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 (READING)

By YULI ROSA RITA -
             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 the very end of January and another full moon at the very beginning of March)It is on the occasion when a given calender  month has a second full moon that a blue moon occurs.This does not happen very often,only three or four times in a decade.
            The blue moons of today are called blue moons because of their rarity and not because of their color;however,the expression"blue moon"may have come into existence in reference to unusual circumstances in which the moon  actually appeared blue.Certain natural phenomena of gigantic proportions can actually change the appearance of the moon from earth.The eruption of the Krakatao volcano in 1883 left dust  particles in the atmosphere,which clauded the sun and  gave the moon a bluish tint.This particular occurence of the blue moon may have given rise to the expression that we use today.Another example occurred more than a century later.When  Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991,the moon again took on blue tint.


1.This passage is about
a.an idiomatic expression
b.an unusual color
c.a month on the calender
d.a phase of the moon

2.How long has the expression"once in a blue moon"been around?
a.For around 50 years
b.For less than 100 years
c.For more than 100 years
d.For 200 years

3.A blue moon could best be described as
a.a full moon that is not blue in color
b.a new moon that is blue in color
c.a full moon that is blue in color
d.a new moon that is not blue in color

4.The word"hue"in line 7 is closest meaning to
a.shape
b.date
c.color
d.size

5.Which of the following might be the date of a"blue moon"?
a.January 1
b.February 28
c.April 15
d.December 31
6.How many blue moons would there most likely be in a century?
a.4
b.35
c.70
d.100

6.According to the passage,the moon actually looked blue
a.after large volcanic eruptions
b.when it occurred late in the month
c.several times a years
d.during the month of Frebruary

7.The expression"given rise to"in line 19 could best be replaced by
a.created a need for
b.elevated the level of
c.spurred the creation of
d.brighned the color of

8.Where in the passage does the author describe the duration of a lunar cycle?
a.Lines 1-3
b.Lines 5-6
c.Lines 8
d.Lines 12-13

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




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