ARTICLE
1. Which of the following is NOT true ?
A. Winners placed olive wreaths on their own heads.
B. The games were held in Greece every four years.
C. Battles were interrupted to participate in the games.
D. Poem glorified the winners in song.
Answer : C. Battles were interrupted to participate in the games.
Reason : Battles were not interrupted, but stopped because to allow the games to take place. look in line 15
2. The word “elite” in line 5 is closest in meaning to…
a. Aristocracy
b. Brave
c. Intellectuals
d. Muscular
Answer: A. Aristocracy
Reason: Elite and aristocracy have the same meaning “the most powerful members of a society”.
3. Why were The Olympic Games held?
a. To stop wars
b. To honor Zeus
c. To crown the best athletes
d. To sing songs about the athletes
Answer : B. To Honor Zeus
Reason : Look in line 1, the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks’ chief God, Zeus.
4. Approximately how many years ago did these games originate?
A. 800 years
B. 1200 years
C. 2300 years
D. 2800 years
Answer : B. 1200 years
Reason : let’s count from the first year the games held, in 776 BC untill now 2012….it is about 1236 years or approximately 1200 years.
5. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks?
a. They were pacifists
b. They believed athletic events were important
c. They were very simple
d. They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for dates
Answer: B. They believed athletic events were important
Reason: In the first paragraph is written “The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education of youth”. So they believed athletic event like Olympic Games were important.
6. What is the main idea of this passage?
a. Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks.
b. The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in physical fitness programs.
c. The Greeks had always encouraged everyone to participate in the games.
d. The Greeks had the games coincide with religious festivites so that they could go back to war when the games were over.
Answer : A. Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks.
Reason : Because in line 7 indicates thatThe Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education of youth. If seen from the other answer, the Greeks did not provide punishment severe if not participating in the phisycal fitness program. The Greeks had not always encouraged everyone to participate in the games, only the elite, military and males who had no criminal record. The the games it’s not coincide with religious festivite.
7. In line 14, the word “deeds” is closest in meaning to…
A. Accomplishments
B. Ancestors
C. Documents
D. Property
Answer : A. Accomplishments
Reason : in Indonesian, deeds meaning to ‘perbuatan’. But in this case, the winners of Olympic were having poems sung about their deeds, so ‘deeds’ more refers to ‘accomplishments’ that meaning to ‘prestasi/pencapaian’.
8. Which of the following was ultimately required of all athletes in the Olympics?
a. They must have completed military service
b. They had to attend special training sessions
c. They had to be Greek males with no criminal record
d. They had to be very religious
Answer : C. They had to be Greek males with no criminal record
Reason : Look in line 6 indicates that “ but later the games were open to all free Greek males who had no criminal record.”
9. The word “halted” in line 16 means most nearly the same as...
a. Encourages
b. Started
c. Curtailed
d. Fixed
Answer : C. Curtailed
Reason :If translated into the Indonesian language halted it’s mean diberhentikan same with Curtailed which mean dibatasi/dikurangi. While Strted it’s mean nenek dimulai, Encorage it’s menganjurkan and fixed it’s mean pasti.
10. What is an “Olympiad”?
A. The time it took to finish the games
B. The time between games
C. The it took to finish a war
D. The time it took the athletes to train
Answer : B. The time between games
Reason : look at the first line in the second paragraph; The Greeks attached so much importance to the games that they calculated time in four-year cycles called “Olympiads”.
STYLISTIC PROBLEMS
1. The defendant refused to answer the prosecutor’s questions…..
A. Because he was afraid it would incriminate him
B. For fear that they will incriminate him
C. Because he was afraid that his answers would incriminate him
D. Fearing that he will be incriminated by it
Answer : C. Because he was afraid that his answers would incriminate him
Reason : there is a complete independent clause and dependent clause, and match in tenses.
2. Mrs. Walker has returned …..
a. A wallet back to its original owner
b. To its original owner the wallet
c. The wallet to its originally owner
d. The wallet to its original owner
Answer: D. The wallet to its original owner
Reason: The sentence composition more complete than others, so the information that is given more clearly. The difference of option c and d is in Indonesian, originally means “semula or awalnya” but original means “asli”. So the best answer is d. The wallet to its original owner.
3. The hospital owes.....for the consrtuction of the new wing.
a. The government twenty million dollars
b. For the government twenty million dollars
c. To the government twenty million dollars
d. Twenty million of dollars to the government
Answer : A. The government twenty million dollars
Reason : Because in this sentence cannot use a preposition (like for, to, and of) when the indirect object precedes the direct object.
4. Sarah…..that she could not attend classes next week
A. Told to her professors
B. Said her professors
C. Told her professors
D. Is telling her professors
Answer : D. Is telling her professors
Reason : Sarah is telling her professor that she could not attend classes next week. The tenses is must be present continuous because the event is happening now, that sarah is telling her professor about her presence matter for the next week class.
5. The artist was asked to show some paintings at the contest because …..
a. He painted very good
b. They believed he painted well
c. Of their belief that he was an good artist
d. The judges had been told of his talents
Answer: D. The judges had been told of his talents
Reason: Because the context is right and there is a sequence of tense “past tense with past perfect tense”.
For number 6-10 colors used for selection of answers Red for (a), Pink (b), Green (c) and Blue (d).
6. If motorist do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and have to pay a fine.
Answer : D
The correct sentence: If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and fined.
Reason : The sentence above must be parallelism. Stopped and ticketed, both of them are verb…but have to pay a fine is a new clause, so it must be change with verb too, such as ; fined.
7. Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last night because he had an accident on his way to teh practice.
Answer : C
The correct sentence : Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last night because he had had an accident on his way to the practice.
Reason : We should use the past perfect tense to emphasize that an action in the past finished before another action in the past started. And the accident is already happen before he show up conducts the choir rehearsals.
8. A short time before her operation last month, Mrs.Carlyle dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.
Answer : C
The correct sentence: A short time before her operation last month, Mrs. Carlyle had dreamed of her daughter who lives overseas.
Reason : Because ‘the dream process’ is perfectly ‘finish’, so we should use the past perfect tense.
9. The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and gives a welcome feeling to all who have the good fortune to visit there.
Answer : B
The correct sentence : The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and welcome to all who have the good fortune to visit there.
Reason : Because this is the shape of Parallelism. So, “gives a welcome feeling” must be renamed by welcoming.
10. Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were singing songs.
Answer : C
The correct sentence: Some of the people were standing in the street watching the parade, while others were singing songs.
Reason : The sentence above must be parallelism. Standing and Singing, both of them are verb in present continuous / the happening event. So watched must be change with the same tenses too.
10. Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were singing songs.
Answer : C
The correct sentence: Some of the people were standing in the street watching the parade, while others were singing songs.
Reason : The sentence above must be parallelism. Standing and Singing, both of them are verb in present continuous / the happening event. So watched must be change with the same tenses too.
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