QUESTIONS ANSWERED TOEFL READING STRATEGY
To be able to answer the questions Reading, you need to understand
properly and effectively. Here are strategies to answer questions TOEFL
reading:
1.
The
strategy determines the topic of a discourse
2.
Strategy
determines the main idea (the main idea) a discourse
3.
Strategies
to determine the equation of words (contex for vocabulary)
4.
fast
reading strategies to find answers to a question in detail (scanning for
details)
5.
Strategies
making conclusions (making inferences)
6.
Strategies
find exceptions (identifying exceptions)
7.
Strategies
seek referral (locating references)
8.
The strategy
refers to the discourse (referring to the passage)
9.
Do not
read the text from beginning to end.
10. Read the question first, understand the
intent question, and a new look for the answer in the text.
11. Try to guess where the best answer
12. We should not get hung up on the word or
phrase that we ourselves do not know what that means. Try to guess his point,
because time is very short at 45 seconds / questions (50 questions).
EXAMPLE :
Advertising is a big
business. You have to only leaf through
a magazine or count the radio or television commercials you hear during one
evening to realize this. The number of mechanical toys and boxes of cereal that
one told by television commercials alone is proof of advertising’s persuasion
power.
Because advertising has
so much influence on what we buy, and because it is so much a part of daily
life, the advertising industry holds great fascination for jobs in advertising
agencies.
The average person
thinks of advertising as a glamorous exciting business, where brilliant young
men and women think up catchy
slogans at a moment’s notice when they are not busy entertainingcustomers at
expensive restaurants. Popular fiction has helped spread idea. But for the men
and women who earn their living in advertising, it is a business that involves
a great deal of hard, painstakingwork. It is the business of persuading people to
buy product and services or accept ideas.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
A.
Painstaking
B.
Popular
fiction has helped this idea
C.
Advertising
as a glamorous exiting business
D.
Advertising
is a big business
Jawaban:
D
2. Which of the following is closest in the
meaning to the phrase leaf through in paragraph 1?
A.
To think
it over
B.
To receive
C.
To leaf
over
D.
To turn
over and over
Jawaban:
D
3. According to the passage, what for do the
industries use advertising?
A.
Giving information
to the public
B.
To persuade
customer
C.
Hear during
one evening
D.
It is a
slogan
Jawaban:
B
4. In paragraph 3, the phrase catchy slogan probably means …
A.
Fascinated
information
B.
Glamorous
news
C.
Attractive
slogan
D.
Boring news
Jawaban:
C
5. Which statement best describes the
advertising business in this passage?
A.
Persuasive
power
B.
A glamorous
exciting business
C.
Painstaking
work
D.
So much
influence on what we buy
Jawaban:
C
EXAMPLES STRUCTURE
Choose
the correct answer:
1. Williams Tory Harris was one of the first
educators interested ______logical progression of topic in school curriculum.
A.
In establishing
B.
For establishing
C.
Establishing
D.
To establish
Jawaban:
A
Discussion: in use after interested. ing forms (establishing) is used after the preposition in.
2. Althrough the scientific community had hoped
that field of transplantation _____, the shortage of organ donors has curtailed
research.
A.
Progressed
B.
Had progressed
C.
Would progress
D.
Progressing
Jawaban:
C
Discussion: the phrase has hoped that
indicates future meaning, so that the right answer is would progress.
3. Termites can do _____ to the wood in homes
before they are detected.
A.
An extensive
damage
B.
Extensive
damages
C.
The extensive
damage
D.
Extensive
damage
Jawaban:
D
Discussion: damage including uncountable noun
noun so does not have a plural form. in addition, this phrase means common so
do not need such a or the article.
4. Hawkeye was the character ____ James Fenimore
Cooper created for The Last of The Mohicans.
A.
Who
B.
Whom
C.
Which
D.
Whose
Jawaban:
B
Discussion: because John Fenimore Cooper is
the name of the person, the right object is pronominal Whom.
5. _______ like McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried
Chicken have used franchising to extend their sales internationally.
A.
Chain’s
restaurants
B.
Chains restaurans
C.
Chains restaurant
D.
Chain restaurants
Jawaban:
D
Discussion: when two nouns appear together
into a noun phrase, the noun is plural get last or phrases in kalimat soal ie
core restaurants.
Choose
the wrong answer:
1) The hunting of walruses for their
ivory tusks are illegal in the United States.
A B C D
Discussion:
The above sentence should have been "The
hunting of walruses for Reviews their ivory tusks is illegal in the United
States", as the subject of the sentence is singular, the predicate must be
single. So the answer is C.
2) The ideological identity and political
cooperation of the Third World has declined
A B C
because the
decrease of additional resources from the West.
D
Discussion:
The above sentence should have been "The ideological
identity and political cooperation of the third word has Declined because of
the Decrease of additional resources from the West". Because the clause
should be followed because not phrase it should because of. So the answer is D.
3) There are thousand
of different types of roses.
A
B C D
Discussion:
the obvious answer is B, because to be in the
plural are, there is correct.
4)
Sponges have neither heads or separate
body organs.
A B C D
Discussion:
the problem is fixed pattern, either ... or,
Neither ... nor, not only ... but Also, so the obvious answer is C.
5)
The first
recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was
in the town of Frederick,
A
B C
D
New York, in 1825.
Discussion:
The main sentence in this matter is the use
of natural gas was in the town. Thus said it is not needed anymore because the
double subject, the answer is C.
source:
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Lina D.
Title of book: TOEFL, TWE, Preparation
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Dr. Ida
Rochani. Title of book: Preparation for the TOEFL
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Gendhis
Paradisa. 2010, Encyclopedia of arts and cultural heritage.
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Mien
Kasmini & Siwi Kadarmo. 2014. 99%
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