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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 -

         Paul Bunyan is perhaps America's best-known folk hero.A fictional logger of incredible strength,he was most likely based on an actual nineteenth-century logger from the northern United States or Canada.As a folk hero,he struck a chord with Americans on same level,perhaps because he was incredibly strong but also because he was hard-working and capable,ingenious in solving problems,and fun-loving.

        Though there isevidence that Paul Bunyan tales were part of oral tradition in the nineteenth century,Paul Bunyan stories did not appear inwritten form until the early twentieth century.Journalist James McGillivray included descriptions of Bunyan in a series of essays entitled "The Round River Drive,"which appeared in a number of Midwestern newspapers between 1906 and 1910.However,it was through an extensive advertising campaign that Paul Bunyan moved solidly into print.

        Recognizig the appeal of Paul Bunyan as a figure for his company's advertising,William Laughead,an advertising executive for the Red River Lumber Company,initiated a campaign that consisted of a series of publications featuring Paul Bunyan.Foe several decades,the company distributed these publications free of charge and made no attempt to obtain a copyrright on them.In fact,the company vigorously encouraged other writes to make use of Paul Bunyam because it felt that the use of this character enhanced the name recognition of the Red River Lumber Company inasmuch as the name of the folk hero and the name of the company had because interwomen.

        The Bunyan stories published by Red River and further circulated by others were tall tales of gigantic proportions.In these tales,Bunyan is depicted as a man of superhuman proportions,who is strong,hard-working,entrepreneurial,and innovative.In one story,for example,Paul is credited with digging the Great Lakes in order to create a watering hole for his giant ox,Babe.In another of these tales,Paul caused an entire winter of blue snow to fall by swearing a blue streak after he injured himself by smashing his thumb with a large hammer.A third story in the series describes Paul's role in establising the Mississippi River.

        Fascination with Paul Bunyan has continued to grow,and today he is a standard of American folklore.The prevalence of Bunyan as a figure of folklore today is evidenced by references to him in countless stories,cartoons,poems,and songs as wel as the numerous community festivals and logging competitions featuring Paul Bunyan that can be found throughout the sections of the country where logging has a strong tradition.

1.The purpose of this passage is to

a.present the actual feats of a real-life logger

b.discuss a "larger than life"folk hero

c.describe logging in North America

d.provide an overciew of American folktales

2.It is NOT stated in the passage that Paul Bunyan is known for his

a.unusual strength

b.dedication to work

c.ingenuity in difficult situations

d.serious nature

3.The passage states that Paul Bunyan tales first appeared

a.in oral stories

b.in a series of essays

c.in newspapers

d.in advertising

4.Which of the following CANNOT be inferred about the River Lumber Company's advertising campaign featuring Paul Bunyan?

a.It endured for quite a time.

b.The company did not protect its ownership of the stories.

c.The campaign did little to enhance the company's profitability.

d.The company wanted the name Paul Bunyan to be known as widely as possible.

5.The pronoun"them"in line 15 refers to

a.series

b.decades

c.publications

d.writers

6.The pronoun "them"in line 15 refers to 

a.series

b.decides

c.publication

d.writers

7.The word"iterwoven"in line n18 could best be replaced by

a.unfashioable

b.mixed together

c.not compatible

d.too separate

8.Where in the passage does the author discuss a weather phenomenon that Paul Bunyan supposnedly caused?

a.Line 8-9

b.Line 14-15

c.Line 19-24

d.Line 22-24

9.The word"countless"in line 28 could best be replaced by the expression

a.a large number of

b.a specified number of

c.an insubsntial number of

d.an overestimated number of

10.Which nparagraph describes the plots of some of nthe tales of Paul Bunyan?

a.The second paragraph

b.The third paragraph

c.The fourth paragraph

dThe fifth paragraph


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