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 : in paragraph one there is
sentence : an any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take
place. In Indonesian is suatu peperangan
yang sedang dalam proses dihentikan untuk berpartisipasi dalam permainan . So the battles is not
interrupted.
2. The word “elite” in line 5 is
closest in meaning to…
A. aristocracy
B. Brave
C. intellectuals
D. muscular
Answer : A. aristocracy
Reason : because elite and
aristocracy have the same meaning that is “pilihan”.
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 : Because in the first
sentence in the story is 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 : B. 1200 years
Reason : if we count 776 up to year
2012 hence about approximately is 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 : because in the article
there sentence : The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength to
their education of youth. So they believed athletic 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 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 : Because the article’s
contain all about 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 : because which most
compatible is 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 : because there sentence : but
the later games were open to all free Greek males who had no criminal record. So the right answer is C.
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 : curtailed is the most compatible. Because in
Indonesian curtailed is “dibatasi”
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 : because in 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”. so the answer is B.
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 : because if we
translate in Indonesian answer D means : Mrs walker telah mengembalikan dompet
itu ke pemilik aslinyai, that the most compatible.
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, if translate in
Indonesian which most compatible is answer D.
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 sentence is present continuous. Is telling her professors
is present countinous tense. So the most compatible answer is D.
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 : A. He painted
very good
Reason : because the sentence is
simple past tense
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 :
have to pay a fine must be change with verb, such as ; fined. Because the
sentence above must be parallelism.
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 :
The sentence is right.
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 :
we must change dreams to dreamed.
Because the sentence is 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 :
we must change Gives a welcome
feeling with welcome. Because the sentence above must be
parallelism.
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 :
watched must be change with watching, because the sentence above
must be parallelism.
