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"

Dream

When i was a little, i wanted to be a pianist. because i liked how it sound but then i grew up and realized that i didn't like to play piano, i like to listened to it. 


for awhile i didn't have any particular thing i wanted to do. i got sick and my mom brought me to a doctor. the doctor wore white uniform i thought it was so cool. he checked my body with a cold thing call stethoscope. after he gave my mom  a prescription he gave me a lollipop. maybe it was because the lollipop or maybe the cool uniform, i started want to become a doctor. it's a cool job, it's make you look good and you could heal people. doctor is a pretty good job. when i was in middle school i told  my friend that i wanted to be a doctor and she told me that we had to spent all night long with a dead body in order to be a doctor. i just couldn't imagine it, it was way too scary. i gave up to be a doctor.


i kept changing my dream until i went to high school until i couldn't help but amazed with skyscrapers in the city. it was amazing, how skyscrapers were so high that its looked like it touch the sky and it was more amazing how a person can had thing that big, how one person can had a skyscraper. my amazement was the beginning of my introduction with economy. with a knowledge of economy somebody could has a skyscraper, with a knowledge of economy this country could run. because economy now i am here as a student of gunadarma university, majoring in accounting.

TOEFL Exercise (Skill 1-3)

Intan Permata Sari

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3EB05

1.  F : Nobody know when the process of glass-making was invented.

T : Nobody knows when the process of glass-making was invented.

Wrong word :  know

The reason : 'Nobody' is a singular so the verb must be followed by s/es

2. F : The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural similarities and differences.

T : The languages of the world present a vast array of structural similarities and differences.

Wrong word : presents

The reason : because 'the languages' is a plural subject so it must not be followed by s/es in the end of the verb.

3. F : The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals can operate in so many jurisdictions.

T : The rise of multinationals has resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals can operate in so many jurisdictions.

Wrong word : have

The reason : 'The rise' is a singular subject so it must use 'has'.

4. F : All of the east-west interstate highways in the United States has even numbers, while north-south interstate highways are odd-numbered.

T : All of the east-west interstate highways in the United States have even numbers, while north-south interstate highways are odd-numbered.

Wrong word : has

The reason : 'highways' is a plural subject so it must use 'have'.

5. F : When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos were defected on Earth.

T : When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos was defected on Earth.

Wrong word : were

The reason : 'a wave' is a singular subject so it must be followed by 'was'.

 6. F : Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes are occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.

T : Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes is occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.

Wrong word : are

The reason : 'every open space' is a singular subject so it must be followed by 'is'.

7. F : Krakatao is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into the air that sunsets around the world was affected for two years afterward.

T :  Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano that puts so much ash into the air that sunsets around the world was affected for two years afterward. 

Wrong word : put

The reason : 'krakatao' is a singular subject so the verb must be followed by s/es in the end of the word.

8. F : The term “Yankee” was originally a nickname for people from New England, but now anyone from the United States are referred to as a Yankee.

T : The term “Yankee” was originally a nickname for people from New England, but now anyone from the United States is referred to as a Yankee.

Wrong word : are

The reason : 'anyone' is a singular verb so it must use 'is'.

9. F : A network of small arteries,mostly sandwiched between the skin and the underlying muscles,supply blood to the face and scalp.

T : A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and the underlying muscles, supplies blood to the face and scalp.

Wrong word : supply

The reason : 'a network' is singular subject so it must be followed by s/es.

10. F : Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest who can withstand the severest drought.

T : Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest that can withstand the severest drought.

Wrong word : who

The reason : 'Mesquite' is not a person so it can not use 'who' but use 'that'.