Soal dan Pembahasan TBI (Reading Comprehension) Bagian 26

  1. Soal
  2. Reading Comprehension

            At the Grammys’ annual charity gala on Friday, Bob Dylan stole the show without singing a single note. In a wide-ranging 35 minute speech that had the 3,000 or so music executives and stars in the audience hanging on his every word, Mr. Dylan touched on the roots of his songwriting, the musicians who inspired him, and the naysaying of critics.

            It was an extremely are and revealing speech from Mr. Dylan, 73, but in his usual fashion it was anything but straightforward. Reading from a thick cache of papers, he spoke in what at times was a kind of rhapsodic, canny prose-poetry, like one of his lyrics or an outtake from his 2004 memoir, “Chronicles, Volume One.” These songs of mine, “he said, “they’re like mystery plays, the kind Shakespeare saw when he was growing up. I think you could trace what I do back that far. They were on the fringes then, and I think they’re on the fringes now.”

            Mr. Dylan was accepting the person of the year award from MusiCares a charity affliated with the Grammys that support musicians in financial need  or in health crises. Since Musicares began in 1989, it has distributed nearly $40 million in aid, according to the group, and the event on Friday, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, raised a record $7 million through sales of tickets and memorabilia.

            The night was packed with performances of Mr. Dylan’n songs by the of Bruce Springsteen; Neil Young; Norah Jones; Sheryl Crow; Willie Nelson; Jack White; Tom Jones; and Crosby, Stills and Nash. The award to Mr. Dylan was presented by formes President Jimmy Carter, who mentioned that Mr. Dylan’s words on peace and human rights are much more incisiveb, much more powerful and much more permanent than those of any US president.

            Mr. Dylan began with thanks to people who helped his career early on, like John Hammond, the storied talent scout who signed him to Columbia Records, and Peter, Paul and Mary, whose version of “Blowin” in the Wind” gave Mr. Dylan his first big hit, in 1963. He paid tribute to Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Cash, and also thanked the Byrds, the Turtles and Sonny and Cher, whose covers brought him more pop hits, even if, he said, he wanted to be pop songwriter.

    Source : http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com



  1. Why was Mr. Dylan giving a speech’at the Grammy’s gala?

    1. He won the Grammy
    2. He was accepting an award from MusiCares
    3. He did a lot of charities
    4. Forrner president Jimmy Carter was asked him to give a speech
    Jawaban : b

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  2. It can be inferred from the passage that ...

    1. Some of Dylan’s songs are about peace and human rights
    2. Bob Dylan is a professional public speaker
    3. Bob Dylan sang several songs in the charity gala
    4. The night was mostly attended by politicians
    Jawaban : a

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  3. The word incisive in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ...

    1. Entertaining
    2. Honest
    3. Clear
    4. Dull
    Jawaban : c

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  4. The word cache in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ...

    1. Box
    2. Pack
    3. Envelope
    4. Stockpile
    Jawaban : c

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  5. Which of the following in NOT TRUE about of Mr. Dylan?

    1. He is a songwritter
    2. He is a straightforward person
    3. His songs were covered by other musicians
    4. He always wrote songs or peace and human rights issues
    Jawaban : c

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  6. The word it in paragraph 3 refers to ...

    1. Award
    2. musiCares
    3. Grammys
    4. LA Convention Center
    Jawaban : b

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  7. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

    1. Bob Dylan’s great speech
    2. Music conference at the Grammy
    3. Bob Dylan won the Grammy
    4. The song of Bob Dylan
    Jawaban : a

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