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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 final battle of the War of 1812 was the Battle of Mew Orleans.This battle gave a clear demonstration of the need for effective communication during wartime;it also showed the disastrous reslt that can come to pass when communication is inadequate.

            The War of 1812 was fought between Great Britain and the very young country of the United States only a relatively few years after the United States had won its independence from Britain.The United States had declared war against Britain in june of 1812,mosly because of interference with U.S.shipping by the British and because of the shanghaiing of U.S. sailors for enforced service on  British vessels.The war lasted for a little more than two years,when a peace treaty was signed at Ghent,in Belgium,on the 24th of december,1814.

            Unfortunately,the news that the Treaty of Ghent had been signed and that the war was officially over was not communicated in a timely manner over the wide distance to where the war was being contested.Negotiation for the treaty and the actual signing of the treaty took place in Europe,and news of the traty had to be carried across the Atlantic to the war front by ship.A totally unnecessary loss of life was incurred as a result of the amount of time that it took to inform the combatants of the traty.

            Early in January of 1815,some two weeks after the peace ireaty had been signed,British troops in the southern part of the United States were unaware that the war had officially ended.Over 5000British troops attacked U.S.troops.During the ensuing battle,known as the Battle of New Orleans,The British suffered a huge number of casualties,around 2000,and the Americans lost 71,all in a battle fought only because news of the peace treaty that had already been signed in Ghent had not yet reached the battlefield.

1.The main idea of this passage is that

a.the War of Independence was unnecessary

b.the War of 1812 was unnecessary

c.the Treaty of Ghent was unnecessary

d.the Battle of New Orleans was unnecessary

2.The pronoun"it"in line 2 refers to

a.battle

b.demonsration

c.communication

d.wartime

3.The expression"come to pass"in line 3 could best be replaced by

a.happen

b.overthrow

c.self-destruct

d.circumvent

4.According to the passage,when did the United States win its independence from Britain?

a.Shortly before the War of 1812

b.During the War of 1812

c.Just after the War of 1812

d.Long after the War of 1812

5.According to the passage,some U.S.sailors were

a.taken forcibly to Shanghai

b.made to go to Ghent

c.forced to work on British ships

d.responsible for causing the War of 1812

6.It is NOT Stated in the passage that Ghent was

a.where negotiations took place

b.the site of the final battle

c.where the treaty was signed

d.far from the battlefield

7.The word"contested"in line 12 is closest in meaning to

a.played

b.fought

c.discussed

d.examined

8.It can be determined from the passage that,of the following dates,the Battle of New Orleans was most probably fought

a.on December 10,1814

b.on December 24,1814

c.on January 1,1815

d.on January 8,1815

9.Where in the passage does the author indicate when the War of 1812 officially ended?

a.Lines 1-3

b.Lines 4-5

c.Lines 8-9

d.Lines 10-12

10.Which paragraph describes the battle that took place after the signing of the trarty?

a.The first paragraph

b.The second paragraph

c.The third paragraph

d.The last paragraph

Thank for reading TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA in my blog.
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