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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 (READING)

By YULI ROSA RITA -
             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 protected.In the aftermath of the disaster,Giannini's bank was the first to resume operations .Unable to install the bank in a proper office setting,Giannini opened up shop on the Washington Street Wharf on a makeshift desk created from boards and barrels.
            In the period following the 1906 fire,the Bank of Italy continued to prosper and expand.By 1918 there were twenty-four branches of the Bank of Italy,and by 1928 Giannini had acquired numerous other banks,including a  Bank of America located in New York City.In 1930 he consolidated all the branches of the bank of Italy the Bank of America in New York City,and another Bank of America that he had formed in California into the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association.
            A second major crisis for the bank occurred during the Great Depression of the 1930s.Although Giannini had already retired prior to the darkest days of the Depression,he become incensed when his successor began selling off banks during the bad economic times.Giannini resumed leadership of the bank at the age of sixty-two.Under Giannini's leadership,the bank weathered the storm of the Depression and subsequently moved into a phrase of overseas development.

1.According to the passage,Giannini
a.opened the Bank of America in 1904
b.worked in a bank in Italy
c.set up the Bank of America prior to setting up the Bank of Italy
d.later changed the name of the Bank of Italy

2.Where did Giannini open his first bank?
a.In New York City
b.In what used to be a bar
c.On Washington Street Wharf
d.On a makeshift desk

3.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true about the San Francisco earthquake?
a.It happened in 1906.
b.It occurred in the aftermath of a fire.
c.It caused problems for Giannini's bank.
d.It was a tremendous earthquike.

4.The word"raging"in line 8 could best be replaced by
a.angered
b.localized
c.intense
d.feeble

5.It can be inferred from the passage that Giannini used crates of oranagaes after the earthquake
a.to hide the gold
b.to fill up the wagons
c.to provide nourishment for his customers
d.to protect the gold from the fire

6.The word"chaos"in line 10 is closest in meaning to
a.legal system
b.extreme heat
c.overdevelopment
d.total confusion

7.The word"consolidated"in line 17 is closest in meaning to
a.hardened
b.merged
c.moved
d.sold

8.The passage states that after his retirement,Glannini
a.began selling off banks
b.caused economic misfortune to occur
c.supported the bank's new management
d.returned to work

9.The expression"weathered the storm of"in line 23 could best be replaced by
a.found a curse for
b.rained on the parade of
c.survived the ordeal of
d.blew to stack at

10.Where in the passage does the author describe Giannini first banking clients?
a.Lines 2-5
b.Lines 7-8
c.Lines 12-13
d.Lines 14-16

11. How is the information in the passage presented?
a.In chronological order
b.In order of importance
c.A cause followed by an effect
d.Classifications with examples

12.The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses
a.bank failure during the Great Depression
b.a third major crisis of the Bank of America
c.the international development of the Bank of America
d.how Giannini spent his retirement

reference:
LONGMAN PREPARATION COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST
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