STRATEGY TOEFL READING COMPREHENSION
In the Reading Comprehension section, participants
tend to read the text first and then try to answer the question. It's not
recommended. START OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCAN IN READING. So, read the text
first became ineffective in the context of scanning strategies. If we read the
text first and answer questions later, then we will go back again to the
reading to answer this question INEFFECTIVE!
There are 4
types of questions in Reading Comprehension Section:
1.
MAIN IDEA question: the question asks yan central
idea, main idea, theme, or title reading (reading TOEFL is not accompanied by
the title!). The number is only ONE question and generally placed as the first
question in the text.
2.
DETAIL question: the question asking for specific
information in the text. The answer to this type of reading material contained
within EXPRESS (EXPRESS). The number of questions in each of the most widely
read.
3.
Implied question: is a question similar to the question
detail, by way of answering that is also equal to answer detailed questions.
However, the answer to the question is found in the literature implicitly
(IMPLIED). This question is not as much as the amount of Detail question.
4.
Vocabulary question: is a synonym ask questions or
seek equivalent word whose meaning is closest to the word in question.
Answering this question must be guessed BASED context of the sentence. Avoid
guessing just by relying on our knowledge without checking it in the sentence
reading. Always read the sentence in which a word is asked as a whole, then
guess based on the context of the sentence. There is no other way to answer
this type of question except by guessing based on context.
Here is a
detailed strategy to answer any type of questions on Reading Comprehension
Section:
1.
reading the text does not need to read
all ( teks bacaan tidak perlu dibaca semua )
2.
read the first question and understand (
bacalah pertanyaan dahulu dan pahami)
3.
Do not think too long on words you do
not know the point (jangan berfikir terlalu lama pada kata anda sendiri tidak
tahu maksudnya )
4.
identification of nouns and verbs are
important (identifikasi kata benda dan kata kerja yang penting )
5.
read and observe the words of each
paragraph (bacalah dan amati kata-kata setiap paragraf)
6.
read the text carefully, mark the main
point, the names and Definitions (bacalah teks dengan cermat,tandai point
utama,nama-nama dan definisi)
7.
answer the questions, but not for too
long on one question (jawablah pertanyaan,namun jangan terlalu lama pada satu
pertanyaan)
8.
you have to fill in the answers, if
guessing liable b or c (anda harus mengisi jawaban, jika menebak jawab b atau c)
EXAMPLE
:
Question
1-3
Levels
of vocabularry
Most language have several levels of
vocabularry that may be used by the same speaker.in english,at least three half
been identified and described.
Standard usag in clued those words and
exspressions understood,used,and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a
langwage in any situation regardless of the levels of formality. As such these
words and expressions are well defined and listed in standard
dictionarries.colloquialisms, on the other hand are familliar works and idions
that areunderstood by almost all speakers of a language and used in formal
speech or writting, but not considered acceptable for more formal situations.
Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language
Slang, however, refers to words and
expressions understood by large number of speakers but not accepted as
appropriate formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang
may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both
colloquial usage and slang are more common in speech than in writing.
Colloquial speech often passes into
standardspeech. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang
expressions anjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the majority never accepts certain slag
phrases but nevertheless retains them in theircollective memories. Every
generation seems to requires its own set of words to describe familiar objects
and events.
1. Which
of the following is the main topic the passage ?
a. Standard
speech
b. Idiomatic
phrases
c.
Different types of vocabulary
d. Dictionary
usage
2. How
is slang defined by the author?
a. Words
and phrases accepted by the majority for formal usage
b. Words
and phrases understood by the majority but not found in standard dictioanaries
c. Words
and phrases that are understood by a restriced group of speakers
d.
Words and phrases understood
by a large number of speakers but not accepted as formal usage
3. The
word obscuurity in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by....
a.
Disappearance
b. Influence
c. Qualification
d. Tolerance
Endangered
species
There are three valid arguments to
support the preservation of endangered species,an aesthetic justification
contends that biodiversity contributes to the quality of life because many of
the undangered plants and animals are particularly appreciated for their unique
physical beauty. The aesthetic role of nature in all its diverse forms is
reflected in the art and literature of every culture, attaining symbolic status
in the spiritual life of many groups, according to the proponents of the
aesthetic argument, people need nature in all its diverse and beautiful froms
as part of the experience of the world.
Another argument that has been put
forward, especially by groups in the medical and pharmacological fields,is that
of ecological self-interest. By preserving all species, we retain a balance of
nature that is ultimately beneficial to humankind. Recent research on global
ecosystems has been cited as evidence that every species contributes important
or even functions that may be necessary to the survival of our own species,
some advocates of the ecological derived from rare plants may contain the key
to a cure for one of the diseases currently threatening human beings, if we do
not proted other species, then they cannot protect us.
Apart from human advantage in both the
aesthetic and ecological arguments, the proponents of a moral justification
contend that all species have the right to exis, a viewpoint stated in the
united nations world charter for nature, created in 1982. Furthermore, if
humankind view it self as the stewards of all the creatures on eartth, it is
incumbent upon human beings to protect them, and to ensure the continued
existence of all species, moral justification has been extended by the movement
called “deep ecology” the members of which rank the biosphere highter than
people because the continuation of life depends on this larger perspective to
carry their argument to its logical conclusion, all choices must be made for
the biosphere not for people
4. Which
of the following is the main topic of the passage ?
a. The
beauty of the world
b. The
quality of life
c.
The preservation the species
d. The
balance of nature
5. Which
of the arguments supports animal right ?
a. Aesthetic
justification
b. Ecological
argument
c. Self-interest
argument
d.
Moral justification
6. The
world perspective in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by....
a. Idea
b. Event
c. Truth
d.
View
Questions 7-10
The
art world
One of the major problems in the world
is how to ditinguish and promote an artist, in effect, a market must be created
for an artist to be successful. The pratice of singning an numbering individual
prints was introduced by james abbot McNeil
Whistler’s, the nineteenth-century artist best known for
the painting of his mother, called ”Arrangement in Grey an Black,” but
known to most of us as “Whistler’s mother”.
Whistler’s brother-in-law, sir Francis
Seymour Haden, a less well known artist, had speculated that collectors might find prints more attractive if
they knew that there were only a limited number of copies produced. By signing
the work in pencil, an artist could guarantee and personalize each print.
As soon as Whistler and haden began the
pratice of signing and numbering their prints, their work began to inrease in
value, when other artists noticed that the signed prints commanded higher
prices, they began copying the procedure.
Although most prints are signed on the
right side in the margin below the image, the placement of the signature is a
matter of personal choice, indeed, prints have been signed within the image, in
any of themargins, or even on the reserve side of the print. Wherever the
artist elects to sign it, a signed prins is still valued above an unsigned one,
even if the same edition.
7. Which
of the following would be better title for the passage?
a. Whistler’s
Mother
b. Whistler’s
Greatest Works
c. The Pratice of Signing Prints
d. Copying
Limited Edition Prints
8. What
made Whistler’s work more valuable ?
a. His
fame as an artist
b.
His painting of his mother
c.
His signature on the prints
d. His
brother-in-law’s prints
9. The
word speculated in pragraph could
best the replaced by....
a.
Guessed
b. Noticed
c. Denied
d. Announced
10. The
author mentions all of the following as reasons why a collector prefers a
signed print EXCEPT....
a. It
guarantees the print’s authenticity
b. It
makes the print more personal
c.
It encourages higher prices
for the print
d. It
limits the number of copies of the print
