Exercise 3

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 the line of 15, these content originally 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. so, the correct answer is A.

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 Greek's 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 years)=2788 years

5. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks
a. They were pacifists
b. They believed at 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 Greek's 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 ancients Greeks
b. The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in physical fitness program
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 on 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: Deed has the closest meaning with accomplishments.

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 "helted' in line 16 means most nearly the same as?
a. Encourages
b. Started
c. Curtailed
d. Fixed
Answer: C. Curtailed
Reason: Helted has the closest meaning with curtailed.

10. What is an "Olympiad"?
a. The time it took to finish the games
b. The time between games
c. the time it took 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 answer would incriminate him
d. fearing that he will be incriminated by it
Answer: C. because he was afraid that his answer would incriminate him
Reason: because the answer is match for this question

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: because another option mean Mrs walker has an owner of that wallet, and the adverb is not correct to that optional.

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 dollar to the government
Reason: because the optional means that the hospital will give twenty million dollars to the government

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: another option is doesn't correct to the sentence

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 surely match with an option C, because is must followed by of to end the sentence

6. If motorist 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 replace 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 has already happen so that we use the past tense to complete our sentence

8. A short time before her operation last month, Mrs Carlyle dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.
Incorrect: C. dreams
Reason: the dream actually happen last month, so it would be past. so that, we use past tense and the correct one is 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: this sentence is parallelism so instead the "gives a welcome feeling" it should be welcoming

10. some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while other were singing songs
Incorrect: C. Watched
Reason: this sentence is present continuous, so watched is incorrect, so we should use watching to right one.