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Pembahasan Soal Reading TOEFL #5

Pembahasan Soal Reading TOEFL

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The text below is for number 1-5

As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenth century, it became an increasingly important marketing center for a vast and growing agricultural hinterland. Market days saw the crowded city even more crowded, as farmers from within a radius of 24 or more kilometers brought their sheep, cows, pigs, vegetables, cider, and other products for direct sale to the townspeople.

The High Street Market was continuously enlarged throughout the period until 1736, when it reached from Front Street to Third. By 1745 New Market was opened on Second Street between Pine and Cedar. The next  year the Callowhill Market began operation. Along with market days, the institution of twice yearly fairs persisted in Philadelphia even after similar trading days had been discontinued in other colonial cities. The fairs provided a means of bringing handmade goods from outlying places to would-be buyers in the city. Linens and stockings from Germantown, for example, were popular items.

Auctions were another popular form of occasional trade. Because of the competition, retail merchants opposed these as well as the fairs. Although governmental attempts to eradicate fairs and auctions were less than successful, the ordinary course of economic development was on the merchants’ side, as increasing business specialization became the order of the day. Export merchants became differentiated from their importing counterparts, and specialty shops began to appear in addition to general stores selling a variety of goods.

One of the reasons Philadelphia’s merchants generally prospered was because the surrounding area was undergoing tremendous economic and demographic growth. They did their business, after all, in the capital city of the province. Not only did they cater to the governor and his circle, but citizens from all over the colony came to the capital for legislative sessions of the assembly and council and the meetings of the courts of justice.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss ?

(A) Philadelphia’s agriculture importance
(B) Philadelphia’s development as a marketing center
(C) The sale of imported goods in Philadelphia
(D) The administration of the city of Philadelphia

Pembahasan :

Untuk soal reading seperti ini, kita harus mengutamakan pencarian kata kunci. Di paragraf tersebut, kita bisa melihat kata yang paling banyak dipakai dan diutarakan dengan lebih jelas lagi adalah kata ‘market’. Setelah itu, kita tinggal mencari dari soal manakah yang memiliki kata ‘market’ tersebut. Jadi, jawabannya adalah : (B) Philadelphia’s development as a marketing center

2. It can be inferred from the passage that new markets opened in Philadelphia because ….

(A) they provided more modem facilities than older markets
(B) the High Street Market was forced to close
(C) existing markets were unable to serve the growing population
(D) farmers wanted markets that were closer to the farms

Pembahasan :

Disini kita harus mencari bagian dari paragraf yang membahas tentang mengapa pasar-pasar baru dibuka di Philadelphia. Hal yang harus dilakukan pertama kali adalah untuk mencari kata yang mengandung unsur tersebut. Setelah menemukannya di paragraf tersebut, kita hanya perlu mencari jawaban yang cocok. Sudah menemukannya? Ya, kalimat diatas terkait dengan ‘economic growth’. Jadi, jawabannya adalah : (C) existing markets were unable to serve the growing population

3. The word “hinterland “ in line 3 is closest in meaning to ….

(A) tradition
(B) association
(C) produce
(D) region

Pembahasan :

Untuk soal-soal tersebut, kita harus tahu arti dari kata hinterland, yang berarti pedalaman, dan juga konteks dipakainya kata tersebut. Untuk itu, kita harus berkonsultasi dengan jawaban nomor tersebut. (A) tradition (tradisi), (B) association (asosiasi), (C) produce (produksi) tidak memberikan gambaran akan sebuah area pedalaman. Tetapi, (D) region (area) bisa dipakai untuk mendeskripsikan ‘hinterland’ yang di dalam paragraf dipakai untuk menyebutkan suatu tempat. Oleh karena itu, jawabannya adalah : (D) region

4. The word “it” in line 6 refers to ….

(A) the crowded city
(B) a radius
(C) the High Street Market
(D) the period

Pembahasan :

Untuk soal yang membutuhkan kita untuk pergi ke baris tertentu, kita diminta untuk mencari apa yang diasosiasikan dengan kata ‘it’ pada baris tersebut. Sebelum dipisahkan oleh sebuah koma (,) kita bisa membaca bahwa ‘the High Street Market’ merupakan subyek kalimat tersebut. Oleh karena itu, jawabannya adalah : (C) the High Street Market

5. The word “persisted” in line 9 is closest in meaning to ….

(A) returned
(B) started
(C) declined
(D) continued

Pembahasan :

Soal ini hampir sama dengan nomor yang sudah kita kerjakan sebelumnya. Di soal ini, kita diminta untuk mencari tahu kata yang artinya hampir sama dengan ‘persisted’ (bertahan) dalam konteks paragraf tersebut. (A) returned (kembali), (B) started (dimulai), dan (C) declined (mundur) tidak sesuai dengan kata ‘persisted’. Hanya (D) continued (berlanjut) saja yang memiliki arti yang mirip dengan ‘persisted’ dalam konteks hal tersebut terus bertahan. Dikarenakan itu, jawabannya adalah : (D) continued

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  1. Aulia
    October 25, 2024
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    October 25, 2024
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  4. October 25, 2024
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  5. Kinar
    October 25, 2024
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    October 25, 2024
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  8. October 25, 2024
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    October 25, 2024
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    Wah bermanfaat sekali, penjelasannya mudah dipahami juga…. terimakasih…

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    Terimakasih kembali, semoga bermanfaat…

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