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TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (READING) DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

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        READING TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA            Madison Square Garden,a world-famous sporting venue in Newyork City,has actually been a series of buildings in varied locations rather than a single building in one spot.In 1873,P.T.Barnum built Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome at the corner of Madison Avenue and 26th Street,across from Madison Square Park.Two years later,bandleader Patrick Gilmore bought the property,added statues and fountains,and renamed it Gilmore's Gardens.When Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the property in 1879,it was renamed Madison Square Garden.          A second very lavish Madison Square Garden was built at the same location in 1890,with a ballroom,a restaurant,a theater,a rooftop garden,and a main arena with seating for 15000.However,this elaborate Madison Square Garden lasted only until 1924,when it was torn down to make way for a forty-story skyscraper.          When the second Madison Square Garden ha
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TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(READING)

By YULI ROSA RITA -
        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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