D. Vocabulary. Choose the correct words to complete each paragraph.
I
Sports are very (1) popular at my university. Roughly 20 (2) percent of the students at my school play a sport regularly. That is (3) approximately 800 students. Ice hockey is (4) especially popular this year. Ten years ago, ice hockey was (5) mainly a sport for men, but today more and more hockey (6) players are women.
II. professional about rules similar
Football and field hockey are different in some ways and (7) similar in other ways. One important difference is that football is a popular spectator sport, but field hockey isn't. That is probably why there are few (8) professional field hockey players. Many of the (9) rules for football and field hockey are also very different. For example, field hockey players can't touch the ball with their feet, but football players can. In both sports, however, the players need to be good runners. After all, the sizes of a football field and a hockey field are (10) about the same.
E. Understanding Synonyms. For each boldfaced word below, find a synonym in the reading on page 3. Then use the synonym to complete the sentence. (More than one answer may be possible.)
Synonyms are words that arc similar in meaning. For example, the words approximately, roughly, and about have similar meanings. Writers often use a synonym because they don't want to use the same word again and again.
I. There are approximately two billion field hockey players and spectators and about one billion tennis players.
2. A tennis game usually goes on for about three hours, but sometimes a game proceeds for much longer than that.
3. In the United States, field hockey is mostly for girls, but wrestling is mainly for boys.
4. The top five sports around the world are alike in many ways and have similar qualities.
Penjelasan:
Semua jawaban dicetak tebal adalah Adverb (kata keterangan), Adjective (kata sifat) dan Noun (kata benda).
Adverb: sebuah kata atau frase yang mengubah atau memenuhi syarat suatu kata sifat, kata kerja, atau kata keterangan lain atau kelompok kata, mengungkapkan hubungan tempat, waktu, keadaan, cara, sebab, derajat, dll. (approximately, especially, etc.)
Adjective: kata atau frase yang menamai atribut, ditambahkan ke atau secara tata bahasa terkait dengan kata benda untuk memodifikasi atau mendeskripsikannya. (popular, similar, etc.)
Noun: sebuah kata (selain kata ganti) yang digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi salah satu kelas orang, tempat, atau benda (kata benda umum), atau untuk menamai salah satu dari ini (kata benda). (rules, players, etc.)
Untuk bagian E. tentang sinonim, semua kata yang dicetak tebal merupakan persamaan katanya dan seperti yang disebutkan dalam soal, ada beberapa kata lain yang juga bisa digunakan sebagai jawaban.
Jawaban:
D. Vocabulary. Choose the correct words to complete each paragraph.
I
Sports are very (1) popular at my university. Roughly 20 (2) percent of the students at my school play a sport regularly. That is (3) approximately 800 students. Ice hockey is (4) especially popular this year. Ten years ago, ice hockey was (5) mainly a sport for men, but today more and more hockey (6) players are women.
II. professional about rules similar
Football and field hockey are different in some ways and (7) similar in other ways. One important difference is that football is a popular spectator sport, but field hockey isn't. That is probably why there are few (8) professional field hockey players. Many of the (9) rules for football and field hockey are also very different. For example, field hockey players can't touch the ball with their feet, but football players can. In both sports, however, the players need to be good runners. After all, the sizes of a football field and a hockey field are (10) about the same.
E. Understanding Synonyms. For each boldfaced word below, find a synonym in the reading on page 3. Then use the synonym to complete the sentence. (More than one answer may be possible.)
Synonyms are words that arc similar in meaning. For example, the words approximately, roughly, and about have similar meanings. Writers often use a synonym because they don't want to use the same word again and again.
I. There are approximately two billion field hockey players and spectators and about one billion tennis players.
2. A tennis game usually goes on for about three hours, but sometimes a game proceeds for much longer than that.
3. In the United States, field hockey is mostly for girls, but wrestling is mainly for boys.
4. The top five sports around the world are alike in many ways and have similar qualities.
Penjelasan:
Semua jawaban dicetak tebal adalah Adverb (kata keterangan), Adjective (kata sifat) dan Noun (kata benda).
Adverb: sebuah kata atau frase yang mengubah atau memenuhi syarat suatu kata sifat, kata kerja, atau kata keterangan lain atau kelompok kata, mengungkapkan hubungan tempat, waktu, keadaan, cara, sebab, derajat, dll. (approximately, especially, etc.)
Adjective: kata atau frase yang menamai atribut, ditambahkan ke atau secara tata bahasa terkait dengan kata benda untuk memodifikasi atau mendeskripsikannya. (popular, similar, etc.)
Noun: sebuah kata (selain kata ganti) yang digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi salah satu kelas orang, tempat, atau benda (kata benda umum), atau untuk menamai salah satu dari ini (kata benda). (rules, players, etc.)
Untuk bagian E. tentang sinonim, semua kata yang dicetak tebal merupakan persamaan katanya dan seperti yang disebutkan dalam soal, ada beberapa kata lain yang juga bisa digunakan sebagai jawaban.
Semoga membantu ya.