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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)

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             A rather surprising geographical feature of America is that a huge freshwater lake,one of the world's largest and deepest,lies hidden there under four kilometers of rice.Now known as Lake Vostok,this huge body of water is located under the ice block that comprises Antarctica.The lake is able to exist in its unfrozen state beneath this block of ice because its waters are warmed by geothermal heat from the earth's core.The thick glacier above Lake Vostok actually insulates it from the frigid temperatures(the lowest ever recorded on Earth)on the surface.

            The lake was first discovered in the 1970s while a research team was conducting an aerial survey of the area.Radio waves from the survey equipment penetrated the ice and revealed a body of indeterminate size.It was not until much more recently that data collected by satellite made scientists aware of the tremendous size of the lake;the satellite-borne radar detected an extremely flat region where the ice remains level because it is floating on the water of the lake.

            The discovery of such a huge freshwater lake trapped under Antarctica is of interest to the scientific community because of the potential that the lake contains ancient microbes that have survived for thousands upon thousands of years,unaffected by factors such as nuclear fallout and elevated ultraviolet light that have affected organisms in more exposed areas.The downside of the discovery,however,lies in the difficulty of conducting research on the lake in such a harsh climate and in the problems associatited with obtaining uncontaminated samples from the lake without actually exposing the lake to contamination.Scientists are looking for possible ways to accomplish this.


1.The purpose of the passage is to

a.explain how Lake Vostok was discovered

b.provide satellite data concerning Antarctica

c.discuss future plans for Lake Vostok

d.present an unexpected aspect of Antarctica's geography

2.The word"Lies"in line 2 could best be replaced by

a.sleeps

b.sits

c.tells falsehood

d.inclines

3.What is true of Like Vostok?

a.It is completely frozen.

b.It is not a saltwater lake.

c.It is beneath a thick slab of ice.

d.It is heated by the sun.

4.Which of the following is closest in meaning to"frigid"in line 6?

a.Extremely cold

b.Never changing

c.Quite harsh

d.Rarely recorded

5.All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of America EXCEPT that it

a.was conducted by air

b.made use of radio waves

c.did not measure the exact size of the lake

d.was controlled by a satellite

6.It can be inferred from the passage that the ice would not be flat if

a.there were no lake

b.the lake were not so cold

c.Antarctica were not so cold

d.radio waves were not used

7.The word"microbes"in line 13 could best be replaced by which of the following?

a.Pieces of dust

b.Trapped bubbles

c.Tiny organisms

d.Rays of light

8.The passage mentions which of the following as a reason for the importance of Lake Vostok to scientists?

a.It can be studied using radio waves.

b.It may contain uncontaminated microbes.

c.It may have elevated levels of ultraviolet light.

d.It has already been contaminated.

9.The word"downside"in line 15 is closest in meaning to

a.bottom level

b.negative aspect

c.underside

d.burid section

10.The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses

a.further discoveries on the surface of Antarctica

b.problems with satelite-borne radar equipment

c.ways to study Lake ostok without contaminating it

d.the harsh climate of Antarctica


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