Date : 18th, March 2022

Name : Safitri
Register Number : A12120112
Class :C

Reading for Academic Purposes

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SKILL 9 : DETERMINE MEANINGS FROM WORD PARTS
The passage :
Ring Lardner himself was born into a wealthy, educated and cultured family. For the
bulk of his career, he worked as a reporter for newspaper in South Bend, Boston, St. Louis,
and Chicago. However, it is for his short stories of lower middle-class Americans that Ring
Lardner is perhaps best known. In these stories, Lardner vividly creates the language and the
ambiance of this lower class, often using the misspelled words, grammatical errors, and
incorrect diction that typified the language of the lower middle class.
The questions :
1. The word “ambiance” in line 1 is closest in meaning to
a. Scenery
b. Form
c. Surroundings ( in this first question, the word ambiance contains the word
part amb or ambi, which means arround , so the best answer is answer “C” ).
d. Chararacter

2. The word “typified” in line 8 is closest in meaning to

a. Simbolized ( in this second question, the word part typified contains the word
part typ, which means symbol, so the best answer is answer “A” )
b. Reveal
c. A definition
d. Condition

3. The word “errors” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

a. Triple
b. Screwup
c. Stumble
d. Make a mistake ( in this third question, the word part errors contains the
word part err, which means mistake, so the best answer is answer “D” )
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SKILL 12 : DETERMINE WHERE SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS FOUND
The passage :
Meteor Crater, a great crater approximately 40 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona, is
generally thought by scientists to have formed as a result of the impact of a 60,000-ton
meteor about 50,000 years ago. The meteor, made of nickle and iron, disintegrated on impact
and spread half abillion tons of rock over the surface of the land . the massiveness of the
meteor can only be imagined from the mammoth size of the crater, which measured a mile in
diameter and three miles around the top. The rim of the crater rises more than 150 feet above
the plain where the meteor impacted and is visible for more than ten miles on a clear day.
The questions :
1. Where is the pessage does the author discuss the place of the Meteor Crater?
a. Lines 1
b. Lines 2-4
c. Lines 5-6
d. Lines 7-10

2. Where is the passage does the author mention the size of the meteor?
a. Lines 1-4
b. Lines 4-5
c. Lines 6-8
d. Lines 9-10

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SKILL 13 : DETERMINE MEANINGS FROM WORD PARTS AND WHERE SPECIFIC
INFORMATION IS FOUND
The passage :
Military awards have long been considered symbolic of royalty. And thus when the
United States was young nation just finished with revolution and eager to distance itself from
anything tasting of monarchy, there was strong sentiment against military decoration. For a
century, from the end of the Revolutionary war until the Civil War, the United Sates awarded
no military honors. The instution of the Medal of Honor in 1861 was a source of great
discussion and concern. From the Civil War until World War I, the Medal of Honor was the
only military award given by the United Stated government, and today it is awarded only in
the most extreme cases of heroism, although the United States is still somewhat wary of
granting military awards, several awards have been instituted since World War I.
The questions :
1. The word “finished” in line 3 is closest meaning to
a. Complete
b. Ended ( in the first question, the word finished contains the word part fin, which
means end, so the best answer is answer “B”
c. Suitable
d. Closing

2. The word “sentiment” in line 4 is closest meaning to

a. Dreamy
b. Passionate
c. Mushy
d. Feelings ( in the second question, the word sentiment contains the word part sent,
which means feel, so the best answer is answer “C”

3. Where the passage does the author discuss avoidance by the United States?
a. Lines 1-4
b. Lines 3-6
c. Lines 7-10
d. Lines 11-13