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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 MENGERJAKAAN SOAL TOEFL(READING)

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             Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials.It can be colored or colorless,monochrome or polychrome,transparent,transclucent,or opaque.It is lightweight impermeable to liquids,readily cleaned and reused,durable yet fragile,and often very beautiful Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional.In all its myriad forms-as table were,containers,in architecture and design-glass represnts a major achievement in the history of technologycal developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3,000 B.C.,glass lias been used for making various kinds of objects.It was frst made from a mixture of silica,line and an alkali such as soda or potash,ad these remained the basic ingredients of glass of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century.When heated,the mixture becomes soft and malleable and cn be formed by various technques into  a vast array of shapes and sizes.The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass,but in contrast to most materials formed in this way(metals,for instance),glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids,and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid.In effect,as molten glass cools,it progressively stiffens until rigid,but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process.This is why glass shatters so easily  when dealt a blow.Why glass deteriorates over time,especially when exposed to moisture,and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses Induced by uneven cooling.

        Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot,ductile liquid.Unlike metals that flow or"freeze"at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises,going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like a thick syrup.Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms,by different techniques,and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point.Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.


1.Why does the author list the characteristics of glass in lines 1-4?

a.To demonstrate how glass evolved

b.To show the versatility of glass

c.To explain glassmaking technology

d.To explain the purpose of each component of glass

2.The word"durable"in line 3 is closest in meaning to

a.lasting

b.delicate

c.heavy

d.plain

3.What does the author imply about the raw materials used to make glass?

a.They were the same for centuries

b.They arc liquid

c.They are transparent

d.They are very heavy

4.According to the passage,how is glass that has cooled and become rigid different from most other rigid substances?

a.It has an interlocking crystal network.

b.It has an unusually low melting temperature.

c.It has varying physical properties.

d.It has a random molecular structure.

5.The word"exposed to"in line 19 are closest in meaning to

a.hardened by

b.chilled with

c.subjected to

d.deprived of

5.The word"customarily"in line 17 is closest in meaning to 

a.hardened by

b.chilled with

c.subjected to

d.deprived of

6.What must be done to release the internal stresses that build up in glass products during manufacture?

a.the glass must be reheated and evenly cooled.

b.the glass must be cooled quickly

c.the glass must be shaped to its

d.the glass must be shaped to its desired form immediately

7.The word"induced"in line 21 is closest in meaning to

a.joined

b.missed

c.caused

d.lost

8.The word"it"in line 23 refers to

a.feature

b.glass

c.manner

d.viscosity

9.According to the passage,why can glass be more easily shaped into specific forms than can metals

a.It resists breaking when heated.

b.It has better optical properties.   

c.It retains heat while its viscosity changes.

d.It gradually becomes softer as its temperature rises.


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