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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 2(READING)

By YULI ROSA RITA -
             Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of hight-priority packages.The first company of its type,Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred  Smith in 1971,when he was only 28 years old.Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an economics class when he was when he was a student at Yale University.The term paper reputedly received a less-than-stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project that Smith had outlined.The model that  Smith proposed had never been tried;it was a model that was efficient to operate but at the same time was very difficult to institute.
            Smith acchieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger system and could,therefore,focus on  how to deliver packages most efficiently.His strategy was to own his own planes so  that he could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through the hub city of Memphis,a set-up which resembles the the spokes on the wheel of a bicycle.With this combination of his own planes and hub set-up,he could get packages anywhere in the United States overnight.
            What made Smith's idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before the company could begin operations.He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night and deliver them to Memphis,where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations;he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver pakages to and from the various airports;he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle the operation.Smith had a $4 million inheritance from his father,and he managed to raise an additional $91 million dollars from venture capitalists to get the the company operating.
        When Federal Express began service in 1973 in 25 cities,the company was not an immediate success,but success did come within a relatively short period of time.The company lost $29 million in the first 26 months of operations.However,the tide was to turn relatively quickly.By late 1976,Federal Express was carrying an average of 19,000 packages per night and had made a profit of $3,6 million.


1.The most appropriate tittle for this passage is
a.The Problems and Frustrations of a Business Student
b.The Importance of Business Studies
c.The Capitalization of Federal Exoress
d.The Implementation of a Successful Business

2.The word"developed"in line 3 could best be replaced by
a.come up with
b.come about
c.come across
d.come into

3.What is stated in the passage about Smith's term paper?
a.Smith submitted it through a delivery service.
b.It was written by a student of Smith's.
c.Its grade was mediocre.
d.The professor thought it had great potential.

4.What was a key idea of Smith's?
a.That he should focus on passenger service
b.That package delivery should be separate from passenger service
c.That packages could be delivered on other companies' planes
d.That passenger service had to be efficient

5.A "hub city"in line 11 is
a.a large city with small cities as destinations
b.a city that is the final destination for many routes
c.a city where many bicycle routes begin
d.a centralized city with destinations emanating from it

6.It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because from it
a.was near the middle of the country
b.had a large number of passenger aircraft
c.already had a large package delivery service
d.was a favorite passenger airport

7.The pronoun"they"in line 16 refers to
a.aircraft
b.package
c.airports
d.destinations

8.It is NOT mentioned in the passage that,in order to set up his company,Smith needed
a.airplanes
b.trucks
c.personnel
d.faculty

9.How long did it take Federal Express to become profitable?
a.Two months
b.One year
c.Three years
d.Six years

10.Which paragraph explains what made Smith's model effective?
a.The first paragraph
b.The second paragraph
c.The third paragraph
d.Six years

11.The tone of the passage in describing Smith's accomplishments is
a.unflattering
b.sincere
c.unconvincing
d.snobbish

reference:
LONGMAN PREPARATION COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST
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