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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 JITUMENGERJAKANSOAL TOEFL(READING)DAN JAWABANNYA

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      About 8000 people looked over the horseless carrriages on November 3,1900,the opening day of the new York Auto Show,and the first opportunity for the automobile industry to show off its ware to sizeable audience.

        By happenstance,the number of people at the show equalled the entire car population at that time,At that time,10 million bicycles and an unknown number of horse-and-buggies provided the prime means of transportation.Only about 4000 cars were assembled in the United States in 1900,and only a quarter of those were gasoline powerred.(The rest ran on steam or electricity)

        After viewing the cars made by 32 carmakers,the show's audience favored electric cars because they were quiet.The risk of a boiler explosion turned people away from steamer ,and the gasoline powered cars produced smelly fumes.The Duryea Motor Wagon Company,which launched The American auto industry in 1892,offered an additive designed to mask the smell of the naphtha that burned.

        The prices were not that different than they are today.Most cost between $800 and$1500,or roughly$11,000 to$18,500 in today's prices.Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome-the Gasmobile,the Franklin,and the Orient,for example,steered with tillers like boats rather than with steering wheels.

        The black-tie audience at the show viewed the display more as a social outing than as the extravaganza that auto shows were about to become.

1.Approximately how many cars were there in the United States in 1900?

a.4000

b.8000

c.10 million

d.An unknown number

2.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase"by happenstance" as used in line 4?

a.generally

b.for example

c.coincidentally

d.by design

3.Approximately how many of the cars assembled in the year 19000 were gasoline powered?

a.32

b.1000

c.2000

d.4000

4.According to the passage,people at the 19000 New York Auto Show favored cars powered by

a.elecreicity

b.naphtha

c.gasoline

d.steam

5.The word"fumes"in line 10 is closest in meaning to

a.fuels

b.grains

c.fires

d.gases

6.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word"launched"in line 10?

a.joined

b.designed

c.initated

d.anticipated

7.The purpose of the additive mentioned in line 11 was to

a.increase the speed of cars

b.make engines run more efficiently

c.hide offensive smells

d.make cars look better

8.What was the highest price asked for a car at the 1900 New York Auto Show in the dollars of that time?

a.$800

b.$1500

c.$11.300

d.$18,500

9.The word"cumbersome"in line 14 is closest in meaning to

a.clumsy

b.unshapely

d.fragile

d.incovenient

10.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as streering with a tiller rather than with a steering wheel?

a.a Franklin

b.a Duryea

b.an Orient

c.a Gasmobile

11.The passage implies that the audience viewed the the 1900 New York Auto Show primarily as

a.a formal social affair

b.a chance to buy automobiles at low prices

c.an opportunity to learn how to drive

d.a chance to invest in one of thirty two automobile manufacturers

12.It can be inferred from the passage that auto shows held after 1900

a.were more spectacular

b.involved fewer manufacturers

c.were more formal

d.involved less expensive cars

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