Let Me Love You

Once upon a time, there was once ...

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Let Me Love You

Once upon a time, there was once a guy who was very much in love with this girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of papercranes as a gift to his girl. Although, at that time he was just a small executive in his company, his future doesn’t seem too bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back. She also told him that she cannot visualise any future for the both of them, so let’s go their own ways there and then... heartbroken, the guy agreed.

When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all these hard work and with the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company...

“You never fail until you stop trying.” he always told himself. “I must make it in life!”One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It didn’t take him long to realise those were his ex-girlfriend’s parents. With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury saloon. He wanted them to know that he wasn’t the same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He had made it in life!

Before the guy can realise, the couple was walking towards a cemetery, and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his ex girlfriend, a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone... and he saw his precious papercranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb. Her parents saw him. He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They explained that she did not leave for France at all. She was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen to leave him.

She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her, because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The guy just wept.

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9. The man knew that she________ and he could only weep next to her tombstone.
 a. left him
 b. got to Paris
 c. died
 d. hated him
 e. always loved him

R. Rani · Accepted Answer

Jawaban yang benar adalah e. always loved him.

Soal menanyakan frasa yang tepat untuk melengkapi rumpang pada kalimat berdasarkan teks.

Kalimat "The man knew that she________ and he could only weep next to her tombstone." bermakna "Pria itu tahu bahwa mantan kekasihnya ... dan dia hanya bisa menangis di samping batu nisannya."

Kamu dapat menemukan jawabannya dengan menyimpulkan penggalan kalimat berikut ini "He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They explained that she did not leave for France at all. She was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen to leave him."

Arti dari penggalan tersebut adalah "Dia berjalan mendekat dan bertanya kepada mereka mengapa ini terjadi. Mereka menjelaskan bahwa dia tidak pergi ke Prancis sama sekali. Dia terserang penyakit kanker. Dalam hatinya, dia percaya bahwa dia akan berhasil suatu hari nanti, tetapi dia tidak ingin penyakitnya menjadi penghalang baginya ... karena itu dia memilih untuk meninggalkannya."

Dari maknanya, dapat disimpulkan bahwa akhirnya si pria mengetahui bahwa gadis itu sebenarnya selalu mencintainya karena dia rela berpisah dengannya agar dia mencapai kesuksesan tanpa ada gangguan dari penyakit kankernya.

Secara logika, jika si pria itu tahu bahwa kekasihnya meninggal, dia belum tentu menangis terisak-isak karena saat sebelum orang tua kekasihnya memberikan penjelasan, ia berpikir bahwa kekasihnya meninggalkannya karena dia belum sukses.

Namun, ketika di bagian akhir disebutkan bahwa sebenarnya kekasihnya begitu mencintainya dengan mengetahui bahwa dia tidak ingin menjadi penghalang baginya, hal tersebut membuatnya menangis sebagaimana disebutkan di bagian akhir kalimat "he could only weep next to her tombstone."

Sehingga, jawaban yang paling tepat adalah opsi E yaitu "selalu mencitainya". Kalimat utuhnya menjadi "The man knew that she always loved him and he could only weep next to her tombstone."

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah e. always loved him.

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