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 at the end of first paragraph ; …..an
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 and aristocracy, both of them have the
same meaning ; the most powerful members of a society or a privileged class holding hereditary titles.
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 : the reason is in the first sentence in the
story ; the first Olympic Games were held at the foot
of Mount Olympus to honor the Greek’s 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 : let’s count from the first year the games
held, in 776 BC until now 2012….it is about 2788 years or approximately 2800
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 : according to the text ; The
Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength to their education of youth. So they believed event like Olympic games were important to
their prestige.
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.
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 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 : According to the third sentence in the
article ; …..but the later 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 we change ‘halted’ with the option
A/B/D, it means the war push/start/still happened but in the article, any
war in progress were halted, and curtailed means the most
nearly the same as halted.
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 option C & D are almost
look alike. But if you translate it in Indonesian, it’s different at all. ‘Originally‘ in option C means : Awalnya. And ‘Original’ in option D means : Asli, that more suitable with the sentence. There are a number of
words -ly could be misleading if we only
see the words essentially alone. Not even a little bit of the words this is not
a is adverb. for example, ‘Quickly’ means ” dengan cepat” but ‘lately’ doesn’t
mean “dengan terlambat” but “belakangan ini/baru-baru ini.” (credit
to Mr. Gustaaf Kusno for explain it on
http://sosbud.kompasiana.com/2010/03/17/nyaris-tak-bernafas/)
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 : there is a complete independent clause and
dependent clause, and match in tenses and a right path to fill the blank
sentence. Or for easy way, just translate it in Indonesian.
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 : there is a sequence of tense, simple past
tense in ; The artist was asked to show some paintings
at the contest; with past perfect tense in ; The
judges had been told of his talents. and also the perfect
combination of dependent-independent clause.
6. If motorists do not observe the traffic
regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and have
to pay a fine.
Correction :
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 the practice
Correction :
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 :
Because the accident is already happen. It is
perfectly ‘finish’. So, we should use the past perfect tense, S+Had+V3
8.A short time before
her operation last month , Mrs.Carlyle dreams of
her daughter who lives overseas.
Correction :
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.
Correction :
The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and welcome
to all who have the good fortune to visit there.
Reason :
The sentence above must be parallelism. Open and warm, both
of them are adjective. So must be following with adjective too. Gives a
welcome feeling is a new clause. Change it with welcome.
10. Some of the people were standing in
the street watched the parade, while others were
singing songs.
Correction :
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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