunan Noun Phrase:
D: Determiner (a, an, the, etc)
O: Opinion
S: Size
A: Age
T: Temperature
S: Shape
C: Color
O: Origin
M: Material
P: Purpose (dalam bentuk V3 atau Ving)
N: NounFrasa
Frasa benda pada kalimat tersebut seharusnya soft (opinion) gray (color) matter (noun).
3. Polluter is a topic of such importance today that even
elementary school children are
A B
well informed
about its dangers.
C D
Jawab: (A) Polluter
Keyword: Polluter
Pembahasan: Kata yang seharusnya digunakan adalah pollutant (penyebab polusi).
Keyword: Polluter
Pembahasan: Kata yang seharusnya digunakan adalah pollutant (penyebab polusi).
4. Best represented in a famous oil painting by da Vinci, The
Last Supper it is an important
A B C
part of
the history of Christianity.
D
Jawab: (C) it
Keyword: The Last Supper it is.
Pembahasan: Dalam satu klausa seharusnya hanya ada satu subjek dan satu predikat, karena pada kalimat di atas terdapat subjek ganda, maka kata “it” harus dihilangkan.
Keyword: The Last Supper it is.
Pembahasan: Dalam satu klausa seharusnya hanya ada satu subjek dan satu predikat, karena pada kalimat di atas terdapat subjek ganda, maka kata “it” harus dihilangkan.
5.
Together with
his friend Little John, Robin Hood are fondly remembered
today by
A B C D
A B C D
millions of people.
Jawab: (B) are
Keyword: Together with.
Pembahasan: Noun setelah together with tidak memengaruhi perubahan predikat.
Pada kalimat tersebut subjectnya adalah Robin Hood, maka predikatnya seharusnya was (tunggal, lampau).
Keyword: Together with.
Pembahasan: Noun setelah together with tidak memengaruhi perubahan predikat.
Pada kalimat tersebut subjectnya adalah Robin Hood, maka predikatnya seharusnya was (tunggal, lampau).
6.
In
Vermont, the sap the maple tree is the primary
ingredient in producing maple syrup.
A B C D
A B C D
Jawab: (A) the
Keyword: The sap the maple tree.
Pembahasan: Kalimat tersebut memiliki subjek ganda sehingga harus ditambahkan of sebelum the maple tree. Hal ini karena the sap tersebut merupakan bagian dari maple tree.
Keyword: The sap the maple tree.
Pembahasan: Kalimat tersebut memiliki subjek ganda sehingga harus ditambahkan of sebelum the maple tree. Hal ini karena the sap tersebut merupakan bagian dari maple tree.
7.
After to
have won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for A Bell for Adano, John
Hersey wrote a
A B C
A B C
nonfiction
book about the bombing of Japan.
D
Jawab: (A) to have
Keyword: after.
Pembahasan: Kata “after” sebagai preposisi (kata depan) + Gerund (Ving), Kata “after” sebagai conjunction (penghubung) + klausa (subyek + predikat).
Pada kalimat tersebut seharusnya “after having won…”
Keyword: after.
Pembahasan: Kata “after” sebagai preposisi (kata depan) + Gerund (Ving), Kata “after” sebagai conjunction (penghubung) + klausa (subyek + predikat).
Pada kalimat tersebut seharusnya “after having won…”
8.
The smallest
hummingbirds beat their wings 70 times a second
and are about two inched
A B C D
A B C D
long.
Jawab: (D) inched
Keyword: two Inched long.
Pembahasan: Frasa yang seharusnya digunakan two-inch long, “two-inch” pada kalimat ini merupakan adjective.
Keyword: two Inched long.
Pembahasan: Frasa yang seharusnya digunakan two-inch long, “two-inch” pada kalimat ini merupakan adjective.
9.
Quality,
price, and located are often considered to be
the primary concerns in buying a
A B C D
A B C D
house.
Jawab: (A) located
Keyword: quality, price, and located.
Pembahasan: Penggunaan concord (kesetaraan)
Kata “located” seharusnya diganti menjadi “location” supaya setara dengan quality dan price yang termasuk kata benda (noun).
Keyword: quality, price, and located.
Pembahasan: Penggunaan concord (kesetaraan)
Kata “located” seharusnya diganti menjadi “location” supaya setara dengan quality dan price yang termasuk kata benda (noun).
10.
The name
“America” comes from Amerigo Vespucci, who was a
16th-century
A B C
Italian explorer.
D
Jawab : (B) comes from
Keyword: a 16th-century Italian explorer.
Pembahasan: Karena nama “America” diambil dari penjelajah Italia abad ke-16, seharusnya menggunakan past tense (V2) seharusnya dipakai adalah “came from”.
Keyword: a 16th-century Italian explorer.
Pembahasan: Karena nama “America” diambil dari penjelajah Italia abad ke-16, seharusnya menggunakan past tense (V2) seharusnya dipakai adalah “came from”.
11.
Marie
Curie won two Nobel Prizes for their discoveries
of radioactivity and radioactive
A B C D
A B C D
elements.
Jawab: (B) their
Keyword: Marie Curie.
Pembahasan: Karena mengacu pada Marie Curie (tunggal, perempuan), pronoun yang seharusnya dipakai adalah her.
Keyword: Marie Curie.
Pembahasan: Karena mengacu pada Marie Curie (tunggal, perempuan), pronoun yang seharusnya dipakai adalah her.
12.
The developing
of the submarine was hindered by the lack of a
power source that
A B C
A B C
could propel an
underwater vessel.
D
D
Jawab: (A) developing
Keyword: the developing of.
Pembahasan: Kata di depan “of” (preposisi) harus dalam bentuk noun, dan bentuk noun (kata benda) dari developing adalah “development” (perkembangan).
13. Although humans have highly developed brains, most animal have acuter senses
Keyword: the developing of.
Pembahasan: Kata di depan “of” (preposisi) harus dalam bentuk noun, dan bentuk noun (kata benda) dari developing adalah “development” (perkembangan).
13. Although humans have highly developed brains, most animal have acuter senses
A B C
than them .
D
Jawab: (D) than them.
Keyword: have more acute senses than them.
Pembahasan: Karena mengacu pada kepunyaan (have more acute
senses), maka pembanding
yang seharusnya dipakai adalah “than theirs”.
14. The movement of the stars was
first noticed by early travelers, who used the stars to
A B C
guide its way across the sea.
D
Jawab: (D) its
Keyword: travelers.
Pembahasan: Kata “its” seharusnya diganti dengan “their” karena mengacu
pada travelers (jamak).
15. Those who have seen what is believed
to be Noah’s Ark says it is the largest than a
A B C D
modern battleship.
Jawab: (D) the largest
Keyword: than.
Pembahasan: Kata “than” menunjukkan bahwa kalimat tersebut merupakan
comparative comparison, sehingga seharusnya “it is larger than”.
16. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil
forest consist of a nearly hundred large
A B
stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.
C D
Jawab : (B) a nearly
Keyword : hundred large stumps
Pembahasan : a nearly -> nearly
Kata “a nearly” tidak memerlukan indefinite article/determiner “a”,
karena kata benda
stumps adalah plural.
17. The surface conditions on the planet
Mars are the more like the Earth’s than are
those of
A B C
any other planet in the solar system.
D
Jawab : (B) The more
Keyword : the planet Mars
Pembahasan : the more -> more
18. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in
which the Sun visible remains in the sky for
A B C
twenty-four
hours or longer.
D
Jawab : (B) visible remains
Keyword : the sun
Pembahasan : visible remains -> remains visible
Kata the sun dalam anak kalimat di atas memerlukan
predicate bukan
noun phrase (visible remains). Yang tepat seharusnya remains visible.
19. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing,
lumbering, hunting,
A B C
and farmer region in western
Newfoundland, Canada.
D
Jawab : (D) farmer
Keyword : and
Pembahasan : farmer -> farming
Konjungsi and digunakan untuk menghubungkan kelas kata
yang sederajat.
seharusnya diubah dalam bentuk gerund juga yaitu
farming.
- Ethnology, usually
considered a branch of cultural anthropology, is
often defined
A B
as the scientifically study of the origin and
functioning of humans and their culture.
C D E
Jawaban :
(D) Scientifically
Keyword :
the scientifically study
Pembahasan :
Kata kunci seharusnya membentuk frasa kata benda,
namun
penggunaan scientifically (adverb)
tidak sesuai karena kata yang diterapkan
merupakan noun (study).Kata yang
seharusnya dipakai adalah scientific
(adjective).
- The one-fluid theory of electricity was proposing by
Benjamin Franklin, a man famous
A B C
for his wide interest and great
attainments.
D
Jawab :
(B) proposing
Keyword :
was proposing by
Pembahasan :
kalimat ini seharusnya membentuk kalimat pasif (be + V3) karena ada
kata by. Jadi predikat pada kalimat tersebut seharusnya was proposed by.
- Probably not speech of so few
words has ever been as celebrated as Lincoln’s
Gettysburg
A B C D
address.
Jawab : (A) not
speech
Keyword : not speech
of
Pembahasan : penggunaan
speech (pidato) pada kalimat diatas tidak tepat karena tidak
Bisa digunakan bersamaan dengan not. Frasa yang digunakan
seharusnya no speech.
- Generally, Abstract
Expressionist art is without recognizable images and does not
A B
adhere the limits of conventional form.
C D
Jawaban :
(C) Adhere the
Keyword : adhere
the limits
Pembahasan : Kata adhere jika
diikuti object harus menggunakan to. Jadi frasa yang
dipakai seharusnya adhere
to the limits.
- Perhaps the most distinctive features of
sharks and undoubtedly one of the most
A B
important reasons for their success is their
well-debeloped sensory system.
C D
Jawaban :
(A) Features
Keyword : one of the most important
reasons
Pembahasan : Karena frasa one of the most important reasons mengacu
pada features
maka
kata ini harus dalam bentuk tunggal (feature).
- Almost every the
hereditary material of an individual organism
resides in the
A
B
C D
Jawaban :
(A) Every
Keyword : every
Pembahasan : Kata every tidak mungkin diikuti the, jadi
kata ini seharusnya all of.
- The fiction writer, poetry, and critic
Edgar Allan Poe is among the most familiar of
A B
American writers and one of the
most enigmatic.
C D
Jawaban : (A) Poetry
Keyword : writer; critic
Pembahasan :
Kata and menggabungkan
kata-kata yang setara, dalam hal ini writer, poetry, dan critic.
Namun penggunaan poetry tidak tepat karena berarti
‘puisi’ sementara dua kata lainnya adalah ‘penulis’ dan ‘kritikus’ yang
merupakan profesi. Jadi poetry seharusnya menjadi peot (penyair).
- In June, 1846, near Sacramento, California, a number of new settlers rebelled in the A B C Bear Flag revolt and proclaiming California an independent republic. D
Jawaban : (D) Proclaiming
Keyword : and
Pembahasan :
Kata sambung and membandingkan
hal-hal yang setara, dalam kalimat ini yaitu rebelled dan proclaiming. Namun
kedua kata ini tidak setara karena rebelled berbentuk lampau
dan proclaiming berbentuk gerund. Jadi proclaiming seharusnya
diganti proclaimed.
- Mitosis is the normal process by which a cell
divides, each new cell ending up
with a A B
C D
same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Jawaban : (D) a
Keyword : same
Pembahasan :
Kata same tidak diawali oleh
artikel a karena menunjukkan sesuatu yang pasti. Artikel
yang tepat adalah the.
- There are a series of large-scale wind patterns all over Earth are
called prevailing
A B
winds that have a direct effect on
weather and climate.
C D
Jawaban : (B) are
called
Keyword : Earth
Pembahasan :
Kata earth pada kalimat berfunsi
sebagai subjek, karena itu tidak dapat langsung diikuti kata kerja. Dibutuhkan
kata kerja untuk mengacu pada earth, yaitu which. Jadi
bentuk yang tepat adalah which are called.
- On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds
of flat-topped mountains more than a
mile
A B C D
beneath sea
level.
Jawaban : (B) is
Keyword : hundreds
of flat-topped
Pembahasan :
Kalimat hundreds
of flat-topped mountains berfungsi sebagai subjek. Kata yang tepat adalah are karena masuk dalam kategori Inversion.
- Because of the flourish with which John Hancock signed the Declaration of A
Independence, his name become synonymous with
signature.
B C D
Jawaban : (C) become
Keyword : signed
Pembahasan :
signed (past) paralel dengan became (past)
bukan become (present)
- Segregation in public schools was
declare unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in
A B C D
1954.
Jawaban : (B) was
declare
Keyword : was
declare unconstitutional
Pembahasan :
kalimat tersebut termasuk kedalam jenis kalimat passive voice dengan rumus
(Be+V3). Jadi kata yang tepat adalah was declared.
- Sirius, the Dog Star, is the most brightest star in the sky with an absolute magnitude A B
about twenty-three times that of
the Sun.
C D
Jawaban : (A) the most
brightest star
Keyword : is
the most brightest star
Pembahasan :
ingat pada aturan Comparison degree –Superlative. Jadi kata yang tepat adalah
the brightest star.
- Killer whales tend to wander in
family clusters that hunt, play, and resting together.
A
B C D
Jawaban : (C) resting
Keyword : that
hunt, play, and resting together.
Pembahasan :
kata hunt, play, dan resting together seharusnya pararel. Jadi kata yang tepat
adalah rest.
- Some of the most useful resistor material are
carbon, metals, and metallic alloys.
A B C
D
Jawaban : (C) material
Keyword : some
of …. Material are
Pembahasan :
kata kerjanya are jadi membutuhkan subjek plural. Karena kalimat some of ….
Material menandakan plural. Jadi kata yang tepat adalah materials.
- The community of Bethesda, Maryland,
was previous known as Darcy's
Store.
A B C D
Jawaban : (B) previous
Keyword : known
Pembahasan :
kata known berbentuk sebagai adjective (Adv+Adj), maka dari itu kata yang tepat
adalah previously.
- Alloys of gold and copper have been widely using in various
types of coins.
A B C D
Jawaban : (C) using
Keyword : have
been
Pembahasan :
kata have been seharusnya diimbuhkan dengan V3, jadi kata yang tepat adalah used.
- J. H. Pratt used group therapy early in
this century when he brought tuberculosis patients
A B C
together to discuss its disease.
D
Jawaban : (D) its
Keyword : patients
Pembahasan :
kata patients pada kalimat diatas berbentuk jamak, jadi kata yang tepat adalah
their, karena their merujuk pada kata patients.
- The United States has import all carpet
wools in recent years because domestic wools are
A B C
too fine and soft for carpets.
D
Jawaban : (A) import
Keyword :
has
Pembahasan :
kata has seharusnya digabungkan dengan V3, jadi kata yang tepat
adalah imported.
- Irving Berlin wrote "Oh How I Hate to Get
Up in the Morning" while serving in a U.S.
A B C Army during World War 1.
D
Jawaban : (C) a
Keyword : while
serving in a U.S. Army
Pembahasan :
kata a termasuk kedalam jenis indefinite, yang berarti tidak pasti. Sedangkan
kata while serving berarti sesuatu
yang pasti jadi kata yang tepat adalah “the”. Karena the termasuk kedalam jenis
definite.
- Banks are rushing to merge because
consolidations enable them to slash theirs costs
A B C
and expand.
D
Jawaban : (C) theirs
Keyword : slash
theirs cost
Pembahasan :
kata theirs tidak dapat digabungkan dengan noun. Jadi kata yang tepat adalah
“their”, Karena their dapat digabungkan dengan Noun.
- That water has a very high specific heat means that
without a large temperature change
A B
water can add or lose a large number of heat.
C D
Jawaban : (D) number
Keyword : heat
Pembahasan :
kata heat pada kalimat diatas menandakan uncountable noun. Jadi kata yang tepat
adalah “amount”, karena kata tersebut menandakan uncountable sedangkan kata
number menandakan countable noun.
- Benny Goodman was equally talented as both a
jazz performer as well as a classical
A B C
D
musician.
Jawaban : (C) as well as
Jawaban : (C) as well as
Keyword : both
Pembahasan :
kata both seharusnya digabungkan dengan kata “and”. Jadi kata yang tepat adalah
“and”.
- The state seal still used in Massachusetts designed
by Paul Revere, who also designed
A B C
the first Continental currency.
D
Jawaban : (B) designed
by
Keyword : designed
by
Pembahasan :
kata designed by membutuhkan kata kerja yaitu was. Jadi yang benar adalah was
designed by.
- Quarter horses were developed in eighteenth-century-
Virginia to race on courses short of
A B
about a quarter of a mile in length.
C
D
Jawaban : (B) courses
short
Keyword : to
race on courses short
Pembahasan :
penempatan pola pada kalimat “courses short” salah, atau terbalik. Seharusnya
pola yg digunakan adalah (adjective+noun) bukan (noun+adjective). Jadi kata
yang tepat adalah short courses
- No longer satisfied with the
emphasis of the Denishawn School, Martha Graham
A B C
has moved to the staff of the Eastman School in 1925.
D
Jawaban : (D) has moved
Keyword :
in 1925
Pembahasan :
terdapat tahun pada kalimat, maka perlu kata kerja simple past bukan past
perfect. Jadi kata yang tepat adalah moved.
- William Hart was an act best known for his roles as western
heroes in silent films.
A B C D
Jawaban : (A) act
Keyword : William
hart was an act best known
Pembahasan :
kalimat diatas bermaksud pada pelakunya, jadi kata yang tepat adalah “actor”.
- Prior to an extermination
program earlier this century, alive wolves
roamed across nearly
A B C D
all of North America.
Jawaban : (C) alive
Keyword : alive
wolves… of North America
Pembahasan :
kata alive seharusnya ada dibelakang kalimat atau diakhir kalimat. Jadi kata
yang tepat adalah “live” karena (adjective+noun).
- During the 1960s the Berkeley campus of the University
of California came to national
A B
attention as a result its radical political activity.
C D
Jawaban : (C) result
Keyword : attention
as a result…. activity
Pembahasan :
merujuk kalimat diatas kata result seharusnya digabungkan atau ditambahkan kata
“of”. Jadi kata yang tepat adalah “result + of (berpasangan).
- Artist Gutzon Borglum designed the Mount Rushmore Memorial
and worked on project
A B
from 1925 until his death in
1941.
C D
C D
Jawaban : (B) project
Keyword : worked
on project from….
Pembahasan :
kata on project seharusnya diselingi atau diimbuhkan kata “the”, jadi kata yang
tepat adalah “on the project” (frasa yang sudah umum).
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