STRUCTURE AND READING

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Structure 
1. I had finished cleaning the house when my friends arrived. this sentence means that ....
A. We were cleaning the house together
B. My friends did not see me cleaning the house
C. My friends came before i started cleaning the house
D. I stopped cleaning the house after my friends had come

2. Dedi : "Arya, how do you inspec in our new criminals?"
   Arya  :" I had the special agent......."
A. Investigate
B. Investigated
C. Investigater
D. Investigates

3. Every student.... wear uniform in flag ceremony.
A. Will
B. Shoul
C. Must
D. May

4. The new emploees are furious .. the news about their delayed salary.
A. Receiving
B. Received
C. To receive
D. Receive

5. .... Airlangga University has a well-respected medical school.
A. As university
B. As public university
C. As the university
D. As a public university




6. On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a mile 
                  A                                 B                            C                                D              

beneath sea level.
 


7. Because of the flourish with which John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence,
                                                     A                                                                                                           

 his name become synonymous with signature.

 B                  C            D                                   

8. Segregation in public schools was declare unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1954.
                                A                        B                 C                                                 D           



9.  Sirius, the Dog Star, is the most brightest star in the sky with an absolute magnitude about
                                                        A                                                     B                                                             

twenty-three times that of the Sun. 

           B                  D                


10. Killer whales tend to wander in family clusters that hunt, play, and resting together
                              A       B                                                                    C       D   


Answer :
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.A
5. D
6. B. Are
7. C. Became
8. B. Was declared
9. A. The brightest star
10. C. Rest


Reading

                      Before you can ace a test, you have to understand what it's testing. The TOEFL reading section is a test on how well you can read and understand passages in written English. On the TOEFL reading section, you'll get three to four passages. These passages are written like textbooks; you won't see anything weird, like poetry.
Each passage will be followed by 12-14 questions. That's 36-56 questions in total. The questions will only ask you about information in the passage. It's a test of reading comprehension, not outside knowledge. Most of the questions will be multiple-choice, but you'll also get a few special type called 'reading to learn questions,' which you'll learn about later in this lesson. There won't be any essays.
The Passages
Now that you know what's on the test, it's time to dive into strategy. Let's start with the passages. After all, you have to read the passages before you can start answering questions about them! Here are some tips for managing the reading passages on the TOEFL:

1. Read for the main idea, not the details
Skim the passage quickly to get the main idea. After you're done, try to summarize the main idea in one sentence, and then go straight on to the questions. This is good strategy because you don't get any points for understanding the passage; you only get points for answering questions. Most of the details in the passage won't show up in the questions, so you don't need to worry about them.
It's true that some questions will ask you about details. But for those questions, you can always go back to the passage to check the details as necessary. It's faster and easier to work this way than to try to read for every little detail the first time around.

2. Don't get hung up on words you don't know
Even if there are several words in the passage that you aren't familiar with, don't panic. Instead of sticking on individual words, focus on the meaning of the sentence as a whole. If you can understand that, you're set.
The Questions
Once you've read each passage, you'll turn to the questions. You'll get the best results from doing the questions from easy to hard and using the correct strategy for each type. Here's the list, from easier to harder question types. The easiest questions will probably be?
1. Questions about word meaning
These are the 'In context, -------- most nearly means?' questions. If you're not prepared for these, they can really wreck your day, but once you know how to manage them, they're some of the easiest questions on the whole test. The key to getting them right is this: they're about word meaning in context, NOT dictionary definitions. English words can have several different meanings depending on how they're used in a particular sentence. The word meaning questions on the TOEFL are testing whether you can figure out which particular meaning is being used in this particular case.
To answer these questions, go back up to the sentence and read it through. Underline the word you're being asked about and think of a synonym or another word you could replace it with. Then go back to the answer choices and pick the best match for your word. This will make sure you're thinking about the way the word is used in context, not the dictionary definition.

2. Questions with paragraph references
After you zoom through the word meaning questions, move on to the questions that will tell you specifically which paragraph they're referring to. They should start with something like 'In paragraph two?' These questions are still fairly easy because they tell you exactly where in the passage to look for the answer.

3. Other 'normal-looking' questions
After the paragraph reference questions, tackle any other standard multiple-choice questions (one question, four answer choices). Then go on to?

Exercise Reading :

Whereas literature in the first half of the eighteenth century in America had been largely religious and moral in tone, by the latter half of the century the revolutionary fervor that was coming to life in the colonies began to be reflected in the literature of the time, which in turn served to further influence the population. Although not all writers of this period supported the Revolution, the two best-known and most influential writers, Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine, were both strongly supportive of that cause.
Ben Franklin first attained popular success through his writings in his brother's newspaper, the New England Current. In these articles he used a simple style of language and common sense argumentation to defend the point of view of the farmer and the Leather Apron man. He continued with the same common sense practicality and appeal to the common man with his work on Poor Richard's Almanac from 1733 until 1758. Firmly established in his popular acceptance by the people, Franklin wrote a variety of extremely effective articles and pamphlets about the colonist's revolutionary cause against England.
Thomas Paine was an Englishman working as a magazine editor in Philadelphia at the time of the Revolution. His pamphlet Common Sense, which appeared in 1776, was a force in encouraging the colonists to declare their independence from England. Then throughout the long and desperate war years he published a series of Crisis papers (from 1776 until 1783) to encourage the colonists to continue on with the struggle. The effectiveness of his writing was probably due to his emotional yet oversimplified depiction of the cause of the colonists against England as a classic struggle of good and evil.

1. The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses
a. how literature influence the population
b. religious and moral literature
c. literature supporting the cause of the American Revolution
d. what made Thomas Paine's literature successful

2. The word "fervor" in line 2 is closest in meaning to
a. war
b. anxiety
c. spirit
d. action

3. The word "time" in line 3 could best be replaced by
a. hour
b. period
c. appointment
d. duration

4. It is implied in the passage that
a. some writers in the American colonies supported England during the Revolution
b. Franklin and Paine were the only writers to influence the Revolution
c. because Thomas Paine was an Englishman, he supported England against the colonies
d. authors who supported England did not remain in the colonies during the Revolution

5. The pronoun "he" in line 8 refers to
a. Thomas Paine
b. Ben Franklin
c. Ben Franklin's brother
d. Poor Richard

Answer :
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. B

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