TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(READING)

        As for back as 700 B.C.,man has talked about children being cared for by wolves.Romulus and Remus,the legendary twin founders of Rome,were purported to have been cared for by wolves.According to legend,Mars fathered the two boys.As a result,a relarive of their mother imprisoned her and and ordered that the boys be drowned in the Tibet River.However,a she-wolf saved them from this horrible fate and took them back to her lair to care or them.Legend has it that when a she-wolf loses her litter,she seeks a human child to take its place.
        This seemingly preposterous idea did not become credible until the late nineteenth century when a French doctor actually found a naked ten-year-old boy wandering in the woods.He did not walk erect,could speak intelligibly,nor could he relate to people.He only growled and stared at them.Finally the doctor won the boy's confidence and began to work with him.After many long years of devoted and patient instruction,the doctor was able to get the boy to clothe and feed himself,recognze and utter a number of words,as well as write letter and form words.

1.The French doctor found the boy.......
a.wandering in the woods
b.at his doorstep
c.growling at him
d.speaking intelligibly
pembahasan:Paragraph 2,sentence 1,states that the boy was found"wandering in the woods."While it is true that the boy growled at people,choice(C),we are not told that he growled at the doctor when he was found.

2.In this passage,the word litter most nearly........
a.garbage
b.master
c.offspring
d.hair
3.The doctor was able to work with the boy because......
a.the boy was highly inteligent
b.the boy trusted him
c.the boy liked to dress up
d.the boy was dedicated and patient
4.The word"utter"in line 19 is nearest in meaning to.....
a.absolute
b.speak
c.scream
d.read
5.All of the ollowing statements are true EXCEPT.......
a.she-wolves have been said to substitute human children for their lost litters
b.examples of wolves'caring for human children can be found only in the nineteenth century
c.the French doctor succeed in domesticating the boy somewhat
d.the young boy never was able to speak perfectly
6.The word"preposterous"in line 11 is closest in meaning to..........
a.dedicated
b.scientific
c.wonderful
d.absurd
7.The main idea of this passage is that according to legend........
a.children who are raised by wolves can be rehabilitated
b.she-wolves replace their dead offspring with humn children
c.Romulus and Remus were cared for by a she-wolf
d.a French doctor saved Romulus and Remus were........
8.According to the legend,Romulus and Remus were........
a.found abandoned in Rome
b.the founders of Rome
c.discovered by a French doctor
d.drowned in the Tiber River in 700 B.C.
pembahasan:Rome did not exist when Romulus and Remus were children because they were founders(A)A French doctor encountered a boy wandering in the woods,but that happened 2,500 years after the lives of Romulus and Remus.(C),The twins were ordered to be drowned,but they were not(D).Legend has it that Romulus and Remus founded the city f Rome.
9.Where in the passage is it stated that,according to legend,Romulus and Remus founded Rome?
a.Lines2-3
b.Lines5-7
c.Lines9-10
d.Lines11-13
pembahasan:The reading states that Romulus and Remus were the"legendary twin founders of Rome"on line 3.

reference:cliffs
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