Soal dan Pembahasan TBI (Reading Comprehension) Bagian 36

  1. Soal
  2. Reading Comprehension

    PREPARED FOR THE WORST

    Just outside Yokohama stdium, several hundred policemen stare down the cord. “Quite down”, booms a voice, in English, Spanish and Japanese, over the laudspeaker. “Disperse immediately”. Some 50 screaming “hooligans”, faces painted and armed with burning wooden sticks, throw chairs back at the front line. Firecrackers explode all around. An electric billboard flickers the same warning. The rioters grow only more threatening. Suddenly water cannons appear, and within minutesthe last persistent “thug” is knocked to the ground. Another Japanese dress rehearsal for World Cup 2002 has ended in success- and without casualities.

    As Asia opens its aims to the world’s best teams and nearly 1 million of their supporters is keeping another set of arms firmly braced to combat hooliganism. Faering a repeat of Marseilles 1998, where nearly 50 were arrested  and  30  injured in clashes between England and Tunisia supporters, Japan and Suouth Korea have taken every precaution. But while South Korea has decades of experience in quelling aggressive demonstrations including rampant pro-democracy rallies in the 980s-Japan has virtually had to learn from scratch. To add to its troubles, Japan was the unlucky winner chosen to host England, the teams most infamaous for its hooligans.

    So far, the crash course has gone well. Since 1998 Japanese officials have toured Europe and South America, consulting top football authorities to lern how to fight the game’s main malady and to train in the art of “spotting” locating potential troublemakers in a crowd of football supporters. And the best in the world are lending a hand; about 100 of the world’s top spotters from 4 different countries are expected to attend World Cup 2002 to assist local authorities.

    (Beith & Takayama, Newsweek, June 3rd, 2002)



  1. The crash mentioned in paragraph 1 …

    1. is in actual event in Yokohama
    2. is an outrageous moment ever happened in Japan
    3. is a rehearsal prepared for World Cup 2002
    4. was unsuccessful precaution for World cup 2002
    Jawaban : b

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  2. Japan … to host England.

    1. has deliberately chosen
    2. was unfortunately given a chance
    3. is practically experienced
    4. is the winner of all
    Jawaban : b

    Paragraf 2 kalimat terakhir

  3. Japan  and  South  Korea  have  to  take every precaution because …

    1. they want to educate the public
    2. they don’t want to repeat the tragedy four years ago
    3. they want to warn all hooligans
    4. they are not confident enough to be the host of world Cup 2002
    Jawaban : b

    Casualties = people who are injured

  4. How many casualities in clashes between England and Tunisia supporters in 1998?

    1. 50
    2. 30
    3. 80
    4. none of the above
    Jawaban : d

    Casualties = people who are injured

  5. Spotting means …

    1. to become a good host for World Cup 2002
    2. to arrest football troublemakers that could potentially become hooligans
    3. to combat hooliganism during a football match
    4. to locate potential troublemakers in a crowd of football supporters
    Jawaban : a

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  6. Which term in the text refers to hooligan’s very bad reputation?

    1. Thug
    2. Rampant
    3. Infamous
    4. Malady
    Jawaban : c

    Thug = a violent criminal

    Infamous = morally wrong

  7. If everything in the text is true, then the police officers should be careful to confiscate things upon entry to a football match, except ....

    1. knives
    2. bottles
    3. T-shirt
    4. long umbrellas
    Jawaban : a

    Confiscate = to take something away