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)DAN JAWABANNYA

By YULI ROSA RITA -

 READING

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

 PASSAGE ONE

        Beavers generally live in family clusters consisting of six to ten members.One cluster would probably consist of two adults,one male and one female,and four to eight young beavers,or kits.A female beaver gives birth each spring to two to four babies at a time.These baby beavers live with their parents until they are two years old.In the springtime of their second year they are forced out of their family group to make room for the new babies.These two-year-old beaves then procceed to start new family clisters of their own.

1.Where in the passage does the author give the name of a baby beaver?

a.Line 1

b.Line 2

c.Line 3

d.Lines 4-5

2.Where in the passage does the author mention the time of year when new baby beavers are born?

a.Line 1

b.Line 2

c.Line 3

d.Line 4-5

3.Where in the passage does the author state the age at which beavers must go out on their own?

a.Line 1

b.Line 2

c.Line 3

d.Lines 4-5

4.Which in the passage does the author indicate why the young beavers must leave their parents'home?

a.Line 1

b.Line 2

c.Line 3

d.Line 4-5

PASSAGE TWO 

        Chamber music received its name because it was originally intended to be performed in small rooms in private homes rather than huge concert halls or theaters.Today it has evolved into small ensemble music in which each performer in the ensemble plays an individual part.

        The compositions written for this type of permormance can easily be classiffied into three distinct periods,each with its style of music and instrumentation.In the earliest period(1450-1650),the viol and other instrumental families developed considerably,and instrumental music took its first steps toward equal footing with vocal music.In the second period(1650-1750),trio sonatas dominated. These ensemble compositions were often written for two violins and a cello;the harpsichord was also featured in various compositions of this period.In the modern period(after 1750),the preponderance of chamber music was written for the string quartet,an ensamble composed of two violins,a viola,and a cello.

5.Where in the passage does the author discuss the modern definition of chamber music?

a.Lines 2-3

b.Lines 4-5

c.Lines 8-9

d.Lines 9-11

6.Where in the passage does the author discuss the period when ensembles for three instruments predominated?

a.Lines 2-3

b.Lines 4-5

c.Lines 7-9

d.Lines 9-11

7.Where in the passage does the author mention music written for four strings?

a.Lines 2-3

b.Lines 4-5

c.Lines 7-9

d.Lines 9-11

PASSAGE THREE

        It is common practice to coat mentals such as iron and steel with a protective layer of zinc or an alloy made from zinc mixed with aluminum,cadmium,or tin in a process known as"galvanization."The  purpose of galvanization is to prevent the corrosion of the iron or steel.

        The most common method to galvanize metal is the hot-dip galvanizing process.In thia process,the iron or steel is dipped into a hot bath of a zinc alloy to form a protective coating approximately 003 inches thick.Another method of galvanizing that is not as common is the process known as electrogalvanizing;in this process the matal is placed in a solution composed of zinc sulphate and water and is then charged electrically.This causes a thin layer of zinc to coat the matel.

        Zinc is effective in galvanizing metals such as iron or steel in that zinc reacts more easily with oxygen than iron does.If iron is unprotected,it reachts with the oxygen in the air to form irom oxide,or rust,which leads to the corrosion of the iron.If,however,the iron is coated with zinc,as it is in the galvanization process,then it is the zinc rather than the iron which interacts with the oxygen to form zinc oxide,and iron is not subject to corrosion.

8.Where in the passage does the author list the components of a zinc alloy?

a.Lines 1-2

b.Lines 4-6

c.Lines 9-10

d.Lines 11-13

9.Where in the passage does the author present the less routinely used process of galvanization?

a.Lines 1-2

b.Lines 4-6

c.Lines 6-8

d.Lines 9-10

10.Where in the passage does the author describe what happens when iron and oxygen interact?

a.Lines 4-6

bLines 6-8

c.Lines 10-11

d.Lines 11-13


 READING

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA


PASSAGE ONE

        Truman Capote's In Cold Blood(1966)is a well-known example of the"nonfiction novel,"a popular type of writing based upon factual events.In Capote's book,the author describes the sadistic murder of a family on a Kansas farm,often showing the point of view of the killers.To research the book,Capote interviewed the murderers,and he maintains that his book presents a faithful reconstruction of the incident.

1.The purpose of this passage is to

a.discuss an example of a particular literary genre

b.tell the story of In Cold Blood

c.explain Truman Capote'sreasons for writing In Cold Blood

d.describe his nonfiction novel

2.Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?

a.Cold

b.Sadistic

c.Emotional

d.Descriptive

3.This passage would probably be assigned reading in which of the following courses?

a.Criminal Law

b.American History

c.Modern American Novels

d.Literary Research

PASSAGE TWO

        Up to now,confessions that have been obtained from defendents in a hypnotic state have not been admitted into evidence by courts in the United States.Experts in the field of hypnosis have found that such confessions are not completely realible.Subjects in a hypnotic state may confess to crimes they did not commit for one of two reasons.Either they fantasize that they committed the crimes or they believe that others want them to confess.

        A landmark case concerning a confession obtained under hypnosis went all the way to the U.S.Supreme Court.In the case of Layra v.Demo,a suspect was hypnotized by a psychiatrist for the district attorney;in a posthypnotic state the suspect signed three separate confessions to a murder.The Supreme Court ruled that the confessions were invalid because the confessions had been the only evidence against him.

4.Which of the following best describes the author's purpose in this passage?

a.To explain the details of a specific court case

b.To demonstrate why confessions made unde hypnosis are not realible

c.To clarify the role of the Supreme Court in invalidating confessions from hypnotized subjects

d.To explain the legal status of hypnotically induced confessions

5.The tone of this passage could best be described as

a.outraged

b.judicial

c.hypnotic

d.informative

6.This passage would probably be assigned reading in a course on

a.American law

b.psychiatric healing

c.parapsychology

d.philosophy

PASSAGE THREE

        The rate at which the deforestation of the world is proceeding is alarming.In 1950 approximately 25 percent of the Earth's land surface had been covered with forests,and less than twenty-five years later the amount of forest land was reduced to 20 percent.This decrease from 25 percent to 20 percent from 1950 to 1973 represents an astounding 20 million square kilometers of forests.Predictions are that an additional 20 million square kilometers of forest land will be lost by 2020.

        The majority of deforestation is occurring in tropical forests in developing countries,fueled by the developing countries' need for increased agricultural land and the desire on the part of developed countries to import wood and wood products..More than 90 percent of the plywood used in the United States,for example,is imported from developing countries with tropical rain forests.By the mid-1980s,solutions to this expanding problem were being sought,in the form of attempts to establish an international regulatory organization oversee the use of tropical forests.

7.The author's main purpose in this passage is to

a.cite statistics about an improvement on theEarth's land surface

b.explain where deforestatio is occurring

c.make the reader aware of a worsening world problem

d.blame developing countries for deforestation

8.Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?

a.Cocerned

b.Disinterested

c.Placid

d.Exaggerated

9.This passage would probably be assigned reading in which of the following courses?

a.Geology

b.Geography

c.Geometry

d.Marine Biology

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