Reading

Nomor 1.
Soal Read the following the text, then choose the correct answer by crossing A, B, C, D
OR E!
Text
(1) Human body is made up of countless millions of cells. Food is needed to built
up new cells and replace the worn out cells. However, the food that we take must
be changed into substances that can be carried in the blood to the places where
they are needed. This process is called digestion.
(2)The first digestive process takes place in the mouth. The food we eat is broken
up into small pieces by the action of teeth, mixed with saliva, a juice secreted by
glands in the mouth. Saliva contains digestive juices which moisten the food, so it
can be swallowed easily.
(3) From the mouth, food passes through the esophagus (the food passage) into the
stomach. Here, the food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the
stomach for several hours. Then the food enters the small intestine. All the time
the muscular walls of the intestine are squeezing, mixing and moving the food
onwards.
(4) In a few hours, the food changes into acids. These are soon absorbed by the
villi (microscopic branch projections from the intestine walls) and passed into the
bloodstream.
From the text above, we imply that....
A. a good process of degestive system will help our body becoming healthier
B. no one concerned with the process of degestive system for their health
C. the degestive system is needed if we are eating the food instantly
D. every body must conduct the prosses of degestive system well
E. the better we degist the food we eat, the healthier we will be.
Pembahasan Jawaban: A. a good process of degistive system will help our body becoming
healthier
Pembahasan: Hal yang dapat disimpulkan adalah proses pencernaan yang baik
akan dapat menyehatkan tubuh.
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Nomor 2.
OR E!
Teks
(1) Many people say that examinations should be abolished because they are not
the best measure of student's capabilities. These people believe that students can
study on their own and do better without the nagging worry and pressure exerted
by examinations.
(3) Yet, there are persuasive reasons to show that examinations should not be
abolished. It is insufficient that teachers assign homework and correct it. Because
this is not done under supervision, they cannot be sure that it is really the work of
the students themselves. Moreover, homework is not a test of student's ability.
Homework is a method of merely keeping him occupied.
(2) Nowadays, in the hunt for jobs, students need to produce some evidence of
their capabilities. Prospective employers like to see copies of examination results.
This is the only way a student's qualifications can be judged. This attitude greatly
encourages the use of examinations, since it is considered it necessary for them to
measure their capabilities.
From the text above, we infer that....
A. the examination is still used for measuring students' qualifications
B. there are a lot of people agreeing the examination as the quality control
C. the examination is not necessary to use for measuring the students' abilities
D. the examination is used as means of measuring students' abilities anualy before

ending their education
E. the government obliges educational practitioners conducting the examination

for increasing the quality
Pembahasan Jawaban : A. The examination is still used for measuring students'

qualifications
Pembahasan:
Suatu hal yang dapat disimpulkan pada teks tersebut adalah ujian masih digunakan
untuk mengukur kualifikasi dari siswa, seperti dijelaskan di paragraf ke-2 alasan
mengapa ujian harus tetap dilangsungkan. Dan ditunjukkan alasan lebih kuatnya
pada paragraf ke-3 bahwa untuk mencari pekerjaan, siswa tetap butuh alat bukti
yang dapat menunjukkan kemampuannya..."some evidence of their capabilities".
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Nomor 3.
Soal How to Clean on Oven
Before cleaning the oven, first pull off the plug. When cleaning, wash the interior
and exterior surface, bake net, or bake pan with soft cotton dip in neutral cleaner
substance. Then wash it with clean water. Do not use hard brush or any other
metal belt to wash, so as not scrape the interior and exterior surface of the oven,
the protector of the tray, the net, and the pan. Don’t use toxic and abrasive cleaners
such as gasoline, polishing powder, or solvent.
Why shouldn’t we use abrasive cleaners to wash the oven?
A. It will increase the price of the oven
B. It will ruin the oven’s interior and exterior
C. It’s well recommended by customers
D. The cleaners are too expensive
E. It is difficult to buy
Pembahasan Jawaban: B
Pembahasan:
Maksud dari pertanyaan di atas adalah mengapa kita tidak seharusnya

menggunakan pembersih yang kasar untuk membersihkan oven.
Jawabannya dapat kita temukan dikalimat ‘’Do not use hard brush or any other
metal belt to wash, so as not scrape the interior and exterior surface of the oven’’
dan ‘’ Don’t use toxic and abrasive cleaners such as gasoline, polishing powder, or
solvent’’.
(Jangan menggunakan bahan yang kasar karena akan merusak interior dan
eksterior oven)
Opsi A (Salah)
Artinya itu akan meningkatkan harga oven
Opsi B (Benar)
Artinya itu akan merusak interior dan eksterior oven
Opsi C (Salah)
Artinya itu direkomendasikan oleh pelanggan
Opsi D (Salah)
Artinya pembersih terlalu mahal
Opsi E (salah)
Artinya susah dibeli
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Nomor 4.
Soal Stand-up comedians have long joked that some things,like actual components of
chicken nuggets, are better left mysterious.
Recently, Mississippi research found out why two nuggets they examined
consisted of 50 percent or less chicken muscle tissue, not the breast or thigh meat
that comes to mind when a costumers thinks of “chicken”. The nuggets came from
two national fast food chains. The three researchers selected one nugget from each
box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, than look up at them under a
microscope. The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat,
blood vessels and nerves. The second nugget was only 40 percent muscle, and the
reminder was fat, cartilage and pieces of bone.
“We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein
available and encourage our patients to eat it,” says Dr. Richard deShazo of the
University of Mississippi Medical Centre. “What happened is that some
companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low
-fat chicken white meat, better it up and fry it and still call it chicken,” he adds. It
is really a chicken by -product high in calories, salt, sugar, and fat that is a very
unhealthy choice. Even worse, it taste great and kids love it and its marketed to
them.
The nuggets he examined would be okay to eat occasionally, but he worries that
since they are cheap, convenient and tasty, kids eat them often. His own
grandchildren “beg” for chicken nuggets all the time, and he compromises by
making them at home by pan-frying chicken breasts with a small amount of oil,
says deShazo.
“Chicken nuggets are an excellent source of protein, especially for kids who might
be picky eaters.” Says Ashley Peterson, vice president of scientific and regulatory
affairs for the National Chicken Council (NCC), a non profit trade group
representing the US chicken industry. “This study evaluates only two chicken
nugget sample out of the billion of chicken nuggets that are made every years,”
says Peterson. A sample size of two nuggets is simply too small to generalize to an
entire category of food, she says.
Chicken nuggets can be considered as healthy food because they contain …
A. Fat
B. Good taste
C. Red meat
D. Lean protein
E. High calories
Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Lean protein
Soal : Nugget ayam dapat dikatakan sebagai makanan sehat karena mengandung
…
Pembahasan: Kalimat pertama paragraf ke-3 wacana soal menyebutkan
We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein
available and encourage our patients to eat it. Pernyataaan ini selaras dengan opsi
D
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya yaitu lemak
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya yaitu rasa yang enak
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya yaitu daging merah
Opsi D (benar)
Artinya yaitu Protein tanpa lemak
Opsi E (Salah)
Artinya yaitu tinggi kalori
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Nomor 5.
Soal Passage A
Thomas Jefferson could do many things. As a young man, he was a farmer and a
lawyer in Virginia. He was also a scientist, an inventor, a philosopher, and an
architect. He designed his own home, called Montecello. He could communicate in
French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Greek.
Many of jefferson’s ideas became basic principles of the government of the United
States. For example, he believed that "all men are created equal". That is we are
born the same and should receive the same treatment under the law. He also said
that power must come form “the consent free elections, a free press, and free
speech”.
Thomas Jefferson held many important government jobs. He was ambassador to

France, Secretary of State (under George Washington), Vice President under John
Adams), and the huge Louisiana territory for the United States from France.
However, he was killed on April 1865 by a well -know actor and Confederate
sympathizer, john Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.
Passage B
John F. Kennedy was President for only three years, from 1961 to 1963, but his
personality and ideas changes America. He was both the first Roman Catholic and
the youngest President in history of the country. He set clear goals for America.
For example, he promised that the United States would land a man on the moon
before 1970.
Kennedy supported the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. and fought for civil rights,
fair housing, and program to stop poverty. He asked Congress for more money for
education and medical care for elderly people.
Kennedy was against Communism. For example, when the Soviet Union put
missiles in Cuba, he sent US ships to surround the island. But he believed that the
best way to fight Communism was not by sending armies bt by attacking poverty
and injustice. He started the Peace Corps and sent Americans to over sixty
countries n Africa, Asia and South Africa. These young volunteers worked and
lived with the people, built school, and taught farmers more modern methods.
Kennedy was a man for the future. He worked to shop the testing of nuclear
weapons. But on November 22, 1963, he was assassinated.
The statement about Jefferson and Kennedy is true in that they both …
A. had development programs for their country
B. both similar ideas on uniting their country
C. tried hard to fight poverty in their country
D. served short periods in their presidency
E. experienced a joyous end of their lives

Pembahasan Jawaban: A. had development programs for their country
Soal : Pernyataan yang benar tentang Jefferson dan Kennedy adalah karena
mereka berdua …
Pembahasan: pernyataan yang benar berdasarkan wacana soal adalah Jefferson

and Kennedy had development program for their country. Jefferson memiliki
program berkaitan dengan hak, sedangkan Kennedy memiliki program berkaitan
dengan pemberantasan kemiskinan.
Opsi A (benar)
Arti kata ini adalah memiliki program pembangunan untuk negara mereka
Opsi B (salah)
Arti kata ini adalah kedua ide serupa untuk menyatukan negara mereka
Opsi C (salah)
Arti kata ini adalah berusaha keras untuk memerangi kemiskinan di negara mereka
Opsi D (salah)
Arti kata ini adalah melayani periode singkat dalam kepresidenan mereka
Opsi E (salah)
Arti kata ini adalah pengalaman akhir hidup mereka yang menggembirakan
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Nomor 6.
Soal One day, a young farm boy named eragon finds a blue stone while hunting and
tries to sell it for money. Unsuccessful in his attempts, he takes the stone back to
his cabin and lets it sit there until it hatches into a beautiful blue dragon. Eragon
realizes he can talk to this secret heroes called the Riders.
With the help of brom, a wise man, Eragon matures into his destiny. The
challenges he faces include fighting a long-standing war, helping an ethereal elf,
and dealing with tragedy and revenge. Certain details, such as Eragon’s revelation
that he cannot read, develop this rich work and blend together to produce a number
of plot twists. The story builds suspense steadily until the end.
Remarkably, author Chrisoper Paolini began writing Eragon at the age of 15. Now
19, he has already established himself a an exciting new creator whose influence
include Tolkien, Mccaffrey, and others. His world is intricate, his characters
believable, and his writing engaging.
Both casual readers and hardcore fans of fantasy and science fiction novels will be
enchanted by this well crafted fantasy and unquestionably will look forward to part
two and three of this exciting trilogy.
What is the main idea of paragraph 3
A. Eragon writes his story with his pet
B. People and dragon can help each other .
C. Paolini has established himself as an exciting creator
D. The authors like to write their writings with dragon theme.
E. The story of Eragon is based on the author himself

Pembahasan Jawaban: C. Paolini has established himself as an exciting creator
Soal : Apa ide pokok yang terletak pada paragraph ke 3 ?
Pembahasan: Ide pokok paragraph ke-3 adah Paolini telah memperlihatkan

dirinya sebgai creator yang hebat. Pernyataan ini ada di kalimat ke 2 pada
paragraph ke-3 yaitu Now 19, he has already established himself a an exciting new
creator
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya yaitu Eragon menulis ceritanya dengan hewan peliharaannya
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya yaitu Manusia dan naga dapat saling membantu.
Opsi C (benar)
Artinya yaitu Paolini telah memantapkan dirinya sebagai pencipta yang menarik
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya yaitu Penulis suka menulis tulisan mereka dengan tema naga.
Opsi E (Salah)
Artinya yaitu Kisah Eragon didasarkan pada penulisnya sendiri
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Nomor 7.
Soal Electricity is a basic part of nature and it is one of our most widely used forms of
energy. We get electricity, which is a secondary energy source, from the
conversion of other sources of energy, like coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear power,
and other natural sources, which are called primary sources. Many cities and towns
were built alongside waterfalls (a primary sources of mechanical energy) that
turned water wheels to perform works. Before electricity generation began slightly
over 100 years ago, houses were lit with kerosene lamps, food was cooled in ice
boxes, and rooms were warmed by wood-burning or coal-burning stoves.
Beginning with Benjamin Franklin’s experiment with a kite one stormy night in
Philadelphia, in the mid-1800s, everyone’s life changed with the invention of the
electric light bulb. Prior to 1879, electricity had been used in arc lights for outdoor
lighting. The light bulb’s invention used electricity to bring indoor lighting to our
homes.
According to the text, how did people light their house before the discovery of
electricity? By….
A. burning coal in their bedroom
B. harnessing raw nuclear power
C. lighting a candle
D. turning water wheel all night long
E. lighting kerosene lamp

Pembahasan Jawaban: E
Pembahasan:
Before electricity generation began slightly over 100 years ago, houses were lit
with kerosene lamps
Opsi A (Salah)
Artinya membakar batu bara di kamar tidur mereka
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya memanfaatkan tenaga nuklir mentah
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya menyalakan lilin
Opsi D (Salah)
Artinya memutar kincir air sepanjang malam
Opsi E (Benar)
Artinya menyalakan lampu minyak tanah
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Nomor 8.
Soal The MV AcademicShokalskiy, a “highly ice-strengthened”Russian tour ship built
in Finland in 1984 “for polar and oceanographic research” is stranded in
Antartica’s summer ice with 74 passengers and crew members aboard. The group,
which includes two Guardian journalist is retracing the harrowing 1911 Antarctic
expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson, who lost many of his team members and
nearly died himself on the frigid continent a century ago.
The ship’s passengers include an Australian research team led by University of

New South Wales Professor Chris Turney, who said in November that the
voluminous data collected by Mawson 100 years ago is critical to understanding
global warming. But Turney reported that blizzard-like conditions and thick ocean
ice are preventing the latest expedition from leaving “Unfortunatly proceeding
north we found out path blocked by ice pushed in by an increasingly strong
southeasterly wind. On Christmas eve realized we could not get through, in spite
of being just 2 nautical miles from open water.” Turney report in his blog.
“According to reports nobody is in present danger and there nearby icebreakers are
being sent to assis”, sain Expeditions online.com, which books polar expeditions.
The ship is stuck par-way through her Australian Antarctic Expedition towards
Mawson’s Hut at Cape Denison. Located about 100 nautical miles east of Dumoni
D’unville a French base on Antartica, and 1500 nautical miles south of Hobart in
Tasmania.
Three icebreakers-China’s Xue Long. Australia’s Aurora Australis, and France’s

L’Astrolabe-have been dispatched to the Australian maritime Safety Authority
(AMSA), which is coordinating the international rescue after the Falmouth
Maritime Rescue Coordinator Centre in the United Kingdom received a satellite
distress call Christmas morning. However, it will take the icebreakers at least two
days to get to the stranded ship, which is experiencing very strong winds and
limited visibility. The closest rescue ship is not expected to get to the scane until
sometimes Friday nght.
“Which it is early winter in the Arctic, it is early summer in the Antarctic.

Continuing patterns seen in recnt years. Antarctic sea ice extent remain unusually
high, near of above previous daily maximum values,” according to the National
Snow and ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Which of the following statements is NOT stated in that text ?
A. The MV Academic Schokalsky is a Russian tour ship which is intended for

polar and ocean ographic research
B. Three breakers- Xue Long, Aurora Australis ansd L’Astrofabe- were

experiencing very strong winds and limited visibility for two days in the sea
C. Professor Chris Turney is n Australian research team leader, who reported that
Mawson had collected lots of of detailed data related to global warming
D. Sir Douglas Mawson, who led an Antarctic expedition in 1911, lots many of his
teams members and nearly died himself on the Antarctic.
E. It was the National Snow and Ice Data Center which reported that the Antarctic
sea remained unusually high
Pembahasan Jawaban: B. Three breakers- Xue Long, Aurora Australis ansd L’Astrofabe-
were experiencing very strong winds and limited visibility for two days in the
sea
Soal : Which of the following statements is NOT stated in that text ?
Pembahasan: Pernyataan yang tidak tercantum pada wacana adalah opsi (B),
karena bertentangan denga nisi wacana soal paragraf ke-4
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya yaitu MV Academic Schokalsky adalah kapal wisata Rusia yang ditujukan
untuk penelitian grafik kutub dan samudra
Opsi B (benar)
Artinya yaitu Tiga pemecah - Xue Long, Aurora Australis dan L'Astrofabe -
mengalami angin yang sangat kencang dan jarak pandang terbatas selama dua hari
di laut
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya yaitu Profesor Chris Turney adalah ketua tim peneliti Australia, yang
melaporkan bahwa Mawson telah mengumpulkan banyak data detail terkait
pemanasan global
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya yaitu Sir Douglas Mawson, yang memimpin ekspedisi Antartika pada
tahun 1911, banyak anggota timnya dan hampir mati sendiri di Antartika.
Opsi E (Salah)
Artinya yaituItu adalah Pusat Data Salju dan Es Nasional yang melaporkan bahwa
laut Antartika tetap luar biasa tinggi
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Nomor 9.
Soal What is undeniably true is that pandas are striking animals. In 1996, the zoologist
Desmond Morris put forward 20 factors to explain the human obsession with
pandas. About half of them were to do with appearance: flat face,large face, soft
appearance, rounded outline, constrasting colors and so on. A panda can deliver
one of the highest bite forces of any carnivore, but appearances can be deceptive
and it would be a mistake to get too close to a wild panda.
Even in captivity, where pandas are used to being cooked over by human, they can
be dangerous. In 2006, a druken 28-year-old man by the name of Zhang clambered
into the panda’s internet. He’d been showing off to his campanion, but all he had
to show for his exploits was a right calf savaged beyond recognition.
Such injuries are possible because of the giant panda’s incredibly chunky skull and
Mohica-like sagittal crest. This is the anchor point for a massive chewing muscle
that can deliver one of the highest bite forces of any carnivore. The panda needs
this impressive bite if its is so crack its way into the tough sheath of a bamboo
stem.
The panda also boasts an enlarged radial sesamoid bone or “false-thumb” to ge a

grip as it munches, a complex suite of gut microbes to help its digestion, and a
readiness to spend more than half its life collecting, preparing and eating bamboo.
With adaptations like these, the giant panda has performed a remakable
evolutionary swithcheroo. It is a carnivore that has found a way to eat bamboo, a
food source that is pretty dependable from one season to the nect. Even better,
unlike the prey of most carnivores, bamboo is not in the habit of running away.
The tone of the text is ....
A. humorous
B. angered
C. informational
D. outraged
E. Emosional
Pembahasan Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Pertanyaan di soal ini maksudnya teks tersebut bersifat apa. Dari isi teksnya bisa
kita simpulkan bahwa teks ini bersifat informatif atau memberikan informasi. Jadi
jawabannya adalah C
Opsi A (Salah)
Artinya lucu, teks ini tidak menceritakan cerita lucu
Opsi B (Salah)
Artinya kemarahan, teks ini bukan menceritakan kemarahan
Opsi C (Benar)
Artinya informatif
Opsi D (Salah)
Artinya sama dengan opsi B yaitu kemarahan
Opsi E (Salah)
Artinya bersifat emosional
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Nomor 10.
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Who cannot benefit from this special deal?
A. Canadians.
B. North Americans
C. Americans.
D. US residents.
E. UK residents.
Pembahasan Jawaban: E. UK residents
Pembahasan:
Soal no 17 ini adalah siapa yang TIDAK bisa mendapatkan tawaran special ini?
Pada bacaan di atas tidak disebutkan ada penduduk Inggris tetapi semuanya hanya
untuk penduduk Amerika. Jadi yang betul adalah option E
Opsi A (salah)
Karena di opsi ini disebutkan orang Kanada yang tidak bisa mendapatkan
keuntungan tersebut
Opsi B (salah)
Opsi ini salah karena dari kalimat opsi B yang berarti penduduk di luar Amerika
Utara yang tidak mbisa mendapatkan tawaran ini artinya penduduk Amerika Utara
bisa mendapatkan tawaran ini.
Opsi C (salah)
Penduduk Amerika bisa mendapatkan tawaran ini
Opsi D (salah)
US artinya sama dengan Amerika jadi opsi ini sama dengan opsi C
Opsi E (benar)
Di bacaan tidak disebutkan penduduk Inggris (UK)
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Nomor 11.
Soal Man : I just bought this new suit. What do you think of it ?
Woman : It look very good on you. Was it expensive
Man : No. I have a friend who owns a clothing store, and he gives me all my
clothes at half off the regular price.
Woman : What kinds of clothing does your friend’s store carry ?
Man : He carries everything: men’s, women’s, children’s, casual, and formal.
Woman : Most off-the-rack clothes do not fit me well. Does he do any tailoring?
Man : Yes, he has five tailors in the store.
Woman : I need to get a new blazer to replace this one that is getting old. Do you
think
you clould get me a discount on it ?
Man :I think I could. How about we go when we get done with work today ?
Woman : That would be fine. Thank you
What did the man buy?
A. A clothes
B. A blazer
C. Shoes
D. A suit
E. A tie
Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Suit
Soal : Apa yang di beli oleh seorang lelaki tersebut?
Pembahasan:
Pada soal kali ini bisa di lihat langsung pada teks tersebut, pria tersebut berkat “I
just brought this new suit”dan jawaban ini ada pada opsi D
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya sebuah baju hangat, pada soal ini tidak disebutkan adanya baju hangat
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya sebuah jaket, untuk opsi ini ada barang yang di cari wanita pada teks
bukan yang di beli lelaki.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya sepatu, jawaban ini tidak ada dalam dalam teks
Opsi D (benar)
Artinya sebuah pasang pakaian, opsi ini benar karena bisa kita di lihat di teks
percakapan di atas
Opsi E (salah)
Artinya sebuah dasi, sedangkan pada soal ini tidak membahas dasi.
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Nomor 12.
Soal Terracotta Warriors
I arrived in China two weeks ago, but my trip is almost over! I’m with a group
from the university. We stayed with families in Beijing for a week again. We
studied Mandarin every day, and I practiced a lot with my host family. Then my
group took a trip to Xi’an. We saw the terracotta statues and learned about Chinese
history. I was tired but I loved every minute of my trip.
Below are the writer’s activities in Beijing, except…
A. Practiced English
B. Studied Mandarin
C. Visited the terracotta statues
D. Learned about Chinese history
E. Practiced Chinese a lot
Pembahasan Jawaban: A
Pembahasan:
Pada soal ini ditanyakan pernyataan yang tidak betul dari bacaan tersebut. Kata
EXCEPT (kecuali) berarti kita harus mencari pernyataan yang tidak tepat. Maka
jawabannya adalah opsi A yaitu Practiced English (Latihan Bahasa Inggris). Tidak
ada pernyataan yang menyebutkan bahwa penulis mempelajari Bahasa Inggris di
bacaan tersebut
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Nomor 13.
Soal Lucia Francisca Susi Susanti (born in Tasikmalaya, West java on 11 February
1971) was an Indonesian badminton player. Sometimes her nama is also spelled
Susy Susanti. She won the Olympic Gold medal for woman’s singles in the 1992
Olympic in Barcelona and the bronze medal at the 1996 Altanta Games. Susi
Susanti is married to Alan Budi Kusuma, who also won a gold medal winner in
1992 Barcelona Olympic.
Often considered as the finest female badminton player Indonesia ever produced,
Susi Susanti dominated the women’s singles event in the early 1990s, winning the
All-England in 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1994, the World Grand Prix from 1990-
1994, and the World Championships in 1993. Susi Susanti also led the Indonesian
team to win the Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996. Susi Susanti was running a
badminton racket company with her husband called Alan Susy Technology (Astec)
after her retirement.
What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. 1992 Olympic in Barcelona
B. Alan Budi Kusuma’s personal life
C. Susi Susanti’s achievements
D. Susi Susanti’s success in business
E. Background of Susi Susanti

Pembahasan:
Pertanyaan di soal ini adalah topic utama dari paragraph pertama adalah apa. Dan
jawabannya adalah pencapaian Susi Susanti ada di kalimat ‘’ . She won the
Olympic Gold medal for woman’s singles in the 1992 Olympic in Barcelona and
the bronze medal at the 1996 Altanta Games.’’
Opsi A (Salah)
Artinya olimpiade 1992 di Barcelona
Opsi B (Salah)
Artinya kehidupan pribadi dari Alan Budi Kusuma
Opsi C (Benar)
Artinya pencapaian dari Susi Susanti
Opsi D (Salah)
Artinya kesuksesan bisnis Susi Susanti
Opsi E (salah)
Artinya latar belakang Susi Susanti
Materi Reading
Nomor 14.
Soal Although photography was first made public in 1839, the theory behind the
principles of the medium begins with Aristotle’s description of how light waves
behave when projected through a small aperture. This is fundamentally the
descriptions of how a lens or camera’s a aperture operates when it projects an
image onto the film at the back of a camera. In the middle ages, Alhazen and
Francis Bacon extended the principle to include a large,darkened room with a
small opening in one wall. In the 15th to 18th centuries these camera obscure, as it
came to the be called, was reduced in size and made convenient for artist to use in
tracing scenic design and architectural perspective.
The chemical principle basic photography were also describe well before
photography was “inverted”. Johann Schulze, in 1727, demonstrated that silver
salts turned black when exposed to light. Carl W. Scheele, in 1777, showed that
ammonia retorted the effects of light, and he indicated a possible way of the
photochemical process by the end of the 18th century, the necessary equipment
(the camera obscure) were available at least to produce semipermanent
photographic images.
The artistic style and aestheticsof Renainssance and post- Renainssance Europe
placed a high value on a naruralistic rendering of nature and thus legitimatized the
use of machines like the camera obscure by artist. By the mid-18th century, a
public demand had made itself for realistic portaist, which was partially satisfied
by other machines for recording human likenesses, beggining in the 1970’s
Jacques Charles conducted experiments in the automatic; if permanent, recording
of portait silhouettes on photosensitive paper. Two imperatoves-the need for
perspectively accurate landscape and achitectural scenes and for objectively
truthful portraits-created a climate for certain types and style of the pictures that,
after 1839l would be achieved easily by photography.
Which of the following can be inferred from the text?
A. Camera sizes became small due to the fashion at that time
B. A camera was the only tool to record human likeness in the mid 18th century
C. Before the mid 18th century the photochemical processes were unstable
D. The upper-class were the common portrait object in the Renaissance era
E. It took some decades before society was aware of the art photography
Pembahasan Jawaban: E. It took some decades before society was aware of the art
photography
Pembahasan:
Pada soal ini ditanyakan yang manakah pernyataan berikut ini yang dapat
disimpulkan dari teks tersebut. Dari ospi yang diberikan yang paling tepat adalah
opsi C, dapat dilihat dari kalimat ke-2 paragraf 1 yang menyebutkan ‘’Carl W.
Scheele, in 1777, showed that ammonia retorted the effects of light, and he
indicated a possible way of the photochemical process’’. Dengan demikian dapat
disimpulkan bahwa proses fotokimia dapat stabil setelah pertengahan abad 18.
Pernyataan ini sejalan dengan opsi C.
Opsi A (Salah)
Ukuran kamera menjadi kecil karena mode saat itu
Opsi B (Salah)
Kamera adalah satu-satunya alat untuk merekam rupa manusia di pertengahan

abad ke-18
Opsi C (Salah)
Sebelum pertengahan abad ke-18, proses fotokimia tidak stabil
Opsi D (Salah)
Kelas atas adalah objek potret umum di era Renaissance
Opsi E (Benar)
Membutuhkan beberapa dekade sebelum masyarakat mengetahui seni fotograpi
Materi Reading
Nomor 15.
Soal One of the famous regencies of South Sulawesi is Tana Toraja. It introduces the
culture and identity of Indonesian people, especially for Torajan people who lived
there for centuries. The Torajan people are well-known for their funeral traditions.
For them, death must be celebrated in a complex send-off ceremony which
involves the whole village. It has been practiced by the Torajan people for
centuries to make sure that the soul of the dead may have a great journey and be in
peace in the afterworld.
The Torajans work hard in their life to prepare for their mortality ritual because the
funeral costs a lot of money. If the money is not sufficient yet, the deceased will be
kept in a special house called Tongkonan and be treated as a sick person.
Therefore, the funeral can take weeks, months, and even years according to the
financial condition of the family
‘’If the money is not sufficient yet, ...’’ (paragraph 2)
The word ‘’sufficient’’ in the above sentences has the closet meaning with ...
A. suitable
B. useful
C. enough
D. correct
E. available
Pembahasan:
Pertanyaan di soal ini adalah menanyakan sinonim atau persamaan kata dari kata
‘’sufficient’’. Jawabannya adalah enough (cukup). Kata ‘sufficiet’ dan ‘enough’
mempunyai arti kata yang sama yaitu cukup
Opsi A (Salah)
Artinya sesuai
Opsi B (Salah)
Artinya berguna
Opsi C (Benar)
Artinya cukup
Opsi D (Salah)
Arinya benar
Opsi E (Salah)
Artinya bersedia
Materi Reading
Nomor 16.
Soal Photosynthesis is the prcess of converting solar energy to chemical energy and
storing it bonds of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae (Kingdom
Protista). Plants need only solar energy, CO2 and H20 to make sugar. The process
of photosynthesis takes in the chloroplasts, specifically using chlorophyll, the
green pigment involved in photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis takes place primarily in plant leaves, and little to none occurs in
stern, etc. The part of typical leaf include the upper and lower epidermis , the
mesophyll, the vascular bundle(s) (venis), and the stomates. The upper and lower
epidermal cells do not have chloropalsts, thus photosynthesis does not occurs
there. They serve primarily as protection for the rest of the leaf. He stomates are
holes which occur primarily in the lower epidermis and are for air exchange : they
let CO2 in and O2 out. The vascular bundles or veins in a leaf are part of the
plant’s transportation system, moving water and nutrient around the plant as
needed. The mesophyll cells have chloroplasts and this is where photosynthesis
occurs.
As you hopefully recall, the parts of chloroplast include the outer and inner
membranes, intermembrane space, stroma, and thylakoids stacked in grana. The
chlorophyll is built into the membrane of the thylakoids.
Chlorophyll looks green because it absorbs the red and blue light, making these
colors unavailable to be seen by your eyes. It is the green light which is not
absorbed that finally reaches our eyes, making chlorophyll appear green. However,
it is the energy from the red and blue light that are absorbed that is, thereby, able
to be used to do photosynthesis. The green light we can see is not/cannot be
absorbed by the plan, and thus cannot be used to do photosynthesis.
The passage indicates that photosynthesis takes place in ?
A. The veins
B. The stomaches
C. The membranes
D. The epidermis
E. The mesophyll
Pembahasan Jawaban: E. The mesophyll
Soal : Teks tersebut mengatakan bahwa fotosintesis terjadi di?
Pembahasan: Informasi rinci tersurat merupakan data atau informasi yang secara
eksplisit dinyatakan pada teks. Seperti yang di informasikan kalimat terakhir di
paragraf 2 “The mesophyll cells have chloroplasts and this is where photosynthesis
occurs” yang berarti fotosintesis berlangsung pada mesofil.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya vena
Opsi B ( salah)
Artinya perut
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya memberan
Opsi D (salah)
Artya Epidermis
Opsi E (benar)
Artinya mesofil
Materi Reading
Nomor 17.
Soal The deadliest quake of all time might be one of the least talked about, considering
it occurred nearly 450 years ago. Centered in China’s central Shaanxi province, the
1556 quake claimed the lives of some 830,000 people. Why the massive death
toll? Blame the quake’s strength (8.0 on the Richter scale, or more than 30 times
more powerful than the recent quake in Hiati) as well as timing and location. The
pre-modern structures were utterly unable to withstand a quake of such force, and
massive landslides contributed to the casualties. All told, and area some 500 miles
wide was wiped out.
How powerful was the quake?
A. less than 8.0 on the richter scale
B. more than 8.0 on the richter scale
C. more than 30 times powerful than earthquake in Haiti
D. less than 30 times powerful that the earthquake in Haiti
E. More or less 8.0 on the richter scale

Pembahasan:
Pertanyaan di soal ini adalah seberapa kuat gempa tersebut. Dan dari kalimat ‘’
…Blame the quake’s strength (8.0 on the Richter scale, or more than 30 times
more powerful than the recent quake in Hiati)…’’kita tahu bahwa kekuatan
gempat tersebut adalah 8.0 skala richter atau 30 kali lebi kuat daripada kejadian
gempa bumi di Haiti.
Opsi A (Salah)
Artinya kurang dari 8.0 skala richter
Opsi B (Salah)
Artinya lebih dari 8.0 skala richter
Opsi C (Benar)
Artinya 30 kali lebih kuat dibandingkan dengan gempa di Haiti
Opsi D (Salah)
Artinya 30 kali lebih lemah dibandingkan dengan gempa di Haiti
Opsi E (Salah)
Artinya kalimat ini adalah 500 tahun yang lalu
Materi Reading
Nomor 18.
Soal What determines how generous a person is? Could it be how much money they
have? How kind are they? Or maybe it comes down to their values. These all seem
reasonable assumptions, but a new study from Berkeley University suggests
something that feels as trivial as how well someone has slept lately can also affect
how willing they are to help other people on any given day. It found sleep
deprivation leads to a reduction in generosity.
The researchers tested how kind people were when they were tired in three
different ways. In the first study, they deprived 21 volunteers of sleep for 24 hours,
then asked them how willing they would be to help in a range of scenarios such as
helping a stranger carry their shopping bags. They asked the participants to repeat
the altruism questionnaire after a normal night’s sleep. The researchers also
studied the 21 participants’ brain activity levels using fMRI imaging.
Next, 171 volunteers recruited online kept a diary of their sleep before doing the
same questionnaire. For both experiments the researchers found that tired
participants scored lower on the altruism questionnaire. This was the case
regardless of participants’ empathy traits and whether the person they were
supposed to help was a stranger or someone familiar to them.
Finally, the researchers analyzed over 3.8 million charity donations made in the
US before and after the clocks were changed for summer, which causes everyone
to lose an hour’s sleep. Donations decreased by 10% in the days after the clocks
changed compared to the weeks before and after the transition.
The fMRI imaging analysis found sleep deprivation seems to be connected to

reduced activity in the area of the brain linked to social cognition, which regulates
our social interactions with others. The change in brain activity was not related to
sleep quality, only to quantity. The good news is this effect is short lived, and
disappears once we return to our normal sleep pattern.
source: https://theconversation.com/tiredness-can-change-how-generous-you-are-
new-research-189072
According to the passage, what is the most important finding of the research?
A. Sleep deprivation influence on people’s productivity
B. People intention to help other reduces sleep duration
C. Correlation between wealth and generosity in people
D. Relation between sleep duration and humans’ kindness
E. Assumptions on reasons of people kindness in social settings

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Relation between sleep duration and humans’ kindness
Pembahasan:
Arti soal: “Berdasarkan teks, apa penemuan terpenting dari penelitian tersebut?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca cepat teks untuk menemukan bagian
yang membahas tentang penemuan penelitian yang dilakukan dalam teks. Adapun
ditemukan hal tersebut dibahas dalam paragraf 1, kalimat 5-6 berikut:
“These all seem reasonable assumptions, but a new study from Berkeley
University suggests something that feels as trivial as how well someone has slept
lately can also affect how willing they are to help other people on any given day. It
found sleep deprivation leads to a reduction in generosity.”
Artinya:
“Semua ini tampaknya adalah asumsi yang masuk akal, namun sebuah penelitian
baru dari Universitas Berkeley menunjukan sesuatu yang terasa sepele seperti
seberapa baik seseorang tidur akhir-akhir ini juga dapat memengaruhi seberapa
bersedianya mereka untuk membantu orang lain di hari tertentu. DItemukan bahwa
kurang tidur menyebabkan adanya penurunan dalam hal kemurahan hati.”
Dari bagian tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa penemuan utama dari penelitian
tersebut adalah bahwa ada hubungan antara durasi tidur seseorang dengan
kebaikan yang mereka lakukan.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “Kurang tidur berpengaruh terhadap produktivitas seseorang”. Opsi A

salah karena bukan merupakan penemuan penelitian yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “Niat orang untuk membantu orang lain mengurangi durasi tidur.” Opsi B
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “Hubungan antara kekayaan dan kedermawanan seseorang”. Opsi C salah

karena bukan merupakan penemuan penelitian yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi D (BENAR)
Artinya: “Hubungan antara durasi tidur dan kebaikan manusia”. Opsi D benar
karena merupakan penemuan penting dari penelitian yang dibahas dalam teks.
Opsi E (salah)
Artinya: “Asumsi tentang alasan kebaikan seseorang di lingkungan social”. Opsi E

Materi Reading
Nomor 19.
Soal There are major gaps in how food waste in tourism is understood and calculated,
according to researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and the University of
Southern California. Food waste originating from hotels, restaurants and events is
recognized and can be estimated and calculated, but as the tourism industry is
becoming more and more diverse, so are the sources of its food waste. According
to the researchers, a focus on preventing food waste only in the traditional food
service and accommodation establishments ignores the reality of growing tourist
households and will stifle sustainability efforts.
Food waste is a major issue globally, and it has also been identified as the most
prominent type of hospitality waste. Annually, roughly 1.3 billion tons of food is
lost or goes to waste, which is equivalent to one third or even up to one half of all
food intended for human consumption. Food waste is a major environmental,
social and economic issue.
Indeed, the tourism industry is facing ever-growing economical, societal and

legislative reasons to address food waste. Today's tourism is not limited to package
travel and hotel stays, thanks to the emergence of alternatives such as camping,
couch surfing, AirBnB, staying at friends' and relatives' homes or travelling across
the country in a recreational vehicle, for example. Food waste is created in all
these tourist households, but very little research into the topic has been carried out
so far. Yet, there is a need to mitigate food waste from these sources as well.
"We can already see that there are savvy players in the tourism industry who have
succeeded in reducing their food waste and have even managed to turn that into an
asset. Yet, it is not enough for only the traditional food service and
accommodation establishments to reduce their food waste, we need to get all
tourist households on board. As the tourism sector changes, research into food
waste and sustainability becomes ever more important," Research Manager Juho
Pesonen from the University of Eastern Finland says.
According to the researchers, comprehensive reduction of food waste requires that

its sources and amounts are identified and that its disposal by tourist households is
addressed. In addition, there is a need to study the drivers of tourist household
food waste and barriers to its reduction.
source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191101100142.htm
According to the text, what should be improved in order to deal with the
expanding tourism sector?
A. Establishment of alternate accommodations for tourists
B. Research on the origins of local and tourist food waste
C. The development of additional tourists lodging options
D. Food waste reduction in unconventional tourist lodging
E. Minimizing the tourism industry impact on environment

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Food waste reduction in unconventional tourist lodging
Pembahasan
Arti soal: “Berdasarkan teks, apa yang harus ditingkatkan untuk menghadapi
sector pariwisata yang berkembang?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini kita perlu membaca cepat teks untuk menemukan bagian
teks yang membahas tentang berkembangnya industri pariwisata dan hal yang
harus dilakukan untuk menghadapinya. Adapun hal tersebut dibahas dalam paragaf
3 berikut:
“Indeed, the tourism industry is facing ever-growing economical, societal and

legislative reasons to address food waste. Today's tourism is not limited to
package travel and hotel stays, thanks to the emergence of alternatives such as
camping, couch surfing, AirBnB, staying at friends' and relatives' homes or
travelling across the country in a recreational vehicle, for example. Food waste is
created in all these tourist households, but very little research into the topic has
been carried out so far. Yet, there is a need to mitigate food waste from these
sources as well.”
Artinya:
“Memang, industri pariwisata menghadapi alasan ekonomi, sosial dan legislatif

yang terus berkembang untuk mengatasi limbah makanan. Pariwisata saat ini tidak
terbatas pada paket perjalanan dan menginap di hotel, berkat munculnya berbagai
alternatif contohnya seperti berkemah, selancar sofa, AirBnB, menginap di rumah
teman dan kerabat atau bepergian ke luar negeri dengan kendaraan rekreasi.
Limbah makanan dihasilkan di semua tempat turis ini, tetapi sejauh ini sangat
sedikit penelitian tentang topik tersebut. Maka, ada tuntutan untuk mengurangi
limbah makanan dari sumber-sumber ini juga.”
Maka, dapat disimpulkan dari paragraf tersebut aspek yang harus ditingkatkan
seiring dengan berkembangnya industri pariwisata adalah aspek pengelolaan dan
pengurangan limbah makanan terutama pada sumber-sumber alternative tempat
turis non-konvensional.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “Pembuatan akomodasi alternative bagi wisatawan.” Opsi A salah karena

tidak sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “Penelitian tentang asal-usul sampah makanan lokal dan turis.” Opsi B
salah karena tidak sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “Pengembangan pilihan penginapan wisata tambahan.” Opsi C salah

karena tidak sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Materi Reading
Nomor 20.
Soal Water is at the heart of health and well-being for people and nature. Access to it is
a human rights issue recognized by international treaties and declarations, and
national standards. It’s vital for education and economic productivity. Ultimately,
it connects the environment to society.
The most recent statistics (2020) show a general global trend of positive progress
in access to water. The proportion of the global population using safely managed
drinking water services increased from 70.2% in 2015 to 74.3% in 2020. But
despite this progress, in 2020, two billion people still lacked safely managed
drinking water. The sub-Saharan African region has the largest numbers, with 387
million people still lacking basic drinking water services. Current coverage of
access to safe drinking water is estimated at only 54% of the region’s population.
In South Africa, the right to water is enshrined in the constitution. Before the
country’s transition to democracy in 1994, government policies were focused on
the advancement of the white minority. The development of the country’s water
resources wasn’t focused on improving the position of the mostly black, poor
majority. The country has made significant progress since 1996 in expanding
water services, especially within the disadvantaged and vulnerable communities
and rural areas. But inequality in access to basic services is still a reality. Progress
with water supply and sanitation service delivery has been slow and, in some
instances, it’s deteriorating.
In 1994, about 14 million people (35%) in South Africa didn’t have basic water
supply services. The minimum standard of these services is defined as clean, piped
water delivered within 200 meters of a household at a minimum flow rate of 10
liters per minute, for 300 days a year, with any interruption not lasting longer than
two days at a time.
The government adopted various policies and programs aimed at sustainable water
development, improving the quantity and the quality of water supply to citizens.
This created a comprehensive legislative framework for the provision of water and
sanitation services.
source: https://theconversation.com/basic-water-services-in-south-africa-are-in-
decay-after-years-of-progress-185616
According to paragraph 2, all of the following are true EXCEPT….
A. Access to drinking water has increased by 4% over the five years period
B. The majority of people without access to clean water live in sub-Saharan Africa
C. There are still two billion people who do not have access to water supplies
D. Only 54% of the world population has access to safe drinking water
E. Recent data demonstrates that water access is improving globally

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Only 54% of the world population has access to safe drinking
water.
Pembahasan:
Arti soal: “Pernyataan-pernyataan berikut ini benar KECUALI….”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca dan memahami paragraf 2 teks
untuk menemukan pernyataan mana yang TIDAK sesuai dengan informasi dalam
bacaan. Adapun berikut paragraf 2 dari teks:
“The most recent statistics (2020) show a general global trend of positive progress
in access to water. The proportion of the global population using safely managed
drinking water services increased from 70.2% in 2015 to 74.3% in 2020. But
despite this progress, in 2020, two billion people still lacked safely managed
drinking water. The sub-Saharan African region has the largest numbers, with 387
million people still lacking basic drinking water services. Current coverage of
access to safe drinking water is estimated at only 54% of the region’s population.”
Artinya:
“Statistik terkini (2020) menunjukan tren umum secara global adanya

perkembangan positif dalam akses pada air. Proporsi populasi global yang
menggunakan layanan air minum naik dari 70,2% menjadi 74,3% pada tahun
2020. Namun terlepas dari kemajuan ini, pada tahun 2020, dua miliar orang masih
kekurangan air minum yang aman. Wilayah Afrika sub-Sahara adalah wilayah
dengan jumlah terbesar, dengan 387 juta orang masih kekurangan layanan air
minum dasar. Cakupan akses terkini terhadap air minum yang aman diperkirakan
hanya mencapai 54% dari populasi wilayah tersebut.”
Selanjutnya, kita harus mencari pernyataan di opsi A sampai E yang tidak sesuai
dengan informasi dalam paragraf 2 tersebut.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: Akses ke air minum telah meningkat sebesar 4% selama periode lima
tahun.” Opsi A salah karena merupakan pernyataan yang sesuai dengan informasi
dalam teks.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “Mayoritas orang yang tidak memiliki akses air bersih tinggal di sub-
Sahara Afrika.” Opsi B salah karena merupakan pernyataan yang sesuai dengan
informasi dalam teks.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “Masih ada dua miliar orang yang tidak memiliki akses ke persediaan
air.” Opsi C salah karena merupakan pernyataan yang sesuai dengan informasi
dalam teks.
Opsi D (BENAR)
Artinya: “Hanya 54% populasi dunia yang memiliki akses terhadap air minum
yang aman.” Opsi D benar karena merupakan pernyataan yang tidak sesuai dengan
informasi dalam teks. Karena dalam teks disebutkan bahwa 54% mengacu pada
Materi Reading
Nomor 21.
Soal Put simply, globalization is the connection of different parts of the world. In
economics, globalization can be defined as the process in which businesses,
organizations, and countries begin operating on an international scale.
Globalization is most often used in an economic context, but it also affects and is
affected by politics and culture. In general, globalization has been shown to
increase the standard of living in developing countries, but some analysts warn
that globalization can have a negative effect on local or emerging economies and
individual workers.
Globalization is not new. Since the start of civilization, people have traded goods
with their neighbors. As cultures advanced, they were able to travel farther afield
to trade their own goods for desirable products found elsewhere. The Silk Road, an
ancient network of trade routes used between Europe, North Africa, East Africa,
Central Asia, South Asia, and the Far East, is an example of early globalization.
For more than 1,500 years, Europeans traded glass and manufactured goods for
Chinese silk and spices, contributing to a global economy in which both Europe
and Asia became accustomed to goods from far away.
Following the European exploration of the New World, globalization occurred on

a grand scale; the widespread transfer of plants, animals, foods, and ideas became
known as the Columbian Exchange. The Triangular Trade network in which ships
carried manufactured goods from Europe to Africa, enslaved Africans to the
Americas, and raw materials back to Europe is another example of globalization.
The resulting spread of slavery demonstrates that globalization can hurt people just
as easily as it can connect people.
Not everything about globalization is beneficial. Any change has winners and
losers, and the people living in communities that had been dependent on jobs
outsourced elsewhere often suffer. Effectively, this means that workers in the
developed world must compete with lower-cost markets for jobs; unions and
workers may be unable to defend against the threat of corporations that offer the
alternative between lower pay or losing jobs to a supplier in a less expensive labor
market.
source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/effects-economic-
globalization
It is indicated in the passage that globalization is….
A. the effect of global connection on developing countries
B. the political and cultural influences on economic system
C. the process of connecting various regions of the world
D. the internationalization of business operation scale
E. the operation of global business and organization

Pembahasan Jawaban: C. the process of connecting various regions of the world
Pembahasan
Arti soal: “Dalam paragraf dijelaskan bahwa globalisasi adalah….”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca dan memahami bagian teks yang
membahas tentang apa itu globalisasi. Adapun hal tersebut dibahas dalam paragraf
1, kalimat 1-3 sebagai berikut:
“Put simply, globalization is the connection of different parts of the world. In

affected by politics and culture.”
Artinya:
“Secara sederhana, globalisasi adalah penghubungan berbagai belahan dunia.

Dalam ilmu ekonomi, globalisasi dapat didefinisikan sebagai proses di mana
bisnis, organisasi, dan negara mulai beroperasi dalam skala internasional.
Globalisasi paling sering digunakan dalam konteks ekonomi, tetapi juga
mempengaruhi dan dipengaruhi oleh politik dan budaya.”
Dari teks tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa globalisasi adalah proses yang
menghubungkan berbagai tempat di belahan dunia.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “Pengaruh koneksi global terhadap negara berkembang.” Opsi A salah

karena bukan merupakan pengertian globalisasi yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “Pengaruh politik dan budaya terhadap sistem ekonomi.” Opsi B salah
karena bukan merupakan pengertian globalisasi yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi C (BENAR)
Artinya: “Proses menghubungkan berbagai wilayah di dunia.” Opsi C benar

karena merupakan pengertian globalisasi yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya: “Internasionalisasi skala operasi bisnis.” Opsi D salah karena bukan

merupakan pengertian globalisasi yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi E (salah)
Artinya: “Operasi bisnis dan organisasi global.” Opsi E salah karena bukan
merupakan pengertian globalisasi yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Materi Reading
Nomor 22.
OR E!
Text
Banana peels can be used to purify drinking water contaminated with toxic heavy
metals such as cooper and lead, according to a study. Researchers from the
Bioscience Institute at Botucatu, Brazil, said that the peels can out- perform even
conventional purifiers such as aluminum oxide, cellulose and silica. These have
potentially toxic side effects and are expensive. The team's method follows
previous work that showed that plant parts, such as apple and sugar cane wastes,
coconut fibers and peanut shells, can remove toxins from water. These natural
materials contain chemicals that have an affinity for metals.
In the process, the researchers dried the peels in the sun for a week, ground them
and added them to river water containing known concentrations of copper and
lead. They found that the peels absorbed 97 per cent of the metals after just one
hour. The peels were tested in the lab and worked perfectly. Eventually their
efficiently reduces, at which point the metals should be removed from the peels so
that they can be disposed of safely. In addition, they said that although the peels
were tested only on copper and lead, the material could also work on cadmium,
nickel and zinc. But they warned that this sort of filter is better suited to industrial
purposes and cannot be used for water purification at home as the extraction
capacity of banana peels depends on the particle on the particle size of the heavy
metals-and this is difficult to measure. Dimitris Kalderis, from the Technical
University of Crete, Greece, said: "The results are very promising and the banana
peel processes has proven to be a cost-effective and quick alternative to
conventional methods," The knowledge is there, what we need now is innovation
and construction."
Paragraph 1 and 2 are related in that both....
A. Discuss the advantages of banana skins for mental absorption
B. Present a cause effect relationship between banana and metals
C. Illustrate the need to use banana filters for industrial purposes
D. Highlight general and detailed information on banana peels
E. Demonstrate chemical elements of metals in purifying water.

Pembahasan Jawaban: A. Discuss the advantages of banana skins for mental absorption
Pembahasan:
Paragraf 1 dan 2 mendiskusikan manfaat kulit pisang karena bisa menyerap metal
(racun-racun). Lihat kalimat 1, paragraf 1 kalimat intinya adalah "Banana peels
can be used to purify drinking water contaminated with toxic heavy metals such as
cooper and lead” (Kulit pisang dapat digunakan untuk memurnikan air minum
yang terkontaminasi logam berat beracun seperti cooper dan timah) Pada paragraf
2 juga dikatakan proses manfaat kulit pisang yaitu "Eventually their efficiently
reduces, at which point the metals should be removed from the skins so that they
can be disposed of safely” (Akhirnya berkurang secara efisien, pada titik mana
logam harus dikeluarkan dari kulit sehingga dapat dibuang dengan aman). Maka
jawaban yang tepat adalah opsi A.
- Opsi B salah, karena diparagraf ke satu penulis tidak menjelaskan hubungan

sebab akibat antara pisang dan logam. Penulis lebih menjelaskan manfaat dari kulit
pisang tersebut.
- Opsi C salah, karena ini adalah sebuah fakta yang terdapat di paragraf ke dua,
sehingga ini tidak menceritakan gagasan utama diparagraf satu dan dua.
- Opsi D salah, karena penulis tidak menyoroti informasi umum dan rinci tentang
kulit pisang.
- Opsi E salah, karena paragraf ke satu dan dua mendiskusikan manfaat kulit
pisang karena bisa menyerap racun racun, bukan mendemonstrasikan unsur kimia
logam dalam air penjernihan.
Materi Reading
Nomor 23.
Soal Wind energy is produced by the movement of air and converted into power for
human use. Wind has been used as a source of energy for more than a thousand
years, but was replaced by fossil fuels for much of the 20th century. Today, wind
is making a comeback as a source of electricity and power.
Wind energy is produced with wind turbines—tall, tubular towers with blades
rotating at the top. When the wind turns the blades, the blades turn a generator and
create electricity. Wind turbines can have a horizontal or vertical axis. The
turbines do not actually produce wind energy. The blades turn, convert the energy
of wind into rotational energy, a form of mechanical energy, and this energy is in
turn converted into electrical energy.
Horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) are the most familiar type of electricity-
producing windmill. Most have three large blades that spin parallel to their towers,
where the main rotor and generator are located. Most HAWT arrays are painted
white, to promote visibility to low-flying aircraft. This type of turbines can be
much bigger than their vertical counterparts.
Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have varied, unusually shaped blades that
rotate in complete circles around their tower. The main rotor and generator are
located near the ground, making maintenance easier and less expensive. VAWTs
do not have to be upwind to generate electricity. Vertical-axis wind turbines can be
much smaller than their horizontal counterparts. Standing only 5 meters (15 feet)
tall, these VAWTs can be installed on the roofs of buildings.
Turbines cannot operate at every wind speed. If winds are too strong, they can be
damaged. Therefore, the turbine has an automatic controller that turns on when
winds are blowing at prime speed for generating electricity. This speed is usually
13 to 90 kilometers per hour (8 to 55 miles per hour). If the winds become stronger
than that, the controller turns the turbine off.
source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/putting-wind-work
According to the passage, how does wind energy can generate electricity?
A. by converting the blades into wind
B. by installing wind turbines in field
C. by transforming generated energy
D. by producing strong wind pressure
E. by turning the horizontal axis turbines

Pembahasan Jawaban: C. by transforming generated energy
Pembahasan
Arti soal: “Berdasarkan teks, bagaimana energi angina dapat menciptakan listrik?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini kita perlu membaca cepat teks untuk menemukan bagian
yang menjelaskan tentang bagaimana energi angina menciptakan listrik. Adapun
hal tersebut dibahas dalam kalimat 4-5, paragaf 2 berikut:
“The turbines do not actually produce wind energy. The blades turn, convert the
energy of wind into rotational energy, a form of mechanical energy, and this
energy is in turn converted into electrical energy.”
Artinya:
“Turbin sebenarnya tidak menghasilkan energi angin. Baling-balingnya berputar,

mengubah energi angin menjadi energi rotasi, suatu bentuk energi mekanik, dan
energi ini selanjutnya diubah menjadi energi listrik.”
Jadi, dapat disimpulkan bahwa energi angin dapat menciptakan listrik dengan cara
memanfaatkan energi angin untuk memutar baling-baling turbin sehingga
menghasilkan energi mekanik yang nantinya diubah menjadi energi listrik. Dengan
kata lain, dengan mengubah satu bentuk energi ke bentuk energi yang lain.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “dengan mengubah baling-baling menjadi angin.” Opsi A salah karena

Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “dengan memasang turbin angin di lapangan.” Opsi B salah karena tidak
sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Opsi C (BENAR)
Artinya: “dengan energi yang dihasilkan.” Opsi C benar karena sesuai dengan
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya: “dengan menghasilkan tekanan angin yang kuat.” Opsi D salah karena
Opsi E (salah)
Artinya: “dengan memutar turbin sumbu horizontal.” Opsi E salah karena tidak
sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Materi Reading
Nomor 24.
Soal Put simply, globalization is the connection of different parts of the world. In
affected by politics and culture. In general, globalization has been shown to
increase the standard of living in developing countries, but some analysts warn
that globalization can have a negative effect on local or emerging economies and
individual workers.
Globalization is not new. Since the start of civilization, people have traded goods
with their neighbors. As cultures advanced, they were able to travel farther afield
to trade their own goods for desirable products found elsewhere. The Silk Road, an
ancient network of trade routes used between Europe, North Africa, East Africa,
Central Asia, South Asia, and the Far East, is an example of early globalization.
For more than 1,500 years, Europeans traded glass and manufactured goods for
Chinese silk and spices, contributing to a global economy in which both Europe
and Asia became accustomed to goods from far away.
Following the European exploration of the New World, globalization occurred on

a grand scale; the widespread transfer of plants, animals, foods, and ideas became
known as the Columbian Exchange. The Triangular Trade network in which ships
carried manufactured goods from Europe to Africa, enslaved Africans to the
Americas, and raw materials back to Europe is another example of globalization.
The resulting spread of slavery demonstrates that globalization can hurt people just
as easily as it can connect people.
Not everything about globalization is beneficial. Any change has winners and
losers, and the people living in communities that had been dependent on jobs
outsourced elsewhere often suffer. Effectively, this means that workers in the
developed world must compete with lower-cost markets for jobs; unions and
workers may be unable to defend against the threat of corporations that offer the
alternative between lower pay or losing jobs to a supplier in a less expensive labor
market.
source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/effects-economic-
globalization
Which of the following is NOT an impact of European exploration’s on

globalization?
A. The transmission of various types of goods through the use of ships
B. Cultural interaction among Europeans, Africans, and Americans
C. Africa-Europe trade in factory-made goods and raw materials
D. The practice of enslaving Africans by white Americans
E. The process of globalization took place on a massive scale

Pembahasan Jawaban: B. Cultural interaction among Europeans, Africans, and
Americans
Pembahasan
Arti soal: “Manakah dari berikut ini yang BUKAN merupakan dampak
penjelajahab bangsa Eropa terhadap globalisasi?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita harus membaca cepat teks untuk menemukan
bagian yang membahas tentang dampak penjelajahan Eropa terhadap globalisasi.
Adapun hal tersebut dibahas dalam paragaf 3, Kalimat 1-2 berikut:
“Following the European exploration of the New World, globalization occurred

on a grand scale; the widespread transfer of plants, animals, foods, and ideas
became known as the Columbian Exchange. The Triangular Trade network in
which ships carried manufactured goods from Europe to Africa, enslaved Africans
to the Americas, and raw materials back to Europe is another example of
globalization. “
Artinya:
“Setelah penjelajahan Eropa di Dunia Baru, globalisasi terjadi dalam skala besar;
Penyebaran secara luas untuk tanaman, hewan, makanan, dan gagasan dikenal
sebagai Pertukaran Kolombia. Jaringan Perdagangan Segitiga di mana kapal
membawa barang-barang pabrik dari Eropa ke Afrika, memperbudak orang Afrika
ke Amerika, dan bahan mentah dibawa ke Eropa adalah contoh lain dari
globalisasi.”
Selanjutnya, kita perlu menemukan mana dari opsi A sampai E yang BUKAN
merupakan dampak yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “Pengiriman berbagai jenis barang melalui kapal.” Opsi A salah karena
merupakan dampak yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi B (BENAR)
Artinya: “Interaksi Budaya antara orang Eropa, Afrika, dan Amerika.” Opsi B
benar karena merupakan dampak yang tidak sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “Perdagangan Afrika-Eropa dalam barang buatan pabrik dan bahan

baku.” Opsi C salah karena merupakan dampak yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya: “Praktek memperbudak orang Afrika oleh orang kulit putih Amerika.”
Opsi D salah karena merupakan dampak yang sesuai dengan isi teks.
Opsi E (salah)
Materi Reading
Nomor 25.
Soal The physiological processes associated with an acute psychological stress response
produce changes in human breath and sweat that dogs can detect with an accuracy
of 93.75%, according to a new study published this week in the open-access
journal PLOS ONE by Clara Wilson of Queen's University Belfast, UK, and
colleagues.
Odors emitted by the body constitute chemical signals that have evolved for
communication, primarily within species. Given dogs' remarkable sense of smell,
their close domestication history with humans, and their use to support human
psychological conditions such as anxiety, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), researchers wondered whether dogs could be sensing chemical
signals to respond to their owners' psychological states.
In the new study, the researchers collected samples of breath and sweat from non-
smokers who had not recently eaten or drank. Samples were collected both before
and after a fast-paced arithmetic task, along with self-reported stress levels and
objective physiological measures: heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP).
Samples from 36 participants who reported an increase in stress because of the

task, and experienced an increase in HR and BP during the task, were shown to
trained dogs within three hours of being collected. Four dogs of different breeds
and breed-mixes had been trained, using a clicker as well as kibble, to match odors
in a discrimination task. At testing, dogs were asked to find the participant's stress
sample (taken at the end of the task) while the same person's relaxed sample (taken
only minutes before, prior to the task starting) was also in the sample line-up.
Overall, dogs could detect and perform their alert behavior on the sample taken
during stress in 675 out of 720 trials, or 93.75% of the time, much greater than
expected by chance (p<0.001). The first time they were exposed to a participant's
stressed and relaxed samples, the dogs correctly alerted to the stress sample
94.44% of the time. Individual dogs ranged in performance from 90% to 96.88%
accuracy.
The researchers conclude that dogs can detect an odor associated with the change
in Volatile Organic Compounds produced by humans in response to stress, a
finding that tells us more about the human-dog relationship and could have
applications to the training of anxiety and PTSD service dogs that are currently
trained to respond predominantly to visual cues.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a possible reason why dogs can
recognize their owners emotional state?
A. Close relation to human
B. Powerful sense of smell
C. Human domestication
D. Distinct emitted odors
E. Human psychological aid

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Distinct emitted odors
Pembahasan
Arti soal: “Manakah dari berikut ini yang TIDAK disebutkan sebagai salah satu
kemungkinan alasan mengapa anjing dapat mengenali keadaan emosi
pemiliknya?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca cepat teks untuk menemukan bagian
yang membahas kemungkinan alasan mengapa anjing dapat mengenali emosi
manusia. Adapun hal tersebut dibahas dalam paragaraf 2, Kalimat 2 sebagai
berikut:
“Given dogs' remarkable sense of smell, their close domestication history with
humans, and their use to support human psychological conditions such as anxiety,
panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), researchers wondered
whether dogs could be sensing chemical signals to respond to their owners'
psychological states.”
Artinya:
“Mengingat indra penciuman anjing yang luar biasa, sejarah domestikasi yang
dekat dengan manusia, dan penggunaannya untuk mendukung kondisi psikologis
manusia seperti kecemasan, serangan panik, dan gangguan stres pascatrauma
(PTSD), para peneliti bertanya-tanya apakah anjing dapat merasakan sinyal kimia
untuk merespons. dengan kondisi psikologis pemiliknya.”
Dari kalimat tersebut ditemukan 3 alasan, yaitu:
1) Indra penciuman yang luar biasa
2) domestikasi oleh manusia
3) penggunaan untuk mendukung kondisi psikologis manusia
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “Hubungan yang dekat dengan manusia.” Opsi A salah karena merupakan
alasan yang disebutkan dalam teks.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “Indera penciuman yang kuat.” Opsi B salah karena merupakan alasan
yang disebutkan dalam teks.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “Domestikasi manusia.” Opsi C salah karena merupakan alasan yang

disebutkan dalam teks.
Opsi D (BENAR)
Artinya: “Bau khusus yang dikeluarkan.” Opsi D benar karena merupakan alasan
Materi Reading
Nomor 26.
OR E!
Text
(1) The impacts of electronic commerce in a developing country can be helpful

rather than detrimental. Electronic commerce has the potential to tie developing
countries into the rest of the world so they are no longer considered outsiders. For
example, electronic commerce can enable more people to access products and
services that once were not available. Another benefit is that electronic commerce
stores are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As the infrastructure for
electronic commerce keeps growing, services that were not offered in the past
become available. Many of these benefits have not been proven yet, but the
technology is now available, and developing countries are looking forward to these
benefits. The high cost technology may still be detrimental in many developing
countries. However, the constant innovation of software and hardware will
hopefully reduce these costs.
(2) Consumers in developing countries can benefit from electronic commerce

because they can buy product that could only be found in major cosmopolitan
cities. Electronic commerce is closing the gap between the countries that have
wide availability of products and those with limited availability. The basic purpose
of electronic commerce is to provide goods and services to consumers who do not
live close to physical location of the product or service and would otherwise have
a hard time acquiring these products and services.
(3) Society and consumers alike have only begun to enjoy the benefits of
electronic commerce. Since new developments are made on a continuous basis, it
will eventually affect every individual. Some of the benefits enjoyed by society
and consumers, for example, are ease of transaction, comparability of products,
quick delivery and the ability to make any type of transaction at any given time of
day.
(4) Electronic commerce facilitates delivery of public and social services, such as
healthcare, education and distribution of government social services at a reduced
cost, improving the quality of care and living in these communities. For example,
healthcare services can reach patients in rural areas.
Where in the text does the author mention the impact of software and hardware
innovation?
A. Paragraph 1
B. Paragraph 2
C. Paragraph 3
D. Paragraph 4
E. No one is correct
Pembahasan Jawaban : A. Paragraph 1
Pembahasan :
Pengaruh perkembangan software dan hardware disebutkan dalam paragraf 1

kalimat terakhir. “However, the constant innovation of software and hardware will
hopefully reduce these costs.” (Namun, inovasi perangkat lunak dan perangkat
keras yang terus-menerus diharapkan akan mengurangi biaya). Maka jawaban
yang tepat adalah opsi A.
- Opsi B salah, karena paragraf kedua menjelaskan dampak perdagangan

elektronik bagi konsumen negara berkembang.
- Opsi C salah, karena paragraf ketiga menjelaskan manfaat baru dari perdagangan
elektronik yang dapat dirasakan masyarakat dan konsumen.
- Opsi D salah, karena paragarf ke empat menjelaskan manfaat perdagangan

elektronik dalam pelayanan publik dan sosial.
- Opsi E salah, karena berdasarkan ke 4 opsi tersebut ada satu yang benar, yaitu
opsi A.
Materi Reading
Nomor 27.
Soal Hawai'i, that honeymoon destination known for stunning sunsets, has a dark
secret—it’s a geologically violent place. That’s because the Hawaiian Islands were
born from volcanic activity. In fact, that volcanism can still be observed today in
Hawai'i.
The six largest Hawaiian Islands—the Big Island, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu,
and Kauai—form a chain of islands running to the northwest. The islands appear
in this pattern for a specific reason: They were formed one after the other as a
tectonic plate, the Pacific Plate, slid over a plume of magma—molten
rock—puncturing Earth’s crust. These magma plumes aren’t small—they can
extend hundreds of kilometers below Earth’s surface.
This upwelling of molten rock, known as a “hot spot,” creates volcanoes that spew
out lava (magma that reaches Earth’s surface). The lava then cools and hardens to
create new land. The Hawaiian Islands were literally created from lots of
volcanoes—they’re a trail of volcanic eruptions.
Hot-spot volcanism can occur in the middle of tectonic plates. That’s unlike
traditional volcanism, which takes place at plate boundaries. One explanation that
scientists have proposed for hot-spot volcanism is that it occurs near unusually hot
parts of Earth’s mantle, the layer of the planet below the crust.
In the case of the Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific Plate is continually moving to the
northwest over the Hawaiian hot spot. This movement caused the Hawaiian chain
of islands to form. The Pacific Plate is just one of the Earth’s roughly 20 tectonic
plates, which are constantly in motion and are responsible for events like
earthquakes. There are many landforms around the Hawaiian Islands that formed
from the same volcanic hot spot. Scientists believe this hot spot has been expelling
lava for roughly 70 million years.
source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/chain-islands-hawaiian-
hot-spot
Which of the following is TRUE about the Pacific Plate?
A. It exists near unusually hot parts of Earth’s mantle
B. Its movement is caused by the volcanic earthquakes
C. It is the cause of the creation of volcanoes in Hawaii
D. It is in constant motion due to the heat within the Earth
E. It has over than 20 islands located in Hawaiian chain of Islands

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. It is in constant motion due to the heat within the Earth
Pembahasan:
Arti soal: “Manakah dari berikut ini yang BENAR tentang Lempeng Pasifik?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca cepat teks untuk menemuka
paragraf yang membahas tentang Lempeng Pasifik. Adapun ditemukan Lempeng
pasifik di bahas dalam paragraf 5 berikut:
“In the case of the Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific Plate is continually moving to the
northwest over the Hawaiian hot spot. This movement caused the Hawaiian chain
of islands to form. The Pacific Plate is just one of the Earth’s roughly 20 tectonic
plates, which are constantly in motion and are responsible for events like
earthquakes.”
Artinya:
“Dalam kasus kepulauan Hawaii, Lempeng Pasifik terus bergerak ke barat laut
diatas titik panas Hawaii. Gerakan ini menyebabkan rantai kepulauan Hawaii
terbentuk. Lempeng Pasifik hanyalah salah satu dari sekitar 20 lempeng tektonik
Bumi, yang terus bergerak dan merupakan penyebab atas peristiwa gempa bumi.”
Dari paragraf tersebut ditemukan beberapa fakta tentang Lempeng Pasifik.

Selanjutnya, mari kita lihat kecocokan fakta dengan pernyataan pada opsi A
sampai E.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “Lempeng Pasifik ada di dekat bagian mantel bumi yang luar biasa
panas”. Opsi A salah karena dalam teks dijelaskan bahwa yang ada di dekat mantel
bumi adalah vulkanisme karena titik panas. Sedangkan tidak ada pembahasan
tentang lokasi lempeng.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “Pergerakan Lempeng Pasifik disebabkan oleh gempa vulkanik.” Opsi B

salah karena dalam teks dijelaskan pergerakan Lempeng Pasifik adalah karena titik
panas.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “Lempeng Pasifik adalah penyebab terciptanya gunung berapi di

Hawaii.” Opsi C salah karena merupakan informasi yang tidak dijelaskan dalam
bacaan.
Opsi D (BENAR)
Artinya: “Lempeng Pasifik bergerak terus-menerus karena panas di dalam bumi”.

Opsi D benar karena dalam bacaan dijelaskan bahwa Lempeng Pasifik terus
bergerak karena titik panas.
Materi Reading
Nomor 28.
Soal Bali, Indonesia-the island of Gods- lost its innoce at around 23:15 on Saturday,
12th October 2002, when terrorists triggered bombs placed in two popular
nightclubs, Paddy’s and Sari Club, killing almost 200 international tourists and
locals alike, with many more injured. The effect of the blasts triggered crisis and
the like which had never been seen in Bali before and indeed shocked the world.
The tourism industry obviously was devastated. Hotel room occupancy rates,
which for some properties were close to 100 percent prior to the attacks,
plummeted to single-digit levels for many establishments as the mass exodus of
international visitors gained momentum. Inbound air capacity was slashed,
businesses closed and many Balinese found themselves unemployed.
We know from the text that...
A. Almost two hundred local people were killed in kuta
B. Many people were injured when the terrorists triggered a bomb in Kuta
C. Bali had ever had such a tragedy
D. The tragedy was shocking the world because there were a lot of Tourists
E. Several people from other countries have been coming to Kuta

Pembahasan Jawaban: B. Many people were injured when the terrorists triggered a bomb
in Kuta
Soal : Kita tahu dari teks bahwa...
Pembahasan:
Soal diatas menanyakan sebuah fakta dari teks. Pilihan B benar karena sesuai
dengan isi paragraf 1, yaitu banyak orang terluka ketika teroris meledakan bom di
Kuta.
Opsi A (Salah)
Artinya yaitu karena 200 orang yang tewas termasuk turis asing.
Opsi B (Benar)
Artinya yaitu karena sesuai dengan isi paragraf 1, yaitu banyak orang terluka
ketika teroris meledakan bom di Kuta.
Opsi C (Salah)
Artinya yaitu menyatakan bahwa Bali pernah mengalami tragedi seperti itu ,
padahal pada paragraf 1 di jelaskan tidak pernah terjadi kejadian seperti itu
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya yang mengejutkan dunia bukan karena banyak wisatawan akan tetapi
karena pengeboman belum pernah terjadi di Bali
Opsi E (Salah)
Artinya beberapa orang dari negara lain telah datang ke Kuta, tidak di jelaskan
dalam teks. Sehingga jawaban yang paling benar adalah B
Materi Reading
Nomor 29.
Soal There are major gaps in how food waste in tourism is understood and calculated,
according to researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and the University of
Southern California. Food waste originating from hotels, restaurants and events is
recognized and can be estimated and calculated, but as the tourism industry is
becoming more and more diverse, so are the sources of its food waste. According
to the researchers, a focus on preventing food waste only in the traditional food
service and accommodation establishments ignores the reality of growing tourist
households and will stifle sustainability efforts.
Food waste is a major issue globally, and it has also been identified as the most
prominent type of hospitality waste. Annually, roughly 1.3 billion tons of food is
lost or goes to waste, which is equivalent to one third or even up to one half of all
food intended for human consumption. Food waste is a major environmental,
social and economic issue.
Indeed, the tourism industry is facing ever-growing economical, societal and

legislative reasons to address food waste. Today's tourism is not limited to package
travel and hotel stays, thanks to the emergence of alternatives such as camping,
couch surfing, AirBnB, staying at friends' and relatives' homes or travelling across
the country in a recreational vehicle, for example. Food waste is created in all
these tourist households, but very little research into the topic has been carried out
so far. Yet, there is a need to mitigate food waste from these sources as well.
succeeded in reducing their food waste and have even managed to turn that into an
asset. Yet, it is not enough for only the traditional food service and
Pesonen from the University of Eastern Finland says.
According to the researchers, comprehensive reduction of food waste requires that

its sources and amounts are identified and that its disposal by tourist households is
addressed. In addition, there is a need to study the drivers of tourist household
food waste and barriers to its reduction.
According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. All tourist households must participate in resolving the issue
B. The skilled players must lead the effort to solve the problem
C. No tourism industry participant successfully manages food waste
D. It is sufficient to rely on traditional services to reduce food waste
E. Food waste and sustainability research declines as tourism evolves

Pembahasan Jawaban: A. All tourist households must participate in resolving the issue
Pembahasan
Arti soal: “Berdasarkan paragaf keempat, manakah dari pernyataan berikut yang
BENAR?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini kita perlu untuk membaca dan memahami informasi
dalam paragraf 4. Adapun berikut paragraf 4:
succeeded in reducing their food waste and have even managed to turn that into
an asset. Yet, it is not enough for only the traditional food service and
Pesonen from the University of Eastern Finland says.”
Artinya:
“Kita sudah bisa melihat bahwa ada pelaku industri pariwisata yang cerdas yang
telah berhasil mengurangi limbah makanan mereka dan bahkan berhasil
mengubahnya menjadi aset. Namun, tidak cukup hanya perusahaan layanan
makanan dan akomodasi tradisional untuk mengurangi limbah makanan mereka,
kita perlu melibatkan semua pelaku pariwisata. Seiring dengan adanya perubahan
dalam sektor pariwisata, penelitian tentang limbah makanan dan keberlanjutan
menjadi semakin penting," kata Manajer Riset Juho Pesonen dari University of
Eastern Finland.”
Selanjutya, kita perlu menemukan mana dari opsi A sampai E yang memuat
pernyataan yang BENAR dan sesuai dengan informasi dalam paragraf 4.
Opsi A (BENAR)
Artinya: “Semua pelaku pariwisata harus berpartisipasi dalam menyelesaikan

masalah.” Opsi A benar karena sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “Pelaki yang terampil harus memimpin upaya untuk memecahkan

masalah.” Opsi B salah karena tidak sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “Tidak ada pelaku industri pariwisata yang berhasil mengelola limbah
makanan.” Opsi C salah karena tidak sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya: “Cukup mengandalkan layanan tradisional untuk mengurangi limbah

makanan.” Opsi D salah karena tidak sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.
Materi Reading
Nomor 30.
OR E!
Text
Alligators, which often engage in violent fights over territories and mates, have
made scientists puzzled why their wounds rarely get infected. Now researchers
think the secret lies in the reptiles' blood. Chemists in Louisiana found that blood
from the American alligator can successfully destroy strains of bacteria, including
strains known to be resistant to antibiotics. In addition, the blood was able to
deplete and destroy a significant amount of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Study co-author Lancis Darville at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge

believes that peptides-fragments of proteins-within alligator blood help the
animals stop fatal infections. Such peptides are also found in the skin of frogs and
toads, as well as komodo, dragons and crocodiles. The scientist think that these
peptides could one day lead to medicines that would provide humans with the
same antibiotic protection. "We are, in the process of separating and identifying
the specific peptides in alligator blood," said Darville. "Once sequence these
peptides, we can obtain their chemical structure to potentially create new drugs."
Study co-author Mark Merchant, a biochemist at Mc Neue State University in

Lake Charles, Louisiana, was among the first to notice alligators' unusual
resistance. He was intrigued that, despite living in swampy environments where
bacteria thrive, alligators that suffered frequent scratches and bruises rarely
developed fatal infections. Merchant therefore created human and alligator serum-
protein-rich blood plasma that has been able to remove clotting agents, and
exposed each of them to strains of bacteria. Human serum destroyed only eight of
the bacterial strains while alligator serum killed all. When the alligator was
exposed to HIV, the researchers found that a good amount of the virus was
destroyed.
The study team thinks that pills and creams containing alligator peptides could be
available at level pharmacies within seven to ten years. Such products would be a
solution to patients that need extra help preventing infections, such as diabetes
patients with foot ulcers, burn victims and people suffering from auto-immune
diseases. However, there may be potential problems before alligator-based
medicines can reach drugstore shelves. For example, initial tests have revealed that
higher concentrations of the alligator serum tend to be toxic to human cells.
The writer concludes his essay by saying that...
A. Scientists are now searching for a medicine against HIV.
B. Alligators have contributed a lot to stop human life.
C. Reptiles have peptides which can be used as serum.
D. Peptides in the blood are only found in American alligators.
E. Alligator serum has the possibility to harm human beings.

Pembahasan Jawaban: E. Alligator serum has the possibility to harm human beings.
Pembahasan:
Penulis menyimpulkan tulisannya dengan mengatakan bahwa "alligator serum has

the possibility to harm human being: Hal ini bisa dibaca pada paragraf terakhir
“for examples, initial test have revealed that higher concentrations of the alligator
serum tend to be toxic to human cells” (Misalnya, tes awal mengungkapkan bahwa
konsentrasi yang lebih tinggi dari serum aligator cenderung menjadi racun bagi sel
manusia). Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah opsi E.
- Opsi A salah, karena pada teks tersebut tidak diceritakan bahwa “Para ilmuwan
sekarang sedang mencari obat untuk melawan HIV”, melainkan penulis
menyebutkan bahwa darah aligator mampu menguras dan menghancurkan HIV.
- Opsi B salah, karena tidak sesuai dengan isi teks.
- Opsi C salah, karena ini bukan kesimpulan dari seluruh isi teks, penulis
menyebutkan pernyataan ini diparagraf kedua untuk memaparkan soal peptida.
- Opsi D salah, karena peptida dalam darah tidak hanya dapat ditemukan pada
aligator amerika saja, melainkan dapat ditemukan di kulit katak, kodok, serta
komodo, naga dan buaya.
Materi Reading
Nomor 31.
Soal Calorie-restricted diets have been shown to increase the lifespan and health span of
everything from yeast to monkeys – as long as there is no malnutrition. And while
no long-term studies have proven the benefits of calorie restriction on human
lifespan, shorter-term studies suggest that it does improve health. Here’s how it
might work.
Our bodies monitor and sense the amount of nutrients available through specific
molecules in our cells. Depending on the amount of food we eat, these molecules
tweak our metabolism to regulate how we use the available nutrients. One of these
molecules is an enzyme called TOR. When there is a lot of food, the TOR enzyme
instructs cells in the body to grow. If there is less food, TOR instructs the body to
be on alert - a state that scientists refer to as a “mild stress response”.
Many experiments have shown that when animals eat a lot of food, especially for
prolonged periods, TOR senses this and their lifespan becomes shorter. But do all
foods have this effect on TOR? TOR enzyme is especially activated when cells
sense large amounts of amino acids (the building blocks of protein) or protein. A
protein-restricted diet, without malnutrition, can have the same effects on the
metabolism and lifespan of lab animals as a calorie-restricted diet.
Age-related diseases are known to be caused by genetic mutations, but could there
be a connection between TOR, nutrition and diseases of old age? We know that
nutrition is associated with cancer and heart disease, and overactive TOR is known
to be involved in these diseases, but recent studies show that TOR is also directly
related to neurodegenerative diseases. For example, the activity of the TOR
enzyme in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s is much higher compared with
healthy brains. Also, simulating these diseases in mice and other lab animals has
shown that removing excess TOR stops brain cells dying.
So, there may be a link between what we eat, how it is sensed by our body and the
risk of neurodegenerative disease. Scientists are exploring different possibilities to
prevent neurodegeneration. If more protein means more active TOR, we could
either modify our diet, safely, or develop a drug that tricks our body into thinking
it is getting less protein.
source: https://theconversation.com/tor-an-enzyme-that-could-hold-the-secret-to-
longevity-and-healthy-ageing-118568
The first paragraph suggests that calorie-restricted diet…
A. could lead to malnutrition
B. is beneficial to human health
C. only works for yeast and monkey
D. increases both lifespan and health
E. result in people having longer lives

Pembahasan Jawaban: B. is beneficial to human health
Pembahasan
Arti soal: “Dalam paragraf pertama dijelaskan bahwa diet pembatasan kalori….”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca dan memahami paragraf pertama,
terutama bahasan tentang diet pembatasan kalori untuk selanjutnya menarik
kesimpulan. Adapun berikut paragraf 1:
“Calorie-restricted diets have been shown to increase the lifespan and health span
of everything from yeast to monkeys – as long as there is no malnutrition. And
while no long-term studies have proven the benefits of calorie restriction on
human lifespan, shorter-term studies suggest that it does improve health.”
Artinya:
“Diet pembatasan kalori telah terbukti meningkatkan umur dan rentang kesehatan
segala hal mulai dari pada ragi hingga monyet - selama tidak ada kekurangan gizi.
Walapun untuk sementara tidak ada penelitian jangka panjang yang membuktikan
manfaat dari pembatasan kalori pada umur manusia, penelitian jangka pendek
menunjukkan bahwa hal ini meningkatkan kesehatan.”
Dari paragraf tersebut dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa diet pembatasan kalori
dapat meningkatkan kesehatan manusia.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “Dapat menyebabkan malnutrisi”. Opsi A salah karena bukan kesimpulan

yang tepat.
Opsi B (BENAR)
Artinya: “bermanfaat bagi kesehatan manusia”. Opsi B benar karena merupakan

kesimpulan yang tepat.
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya: “hanya bekerja pada ragi dan monyet”. Opsi C salah karena bukan
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya: “meningkatkan umur dan kesehatan”. Opsi D salah karena bukan

Opsi E (salah)
Artinya: “menyebabkan orang memiliki umur yang lebih panjang”. Opsi E salah
karena bukan kesimpulan yang tepat.
Materi Reading
Nomor 32.
Soal
Social media influencers are individuals who utilize social media platforms to
build their own personal brand or influence their followers to act (including buying
products, supporting a brand, or vacationing in a certain location). They can share
anything from clothes and beauty products to make-at-home slime with their
followers. While it might seem like frivolous fun, some influencers are making
significant amounts of money from their connection to their fans, making them the
modern entrepreneur. While not every social media influencer is an entrepreneur,
the ones who have started their own businesses from the brand they created online
have much in common with traditional entrepreneurs when it comes to driving the
economy.
Entrepreneurs are people who organize, manage, and take on the risks of a
business. They often start a new business in response to a perceived need for a
good or service. An influencer, on the other hand, is someone who has the power
to affect or change people and their behavior through social media—often to get
them to buy something. Influencers who start their own business certainly fall
under the first part of the definition of entrepreneur, as they are managing their
business and taking on risk. But are they fulfilling a need? Many say yes:
companies can target highly specific groups of people through employing an
influencer—groups that might be missed by traditional advertising. And because
influencers form a more personal relationship with their followers, the followers
are seemingly more likely to buy what the influencer suggests.
One area where entrepreneurs and influencers differ the most is in their processes
of starting a business. Nearly all traditional businesses have startup costs, which go
toward buying materials to create goods, equipment to manufacture items or
provide a service, or office space. But entrepreneurs do not always have to put
their own savings into a business. They can get venture capital, or money to start
or grow a business, from outside investors, often in exchange for part ownership of
the company. Influencers, on the other hand, have fewer startup costs, though it
can vary by the influencer’s specialty. Beauty and fashion influencers may have to
get new clothes, buy the latest makeup, and hire a professional photographer to
start out, but others only need their social media accounts and a smartphone.
Additionally, many of the costs that apply to starting a business do not apply to
influencers, like renting office space, as many works from home.
source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/influencers-modern-
entrepreneur
According to paragraph two, how do influencers meet the second definition of

entrepreneur?
A. through offering good or service to specific advertising companies
B. through fulfilling the needs of people who aren’t reach by traditional ads
C. by taking charge of and bearing the risk of their own self-made business
D. by providing service of advertising to highly specific groups of people
E. by appealing to consumers who fall under the definition of entrepreneurs

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. by providing service of advertising to highly specific groups of
people
Pembahasan:
Arti soal: “Berdasarkan paragraf dua, bagaimana influencer memenuhi definisi

pengusaha yang kedua?”
Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca cepat teks, tepatnya paragraf dua,
untuk menemukan bagian yang membahas tentang definisi pengusaha dan
bagaimana influencer memenuhi definisi tersebut. Berikut paragraf 2 teks yang
membahas hal tersebut:
“Entrepreneurs are people who organize, manage, and take on the risks of a
business. They often start a new business in response to a perceived need for a
good or service….
Influencers who start their own business certainly fall under the first part of the
definition of entrepreneur, as they are managing their business and taking on risk.
But are they fulfilling a need? Many say yes: companies can target highly specific
groups of people through employing an influencer—groups that might be missed
by traditional advertising. “
Artinya:
“Pengusaha adal orang yang mengatur, mengelola, dan mengambil resiko bisnis.
Mereka sering memulai bisnis baru sebagai tanggapan atas permintaan kebutuhan
untuk barang atau jasa…. Influencer yang memulai bisnis sendiri tentu termasuk
dalam definisi pengusaha yang pertama, karena mereka mengatur dan mengambil
resiko atas bisnis mereka. Namun, apakah mereka memenuhi suatu kebutuhan?
Banyak yang mengatakan iya: perusahaan dapat menargetkan kelompok orang-
orang yang spesifik melalui pengunaan influencer—kelompok yang mungkin
terlewat oleh iklan tradisional.”
Dari paragraf 2 dapat disimpulkan ada 2 definisi pengusaha, yaitu:
1) Orang yang mengatur, mengelola, dan mengambil resiko bisnis
2) Orang yang memenuhi permintaan/kebutuhan barang/jasa yang diminta
Selanjutnya, dijelaskan juga bahwa influencer memenuhi definisi yang kedua

karena mereka memenuhi kebutuhan perusahaan dengan cara menyediakan jasa
iklan/pengiklanan untuk target kelompok orang yang lebih spesifik yang mungkin
tidak terjangkau oleh metode iklan biasa.
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya: “melalui penawaran barang atau jasa kepada perusahaan periklanan

tertentu.” Opsi A salah karena bukan pernyataan yang sesuai dengan informasi
dalam teks.
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya: “melalui pemenuhan kebutuhan masyarakat yang tidak terjangkau oleh

iklan tradisional.” Opsi B salah karena bukan pernyataan yang sesuai dengan
Materi Reading
Nomor 33.
Soal There are numeros consequences due to illegal activities in the foresty sector.
Revenues lost by governments casued by illegal logging result in decrease of their
ability to invest in the forestry sector. This han an effect on poverty levels,
primarily because of the revenue lost by goverment. As result, reduces their
financial capability as well as the programs that could be implemented to help the
poor.
Moreover, poor people are not in a postion to influence political bodies. This
keeps them from accesing the forest resource. Finally the resources’s ;ow cost
contributes to an increase in waste and provides very little incentive to buy timber
harvested from forests managed in a sustainble manner. Inadequate forests law
enforcement and governance in other countries can also threaten sustainble forests
management.
As for direct negative consequences of illegal logging on the wood products

industry, their effect is to simultaneously increase harvesting and increase the
availability of timber, thus lowering the price for producers. The price decrease
suffered by producers can lead to unfair competition, thus reducing the
profitability of legal companies. Illegal loging is a disincentive to sustainable
forests management. The illegal timber trade threatens not only the visibility of
lrgal trade, but also its reputation.
Despite the negative impacts, some stakeholders might benefit from illegal forest
activities, such as consumers who could benefit from lower process and national
industries that could increase their competitiveness by having access to lower
timber prices
Other more practice solutions are being put forward to reduce illegal loging and
trade. Some if those solutions relate more to timber trade, there is no doubt that
forest certification is seen, for some as tool; among many others, that enables
control over the illegal wood trade., especially when it comes to the cain of
custody. Also, there are other methods presently used or put forward to help
combat illegal loging and illegal trade. They inculde log tracking systems, legality
license-based verification system such as labeling, privat and public procurement
policies, international coorporatiion and coordination in trade statistic, information
exchanghe on illegal trade, an the study of possible trade-related measures.
The author’s bias regarding impacts of illegal logging is that...
A. it provides affordable timber for the poor
B. various disastrous impacts result from it
C. it gives incentives for forest management
D. local industries increase their level of competitiveness
E. international markets are flooded by timber logged illegally

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. local industries increase their level of competitveness
Soal : Bias penulis mengenai dampak illegal logging adalah...
Pembahasan: Pendapat mengenai informasi terisrat (implied question). Prasangka

penulis tentang dampak penerbangan liar adalah bahwa industri lokal yang
semakin bersaing membuat penebangan liar semakin marak dilakukan (local
industries increase their level of comprtitiveness)
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya : menyediakan kayu yang terjangkau bagi masyarakat miskin
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya : berbagai dampak bencana dihasilkan darinya
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya : memberikan insentif bagi pengelolaan hutan
Opsi D (benar)
Artinya : industri lokal meningkatkan daya saingnya
Opsi E (salah)
Artinya : Pasar internasional dibanjiri kayu yang ditebang secara ilegal
Materi Reading
Nomor 34.
OR E!
Text
(1) Many modern educational experts claim that teaching facts and academic skill
is less important than achieving other social objectives. For some liberals, the
school must first change attitudes or provide nurturing in place of failed families
or help establish equality and social justice. For some conservatives, the schools
must first prepare kids for the workplace by molding them into supple corporate
citizens, while other want the focus to be on family values, a competitive spirit, or
other social or behavioral objectives. But the idea of simply educating kids seems
to have taken a backseat to most educational expert and administrators. They miss
the point that kids with real academic skills, especially skills in reading, writing,
and mathematics, are more likely to overcome social barriers, more likely to have
genuine self-esteem, and likely to be genuinely prepared for the challenges of life
and the workplace. By emphasizing so many things besides a genuine, classical
education, the educational establishment tends to sell our kids short and bring
about many or the problems they claim to be solving.
(2) Consider the case of Wesley Elementary School in Houston. According to

Richard Nadler in article, "Failing Grade, Wesley has all the demographic markers
of a school bound for failure. Over 80% of the students quality for subsidized
lunches, and nearly all are minorities (92 % black, 7 9% Hispanic). Yet it ranks
among the best school of Houston, with first-graders placing at the 82 percentile
level in reading test which is 50 points higher than the expected level for similar
at-risk schools.
(3) What has made Wesley so successful? The answer is classical education in the
form of Direct Instruction curriculum design by Siegfried Engelmann, an example
of the much ridiculed "Sage-on- the-stag" approach. The Direct Instruction system
boosts reading, writing, and math scores by 30 to 40 percentile points in at-risk
schools. Sadly, Engelmann like others who successfully challenge popular fads in
educational reform, has been rejected by much of the educational establishment.
His success is in embarrassment to them.
The second paragraph presents.......
A. an elaboration of purposes of an effective school
B. a discussion on the requirements for the good school
C. a real example rather than an opinion of good schooling
D. an illustration to support the opinions on school subjects
E. evidence in favor of the value of social objectives

Pembahasan Jawaban : C. a real example rather than an opinion of good schooling
Pembahasan:
Paragraf 2 pada intinya menampilkan studi kasus di Wesley Elementary School

(dimana di dalamnya diajarkan academic skills dan sekolah tersebut sama sekali
bukan sekolah favorit) yang prestasinya ternyata melampaui sekolah terbaik yang
ada di Houston. Maka paragraf kedua sifatnya lebih menampilkan contoh real atau
nyata dibandingkan opini / teori. Jawaban yang tepat adalah opsi C.
- Opsi A salah, karena ini bukan penjabaran tujuan sekolah yang efektf karena
pada faktanya ini hanyalah sekolah biasa.
- Opsi B salah, karena tidak diceritakan syarat-syarat untuk menjadi sekolah yang
baik pada paragraf kedua, di paragraf ini hanya studi kasus untuk memberikan
sebuah contoh yang nyata terkait sekolah sukses yang ada di Houston.
- Opsi D salah, karena karena pengilustrasian studi kasus ini bukan untuk
mendukung pendapat mata pelajaran sekolah melainkan untuk menampilkan
contoh yang nyata terhadap sekolah.
- Opsi E salah, karena ini mendukung tujuan kemampuan akedemik siswa bukan
tujuan sosial.
Materi Reading
Nomor 35.
OR E!
Teks
(1) Many people say that examinations should be abolished because they are not
the best measure of student's capabilities. These people believe that students can
study on their own and do better without the nagging worry and pressure exerted
by examinations.
(3) Yet, there are persuasive reasons to show that examinations should not be
abolished. It is insufficient that teachers assign homework and correct it. Because
this is not done under supervision, they cannot be sure that it is really the work of
the students themselves. Moreover, homework is not a test of student's ability.
Homework is a method of merely keeping him occupied.
(2) Nowadays, in the hunt for jobs, students need to produce some evidence of
their capabilities. Prospective employers like to see copies of examination results.
This is the only way a student's qualifications can be judged. This attitude greatly
encourages the use of examinations, since it is considered it necessary for them to
measure their capabilities.
The reason some people disagree to abolish the examination is …
A. Exam result is the only proof of student's capabilities.
B. Nobody trusts the students nowadays.
C. It is a regulation in the country.
D. It is a good measurement.
E. It is for the sake of efficiency.
Pembahasan Jawaban : A. Exam result is the only proof of student's capabilities.
Pembahasan:
Sebagian orang tidak setuju ujian dihapus karena ujian merupakan alat yang baik
untuk mengukur kemampuan siswa. "...since it is considered it necessary them to
measure their capabilities".
Materi Reading
Nomor 36.
OR E!
Text
(1) Halloween (also referred to as All Hollows' Eve) is a holiday that's

celebrated in America on 31 October of each year, regardless of what day of the
week this date falls on. Although it is rooted in religion, Halloween today is
enjoyed mainly because of its decorations, costumes, candy, treats, and general
excitement, and furthermore, it is enjoyed by most everyone.
(2) Before Halloween, many individuals carve a design into an orange-colored

pumpkin, or a solid, durable vegetable. Once a personally satisfying design is
carved, a lit candle is typically put inside a pumpkin, thereby making it a Jack-O-
Lantern. At night, this design lights up against the darkness.
(3) Besides carving pumpkins, some celebrate Halloween by putting decorations

up. Supernatural (referring in this case to non-natural creatures that are typically
based in fiction) figures, including vampires, ghosts, werewolves, zombies, and
more, generally account for most of these decorations. Bugs, spiders, cobwebs,
gravestones, and anything else that can be considered creepy (or unusual and
possibly scary) can also be found on Halloween, in decoration form.
(4) Only some adults celebrate Halloween, and they generally do so by attending
parties. Inversely, the vast majority of children dress in costume (Halloween
costumes can be based upon anything, from the mentioned supernatural creatures
to the stars of today's films) and walk from door to door in search of candy—a
practice known as trick or treat—on Halloween. After knocking on a door
(houses that participate in Halloween usually leave a light on), one says, "Trick or
Treat" and a piece (or pieces!) of candy is given to him or her.
From the passage above, we can conclude that Vampier. Ghosts, gravestones, and
zombie is …
A. Carving pumpkins
B. General experiment
C. Figure in Halloween
D. Costumes
E. Types of decoration
Pembahasan Jawaban: E. Types of decoration
Pembahasan:
Perahatikan paragraf ke 3, dijelaskan bahwa selain pumkins (Labu), beberapa

perayaan Hallowen bisa dengan menyimpan beberapa dekorasi.
“Besides carving pumpkins, some celebrate Halloween by putting decorations.

Supernatural (referring in this case to non-natural creatures that are typically
gravestones”.
Materi Reading
Nomor 37.
OR E!
Teks
Manic depression is another psychiatric illness that mainly affects mood. A patient
suffering from this disease will alternate between periods of manic excitement and
extreme depression, with or without relatively normal periods in between. The
changes in mood suffered by a manic–depressive patient go far beyond the day-to-
day mood changes experienced by the general population. In the period of manic
excitement, the mood elevation can become so intense that it can result in
extended insomnia, extreme irritability, and heightened aggressiveness. In the
period of depression, which may last for several weeks or months, a patient
experiences feelings of general fatigue, uselessness, and hopelessness, and in
serious cases, may contemplate suicide.
The passage indicates that most people…
A. Never undergo mood changes
B. Experience occasional shifts in mood
C. Switch wildly from highs to lows
D. Become highly depressed
E. Feel happy anytime

Pembahasan Jawaban : D. Become highly depressed
Pembahasan:
Pada bacaan yang ada di atas tersirat makna bahwa sebagian besar orang – orang
bisa saja menjadi sangat depresi.
Materi Reading
Nomor 38.
OR E!
Teks
(1) We often think it very funny if a film shows a woman or a girl screaming and
running in fright at the sight of a mouse or a cockroach. But we don’t consider our
own little, secret fers a laughing matter. Perhaps you shiver at the sight of a snake
or an eel, cannot bear to hear the sound of jagged metal rubbing against metal, or
feel uneasy in a lift. Fortunately, most of us suffer only mild from of fright about
certain things. According to psychiatrists, this is quite normal. It becomes a
problem only when the fear develops into a mental condition that affects all
aspects of a person’s life. Studies of thousands of people with an abnormal dread
show that every time they think about- or come into contact with – the subject of
their fear, they show all the physical signs of a person who is facing serious
danger: a racing heart, dry mouth, could sweat and weak knees.
(2) Doctors and psychiatrists welcome publicity about phobias, for this helps to
convince their patients that their petients that their patients that their fears are not
unique. It reassures the patients to know that there are other people who are afraid
of the same thing, and it makes the patients more willing to try to understand what
is causing their fear. Once they realize what in their subconscious is causing their
fear, they are half-way to being cured. Psychiatrists believe that these
unreasonable fears are caused by deep-seated reasons, perhaps a terrifying
experience during childhood.
(3) One typical case was Mrs. Marry Batchelor, a London housewife, who suffered
from agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). For twenty-three years, she remains indor.
Following publicity about other agoraphobia cases, she was persuaded to go out
for the first time to watch her son perform with pop group.
(4) Most of use suffer from claustrophobia (fear of being in closed spaces) iin a
mild way, but the real sufferers go about in great fear of being trapped without
escape in a lift, in packed train or in an aircraft. Altogether, there are a hundread
and thirty phobias listed in the medical dictionary, ranging from acrophobia (fear
of heights) to xenophobia (morbid dislike of foreigners). Some phobias are very
odd indeed. There are cases of people who turn cold with terror at the sight of a
cabbage leaf, run away in fright at the sight of a brid or fraint when they hear hear
a dog bark. There was even a man who refused to eat anything that he knew had
been touched by someone who had handled matches.
Fear of certain things will become a problem when the fear ……
A. Disturbs all aspects of the sufferer’s life
B. Is influenced by a person’s personality
C. Is reflected in a person’s daily life
D. Makes the sufferer unfriendly to others
E. Develops mentally or physically

Pembahasan Jawaban: A. Disturbs all aspects of the sufferer’s life
Pembahasan:
Ketakutan pada suatu hal menjadi masalah ketika mengganggu seluruh aspek
kehidupan penderita. Perhatikan paragraf ke 1 pada kalimat “It becomes a problem
only when the fear develops into a mental condition that affects all aspects of a
person’s life”. (Ini menjadi masalah hanya ketika ketakutan berkembang menjadi
kondisi mental yang mempengaruhi semua aspek kehidupan seseorang).
Materi Reading
Nomor 39.
Soal Non verbal communication is defined as communication between people by means
other than speech. Non verbal communication (NVC) derived from one following
major sources : eye contact (amount looking at another person’s body and face),
mouth(especially smiling or grimacing in relation to eye contact), posture (for
example, sitting forwards of backward), gesture (as with the use of arm
movements when talking), orientation of the body to the to the address, body
distance (as when we stand to close or too far away from others, smell (including
perfumes), skin( including pigmentation, blushing and texture) hair (including
length, texture and style), clothes ( with particular references to fashion).
Non-verbal communication is no quite the same as body language because any

claim about a language must refer to an agreed and identifiable grammar and
syntax. NVC is not always so precise or advanced: the vocabulary of non verbal
sign is more limited than speech. Even so, it is a mistake to consider NVC as
isolated from speech . instead some complex interaction envisaged between word
and body signal and one is not always complementary. Imagine yourself
interviewing job applicants. You might not offer employment to a candidate who
refuses to look at you, always frowns, hunches both shoulders, sweats a lot and has
a Mohican haircut- despite the fact that he or she gives thoughtful and interesting
replies to your questions.
Take eye contact as an example for discussion. Mutual eye contact (where both
people look into each other’s eyes) can be a sign of linking but prolonged gaze
leads to discomfort. The directed eye contact victims a code of looking, where eye
contact is frequently broken but returned to and leads to depersonalization of the
victim because an aggressor deliberately breaks the rules which the victim address
to. Eye contact is often enhanced by size of pupils, eyebrow inflection and
movement, and smiling.
The purpose of the text is to…
A. Present the result of research
B. Define non-verbal communication
C. Describe the real situation of job interview
D. Provide examples of non-verbal communication
E. Explain the role of non-verbal communication in communication

Pembahasan Jawaban: E. Explain the role of non-verbal communication in communication
Soal : Apa tujuan utama dari text di atas
Pembahasan: Tujuan wacana soal di atas adalah menjelaskan peranan non-verbal

communication dalam komunikasi. Jawaban tersebut dapat ditemukan di seluruh
wacana soal
Opsi A (salah)
Artinya Mempresentasikan hasil penelitian
Opsi B (salah)
Artinya menentukan komunikasi nonverbal
Opsi C (salah)
Artinya menjelaskan situasi sebenarnya dari wawancara kerja
Opsi D (salah)
Artinya memberikan contoh komunikasi nonverbal
Opsi E (benar)
Artinya menjelaskan peranan non-verbal communication dalam komunikasi
Materi Reading
Nomor 40.
OR E!
Text
Banana peels can be used to purify drinking water contaminated with toxic heavy
metals such as cooper and lead, according to a study. Researchers from the
Bioscience Institute at Botucatu, Brazil, said that the peels can out- perform even
conventional purifiers such as aluminum oxide, cellulose and silica. These have
potentially toxic side effects and are expensive. The team's method follows
previous work that showed that plant parts, such as apple and sugar cane wastes,
coconut fibers and peanut shells, can remove toxins from water. These natural
materials contain chemicals that have an affinity for metals.
In the process, the researchers dried the peels in the sun for a week, ground them
and added them to river water containing known concentrations of copper and
lead. They found that the peels absorbed 97 per cent of the metals after just one
hour. The peels were tested in the lab and worked perfectly. Eventually their
efficiently reduces, at which point the metals should be removed from the peels so
that they can be disposed of safely. In addition, they said that although the peels
were tested only on copper and lead, the material could also work on cadmium,
nickel and zinc. But they warned that this sort of filter is better suited to industrial
purposes and cannot be used for water purification at home as the extraction
capacity of banana peels depends on the particle on the particle size of the heavy
metals-and this is difficult to measure. Dimitris Kalderis, from the Technical
University of Crete, Greece, said: "The results are very promising and the banana
peel processes has proven to be a cost-effective and quick alternative to
conventional methods," The knowledge is there, what we need now is innovation
and construction."
What is the author's main purpose in writing the passage?
A. To explain the reason for the need to use banana skins in daily life.
B. To classify the types of plant parts found useful as a water purifier.
C. To suggest that banana peel function can further be examined.
D. To describe how banana peels can remove toxins from water.
E. To demonstrate the existence of toxic elements in the water.

Pembahasan Jawaban : D. To describe how banana peels can remove toxins from water.
Pembahasan:
Tujuan wacana tersebut adalah untuk menggambarkan bagaimana kulit pisang bisa
membuang racun-racun yang ada di air (to describe how banana peels can remove
toxins from water. Hal ini ditunjukan pada paragraf pertama yang menyebutkan
bahwa kulit pisang dapat memurnikan air minum yang terkontaminasi logam berat
beracun (Banana peels can be used to purify drinking water contaminated with
toxic heavy metals), kemudia pada paragraf kedua dijelaskan proses pemurnian air
dengan kulit pisan (In the process, the researchers dried the peels in the sun for a
week,….). Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah opsi D.
- Opsi A salah, karena penulis tidak menekankan alasan perlunya penggunaan kulit
pisang dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Akan tetapi penulis menggambarkan
bagaimana kulit pisang bisa membuang racun yang ada di air, dimana hal terebut
sangat bermanfaat untuk kelangsungan hidup.
- Opsi B salah, karena penulis tidak mengklasifikasikan jenis-jenis bagian

tumbuhan yang berkhasiat sebagai penjernih air secara spesifik, penulis hanya
menyebutkan tanaman seperti limbah apel dan tebu, serabut kelapa dan kulit
kacang dapat menghilangkan racun dari air. Penulis lebih memfokuskan untuk
menjelaskan kulit pisang untuk membuang racun yang ada di air.
- Opsi C salah, karena penelitian fungsi kulit pisang telah diteliti sebelumnya, dan
sudah mendapatkan hasil yang bisa kita pakai, perhatikan kalimat berikut
“Researchers from the Bioscience Institute …. said that the peels can out- perform
even conventional purifiers such as aluminum oxide, cellulose and silica.” Dan
kalimat “In the process, the researchers dried the peels in the sun for a week,…”.
- Opsi E salah , karena fokus utama teks adalah menjelaskan fungsi kulit pisang
untuk menjernihkan air, bukan mendemonstrasikan adanya unsur beracun di dalam
air. Jika tujuan penulis untuk mendemonstrasikan air beracun maka diawal
paragraf penulis akan menjelaskan penyebab air beracun, kemudian solusi untuk
mengatasi air beracun.
Materi Reading
Nomor 41.
OR E!
Text
Every year, more people face poverty and hunger and more of the earth’s
resources are ruined. The problems are enormous, but many experts believe that
the situation is not hopeless. The solution will require big changes in how we think
about agriculture, food, and our planet.
First of all, farmers everywhere need to develop methods that are less destructive
to the environment. The change from single crop farming to a mixed crop system
would be one important step. The planting of several different crops improves the
soil and helps prevent erosion. Erosion could also be prevented by planting trees to
protect the fields from the wind. Another way farmers could improve the soil is to
avoid deep plowing. In fact, only a slight plowing is necessary if proper methods
are used.
Farmers could also help save the earth’s precious supplies of water and petroleum.
To save water, they could plant more water efficient plants instead of the standard
types of wheat or corn. They could also use watering systems that are much less
wasteful. To save petroleum, farmers could make use of biogas generators which
could be fueled by the vegetable and animal wastes of the farms. In less-developed
countries, biogas generators could reduce the need for firewood and so help save
forests, as well.
What is the topic of the passage above?
A. Biological methods of farming.
B. How we can change the way food is produced world wide.
C. How millions of people are facing hunger and poverty.
D. Farming around the world.
E. Farming around developed countries.

Pembahasan Jawaban: B. How we can change the way food is produced world wide.
Pembahasan:
Topik bacaan adalah hal atau tema yang diusung atau dibicarakan dalam suatu
teks. Secara umum, hal yang dibicarakan dalam teks tersebut adalah bagaimana
kita bisa mengubah cara produksi makanan di seluruh dunia. Hal tersebut
ditunjukan pada paragraf ke 1 yang membahas bahwa semakin banyaknya
kemiskinan, kelaparan dan sumber daya bumi yang rusak. Pada paragraf dua
dijelaskan bahwa perlunya petani mengembangkan metode yang tidak terlalu
merusak lingkungan. Dan diakhiri dengan penjelasan paragraf ke tiga yang
membahas solusi penghematan air dan bahan bakar . Maka jawaban yang tepat
adalah opsi B.
- Opsi A salah, karena pertanian biologis bukan topik utama pada teks karena teks
tersebut tidak hanya membahas pertanian biologis saja.
- Opsi C salah, karena ini merupakan kalimat utama diparagraf kesatum dan bukan
hanya membahas kelaparan dan kemiskinan saja, melainkan membahas juga solusi
dari masalah tersebut.
- Opsi D salah, karena teks tersebut bukan tentang bertani di seluruh dunia,
melainkan cara bertani dalam memproduksi makanan harus diubah untuk kebaikan
diseluruh dunia.
- Opsi E salah, karena tidak sesuai dengan isi teks. Pada teks tersebut tidak
disebutkan hanya negara majulah yang bisa bertani.
Materi Reading
Nomor 42.
OR E!
Text
(1) Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the
extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life
expectancy and/ or increased health problems. Body mass index (BMI), a
measurement which compares weight and height, defines people as overweight
(pre-obese) when their BMI is between 25 kg/m2 and 30 kg/m², and obese when it
is greater than 30 kg/m².
(2) Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease,
type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties during sleep, certain types of cancer, and
osteoarthritis. Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive
dietary calories, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility although a few
cases are caused primarily by genes, endocrine disorders, mediations or psychiatric
illness. Evidence to support the view that some obese people have greater energy a
expenditure than their thin counter parts due sad body mass.
(3) The primary treatment for obesity is dieting and physical exercise. To
supplement this, or in case of failure, anti-obesity drugs may be taken to reduce
appetite or inhibit fat absorption. In severe cases, surgery is performed or an intra-
gastric balloon is placed to reduce stomach volume and/ or bowel length, leading
to earlier satiation and reduced ability to absorb nutrients from food.
(4) Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, with increasing

prevalence in adult and children, and authorities view it as one of the most serious
public health problems of the 21st century. Obesity is stigmatized in much of the
modern world (particularly in the Western world), though it was widely perceived
as a symbol of wealth and fertility at other times in history, and still is in some
parts of the world.
What topic does the paragraph following the passage above most likely discuss?
A. How obese people are treated
B. How obesity is perceived in general
C. How obesity is successfully reduce
D. How people are made aware of obesity
E. How the causes of obesity are minimized

Pembahasan Jawaban: B. How obesity is perceived in general
Pembahasan:
Perhatikan paragraf ke empat "Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death

worldwide, with increasing prevalence in adult and children, and authorities view
it as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. Obesity is
stigmatized in much of the modern world (particularly in the Western world),
though it was widely perceived as a symbol of wealth and fertility at other times in
history, and still is in some parts of the world." Kata stigmatized and perceived
menekankan bahwa teks tersebut akan membahas persepsi obesitas secara umum.
- Opsi A, salah karena teks tersebut tidak menceritakan bagaimana orang gemuk
diperlakukan.
- Opsi C, salah karena teks tersebut tidak hanya memaparkan bagaimana obesitas
berhasil dikurangi. Paragraf yang menjelaskan hal tersebut hanya di paragraf ke 3.
- Opsi D, salah karena teks tersebut tidak hanya bagaimana orang disadarkan
tentang obesitas melainkan penjelasan bagaimana obesitas secara umum.
- Opsi E, salah karena teks tersebut tidak hanya memaparkan bagaimana penyebab
obesitas diminimalkan.
Maka topik yang paling tepat adalah opsi B. How obesity is perceived in general
(bagaimana persepsi obesitas secara umum).
Materi Reading
Nomor 43.
Soal The most common causes of tsunamis are underwater earthquakes. To understand
underwater earthquakes, you must first understand plate tectonics. The theory of
plate tectonics suggest that the lithosphere, or top layer of the Earth, is made up of
a series of huge plates. These plates make up the continents and seafloor. They rest
on an underlying viscous layer called the asthenosphere.
Think of a pie cut into eight slices. The pie crust would be the lithosphere and the
hot, sticky, pie filling underneath would be the asthenosphere. On the earth, these
plates are constantlyin motion, moving along each other at a speed of 1 to 2 inches
(2.5-5 cm) per year. The movement occurs most dramatically along fault lines
(where the pie is cut). These motions are capable of producing eartquakes and
volcanism, which, when they occur at the bottom of the ocean, are two possible
sources of tsunamis.
When two plates come into contact at a region known as a plate boundary, a
heavier plate can slip under a lighter one. This is called subduction. Underwater
subduction often leaves enormous “handprints” in the form of deep ocean troches
along the seafloor connected to the lighter plate may “snap up” suddenly due to
pressure from the sinking plate. This result in a eathquakes. The focus of the
earthquakes is the point within the Earth where the rupture first occurs, rocks
break and the first seismic waves are generated, the epicenter is the point on the
seafloor directly above the focus.
When this piece of the plate snaps up and sends tons of rock shooting upward with
tremendous force, the energy of that force is transferred to the water. The energy
pushes the water upward above normal sea level. This is the birth os the tsunami.
The eartquake that generated the December 26, 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean
was 9.0 on the Richter scale – one of the biggest in recorded history.
Which of the following best states the topic of this text?
A. The birth of a tsunami
B. The magnitude of tsunamis
C. Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean
D. Series of huge plates on earth
E. Lithosphere and asthenophere

Pembahasan Jawaban: A. The birth of a tsunami
Pembahasan:
Tema paragraf wacana adalah tentang penyebab munculnya tsunami (birth of

tsunami). Pernyataan tersebut terdapat di paragraf ke-1 kalimat ke-1, yaitu the
most common of causes of tsunamis. Alasan tentang penyebabnya terdapat
disetiap paragraf.
Opsi A (Benar)
Artinya asal mula tsunami
Opsi B (Salah)
Artinya magnet dari tsunami
Opsi C (Salah)
Tsunami di samudera Hindia
Opsi D (Salah)
Serangkaian lempeng besar di bumi
Opsi E (Salah)
Litosfir dan astenofir
Materi Reading
Nomor 44.
OR E!
Text
(1) Halloween (also referred to as All Hollows' Eve) is a holiday that's

celebrated in America on 31 October of each year, regardless of what day of the
week this date falls on. Although it is rooted in religion, Halloween today is
enjoyed mainly because of its decorations, costumes, candy, treats, and general
excitement, and furthermore, it is enjoyed by most everyone.
(2) Before Halloween, many individuals carve a design into an orange-colored

pumpkin, or a solid, durable vegetable. Once a personally satisfying design is
carved, a lit candle is typically put inside a pumpkin, thereby making it a Jack-O-
Lantern. At night, this design lights up against the darkness.
(3) Besides carving pumpkins, some celebrate Halloween by putting decorations

up. Supernatural (referring in this case to non-natural creatures that are typically
gravestones, and anything else that can be considered creepy (or unusual and
possibly scary) can also be found on Halloween, in decoration form.
(4) Only some adults celebrate Halloween, and they generally do so by attending
parties. Inversely, the vast majority of children dress in costume (Halloween
costumes can be based upon anything, from the mentioned supernatural creatures
to the stars of today's films) and walk from door to door in search of candy—a
practice known as trick or treat—on Halloween. After knocking on a door
(houses that participate in Halloween usually leave a light on), one says, "Trick or
Treat" and a piece (or pieces!) of candy is given to him or her.
The word “Jack O-latern” is closest meaning to the word ...
A. Spooky pumpkin
B. Night light
C. Ring light
D. Knick knacks
E. Statue
Pembahasan Jawaban: A. Spooky pumpkin
Pembahasan:
Kata Jack O-Latern memiliki makna buah labu yang diukir wajah seram,maka opsi
yang tepat adalah opsi A.
- Spooky pumpkin (buah labu berwajah seram)
- Night light (cahaya malam)
- Ring light (lampu cincin)
- Statue (patung)
- Knick knacks = Pernak pernik
Materi Reading
Nomor 45.
OR E!
Text
(1) Coral reefs are one of the most fragile, biologically complex and diverse
marine ecosystems on Earth This ecosystem is one of the fascinating paradoxes of
the blosphere how do clear, and thus nutrient-poor, waters support such prolific
and productive communities? Part of the answer lies within the tissues of the
corals themselves. Symbiotic cells of algae known as zooxanthellae carry out
photosynthesis using the metabolic wastes of the coral thereby producing food for
themselves, for their corals, hosts, and even for other members of the reef
community This symbiotic process allows organisms in the reef community to use
sparse nutrient resources efficiently.
(2) Unfortunately for coral reefs, however, a variety of human activities are
causing world wide degradation of shallow marine habitats by adding nutrients to
the water. Agriculture, slash-and-burn land clearing, sewage disposal and
manufacturing that creates waste by-products all increase nutrient loads in these
waters. Typical symptoms of reef decline are destabilized herbivore populations
and an increasing abundance of algae and filter-feeding animals. Declines in reef
communities are consistent with observations that nutrient input is increasing in
direct proportion to growing human populations, thereby threatening reef
communities sensitive to subtle changes in nutrient input to their waters.
According to text, the meaning of the word ‘Fragile’ is …
A. Strong
B. Natural
C. Brittle
D. Liquid
E. Congested
Pembahasan Jawaban: C. Brittle
Pembahasan:
Kata ‘Fragile’ memiliki makna ‘rentan’, maka kata tersebut memiliki kesamaan
makna dengan kata ‘brittle’ (rapuh).
- Opsi A salah, karena memilki arti kuat.
- Opsi B salah, karena memiliki arti natural
- Opsi D salah, karena memilki arti cair
- Opsi E salah, karena memilki arti padat.
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Nomor 1.

From the text above, we imply that....

C. the degestive system is needed if we are eating the food instantly

D. every body must conduct the prosses of degestive system well

From the text above, we infer that....

A. the examination is still used for measuring students' qualifications

D. the examination is used as means of measuring students' abilities anualy before

E. the government obliges educational practitioners conducting the examination

Pembahasan Jawaban : A. The examination is still used for measuring students'

Why shouldn’t we use abrasive cleaners to wash the oven?

A. It will increase the price of the oven

B. It will ruin the oven’s interior and exterior

C. It’s well recommended by customers

D. The cleaners are too expensive

Maksud dari pertanyaan di atas adalah mengapa kita tidak seharusnya

Artinya itu akan meningkatkan harga oven

Artinya itu akan merusak interior dan eksterior oven

Artinya itu direkomendasikan oleh pelanggan

Artinya pembersih terlalu mahal

Artinya susah dibeli

Chicken nuggets can be considered as healthy food because they contain …

Pembahasan: Kalimat pertama paragraf ke-3 wacana soal menyebutkan

Artinya yaitu lemak

Artinya yaitu rasa yang enak

Artinya yaitu daging merah

Artinya yaitu Protein tanpa lemak

Artinya yaitu tinggi kalori

Thomas Jefferson held many important government jobs. He was ambassador to

A. had development programs for their country

B. both similar ideas on uniting their country

C. tried hard to fight poverty in their country

D. served short periods in their presidency

E. experienced a joyous end of their lives

Pembahasan: pernyataan yang benar berdasarkan wacana soal adalah Jefferson

What is the main idea of paragraph 3

A. Eragon writes his story with his pet

B. People and dragon can help each other .

C. Paolini has established himself as an exciting creator

D. The authors like to write their writings with dragon theme.

E. The story of Eragon is based on the author himself

Soal : Apa ide pokok yang terletak pada paragraph ke 3 ?

Pembahasan: Ide pokok paragraph ke-3 adah Paolini telah memperlihatkan

Artinya yaitu Eragon menulis ceritanya dengan hewan peliharaannya

Artinya yaitu Manusia dan naga dapat saling membantu.

Artinya yaitu Kisah Eragon didasarkan pada penulisnya sendiri

A. burning coal in their bedroom

B. harnessing raw nuclear power

D. turning water wheel all night long

E. lighting kerosene lamp

Artinya membakar batu bara di kamar tidur mereka

Artinya memanfaatkan tenaga nuklir mentah

Artinya menyalakan lilin

Artinya memutar kincir air sepanjang malam

Artinya menyalakan lampu minyak tanah

The ship’s passengers include an Australian research team led by University of

Three icebreakers-China’s Xue Long. Australia’s Aurora Australis, and France’s

“Which it is early winter in the Arctic, it is early summer in the Antarctic.

Which of the following statements is NOT stated in that text ?

A. The MV Academic Schokalsky is a Russian tour ship which is intended for

B. Three breakers- Xue Long, Aurora Australis ansd L’Astrofabe- were