TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

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 2 (READING)DAN JAWABANNYA

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             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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