TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (READING) DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

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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 had been replaced in its location across from Madison Square Park,boxing promoter Tex Rickard raised six million dollars to build a new Madison Square Garden.This Madison Square Garden was constructed in a different location,on 8th Avenue and 50th Street and quite some distance from Madison Square Park and Madison Avenue.Rickard's Madison Square Garden served primalily as an arena for boxing prizefights and circus events until it outgrew its usefulness by the late 1950s.

        A new location was found for a fourth Madison Square Garden,atop Pennsylvania Railroad Station,and plans were announced for its construction in 1960.This current edifice,which includes a huge sports arena,a bowling center,a 5000-seat amphitheater,and a twenty-nine story office building,does retain the traditional name Madison Square Garden.However,the name is actually quite a misnomer.The building is not located bear Madison Square,nor does it have the flowery gardens that contributed to the original name.

32.The main point of this passage is that Madison Square Garden

a.has had a varied history in various locations

b.was P.T Barnum's major accomplishment

c.is home to many different sporting events

d.was named after an adjacent park

33.Which paragraph discusses the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden?

a.The first paragraph

b.The second paragraph

c.The third paragraph

d.The last paragraph

34.What is a"venue"in line 1?

a.A place where people come together

b.An event in a competition

c.An exhibit of various products

d.An invitation to a program

35.According to the passage,Patrick Gilmore did all of the following EXCEPT that he

a.purchased the property at the corner of Madison Avenue and 26th Street

b.made improvements to the property that he bought

c.named the property that he bought Madison Square Garden

d.sold the property to Cornilius Vanderbilt

36.The word"lavish"in line 7 is closest in meaning to

a.simple

b.modern

c.elaborate

d.outlandish

37.How long did the second Madson Square Garden last?

a.11 years

b.34 years

c.45 years

d.60 years

38.Which of the following would most likely have taken place at Rickard's Madison Square Garden?

a.A ballroom dance

b.A theater production

c.A basketball game

d.A tiger show

39.An"edifice"in line 18 is most likely

a.an adress

b.an association

c.a component

d.a building

40.What can be inferred about the current Madison Square Garden?

a.It is on Madison Avenue.

b.It is across from Madison Square Park.

c.It has incredible gardens.

d.It is above a transportation center.


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TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA 


        It is often the case with folktales that they develop from actual happenings but in their development lose much of their factual base,the story of Pocahontas quite possibly fits into this category of folktale.This princess of the Powhatan tribe was firmly established in the lore of early America and has been made even more famous by the Disney film based on the folktale that arose from her life.She was a real-life person.but the actual story of her life most probably differend considerably from the folktale and the movie based on the filktale.

        Powhatan,the chief of a confederasy of tribes in Virginia,had several daughters,none of whom was actually named Pocahontas.The nickname means"playful one,"and several of Powhatan's daughters were called Pocahontas.The daughter of Powhatan who became the subject of the folktale was named Matoaka.What has been verified about Matoaka,or Pocahontas as she has come to be known,is that she did marry an Englishman and that she did spend time in England before she died there at a young age.In the spring of 1613,a young Pocahontas was captured by the English and taken to Jamestown.There she was treated with courtesy as the daughter of chief Powhantan.While Pocahontas was at Jamestown,English gentlemen John Rofle fell in love with her and asked her to marry.Both the governor of the Jamastown colony and Pocahontas's father Powhatan approved the  marriage as a means of securing peace between Powhatan's tribe and the English at Jamertown.In 1616,Pocahontas accompanied her new husband to England,where she was royally recieved.Shortly before her planned return to Virginnia in 1617,she contracted an illness and died rather suddenly.

        A major part of the folktale of Pocahontas that is unverified concerns her love for English Captain John Smith in the period of time before her capture by the British and her rescue of him from almost certain seath.Captain John Smith was indeed at the colony of Jamestown and was acquainted with Powhatan and his daughters;he even described meeting them in a 1612 journal.However,the story of his rescue by the young maiden did not appear in his writings until 1624,well after Pocahontas had aroused widespread interest in England by her marriage to an English gentleman and her visit to England.It is this discrepancy in dates that has caused some historians to doubt the veracity of the tale.However,other historians do argue quite persuasively that this incident did truly take place.

41.The main idea of the passage is that

a.folktales are often not very factual

b.Pocahontas did not really exist

c.any one of Powhantan's daughters could have been the Pocahontas of legend

d.Pocahontas fell in love with John Smith and saved his life

42.The expression"arose from"in line 4 is closest in meaning to

a.developed from

b.went up with

c.was told during

d.climbed to

43.What is true about the name Pocahontas.according to the passage?

a.It was the real name of a girl named Matoaka.

b.It meant that someone was playful.

c.Only one girl was known to have used this name.

d.Powhatan was one of several people to be given this nickname.

44.How was Pocahontas treated when she was held at Jamestown?

a.With respect

b.With disdain

c.With surprise

d.With harshness

45.It can be inferred from the passage that Pocahontas

a.never intended to return to Virginia

b.had a long marriage

c.suffered from a long illness

d.did not mean to remain in England

46.The word"indeed"in line 21 is closest in meaning to

a.therefore

b.in fact

c.unexpectedly

d.in contrast

47.The pronoun"he"in line 22 refers to

a.the governor

b.Pocahontas

c.John Smith

d.Powhatan

48.When did John Smith most likely meet Pcahontas?

a.In 1612

b.In 1613

c.In 1616

d.In 1624

49.Why are some historians doubtful about the portion of the Pocahontas folktale dealing with John Smith?

a.Captain John Smith probably never knew Pocahontas.

b.Captain John Smith was never actually in Jamestown.

c.His rescue purportedly happened while Pocahontas was in England.

d.His account of the rescue did not appear until well after the event supposedly happened.

50.The word"veracity"in line 26 is closest in meaning to

a.timing

b.location

c.understanding

d.accuracy

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