softskill meeting 3

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: Battles were not interrupted, but halted to allow the games to take place. look in line 15: Originally these contests were held as games of friendship, and 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
Answer: A. aristocracy
Reason: elite has the closest meaning with aristocracy. In Bahasa Indonesia, Elite mean kaum atas and aristocracy mean kaum ningrat.

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: Look in line 1: the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks’ 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: D. 2800 years
Reason: 776 B.C to 0 is 776 years + 2012 (current year) = 2788 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: look in line 18: The greeks attached so much importance to the games that they calculated time in four year cycles called Olympiads.

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: look in line 7: 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
Answer: A. Accomplishments
Reason: Deeds has the closest meaning with accomplishment. In Bahasa Indonesia, deeds mean perbuatan and accomplishment mean 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: Look in line 6: but later 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. Started
c. Curtailed
d. Fixed
Answer: C. Curtailed
Reason: halted has the closest meaning with Curtailed. In Bahasa Indonesia, Halted mean memberhentikan and curtailed mean membatasi.

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: look in line 18: 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
Answer: C. Because he was afraid that his answers would incriminate him
Reason: Because the answer and the question is 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: option A is redudancy(return and back), option B mean Mrs. Walker has an owner, the word originally option C is adverb and cannot used for this sentence

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 the answer and the question is match in tenses and the answer can fill the blank sentence well.

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 tenses must be present continuous because the event is happening now.

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: C. Of their belief that he was an good artist
Reason: the word "because" is match well with "of" in option C (Of their belief that he was an good artist)

6. If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and have to pay a fine.
Incorrect: D. have to pay a fine
Reason: The sentence is parallelism, have to pay a fine should be replaced by 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
Incorrect: C. he had
Reason: The accident is already happen so we use past perfect tense (s + had + v-3)

8. A short time before her operation last month , Mrs.Carlyle dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.
Incorrect: C. dreams
Reason : the dream happen last month so it should be dreamed

9. The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and gives a welcome feeling to all who have the good fortune to visit there.
Incorrect: B. gives a welcome feeling
Reason: The sentence is parallelism so instead of "gives a welcome feeling" it should be "welcoming"

10. Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were singing songs.
Incorrect: C. watched
Reason : The sentence is present continous tense so instead of "watched" it should be "watching"

AGREEMENT AFTER PREPOSITION PHRASES

o 1. The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural similarities and differences.
Alasan : Karena languages (plural), maka pada present menjadi singular


2. The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great ideal of legal ambiguty because multinationals can operate in so many jurisdictions
Alasan: karena verb menggunakan have maka menjadi resulted


3. All of the east-west interstate highmay in the United States has even numbers, while north-south interstate highways are odd-numbered
Alasan: karena subjek itu plural maka verb bukan has melainkan have


4. When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos were detected on Earth.
Alasan: karena subjeknya sebuah plural maka verb menggunakan were

5. Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes are occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.
Alasan: seharusnya verb menggunakan have bukan has

6. Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into the air that sunsets arround the world was affected for two years afterward.
Alasan: karena verb menggunakan IS seharusnya remembered menjadi remember


7. The term "Yankee" was originally a nickname for people from New England, but now anyone from the United States are referred to as a Yankee.
Alasan: karena subjek berupa singular maka verb seharusnya bukan are melainkan is

8. A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and underlying muscles, supply blood to the face and scalp.
Alasan: sandwiched seharusnya sandwich

9. Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest who can withstand the severest drought.
Alasan: who seharusnya menjadi that