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.
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
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
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
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
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
Reason : Option A –> the article’s contain all about the
history of Olympic Games and focused about The Greeks that emphasized physical
fitness and strength to their education of youth. Option B –> a wrong
statement because the punishment is for any who disobeyed the rules of Olympic.
Option C –> a wrong statement because the games were just open to all free
Greek males who had no criminal record. Option D –> it is not wrong at all,
but this statement is not the main idea.
7. In line 14, the word “deeds” is closest in meaning to…
A. Accomplishments
B. Ancestors
C. Documents
D. Property
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Reason : there is a sequence of tense, simple past tense in
; The artist was asked to show some paintings at the contest; with simple past
tense in ; because he painted very good. 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.
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.
