TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

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 MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (READING)

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TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA


  PASSAGE ONE

        Eskimos need efficient and adequate means to travel across waterin that the areas where they live are surrounded by oceans,bays,and inlets and dotted with lakes and seas.Two different types of boats have been developed by the eskimos,ech constructed to meet specific needs.

        The kayak is something like a canoe that has been covered by a deck,A kayak is generally constructed with one opening in the deck for one rider;however some kayaks are made for two Because the deck of a kayak is covered over except for the hole(or holes) for its rider(or riders),a kayak can tip over in the water and roll back up without filling with water and sinking.One of the primary uses of the kayak is for hunting.

        The umiak is not closed over,as is the kayak.Instead,it is an open boat is built to hold ten to twelve passangers.Eskimos have numerous uses for the umiak which reflect the size of the boat;e.g.,the umiak is used to haul belongings from camsite,and it is used for hunting larger animals that are too big to be hunted in a kayak.

1.It is implied in the passage that if a kayak has two holes,then

a.it accommodates two riders

b.it is less stable than a kayak with one hole

c.it is as large as an umiak

d.it cannot be used on the ocean

2.It can be inferred from the passage that an example of the animal mentioned in lines 11-12 mught be

a.a kangaroo

b.a snake

c.a whale

d.a salmon

PASSAGE TWO

        Two types of trees from the same family of trees share honors in certain respects as the most impressive of trees.Both evergreen conifers,the California redwood(Sequoia sempervirens)and the giant sequoia(Sequoiandendrom giganteum)are found growing natively only in the state of California.The California redwood is found along the northern coast of the state,while the giant sequoia is found inland and at higher elevations,along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas.

        The California redwood is the tallest living tree and is in fact the tallest living thing on the face of the Earth;the height of the tallest redwood on record is 385 feet(120 meters).Though not quite as tall as the California redwood,with a height of 320 feet(100 meters),the giant sequoia is nonetheless the largest and the most massive of living things;giant sequoia have been measured at more than 100 feet(30 meters) around the base,with weights of more than 6000 tons.

3.It is implied in the passage that

a.the leaves of only the California redwood turn brown in the autumn

b.the leaves of only the giant sequoia turn brown in the winter

c.the leaves of both types of trees in the passage turn brown in the winter

d.the leaves of neither type of tree in the passage turn brown in the winter

4.It can be inffered from the passage that the passage that the Sierra Nevadas are

a.a type of giant redwood

b.a coastal community

c.a group of lakes

d.a mountain range

5.Which of the following is implied in the passage?

a.The giant sequoia is taller than the California redwood.

b.The California redwood is not as big around as the giant sequoia.

c.The California redwood weighs more than the giant sequoia.

d.Other living things are lrger than the giant sequoia.

PASSAGE THREE

        Probably the most recognized boardgame around the world is the game of Monopoly.In this game,players vie for wealth by buying,selling,and renting properties;the key to success in the game,in addition to a bit of luck,is for a player to acquire monopolies on clusters of properties in order to force opponents to pay exorbitant rents and fees.

        Although the game is now published in countless languages and versions,with foreign locations and place names appropriate to the target language adorning its board,the beginnings of the game were considerably more humble.The game was invented in 1933 by Charles Darrow,during the height of the Great Depression.Darrow,who lived in Germantown,Pennsylvania,was himself unemployed during those difficult financial times.He set the original game not as might be expected in his hometown of Germantown,but in Atlantic City,New Jersey,the site of numerous pre-Depression vacations where he walked along the Boardwalk and visited at Park Place.Darrow made the first games by hand and sold them locally until  Prker Brothers purchased the rights to Monopoly in 1935 and took the first steps toward the mass production of today.

6.The French version of Monopoly might possibly include a piece of property entitled

a.Atlantic City,New Jersey

b.Germantown,P9ennylvania

c.Boarwalk

d.the Eiffel Tower

7.It is implied that Darrow selected Atlantic City as the setting for Monopoly because 

a.it brought back good memories

b.his family came from Atlantic City

c.the people of Germantown might have been angered if he had used

d.Atlantic City was larger than Germantown

8.Parker Brothers is probably

a.a real estate company

b.a game manufacturing company

c.a group of Charles Darrow's friends

d.a toy design company

READING

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA


PASSAGE ONE

       Another program instrumental in the popularization of science was Cosmos.This series,broadcast on public television,dealt with topics and issues from vried fields of science.The principal writer and narrator of the program was Carl Sagan,a noted astronomer and Pulitzer Prize winning author.

1.The paragraph preceding this passage most probably discusses

a.a different scientific television series

b.Carl Sagan's scientific achievements

c.the Pulitzer Prize won by Carl Sagan

d.public television

2.The paragraph following this passage most likely contains information on what?

a.The popularity of science

b.The program Cosmos 

c.The astronomer Carl Sagan

d.Topics and issues from various field of science

PASSAGE TWO

        When a strong earthquake occurs on the ocean floor rather than on land,a tremendous force is exerted on the seawater and one or more large,destructive waves called tsunamis can be formed.Tsunamis are commonly called tidal waves in the United States,but this is really an inappropriate name in that the cause of the tsunami is an underground earthquake rather than the ocean's tides.

      Far from land,a tsunami can move through the wide open vastness of the ocean at a  speed of 600 miles(900 kilometers)per hour and often can travel tremendous distances without losing height and strength.When a tsunami reaches shallow coastal water,it can reach a height of 100 feet(30 meters)or more and can cause tremendous flooding and damage to coastal areas.

3.The paragraph preceding the passage nost probably discusses

a.tsunamis in various parts of the world

b.the negative effects of tsunamis

c.land-based earthquakes

d.the effect of tides on tsunamis

4.Which of the following is most likely the topic of the paragraph following the passage?

a.The causes of tsunami

b.The destructive effects of tsunamis on the coast

c.The differences between tsunamis and tidal waves

d.The distances covered by tsunamis

PASSAGE THREE

        While draft laws are federal laws,marriage laws are state laws rather federal;marriage regulations are therefore not uniform throughout the country.The legal marriage age serves as an example of this lack of conformity.In most states,both the man and the woman must be at least eighteen years old to marry without parental consent;however,the states of Nebraska and Wyoming require the couple to be at least nineteen,while the minimum age in Mississippi is twenty-one.Ifparental permission is given,then a couple can marry at sixteen in some states,and a few states even allow marriage before the age of sixteen,though a judge's permission,in addition to the permission of the parents,is sometimes required in this situation.Some states which allow couples to marry at such a young age are now considering doing away with such early marriages because of the numerous negative effects of these young marriages.

5.The paragraph preceding the passage most probably discusses

a.state marriage laws

b.the lack of uniformity in marriage laws

c.federal draft laws

d.the minimum legal marriage age

6.The topic of the paragraph following the passage is most likely to be

a.disadvantages of youthful marriages

b.reasons why young people decide to marry

c.the age when parental consent for marriage is required

d.a discussion of why some states allow marriages before the age of sixteen

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