Softskill_Meeting 3
1. Which of the following is NOT true ?
a. Winner’s 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.
The correct answer is C because in line 2 explain “The warm climate for outdoor
activities, the need for preparedness in
war”. So the bettles were not interrupted.
2. The word “elite” in line 5 is
closest in meaning to
a. Aristocracy
b. Brave
c. Intellectuals
d. Muscular
The correct answer is A because elite same meaning as Aristocracy.
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 athelets
The correct answer is B because in line first explain the firts Olynpic Games were held
at the foot of Mounth Olympus to honor
the Greeks’ chief god, Zeus.
4. Approximately how many years ago did these game originate
a. 800 years
b. 1,200 years
c. 2,300 years
d. 2,800 years
The correct answer is D because 2012 + 776 B.C is 2788 and approached to 2800 years.
5. What conclusion can we draw about tha ancient Greeks?
a. They were pacifists
b. They belived athletic events were important
c. They were very simple
d. They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for dates
The correct answer is B because in line 3 explain “and their lifestyle caused the Greeks
to create competitive sports.
6. What is the main idea of this passage?
a. Physical fitness was an integral part of 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 festivies so that
they could go back to war when the games were over.
The correct answer is A because in line 4 explain that the Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education
of youth.
7. In line 14, the word “deeds” is closest in meaning to
a. Accomplishments
b. Ancestors
c. Documents
d. Property
The correct answer is A because the word “deeds” most likely the word “accomplishments”.
8. Which of the following was ultimately required of all athletes
competing in the Olympics?
a. They must have completed military service
b. Thye had to attend special training sessions
c. They had to be Greek males with no criminal record
d. They had to be very religious
The correct answer is C because in line 6 explain the 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. Strated
c. Curtailed
d. Fixed
The correct answer is C because the word “halted” most likely the word curtailed.
10. What is an “Olympiade”?
a. The time is 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 rain
The correct answer is B because in line first paragraph 2 explain “The Greeks attached so
much importance to the games that they calculated time in four-year cycles
called “Olympiads,” dating form 776 B.C.
STYLISTIC PROBLEMS
1. The defendant refused to answer the prosecutor’s question
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
The correct answer is C because he can replays by it and they and this sentence is antecendent.
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
The correct answer is D because grammar is the
best santences compared with sentence A (redudancy), B dan C ( grammar indicate
error).
3. The hospital owes for
the constriction of the new ring.
a. The goverment 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
The correct answer is D because the choice
B, C and D the grammer indicate of error.
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
The correct answer is D because the sentence is
present continues tense S + To be (am, are, is) + present participle (bentuk-ing) and answer must be
present continues.
5. The artist was asked to show some paintings at 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
The correct answer is D because the sentences is
antencendent and must followed by antencendent sentence to. The choice A must
be very well, and choice B and C indicated the pronoun they and their has no
atencendent.
Attetion Please,,,,,
For no. 6-10 Purple is mean A, Green
is mean B, Red is mean C, Orenge is
mean D
6. If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they
will be stopped, ticketed, and have to pay a fine.
The answer is D because have to pay a fine must be have to pay a 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.
The answer is C because this sentence is a past
perfect tense “ S + had + v3” and the true sentense is “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”.
8. A short time before
her operation last month, Mrs. Carlyle dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.
The answer is C because is past tense and must be followed
by ed. So, dreams changed into dreamed.
9. The atmosphere in Andalucia is
open, warm, and gives a welcome feeling to
all who have the
good fortune to visit there.
The answer is B because the sentence is a
parralelism so, “gives a welcom felling” must be change by friendly.
10. Some of the people were standing in the street wacted
the parade, while others were singing songs.
The answer is C because the sentense is
parralelism so watched must be changed into watching.
