BAHASA INGGRIS
(READING COMPREHENSION)
Text for number 1-3
The number of damaged roads linking Jakarta with West Java has certainly provoked complaints from locals and road users. Take for an example, the roads in Bekasi and Tangerang, which have been the focus of the media.
The poor condition of these roads not only jeopardizes road safety but also gives a squalid impression. Moreover, the condition will get worse when it rains. The roads are transformed into water pools or puddles, which can easily cause accidents if motorists are not careful.
No
wonder if some people question
why there are so
many damaged roads and why
repairs do not
seem to last long. The government should
pay special attention to these problems.
In my opinion, the road should be repaired using
the
right sort of asphalt, stones an sand. Repairs should be done carefully so
that the roads can
be prevented from
constant damage. Otherwise,
the repairs would be useless.
1. The main
reason why
local and
road users complain
about the poor condition
of roads inJakarta is ….
A.
the
roads become into
water
pools or puddles in
rainy season
B. there is no
attention
from the government about the problem
C. it endangers road users when they pass into these roads
D.
the
damaged roads are repaired by the Government carelessly
so they are easily broken
E. the repairs of the roads need more time to do
Jawaban: C
Alasan
utama para pendudukan lokal dan pengguna jalan komplai mengenai jalan yang rusak adalah jalan tersebut membahayakan para penggunanya. Hal ini bisa diambil dari pernyataan
dalam teks, “The poor
condition of
these roads not only
jeopardizes road
safety
but also gives a squalid impression”
2. “The government should
pay special attention
to
these problems.”
What does the underlined word
refer to?
A. The accidents occurred
during
rainy season
B. The worse conditions during the rainy season
C. The poor condition
of the roads
D. The repair
of the damaged roads
E. Complaints from locals and road users
Jawaban: C
Kata “these problems” merujuk pada kondisi memprihatinkan dari jalan- jalan yang ada diJakarta (The poor condition of the roads).
3. What is the main
idea of paragraph four?
A.
Locals and
road users complain to local government about damaged roads in
Jakarta
B. Damaged roads endanger the road users
C. The writer
suggests the government to repair the damaged roads carefully
D.
There are some questions from people about action
to repair the roads
E. Repair of the roads is useless
Jawaban: C
Ide utama dalam paragraf keempat adalah saran
kepada pemerintah
untuk melakukan
tindakan terhadap
keluhan
warga tentang jalan
yang
rusak.
Text for number 4- 6
Continued
progress in advanced technology
is
not necessary. Already the technical progress in our world has caused
severe pollution
in
the air and in
the
water. Although
the
technical progress
in previous years has been helpful,
recent technology has significantly increased pollution. Another
reason
to stop technical progress is that many inventions which were developed
for
good causes are now also used for powerful weapons to have been found have serious side effects. For example, pesticide put inside particle boards to prevent termites has now be found to be toxic to human life. Technology does not always bring good effects; for example, computers do much work faster than man, but then man loses his job to a machine. Because no man can guarantee that technology will have only good effects and will be used only for the benefit of man, we should delay the continued development of technology.
4. The text mainly
tells us about ….
A.
The
advantage of technical progress in our
world
B. The necessity to
delay
technical progress
C. The development of technical progress to fulfill human’s needs
D.
The
examples of negative impacts caused by technical progress
E.
The
postponement of technical progress due to
negative impacts
Jawaban: B
Teks tersebut menceritakan tentang perlunya untuk
menunda perkembangan
teknologu
bagi
umat manusia karena efek negatif
yang
akan
ditimbulkan.
5. Why should we postpone continuing development of
technology?
A.
Because it brings good
effects and bad effects for
us
B. Because human
does
not need it anymore
C. Because no one
can promise that technology will be only used for prosperity
D. Because technology
will create new innovation that gives benefit to us
E. Because technical progress helps our job
Jawaban: C
Alasan
mengapa kita harus menunda perkembangan teknologi adalah karena tidak ada seorang pun yang
mau menanggung
bahwa kemajuan teknologi hanya ditujukan
untuk kemakmuran.
Hal
ini
bisa dilihat pada kalimat, “Because no man
can guarantee that technology
will have only good effects and will be used only
for the benefit of man,
we
should delay the continued
development of technology.”
6. “For
example,
pesticide put inside particle boards to proscribe termites has now be found
to be toxic to human life”
What does the underlined word
mean?
A.
prevent
B.
authorize
C.Alloe
D.acept
E.enroll
Jawaban: A
Persamaan
kata proscribe adalah “prevent” yang
artinya mencegah.
Text
for number 7 -
9
Three landslides struck Bangli district in Bali on Friday leaving
12 people dead
and
five others injured,
according
to the Bali Disaster
Mitigation Agency.
Heavy
rainfall on the tourist island over the past several days has generated
floods across the
province leading to landslides hitting Songan,
Awan,
and Sukawana villages, located
in Kintamani sub-district on
the
slopes of
Mount
Batu, agency
spokesperson
Sutopo
Purwo
Nugroho said.
“We warn people to
continue to
be
vigilant about further
disasters,"
Sutopo said, adding
that
more
heavy rain was likely in
Bali and people should
be aware of the possibility of landslides
and floods.
Members of
two
families were among those killed in Songan village including a 1-year-old
boy, his 7-year-old
sister and
their mother. Four people were killed in
Awan
village,
and
one person died in
Sukawana village.
The agency
said two people in Songan
village were hospitalized with
severe injuries, two others suffered
minor injuries,
and five homes were buried.
(dan)
7. The news tells us about ….
A.
The
number of victims in Bali landslides
B. Landslides happened in
some areas in Bali
C. Heavy
rain caused
floods in Bali
D.
The
possibility of landslides and
floods in Bali
E.
The
victims’
evacuation
in Bali landslides
Jawaban:
A
Teks tersebut menceritakan tentang jumlah korban
tanah longsor di Bali (The number of victims
in Bali landslides)
8. What is expected by Sutopo as the agency spokeperson to
people about Bali landslides?
A.
to evacuate their
relatives to other
safe places
B.
to be more cautious about floods and landslides that might be happened
C. to
help the victims of the disasters
D. to hospitalize injured people in
that disaster
E. to be aware of
heavy
rainfall
Jawaban:
B
Badan
penanggulangan
bencana Daerah
Bali melalui juru
bicaranya menghimbau
agar masyarakat waspada pada banjir
dan tanah longsor yang
mungkin saja melanda. Hal tersebut
sesuai dengan pernyataan
dalam teks , “We warn
people to
continue to be vigilant about further disasters".
9. What is the main
idea of paragraph four?
A. Three landslides happened
in Bangli districk in
Bali
B. The Bali Disaster Mitigation
Agency released
many
people that were hospitalized after landslides
C. Heavy rainfall was the main cause of
floods and
landslides in
Bali
D. Three villages in
Bali
was hit by
landslides
E. Many
people in
three villages in
Bali were killed due
to floods and landslides
Jawaban:
E
Ide utama paragraf keempat adalah korban tewas dalam tanah
longsor
di tiga desa di Bali.
Text
for number 10 -
12
Garuda diverts Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta after
runway accident
Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag
carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily
diverted its flights intended
for Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to
Adisumarmo
Airport in
Surakarta, Central Java,
after
one
of its planes overshot an Adisucipto
runway lane on Wednesday night.
“All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading
toward Yogyakarta, for a total of
34 flights, now
will [be diverted] to
Surakarta,” Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications Benny S.
Butarbutar said
in an
official statement on Thursday.
The flights include 10
coming from
and going to Jakarta,
three to and from
Denpasar,
Bali, two to and
from Makassar, South Sulawesi, and
one flight from Surabaya, East Java.
The airline would
provide a bus at Adisumarmo Airport to transport passengers to Yogyakarta.
Garuda Indonesia is still evacuating the Boeing 737-800
NG, which slipped on the runway and
overshot a lane on
Wednesday night.
It carried 123 passengers,
none of whom were harmed.
Garuda aims to finish evacuating
the aircraft on
Thursday afternoon.
(bbn)
10. What is the text about?
A.
Redirect flights of
Garuda Indonesia from Yogyakarta to
Surakarta because of
runway accident
B. Slipped
plane accident in adisucipto runway
lane
C. Evacuation
of Garuda Indonesia after its accident
D.
Confirmation of Garuda Indonesia VP of
corporate communication about overshoted accident
E.
The
delay of Garuda Indonesia after one of its planes overshot an
Adisucipto
runway lane
Jawaban: A
Topik utama teks adalah
tentang pemindahan
penerbangan Garuda Indonesia dari bandara Adisucipto
Yogyakarta ke bandara Adisumarmo Surakarta karena tergelincirnya pesawat Garuda di
Yogyakarta.
11. It
can be concluded
from the text that ….
A. Adisucipto Airport will be closed after the incident
B. Because of the incident, Garuda Indonesia redirected
Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta
permanently
C.
Garuda Indonesia supplied bus to support passengers from Surakarta to yogyakarta
D.
Garuda Indonesia had
been
finished evacuating its plane when this news was reported
E. There are a lot of passengers were harmed
due to that accident
Jawaban:
C
Pernyataan yang bisa disimpulkan dari teks adalah
pada pilihan (C), Garuda Indonesia supplied bus
to support passengers from Surakarta to
yogyakarta. Pernyataan
tersebut sesuai dengan pernyataan dalam teks yang menyebutkan, “The airline would provide a bus at Adisumarmo
Airport to transport passengers to
Yogyakarta.”
12. The reason
why Garuda Indonesia diverted
Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta is because of ….
A.
Maintenance one of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
B. The accident of its plane which slipped on the runway lane
C. Many flights in Adisucipto Airport
D. The statement of Garuda Indonesia VP of
corporate communications
E. The evacuation
of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
Jawaban:
B
Alasan
Garuda memindahkan
penerbangannya ke surakarta adalah kejadian tergelincirnya
pesawat di landasan
bandara.
Dalam teks disebutkan , “…Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its flights intended
for Adisucipto
Airport in Yogyakarta to Adisumarmo
Airport in
Surakarta, Central Java, after one of its planes overshot an
Adisucipto runway lane on
Wednesday night.”
Text
for number 13 -
15
Internet has been the most outstanding invention
in
the history
of mankind. With internet,
our earth has become a global village.
Yet,
like many
other human like technologies, it has its own advantages and
disadvantages.
There are plenty of software that can
entertain us
or help us to communicate with our
beloved ones. In mere second,
we
can chat for hours with
a person who
is
sitting at the other parts of
the world, read
our e-mail in
our smartphone or
listen our favorite radio broadcast by
streaming it in
our tablet.
With
its easy access, internet also
has
its disadvantages.
One
of them is children may be exposed to
violence and explicit contents that only suitable for adults. There are thousands of such inappropriate contents on
the
internet which
can be easily found. It is a very serious issue and
may harm children
well-
being
Although
internet can create havoc and destruction, its advantages are more important than its disadvantages.
13. The aim of the writer to
convey two side opinion
about internet is ….
A.
To be in positive side of
the internet
B. To underline his own
stance about internet
C. To make the readers know about the opinion of the issue of
internet
D.
To take one side about the internet
E.
To understand about internet
Jawaban:
C
Tujuan
penulis dalam teks tersebut adalah untuk
menyodorkan dua pendapat mengenai topik atau
isu
khususnya tentang internet.
Maka jawaban yang
sesuai dengan
tujuan
tersebut adalah pada pilihan jawaban
C. Pada jawaban
A, hanya dikemukakan
sisi positif
mengenai internet. Pada pilihan B, hanya menyodorkan pendangan sendiri tentang internet,
maka pastilah hanya sisi
positif
atau negatif
saja yang akan
dikemukakan.
Pilihan
D, hanya mengemukakan
satu
sisi tentang internet.
Pilihan E,
untuk
mengetahui atau memahami tentang internet.
14. Which
one of the statement is TRUE about the disadvantages of
internet?
A.
It streams our favorite radio
B. It
allows us chat with
our relatives
C. It
helps us to communicate far
away
D. It exposes children to sexuality contents
E. It helps us to send email through smartphone
Jawaban: D
Pernyataan yang benar mengenai sisi negatif
internet adalah internet mengekspos konten-
konten kekerasan dan seksual yang tidak cocok untuk anak, maka pilihan D merupakan jawaban yang
tepat.
Pilihan
A, bahwa internet untuk
mendengarkan radio
melalui siaran streaming adalah
sisi positif. Pilihan B, internet untuk
mengobrol dengan
keluarga adalah sisi positif, pilihan
C, bahwa internet untuk
berkomunikasi jarak
jauh
juga merupakan sisi positif dan Pilihan E,
internet
membantu
mengirim email juga merupakan sisi positif.
15. One of
them is children may
be exposed
to violence and explicit contents that only suitable
for adults”
The underlined word
is
the closest in meaning
to ….
A.
Revealed
B.
Protected
C.
Concealed
D.
Veiled
E.
Hidden
Jawaban: A
Sinonim atau
makna sama dari kata exposed adalah revealed,
yang artinya mengekspos.
Protected : melindungi
Concealed
: menyembunyikan
Veiled
: menutupi
Hidden : menyembunyikan
Text
for number 16 -
18
Police are still looking for eight missing crew members of a boat,
which was carrying staple food
that sank in
waters off
the coast of
Bangka Belitung
on early Wednesday morning.
Adj. Snr.
Comr. Purwoko, head of the Bangka Belitung
Water Police, said
that the search team
was having difficulties with strong winds and high
waves in the area. There were 12 people on
the
boat.
"Four
of them have been taken
to the hospital," he said
as
quoted by tempointeraktif.com. Purwoko said that the boat was on its way to
Pangkalanbalam Port, Bangka, from Jakarta when
it sank 15 kilometers from the port at around
1 a.m.
(dre)
16. The news is about ....
A.
strong
winds and
high waves in Bangka Belitung waters.
B. eight missing
crew members of
a boat in Bangka waters.
C. four missing
crew members of
a boat accident in Bangka waters.
D. Adj.
Snr. Comr. Purwoko,
head of the Bangka Belitung Water
Police.
E.. twelve people missing in
an
accident near the coast of Bangka Belitung.
Jawaban: B
Teks berita tersebut adalah tentang delapan kru kapal yang hilang dalam tenggelamnya kapal di perairan
Bangka Belitung hari Rabu pagi. Jawaban terdapat pada paragraf pertama (Police are still looking
for eight missing
crew members of
a boat,
which
was carrying staple food that sank
in waters off
the
coast of Bangka Belitung on early Wednesday morning.).
17. It
can be stated from the text that ....
A.
the
boat sailed from
Surabaya to Pangkalanbalam Port carrying staple food
B. there were more than
twelve crew members missing on the boat
C. the search team faced
strong
winds and high
waves in searching
the missing crew members
D.
the
missing crew members had been
found and taken to the hospital
E.
four missing crew members were on
a boat when
the
accident happened.
Jawaban:
C
Bisa disimpulkan
dari
teks bahwa tim pencari menemui angin yang
kencang dan
ombak yang
tinggi. (paragraf kedua)
18. "...which was carrying staple food that sank in
waters off the coast of Bangka Belitung..."
What does the underlined
word mean?
A.
drowned
B.
appeared
C.
emerged
D.
showed
E.
stared
Jawaban: A
Kata yang
digaris bawah
'sank' berarti sama dengan
kata 'drowned' (tenggelam).
Text
for number 19 -
20
JAMBI
: A
pirate leader
admitted, Wednesday,
that his gang
had
been
involved
in a
six robberies and
killed two police officers.
Itham Guntur,
27, told police investigators that the gang
consisted
of six people,
all former members of
ship
crews.
"Because we are all ex-crew members,
we
know the major shipping lanes,
such
as
Sunda Strait and the east Jambi coasts very well, "he said.
Itham identified the murdered
officers as Brigadir General Mulyadi from the South Sumatera
Police and
Brigadir
General Kennedy from the Jakarta Police.
The pirates targeted
cargo ships, fishing
boats and
oil
tankers, -Antara
19. The communicative purpose of the text is ....
A. to tell the
readers what really happened
B. to explain
sequences of events
C. to amuse the
reader with problematic events
D. to inform
the readers with newsworthy events
E. to describe
the murderers in South Sumatera
Jawaban: D
Tujuan
teks diatas adalah
untuk memberikan informasi kepada pembaca tentang sebuah berita.
20. A person who
robs the cargo ships, fishing
boats or oil tankers is called
a ....
A. robber
B. rapist
C. pirate
D. ringleader
E. ship
crew
Jawaban: C
Orang yang
merampok atau merampas kapal kargo, kapal ikan, atau kapal tangker
disebut
pembajak
(pirate)
robber : perampok
rapist: pemerkosa
ringleader
: biang keladi
ship crew :kru
kapal
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