TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (READING) DAN JAWABANNYA

         Nearly 515 blocks of San Francisco,including almost all Nob Hill,were  destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fires.Many of Sun Francisco's painted ladies"-its gaudy,nineteenth century Victorian houses-were lost in the disaster.Today,some 14.000 surviving houses have been preserved,particularly in the Cow Hollow,Mission,Pacific Heights,and Alamo Square districts.

        Distinguished by their design characteristics,three styless of San Franciscan Victorians can be found today.The Italianate,which flourished in the 1870s,is  characterized by flat roof,slim pillars flanking the front door,and bays with windows that slant inward.That ornamentation of these  narrow row houses was patterned after features of the Roman Classical styles.The stick style,which peaked in popularity during the 1880s,added ornate woodwork outlines to the doors and windows.Other additions included the French cap,gables,and three-sided bays.Designs changed dramatically when the Queen Anne style became the rage in the 1890s.Turrets,towers,steep gabled roofs,and glass art windows distinguished Queen Anne houses from their predecessors.

        In the period after the earthquake,,the Victorians came to be regarded as impossibly old fashioned,but beggining around 1960,owners began peeling off stucco,tearing off fake fronts,reaplying custom woodwork,and commissioning multi-hured paint jobs,Before long,many of three huses had been restored to their former splendor.

1.Which of the following is NOT one of the author's purposes in writing the passage?

a.To talk about the restoration of Victorian houses in San Francisco in the 1960s

b.To discuss housing problems in San Francicso today.

c.To briefly trace the history of Victorian houses in San Francisco

d.To categorize the three types of Victorian houses found in San Francisco

The author does not discuss San Francisco's current housing problems.Restoration is discussed in the third paragraph;the three styles are explained in the second paragraph;the entire passage provides a brief history of San Francisco's Victorian houses.

2.The word"gaudy'in line 2 is closest in meaning to

a.showy

b.enormous

c.antiquated

d.simple

The word"gaudy'is closest in meaning to the word"showy."

3.According to the passage,in what district of San Francisco are authentic Victorian houses Least likely to be found today?

a.Cow Hollow

b.Pacific Heights

c.The Mission

d.Nob Hill

The first paragraph indicates that almost all of Nob  Hill was destroyed in 1906,and goes on to say that surviving Victorians can be found in Cow Hollow,Pacific Heights and the Mission district.

4.According to the passage,which of the following styles of architecture was the last to become fashionable in San Francisco?

a.Roman Classical

b.Italianate

c.Stick

d.Queen Anne

Roman Classical is NOT one of the three styles of Victorian built in San Francisco;it is the style Italianate house were influenced by,and so must have been an earlier style,Italianate styles were popular in the 1870a,Stick houses in the 1880s,and Queen Anne houses in the 1890s,Queen Anne houses were therefore the last to become fashionable.

5.As used in the second paragraph,the word "bays"refers to

a.bodies of water

b.colors

c.architectural features

d.trees

In the context of the sentences,bays are features of Victorian houses.(They are a type of window.)

6.Which of the following is most likely to be seen only on queen Anne style house?

a.a flat roof

b.a tower

c.a French cap

d.gables

In lines 11-12,the author says that towers were among the features that"distinguished Queen Anne houses from their predecessors'The other choices are given as features of Italianate or Stick Styles.

7..During which of the following periods we San Francisco's Victorian houses generally thought of as old-fashioned?

a.from 1870 to 1890

b.during the 1890s

c.from 1907 to 1960

d.during the 1960s

Victorian houses were considered"impossibly old-fashioned"in the period after the earthquake(which occurred in 1907)but interest in them was renewed during the 1960s,when many were restored.

8.What can be inferred from the passage about Victorian houses after they had been restored?

a.They were painted in many colors

b.They looked exactly like modern houses

c.They were covered with new fronts made of stucco

d.They were more attractive than the original houses

According to lines 14-15,the owners of the houses commissioned(many-colored)paint jobs."

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