TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (READING) DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

By YULI ROSA RITA -
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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(STRUCTURE)

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 1.The Appalachian plateau in Ohio has.....land than the low land provide does.

a.the highest and most rugged

b.as high and rugged

c.the higher and the rugged

d.higher and more rugged

Pembahasan:

Than menunjukkan bahwa kalimat ini mengandung makna komparatif.

Pattern:S+V+ADJ/ADV+ER+THAN+NOUN/PRONOUN(ONE SILABLE)

                   S+V+MORE+ADJ/ADV+THAN+NOUN/PRONOUN(MORE THAN ONE SILABLE)

Jadi kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat di atas adalah higher and more rugged.

2.The muzzle of a horse provides enough distance between the horse's mouth and its eyes...........it can graze and watch for danger at the same time.

a.so that

b.though

c.if

d.because

pemahasan:

Dari dua klausa tersebut terdapat informasi yang saling berkaitan,klausa pertama memberi penjelasan bahwa moncong kuda memberikan jarak yang cukup antara mulut kuda dan matanya sehingga ia bisa merumput dan mengawasi bahaya pada saat bersamaan.(menunjukkan hasil ,jadi jawaban yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah so that

3.Farmers keep soil loose by keeping it covered with grass clippings,compost,or other organic matter......roots can develop easily.

a.in order that

b.though

c.if

d.because

Pembahasan:

Dua klausa tersebut ada hubungan tujuan,yaitu dengan memberikan potongan rumput kompos dan pupuk organik lainnya ,akar tumbuhan bisa berkembang dengan mudah.Jadi jawabannya adalah in order that

4.Pot shards occur in such large number in most archeological sites.......researchers can collect only small samples of them in a single excavation.

a.that

b.although

c.so that

d.where

Pembahasan:

kedua klausa ini memiliki hubungan sebab akibat yaitu Pecahan pot terjadi dalam jumlah yang begitu besar di sebagian besar situs arkeologi .. sehingga ..... peneliti hanya dapat mengumpulkan sampel kecil dalam satu penggalian.Jadi jawaban yangs esuai untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah that(sehingga)

5.Uranium is.....such elements as iodine,mercury and silver are.

a.the most plentiful that

b.more plentiful than

c.plentiful more than

d.that plentiful than

pembahasan:

Uranium lebih banyak dari unsur-unsur seperti yodium, merkuri dan perak.Jadi jawaban yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat di atas adalah more plentiful than

6.Vision is achieved......the eyes and brain work together to form pictures of the world around us.

a.when

b.unless

c.although

d.so that

pembahasan:

klausa ini memiliki kata kerja yang menginformasikan hal dan tense sama sehingga kedua klausa tersebut menginformasikan dua hal yang yang erjadi bersamaan.Jadi,subordinate conjuntion yang tepat untuk menghubungkan keduanya adalah keterangan waktu-when.

7.When a person has colorectal cancer,a tumor may grow....it obstructs the intestine.

a.so large that

b.such larger

c.largest that

d.so that large

pembahasan:

pattern:

so+adj+that

such+noun+that,

Jadi jawaban yangs esuaiuntuk melengkap kalimat di atas adalah so large that.

8.Before the Civil War,parliament in the United Kingdom took a less important part in state affairs........it does now.

a.than

b.as

c.that

d.if

pembahasan:

kata less menunjukkan bahwa kalimat ini mengandung unsur comparative,jadi jawaban yang sesuai untuk melengkapi kalimat diatas adalah than.

bentuk irregular comparative dari:little-less-least

9.Technologically oriented societies must face the task of retraining workers who lose jobs to automation,providing them with new skills.......they can be employable in the industries of the 21st century.

a.so that

b.because

c.unless

d.as if

pembahasan:

kedua klausa tersebut memiliki hubungan hasil yaitu Masyarakat yang berorientasi teknologi harus menghadapi tugas melatih kembali pekerja yang kehilangan pekerjaan karena otomatisasi, memberi mereka keterampilan baru sehingga mereka dapat dipekerjakan di industri abad ke-21.Jadi jawaban yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat di atas adalah so that.

10.The outstanding prose works of the Renaissance are not as numerous......those of later ages.

a.to

b.han

c.if

d.as

pembahasan:

Kalimat di atas memiliki makna positif degree yaitu as numerous as.Jadi jawabannya adalah as.


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