TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(LISTENING)DAN JAWABANNYA

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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 2 (READING)DAN JAWABANNYA

By YULI ROSA RITA -
             Asprin's origins go back at least as early as 1758.In that year,Englishman Edward Stone noticed a distinctive bitter flavor in the bark of the willow tree.To Stone,this particular bark seemed to have much in the common with"Peruvian Bark,"which had been used medicinally since the 1640s to bring down fevers and to treat malaria.Stone decided to testthe effectiveness
of the willow bark.He obtained some,pulverized it into tiny pieces and conducted experiments on its properties.His tests demonstrated that this pulverized willow bark was effective both in reducing high temperatures and in relieving aches and pains.In 1763,Stone presented his findings to the British Royal Society.
            Several decades later,further studies on the medicinal value of the willow bark were being conducted by two Italian scientists.These chemists,Brugnatelli and Fontana,determined that the active chemical salicin,which is the active ingredient of today's aspirin.
            The name"aspirin"is the trade name of the drug based on the chemical salicin,properly known as acetysaliylic acid.The trade name"aspirin"was invented for the drug in the 1890s by the Bayer Dug Company in Germany in Germany.The first bottles of aspirin actually went on sale to the public just prior to the turn of the century,in 1899.


1.According to the passage,aspirin originated
a.no later than 1758
b.something after 1758
c.definitely sometime in 1758
d.no earlier than 1758

2.It can be inferred from the passage that Peruvian Bark
a.caused fevers
b.was ineffective in treating malaria
c.was described to the British Royal Society by Stone
d.was in use prior to aspirin

3.The pronoun"it"in line 5 refers to
a.malaria
b.willow bark
c.effectiveness
d.the British Royal Society

4.The word"properties"in line 5 could best be replaced by
a.ownership
b.body
c.characteristics
d.materials

5.What did the willow bark look like after Stone prepared it for his experiments?
a.It was in large chunks.
b.It was a thick liquid.
c.It was a rough poeder.
d.It was in strips of bark.

6.The Italian chemists mentioned in the passage most probably conducted their studies on willow bark.
a.in the 1750s
b.in the 1760s
c.in the 1770s
d.in the 1780s

7.What is true about Brugnatelli and Fontana?
a.They were from England.
b.They added a chemical to the willow bark.
c.They conducted studies on the willow bark.
d.They were medical doctors.

8.The expression"prior to"in line 14 could best be replaced by
a.at
b.before
c.during
d.after

9.The word"turn"in line 15 could best be replaced by
a.spin
b.corner
c.change
d.reversal

10.Where in the passage does the author name the scientific compound tht makes up aspirin?
a.Line 2-4
b.Line 7
c.Lines 8-9
d.Lines 12-13

reference:
LONGMAN PREPARATION COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST
TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA


            

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