TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 ,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

             The organitation that today is known as the Bank of America did start out in America,but under quite a different name.Italian America A.P Giannini established this bank on october 17,1904,in a renovated saloon in San Francisco's Italian community of North Beach under the name Bank of Italy,with imigrants and first-time bank customers comprising the majority of his first cstomers.During its development,Giannini's bank survived major crises in the form of natural disaster and a major economic upheaval that not all other banks were able to overcome.               One major test for Giannini's bank occurred on April 18,1906,when a massive earthquake struck San Francisco,followed by a raging fire that destroyed by much of the city.Giannini obtained two wagons  and teams of horses,filled the wagons with the bank's reserves,mostly in the form of gold,covered the reserves with  crates of oranges,and escaped from the chaos of the city  with his clients' funds p

1.The class will be end at 1 pm in the afternoon. a.at 1 pm b.at in the afternoon c.the afternoon d.the afternoon of 1 pm 2. In the event that it rains ,I will stay at home. a.The event that it rains b.If it rains c.That in the event it rains d.That the event rains 3.I like a person who is honest. a.who is honest b.who is honest person c.an honest person d.a person honest 4.It is an apple which is sweet. a.which is sweet apple b.which is apple wseet c.an apple sweet d.a sweet apple 5.The zoo collects a total of 50 animals. a.total of 50 animals b.50 animals c.50 animals of the total d.total 50 animals 6.The event organizers give me some free gifts. a.some gifts b.free gifts c.some gifts free d.gifts free 7.Every person has a particular interest. a.a particular b.interest particular c.an interest d.particular of interest 8. The biography of her life is launched today. a.The biography b.The biography c.The her biography d.The her life biography 9.I do many jobs each and every day. a.ev

1.Man:I hear Jan isn't teaching here this term.    Woman:That's right.She was fired.    Third voice:What does the woman say about Jan?    a.She's tired of teaching.    b.She was dismissed from her job.    c.She's changing jobs.    d.The school is too hot. 2.Man:Nancy,I heard you were late for class this morning.   Woman:I overslept and missed the bus.   Third voice:Why does the woman say she was late?   a.She got up later than usual.   b.The bus was late.   c.She forgot her class.   d.Her clock ws wrong. 3.Woman:I heard on the radio that the eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 are closed.   Man:Yes,a tractor-trailer jackknifed and caused a huge pileup.   Third voice:What are the speakers discussing?   a.The weather report   b.The traffic repost   c.Direactions to interstate 4   d.Their disgust with careless drivers 4.Woman:What do you think of professor Conrad's class?   Man:Wwll,his lectures are interesting enough,but I think he could choose more       appropriate ques

              Perhaps the most ovious  way           artistic creation reflects how people          live is  by mirroring the environment,          the materials and technologies          available to a culture.Stone,wood,tree line  . bark,clay,and sand are generally (5)     available materials.           In addition,depending on the locality,other resources may be             accessible:shells,horns,gold,copper,and silver.The different            uses to which societies put these materials are of interest to            anthropologists who may ask,for example,why people choose (10)   to use clay and not copper when both items are available.           Although there are no conclusive answers yet,the way in            which a society views its environment is sometimes apparent            in its choice and use of artistic materials.The use of certain            metals,for example,may be reserved for ceremonial objects  (15)   of special importance.Or the belief in the

 1. Yuzen dyeing is a Japanese art that produces a lavish,multicolored type of kimono design that dates from the seventeenth century.First,a pattern is sketched on a komono of plain,undyed silk.The garment is then taken apart and the design carefully painted onto the fabric with a paste that prevents the fabric from absorbing dye.Next,dyes are brushed over the silk,their colors penetrating only the untreated areas.After the the paste is rinsed out,the strips of silk are again sewed into the kimono.Elaborate embroidery often completes the decoration. What is the main subject of this passage? a.kimono design dating from the seventeenth century b.a description of Yuzen dyeing c.how kimonos are made d.the elaborate embroidery done on kimonos pembahasan: ( B) Bagian ini terdiri dari perkenalan langkah demi langkah untuk pewarnaan Yuzen 2.The bioluminescent flashlifht does not actually light up but has a sacklike organ under each eye that contains luminous bacteria.Although the bacteria glo

     The 50-million -year-old fossils of an ancient whale found in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan give strong evidence that modern whales are descended from a four-legged,land-dwelling animal.The fossils consist of part of the skull,some teeth,and the well-preserved middle ear of an animal that was 6 to 8 feet long,weighed 350 pounds,had a wolflike snout,and had two foot-long jaws with sharp,triangular teeth.It is the middle ear which suggests that the ancient whale lived on land.Analytic indicated that the animal had eardrums,which do not work in water and which modern whales have only in vestigial form.Furthermore,the right and left ear bones were not isolated from each other.The separation of these bones in marine whales enables them to detect the direcion of underwater sounds. 1.The 50-million-year-old fossils found in Pakistan a.are 6 to 8 feet long and 350 pounds in weight b.are descended from a four-legged,land-dwelling animal c.proves the Himalayan foothills were once unde

             There is a common expression in the English language referring to blue moon.When people say that something happens"only once in a blue moon,"they mean that it happens only very rarely, once in a great while.This expression has been around for at least a century and a half;there are references to this expression that date from the second half of the nineteenth century.                        The expression"a blue moon"has come to refer to the second full moon occurring in any given calender month.A second full moon is not called a blue moon because it is particularly blue or is any different in hue from the first full moon of the moon.Instead,it is called a blue moon because it is so rare.The moon needs a little more than 29 days to complete cycle from full moon to full moon.Because every month except February has more than 29 days,every  month will have at least one full moon(except February,which will have a full moon unless there is a full moon at t

             These stories of killer bees in the news in recent years have attracted a alot of attention as the bees have made their way from South America to North America.Killer bees are reputed to be extremely aggressive in nature,although experts say that their  aggression may have been somewhat inflated.               The killer bee is a hybrid-or combination-of the very mild European strain of honeybee and the considerably more aggressive African bee,which was created when the African strain was imported into Brazil in 1955.The African bees were brought into Brazil because their aggression was considered an advantage;they were far more productive than their European counterparts in that they spent a higher percentage of their time working and continued working longer in inclement weather than did the European bees.               These killer bees have been known to attack humans and animals,and some fatalities have occurred.Experts point out,however,that the mixed breed known as

              Perhaps better known than the Cullinan Diamond is the Hope Diamond,a valuable and rare blue gem with a background of more than 300 years as a world traveler.The 112-carat blue stone that later became the Hope Diamond was mined in India sometime before the middle of the seventeenth century and was first known to be  ownded by Shah Jahan,who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife. From India,the celebratad blue stone has  changed hands often,moving from location to location in distant corners of the world.               In the middle of the seventeenth century,a trader from France named Jean Baptiste Tavernier acquired the large blue diamond,which was rumored to have been ilegally removed from a temple.Tavernier returned to France with the big blue gem,where the stone was purchased by the sun King,Louis XIV.Louis XVI had it cut down from 112 to 67 carats to make its shape symmetrical and to maximize its sparkle.The newly cut diamond,still huge by any standards,