Softskill Meeting 3

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 halted to allow the games to take place. look in line 15: Originally these contests were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place.




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 has the closest meaning with aristocracy. In Bahasa Indonesia, Elite mean kaum atas and aristocracy mean kaum ningrat.




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: D. 2800 years




Reason: 776 B.C to 0 is 776 years + 2012 (current year) = 2788 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: look in line 18: The greeks attached so much importance to the games that they calculated time in four year cycles called Olympiads.




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 festivities 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: look in line 7: The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education of youth.




7. In line 14, the word “deeds” is closest in meaning to…




A.   Accomplishments


B.   Ancestors


C.   Documents


D.   Property




Answer: A. Accomplishments


Reason: Deeds has the closest meaning with accomplishment. In Bahasa Indonesia, deeds mean perbuatan and accomplishment mean pencapaian.




8. Which of the following was ultimately required of all athletes competing 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: 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: halted has the closest meaning with Curtailed. In Bahasa Indonesia, Halted mean memberhentikan and curtailed mean membatasi.




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 in line 18: 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: Because the answer and the question is 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:  option A is redudancy(return and back), option B mean Mrs. Walker has an owner, the word originally option C is adverb and cannot used for this sentence




3.The hospital owes……for the construction 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: D. Twenty million of dollars to the government


Reason: Because the answer and the question is match in tenses and the answer can fill the blank sentence well.




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: The tenses must be present continuous because the event is happening now.




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: C. Of their belief that he was an good artist


Reason: the word "because" is match well with "of" in option C (Of their belief that he was an good artist)




6.If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and have to pay a fine.




Incorrect: D. have to pay a fine


Reason: The sentence is parallelism, have to pay a fine should be replaced by fined.






7.Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last night because he had  an accident on his way to the practice




Incorrect: C. he had


Reason: The accident is already happen so we use past perfect tense (s + had + v-3)




8.A short time before her operation last month , Mrs.Carlyle  dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.




Incorrect: C. dreams


Reason : the dream happen last month so it should be dreamed






9.The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and gives a welcome feeling to all who have the good fortune to visit there.




Incorrect: B. gives a welcome feeling


Reason: The sentence is parallelism so instead of "gives a welcome feeling" it should be "welcoming"




10.Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were singing songs.




Incorrect: C. watched


Reason : The sentence is present continous tense so instead of "watched" it should be "watching"