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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 -
             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 the killer bee is actually not at all as aggressive as the pure African bee.They also point out that the attacks have a chemical cause.A killer bee stings only when it has been disturbed;it is not agressive by nature.However,after a disturbed bee stings and flies away,it leaves its stinger embedded in the victim.In the vicera attached to the embedded stinger is the chemical isoamyl aacetate,which has an odor that attracts other bees.As other bees approach the victim of the original sting,the victim tends to panic,thus disturbing other bees and causing them to sting.The new stings create more of the chemical isoamyl acetate,which attracts more bees and increases the panic level of victim.Killer bees tend to travel in large clusters or swarms and thus respond in large numbers to the production of isoamyl acetate.


1.The subject of the preceding paragraph was most likely
a.ways of producing honey
b.stories in the media about killer bees
c.the chemical nature of killer bee attacks
d.the creation of the killer bee

2.The main idea of this passage is that killer bees
a.have been in the news a lot recently
b.have been moving unexpetedly rapidly through the Americas
c.are not as aggressive as their reputation suggests
d.are a hybrid rather than a pure breed

3.The word"inflated"in line 4 could best be replaced by
a.exaggerated
b.blown
c.aired
d.burst

4.It can be inferred from the passage that the killer bee
a.traveled from Brazil to Africa in 1955
b.was a predecessor of the African bee
c.was carried from africa to Brazil in 1955
d.did not exist early in the twentieth century

5.Why were African bees considered beneficial?
a.They produced an unusual type of honey.
b.They spent their time traveling.
c.They were very aggresive.
d.They hid from inclement weather.

6.A "hybrid"in line 5 is
a.a mixture
b.a relative
c.a predecessor
d.an enemy

7.It is stated in the passage that killer bees
a.are more deadly than African bees
b.are less aggressive than African bees
c.never attack animals
d.always attack African bees

8.The pronoun"They"in line 13 refers to
a.killer bees
b.humans and animals
c.fatalities
d.experts

9.What is NOT mentioned in the passage as a contributing factor in an attack by killer bees?
a.Panic by the victim
b.An odorous chemical
c.Disturbance of the bees
d.Inclement weather

10.Where in the passage does the author describe the size of the groups in which killer bees move?
a.Lines 2-4
b.Lines5-7
c.Lines11-7
d.Lines19-20

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



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