TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

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  Woman:     Today,we continue talking about vegetable and fodder plants.We spoke of other types of these,including kale and collards,previously.Today we will review what is normally reffered to as cabbage in common conversation.     Cabbage is a common vegetable native to England and northwestern France but now grown in many parts of Europe,Asia,and the American continents.There are three kinds of cabbage,all with the same basic characteristic;The leaves grow very close together,forming a hard,round head.The three types of cabbage are white,savoy,and red.While the white and red cabbages have prominent veins in the coir leaves,savoy has wrinkled and blistered leaves.All forms of cabbage have succulent leaves covered with a waxy coating.They are low in calories,have little fat,ad are an excellent source of ascorbic acid,minerals,and bulk,which helps digestion.     Cabbage seeds are quite small.Farners normally sow the seeds in rows that are about 36 inc...
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TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(READING)

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        After inventing dynamite,Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man.However,he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late.Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite,so in 1895,just two weeks before his death,he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind.Originally there were five awards:literature,hysics,chemistry,medicine,and peace.Economics was added in 1968,just sixty-sevenyears after the first awars ceremony.
        Nobel's original legacy of nine million dollars was invested,and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which very from $30.000 to $ 125.000.
Every year on December 10,the anniversary of Nobel's death,the awards(gold medal,illuminated diploma,and money)are presented to the winners.Simetimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions.Americans have won numerous science awards,but relatively few literature prizes.
        No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War 11.Some people have won two prizes,but this is rare;others have shared their prizes.

1.The word"foresaw"in line 2 is nearest in meaning to
a.prevailed
b.postponed
c.preverited
d.predicted
pembahasan:"Foresaw"means to have known beforehand,which is nearest in meaning to "predicted."

2.The Nobel Prize was esablished in order to
a.recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity
b.resolve political differences
c.honor the inventor of dynamite
d.spend money
pembahasan:The third sentence of paragraph 1 says that the prize was established to recognize"wordwhile contributions to humanity."

3.All of the following statements are true except
a.awards vary in monetary value
b.ceremonies are held on December 10 to Nobel's invention
c.politics plays an important role in selecting the winners
d.a few individuals have won two awards
pembahasan:The last sentence of paragraph 3 says that Americans have won"numerous science awards."

4.In how many fields are prizes bestowed?
a.2
b.5
c.6
10
pembahasaan:Choice(A) is true.The awards vary from $ 30,000 to $ 125,000.We are told specifically that politics sometimes plays an important role in the selection(C) and hat some people have won two prizes,although that is rare(unusual).If it is rare,then only a few will have done so(D).Choice(B) is not true.The date December 10 is not important in commemorating Nobel's invention,but rather the anniversary of his death.

5.It is implied that Nobel's profession was in
a.economics 
b.medicine
c.literature
d.science
pembahasan:Paragraph 1,sentence 4,says that there were originally five awards,and economics was added in 1968.The total,then,is six.

6.I line 6"worthwhile"is closest in meaning to
a.economic
b.prestigious
c.trivial
d.valuable
pembahasan:An inventor of dynamite would most likely be working in the field of science.

7.How much money did Nobel's leave for the prizes?
a.$ 30,00
b.$125,000
c.$155,000
d.$9,000,000
pembahasan:The contributions that the Nobel Prize winners make to humanity are most likely "valuable"

8.What is the main idea of this passage?
a.Alfred Nobel become very rich when he invented dynamite.
b.Alfred Nobel created awards in six categories for contributions to humanity
c.Alfred Nobel left all of his money to science
d.Alfred Nobel made a lasting contribution to humanity
pembahasan:Nobel's original legacy was $ 9,000,000(paragraph)

40.The word"legacy"in line 11 means most nearly the same as
a.legend
b.bequest
c.prize
d.debt
pembahasan:Choices(A)and(B)are details of the passage,not the main idea.Choice(C)is not stated in the passage.Leaving $9,000,000 to support people who make valuable contributions to humanity is in itself contribution to humanity(D).

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