Nomor 1.

Soal On May 24 2018, the United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously
passed a resolution condemning the use of food insecurity and starvation as a
tactic of war. It was the first time the Council had ever addressed the issue,
acknowledging a threat to the lives of tens of millions of people. Aimed at
countries currently engaged in international or civil wars, the resolution implores
all parties to leave food stocks, farms, markets, and other distribution mechanisms
intact. It demands parties in conflict permit humanitarian aid workers unimpeded
access to populations in dire need and states that “using starvation of civilians as a
method of warfare may constitute a war crime.”

Ending hunger and extreme food insecurity features among the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals, adopted in 2015. Worldwide, the number of hungry and
malnourished people had been declining for at least two decades but began rising
after 2015. Experts believe conflicts and wars, along with weather events
associated with climate change, are the main reasons for this setback. Among the
815 million people suffering from chronic malnutrition in 2016, 60 percent lived
in areas affected by armed conflict.

Wars are inherently violent and harmful, but destruction of resources can
sometimes create more catastrophic harm than bombs and bullets. Warring parties
may plunder an enemy’s food supply, deliberately destroying farms, livestock, and
other civilian infrastructure. Conflict can cause food shortages and the severe
disruption of economic activities, threatening the means of survival of entire
populations. Additionally, wars commonly trigger the displacement of huge
numbers of people, cutting them off from their food supplies and livelihoods.
Refugees are often vulnerable to acute food insecurity as well as disease.
Alternately, if people remain in their homes, surrounding armies can trap people
inside a village, city, or neighborhood and deprive them of food, medicine, and
other vital resources until they surrender. Many conflict zones desperately need
humanitarian aid, but increasingly, one or both parties in a conflict may block
relief operations from reaching starving populations or even carry out attacks
against humanitarian organizations.

source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/hunger-and-war

What is the primary demand of the resolution issued by the United Nations about
hunger and food insecurity?

A. Preventing conflicting parties from prohibiting humanitarian help

B. Condemning the practice of threating the lives of those who engaged in war

C. Allowing access for humanitarian aid workers explore the conflict zone

D. Putting an end to the practice of utilizing famine as a military strategy

E. Establishing rules stating that using starvation in war is a crime

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Putting an end to the practice of utilizing famine as a military
strategy

Pembahasan:

Arti soal: “Apa tuntutan utama dari resolusi yang dikeluarkan oleh PBB tentang
kelaparan dan kelangkaan pangan?”

Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca cepat teks untuk mencari bagian
yang membahasa tentang tuntutan utama dari resolusi yang dikeluarkan oleh PBB.

Dapat ditemukan bahwa bahasan tersebut terdapat dalam paragaf 1, kalimat 3-4
berikut:

“Aimed at countries currently engaged in international or civil wars, the

resolution implores all parties to leave food stocks, farms, markets, and other
distribution mechanisms intact. It demands parties in conflict permit humanitarian
aid workers unimpeded access to populations in dire need and states that “using
starvation of civilians as a method of warfare may constitute a war crime.””

Artinya:

“Ditujukan pada negara-negara yang saat ini terlibat dalam perang internasional
atau sipil, resolusi ini meminta semua pihak untuk membiarkan stok makanan,
pertanian, pasar, dan mekanisme distribusi lainnya agar tetap utuh. Resolusi ini
menuntut pihak-pihak yang berselisih untuk memberikan izin akses tanpa
hambatan pada para pekerja bantuan kemanusiaan untuk membantu populasi yang
sangat membutuhkan dan menyatakan bahwa “menggunakan kelaparan warga sipil
sebagai metode perang merupakan kejahatan perang”.

Dari bagian tersebut, pada intinya dapat disimpulkan bahwa tuntutan utama dari
resolusi yang dikeluarkan PBB adalah untuk menghentikan penggunaan kelaparan
warga sipil sebagai strategi dalam peperangan karena tuntutan lainnya yang
disebutkan dalam bacaan sama-sama bertujuan untuk menghentikan pengunaan
kelaparan sebagai strategi perang.

Opsi A (Salah)

Artinya: “Mencegah pihak yang berkonflik melarang bantuan kemanusiaan”. Opsi

A salah karena tuntuan tersebut bukan merupakan tuntuan utama resolusi yang
sesuai dengan isi teks. Melainkan merupakan tuntuan lainnya, karena pada intinya
sama, yaitu untuk menghentikan pengunaan kelaparan warga sipil sebagai strategi
perang.

Opsi B (Salah)

Artinya: “Mengutuk praktik mengancam nyawa orang-orang yang terlibat dalam

perang”. Opsi B salah karena tuntutan tersebut bukan merupakan tuntutan utama
yang sesuai dengan informasi dalam teks.

Opsi C (Salah)

Artinya: “Memberikan akses bagi para pekerja bantuan kemanusiaan untuk

mengeksplorasi zona konflik”. Opsi C salah karena bukan merupakan tuntutan
utama dari resolusi yang dibahas dalam teks.
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Nomor 2.

Soal I’m sure you know what the meaning of corruption is. Well, corruption is
common everywhere in the world, evem in the US. It’s just a matter of the
intensity, however, that makes Jakarta the most corrupt place in Indonesia.

The survey makes me sad, actually, because I stay and earn a living here in the
capital. As we all know in the Tanjung Priok Port, smuggling is no news at all in
this town. Businessmen who want to minimize their tax payments will bribe the
officials.

Well, I think the measures taken to overcome the problem by punshing the
corruptors have been far from enough. We have to prevent the younger
generations from the bad mentality.

I believe we can strat at the earliest stage in school and I think everyone should
be involved in an effort to eradicate corruption. We must not make any
distinctions.

What is the first fact which makes the writer sad ?

A. The bribery of the officials to reduce their payments

B. Inappropriate punishment for the coruptors.

C. The most corrupt place in Indonesia

D. Smuggling in Tanjung Priok

E. Corruption in the world

Pembahasan Jawaban: C. The most corrupt place in Indonesia

Soal : Apa fakta pertama yang membuat penulis sedih?

Pembahasan: Fakta pertama yang membuat penulis sedih adalah Indonesia

termasuk Negara yang melakukan korupsi paling besar di dunia. Pernyataan ini
ada di paragraph 1 kalimat akhir dan paragraf ke-2 kalimat pertama yaitu

It’s just a matter of the intensity, however, that makes Jakarta the most corrupt
place in Indonesia.The survey makes me sad, actually, because I stay and earn a
living here in the capital.

Opsi A (salah)

Opsi A Suap pejabat untuk mengurangi pembayaran mereka

Opsi B (salah)

Opsi B Hukuman yang tidak pantas bagi para koruptor.

Opsi C (benar)

Opsi C Tempat terkorup di Indonesia

Opsi D (salah)

Opsi D Penyelundupan di Tanjung Priok

Opsi E (Salah)

Opsi E Korupsi di dunia

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Nomor 3.
Soal Holding on the belief that children will shed their “baby fat”as they get older
may be perpetuating the childhood obesity epidemic, and laying a foundation for
obesity later in life among overweight tots. According to 2006 data from the
Center for Disease Control, 16% of American children were obese, and 32%
overweight, with a growing propotion of overweight and obese children under age
four. That is why it is critical to identify the “tipping point” between baby fat amd
obesity risk, according to research from Eastern Virginia Medical School and
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter that was published this week in the
journal Clinical Pediatrics. In a study of 111 overweight patients between the ages
of two and 20 , researchers analyzed the patterns of children’s weight gain to
determine at what age intervention to prevent obesity is most useful. Their
conclusion: some children were on the road to obesity as early as thress months,
meaning that doctors need to discuss unhealthy weight gain with parents as early
as their child’s infancy, but certainly no later than age two.

According to the passage, what is the danger in believing that baby fat will shed
eventually?

A. A growing proportion of overweight children

B. It is perpetuating obesity epidemic among children

C. Its critical to the tipping point between baby fat and obesity fat

D. It is adding the pattern of children weight gain

E. Parent will let their baby eats everything

Pembahasan Jawaban: B

Pembahasan:

Pertanyaan disoal ini adalah apa bahaya dari mempercayai bahwa lemak yang di
bayi akan menghilang sendirinya. Jawabannya ada di kalimat pertama di teks ini

Opsi A (Salah)

Arti kalimat ini adalah proporsi anak-anak yang kelebihan berat badan semakin
meningkat

Opsi B (Benar)

Arti kalimat ini adalah ini melanggengkan epidemi obesitas di kalangan anak-anak

Opsi C (Salah)

Arti kalimat ini adalah ini sangat penting untuk titik kritis antara lemak bayi dan
lemak obesitas

Opsi D (Salah)

Arti kalimat ini adalah itu menambah pola kenaikan berat badan anak-anak

Opsi E (salah)

Arti kalimat ini adalah para orang tua akan membiarkan bayi mereka makan segala
makanan

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Nomor 4.
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.
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Nomor 5.

Soal Read the following the text, then choose the correct answer by crossing A, B, C, D
OR E!

Text

A forgotten issue in urbanism is land use during the night time, with problems
such as noise and dirt, which could be improved with information from Twitter. At
least this is what Enrique and Vanessa Frias Martinez believe, computer science
researchers at Telephonic Research and the University of Maryland (USA)
respectively, who have suggested using delocalized tweets for urban planning and
land use.

Enrique Frias Martinez explained that delocalized tweets can be very useful
source of information for planning since it is an activity carried out by a large
number of people who provide information on where they are at a specific time
and what they are doing. The researcher points out that thanks to the increased use
of smartphones, social networks like Twitter and Facebook have made it possible
to access and produce information ubiquitously.

These networks generate tags with the event’s relocation. The new technique
“automatically determines land use in urban areas by grouping together
geographical regions with similar patterns of Twitter activity,” says the researcher.
Using aggregate activity of tweets, the Frias-Martinez siblings have studied land
use in Manhattan, Madrid, and London. In the first two cases they identified four
uses; residential, business, daytime leisure (mainly parks and tourist areas) and
nightlife areas. The study has determined that, in Madrid, nighttime tweet activity
is concentrated on weekends and in Manhattan, on weekdays. On the other hand,
London is characterized by its tweeting activity in daytime leisure areas.

This text would probably be found in ….

A. a popular science magazine

B. a brochure

C. an academic journal

D. a newsletter

E. a tabloid
Pembahasan Jawaban: A. a popular science magazine

Pembahasan:

Teks ini kemungkinan dapat ditemukan di majalah science yang terkenal. Popular
science magazine biasanya membahas tentang artikel yang berhubungan dengan
alam (science) dan teknologi (technology). Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah opsi
A.

Opsi B salah, karena brosur digunakan untuk mempromosikan produk atau iklan,
bukan artikel yang memuat sebuah berita atau opini masyarakat.

- Opsi C salah, karena jurnal akademi membahas penemuan penemuan

ilmiah/karya ilmiah.

- Opsi D salah karena buletin biasanya digunakan untuk mempublikasikan topik

tertentu dalam waktu yang relatif singkat,. Buletin ditunjukan kepada khalayak
yang lebih sempit, seperti siswa disekolah.

- Opsi E salah, karena tabloid biasanya menyampaikan berita non harian yang
lebih tidak serius.

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Nomor 6.
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

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about social media influencers?

A. They persuade others to act according to their desires

B. They share many similarities with conventional businessman

C. They profit from their relationship with followers

D. Every social media influencer expresses their passions

E. Every social media influencer is an entrepreneur

Pembahasan Jawaban: E. Every social media influencer is an entrepreneur

Pembahasan:

Arti soal: “manakah dari berikut ini yang TIDAK BENAR tentang influencer
media sosial?”

Untuk menjawab soal ini, kita perlu membaca cepat teks untuk menemukan bagian
dari teks yang menjelaskan tentang influencer media sosial. Ditemukan bahwa hal
tersebut dibahas dalam paragraf 1 berikut:

“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.”

Artinya:

“Influencer media social adalah individu yang menggunakan platform media

social untuk membagun merek pribadi mereka sendiri atau untuk mempengaruhi
pengikut mereka untuk bertindak (termasuk membeli produk, mendukung merek,
atau berlibur di suate tempat). Mereka dapat berbagi apa saja mulai dari pakain
dan produk kecantikan hingga membuat slime di rumah dengan para pengikutnya.
Meskipun mereka hanya bersenang-senang belaka, beberapa influencer
menghasilkan banyak uang dari hubungan mereka dengan penggemar, membuat
menereka menjadi pengusaha modern. Meskipun tidak semua influencer media
social adalah pengusaha, mereka yang memulai bisnis mereka sendiri dari merek
yang mereka buat secara online memiliki banyak persamaan dengan pengusaha
tradisional dalam hal menggerakan ekonomi.”

Dari paragraf tersebut ditemukan beberapa fakta tentang influencer media social.
Selanjutnya, kita perlu melihat pernyataan di opsi A sampai E, mana yang
merupakan pernyataan tentang influencer media social yang tidak sesuai dengan
isi bacaan.

Opsi A (salah)

Artinya: “Mereka membujuk orang lain untuk bertindak sesuai keinginan mereka.”
Opsi A salah karena merupakan pernyataan yang sesuai dengan informasi dalam
teks.

Opsi B (salah)

Artinya: “Mereka memiliki banyak kesamaan dengan pengusaha konvensional.”

Opsi B salah karena merupakan pernyataan yang sesuai dengan informasi dalam
teks.

Opsi C (salah)

Artinya: “Mereka mendapat keuntungan dari hubungan mereka dengan pengikut.”

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Nomor 7.

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

What does the text mainly tell us about?

A. The origin of the Torajan belief system

B. The Torajan hard working lifestyle

C. The Torajan traditional parties

D. The Torajan funeral ceremony

E. The special food of Torajan

Pembahasan Jawaban: D

Pembahasan:

Soal ini menanyakan tentang inti dari teks ini. Setelah kita baca secara scanning
atau skimming disana ada kata kunci atau kata yang sering muncul disebutkan
yaitu funeral. Berarti opsi yang betul adalah opsi D yaitu perayaan pemakaman
orang Toraja

Opsi A (Salah)

Sistem kepercayaan Orang Toraja

Opsi B (Salah)

Gaya hidup orang Toraja bekerja keras

Opsi C (Salah)

Pesta traditional orang Toraja

Opsi D (Benar)

Perayaan pemakaman orang Toraja

Opsi E (Salah)

Makanan khsusus orang Toraja

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Nomor 8.
Soal Awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1918, German physics Max Planck is
best remembered as the originator of the quantum theory. His work helped user in
a new era in theoretical physics and revolutionized the scientific community’s
understanding of atomic and sub-atomic processes.

Planck intriduced an idea that led to the quantum theory, which became the
foundation of twentieth century physics. In December 1900, Plnck worked out an
equation that described the distribution of radiation accurately over the range of
low to high frequencies. He had developed a theory which depended on a model of
matter that seemed very strange at the time. The model required the emission of
electromagnetic radiation in small chunks or particles. These particles were later
called quantums. The energy associated with each quatum is measured by
multiplying the frequency of the radiation, v, by a universal constant, h. Thus,
energy, or E, equals hv. The constant, h, is known as Planck’s constant. It is now
recognized as one of the fundamental constant of the world.

Planck announced his finding in 1900, but it was years before the full
consequences of his revolutionary quantum theory were recognized. Throughout
his life, Planck made significant contributions to optics, thermodynamics and
stastistical mechanics, physical chemistry, and other fields. In 1930, He was
elected president of the Kaiser Wilhelm society, which was renamed the Max II.
Though deeply opposed to the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler, Planck remained in
Germany throughout teh war. He died in Gottingen on October 4, 1947.

In which of the following fields did Max Planck NOT make a significant
contribution?

A. Optics

B. Thermodynamics

C. Stastistical mechanics

D. Biology

E. physical chemistry
Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Biology

Soal : Di bidang manakah Max Planck TIDAK memberikan kontribusi yang

signifikan?

Pembahasan:

Paragraf terakhir menyatakan empat bidang yang dikontribusikan oleh Planck.

Biologi tidak disebut sebagai salah satu kontribusi ini.

Opsi A (salah)

Artinya Optik

Opsi B (salah)

Artinya Termodinamika

Opsi C (salah)

Artinya Mekanika statistik

Opsi D (benar)

Artinya Biologi, jawaban ini tidak di sebutkan di dalam soal

Opsi E (salah)

Artinya kimia fisik

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Nomor 9.
Soal One day, Daisy decided to buy Donald a new hat. “Your hat is out fashion!” She
said, “Come on, I’ll buy a new one.” Donald knew that Daisy was right, so she
agreed to go to a hat shop. As she went in, Daisy took off his old hat, “Hey, what’s
going on?” Asked Donald. “I’m taking off your old hat because it’s so ugly. We
don’t want the assistant to see you wearing it, do we? Said Daisy. Donald just said,
“Err…no…I mean, you’re right, we don’t.”

In fact, Donald was very found of his old hat, although he didn’t mind getting a
new one if Daisy paid for us it. The trouble was this: there wasn’t any hat in the
shop that Donald like. He tried many hats, but he felt that all hats looked silly on
him.

The shop assistant was getting tired in serving Donald, but he took another hat
and showed it to him.”What about this one, Sir? I am sure you’ll like it.” “I quite
agree!” said Donald happily. Do you know why? Because the hat looked exactly
the same as his old one! Poor Daisy, she wasn’t very happy, but she had to pay for
the hat. She promised she would buy a new hat for Donald, didn’t she ?

Why was Daisy not happy ?

A. Because Donald did not want a new hat

B. Because she had to pay for a hat she didn’t like

C. Because the shop assistant showed Donald an old hat

D. Because Donald did not want Daisy to pay for the hat

E. Because the shop assistant showed her an out of fashion hat

Pembahasan Jawaban: B. Because she had to pay for a hat she didn’t like

Soal : Mengapa Daisy tidak senang?

Pembahasan: Daisy tidak begitu senang karena harus membelikan topi untuk
Donald yang tidak dia sukai

Opsi A (salah)

Artinya yaitu Karena Donald tidak menginginkan topi baru

Opsi B (benar)

Artinya yaitu Karena dia harus membayar topi yang tidak disukainya

Opsi C (salah)

Artinya yaitu Karena asisten toko menunjukkan topi tua kepada Donald

Opsi D (salah)

Artinya yaitu Karena Donald tidak ingin Daisy membayar topi itu

Opsi E (Salah)

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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.

The NCC vice president, Ashley Peterson, argued against the result the Mississippi
research on chicken nuggets because…

A. Children eat them a lot

B. The children were not picky eaters

C. The sample of the study was too small

D. In fact chicken nuggets are good for kids

E. There are billions of chicken nuggets made every year

Pembahasan Jawaban: C. The sample of the study was too small

Soal : Wakil presiden NCC, Ashley Peterson, menentang hasil penelitian

Mississippi tentang chicken nugget karena…

Pembahasan: Kalimat terakhir paragraf menyebut ; A sample size of two nuggets

is simply too small to generalize to an entire category of food. Dengan demikian,
dapat disimpulkan bahwa yang membuat Ashley Peterson meragukan hasil
penelitian Mississippi terhadap nugget ayam adalah karena sampel yang
digunakan terlalu kecil.

Opsi A (salah)

Artinya yaitu Anak-anak banyak memakannya

Opsi B (salah)

Artinya yaitu Anak-anak bukanlah pemilih makanan

Opsi C (benar)

Artinya yaitu Sampel penelitian terlalu kecil

Opsi D (salah)

Artinya yaitu pada faktanya ayam nugget baik untuk anak-anak

Opsi E (Salah)

Artinya yaitu Ada miliaran nugget ayam yang dibuat setiap tahun

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