Assalamualaikum warrahmatullahiwabarrakatuh.
UTBK akan dilaksanakan beberapa bulan lagi, tapi nggak ada salahnya bagi kalian untuk mempersiapkan diri lebih awal. berikut ini saya berikan soal latihan untuk mengetahui kemampuan kalian. selamat mengerjakan .......
TEXT A
Berlin (Reuters)–No more Coca-Cola or Budweiser, no Marlboro, no American whiskey or even American Express cards a growing number of restaurants in Germany are taking everything American off their menus to protest the war in Iraq. Although the protests are mainly symbolic,
waiters in dozens of bars and restaurants in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Bonn and other German
cities are telling patrons, "Sorry, Coca-Cola is not available any more due to the current political situation." The boycotts appear to be part of a nascent worldwide movement. One Web site, www.consumers-against-war.de, calls for boycotts of 27 top American firms from Microsoft to
Kodak while another, www.adbusters.org, urges the "millions of people against the war" to "
Boycott Brand America." Consumer fury seems to be on the rise. Demonstrators in Paris mashed
the windows of a McDonald's restaurant last week, forcing police in riot gear to move in to protect
staff and customers of the American fast-food outlet. The attackers sprayed obscenities and "boycott" on the windows.
TEXT B
This economic advantage, in turn, is used to sponsor terror and killing in Islamic countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. When product boycott was carried out by consumers in the Middle East and some in the European countries, sales of these companies is reported to be decreased by 10% and
this amounted to big numbers for giant companies. Thus, it is a rational for Muslim specially in Malaysia to take similar action. Furthermore, Of late, many other products are available as an alternative for the boycotted products. For example, we have Mukmin toothpaste instead of Colgate
etc. and Fab or Breeze could be replaced with Daiya, Puteri Emas etc. There are a few questions
arise in regard to the boycott such as how effective is the approach and why not boycotting all the products altogether. In answering these questions, Sabasun has reiterated to look at collapse of the apartheid regime in South Africa as the best example. To answer the question in regard to why not boycotting all the products altogether, Sabasun has taken an approach to do what can be done when
one cannot do all. Hence, a few products that are really needed by consumers are offered on a
limited floor space and no promotion is done for the product. While products that are boycott completely will not even get space on the shelves let alone floor space. During the early phase after
the campaign was in progress, the effect of the boycott is very obvious when Sabasun suffer a loss
of nearly RM 150,000.
1. Both passages are similar in terms of ….
A. The problem underlying in both passages
B. The effect of the problem discussed
C. The area the problem taking place
D. The reason leading to the problem
E. The writer’s point of view
2. The difference between the first and the second passage is that the latter ….
A. Asserts the economic advantage resulted from boycotting while the former claims
the cause of boycotting
B. Exposes the diserve impact of boycotting for Islamic countries while the former shows
the situation in Germany
C. Points out the limitation of the activity while the former clarifies the need to do
the activity
D. Repudiates the boycott toward American products while the former presents the reason
of boycotting
E. Affirms the need for boycotting American products while the former depicts the activity
of boycotting in Europe
3. From the second passage, it can be inferred that the topic discussed before the text B is ….
A. The terror for Islamic countries
B. The effectiveness in carrying out the program
C. The economic advantage of the American firms.
D. The basic reason for repelling American products
E. The motivation for not boycotting all the products altogether
4. The most suitable word to least change the word “nascent” in “The boycotts appear to
be part of a nascent worldwide movement.” in the first passage is ….
A. Newly born
B. Perilous
C. Fretting
D. Rising
E. Vital
TEXT 2
Among the environmental specters confronting humanity in the 21st century global warming, the destruction of rain forests, over fishing of the oceans – a shortage of fresh water is at the top of the
list, particularly in the developing world. Hardly a month passes without a new study making
another alarming prediction, further deepening concern over what a World Bank expert calls the
“grim arithmetic of water.” Recently the United Nations said that 2.7 billion people would face
severe water shortages by 2025 if consumption continuous at current rates. Fears about a parched
future arise from a projected growth of world population from more than six billion today to an estimated nine billion in 2050. Yet the amount of fresh water on Earth is not increasing. Nearly 97 percent of the planet’s water is salt water in seas and oceans. Close to 2 percents of Earth’s water
is frozen in polar ice sheets and glaciers, and a fraction of one percent is available for drinking,
irrigation, and industrial use. Gloomy water news, however, is not just a thing of the future: Today
an estimated 1.2 billion people drink unclean water, and about 2.5 billion lack proper toilets or sewerage systems. More than five million people die each year from water-related diseases such as cholera and dysentery. All over the globe farmers and municipalities are pumping water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Still, as I discovered on a two-month trip to Africa, India,
and Spain, a host of individuals, organizations, and businesses are working to solve water’s dismal arithmetic.
5. The part following the passage will likely discuss about ….
A. Techniques taken to obtain maximum efficiency from every drop of water
B. The solving ideas of individuals, organizations, and businesses problems
C. The spread of greater water shortage in Africa, India, and Spain
D. Another environmental specters confronting humanity
E. The writer’s discoveries of gloomy water news
6. The subject matter discussed in the passage is ….
A. The effect of fresh water shortage
B. The amount of fresh water on earth
C. Project to provide fresh and clean water
D. Alarming condition of the world water shortage
E. Nature disturbance leading to availability of water
7. What inference can undermine the information taken from the passage?
A. Poor sanitation leads to water-related illness
B. The growth of world population is imbalance with the clean water availability
C. Only one percent of water is available for drinking, irrigation, and industrial use
D. There is always new study making another alarming prediction about fresh water
E. It is estimated that 1.2 billion people drink unclean water, and about 2.5 billion lack
proper toilets or sewerage systems
8. The followings are the least meaning of the word “parched” ….
A. Arid
B. Dried
C. Crispy
D. Alight
E. Droughty
Text 3
After rising steadily for almost a century, standards of education in the public schools of Europe
and North America have leveled off, and in the opinion of many parents and employers, are
actually falling. More and more children are leaving school with little more than basic knowledge
of reading, writing, and arithmetic, and illiteracy is becoming a social problem once again. With dropout rates of twenty-seven percent in high school and fifty percent in colleges, the American education system is clearly in trouble; European dropout rates, though lower than those of U.S.,
are rising too. Various factors have been blamed for the apparent decline in educational standards.
Some people say that over-crowding and lack of discipline are major factors. Others maintain that subjects like art and drama have been overemphasized at the expense of more practical subjects.
The negative influence of television is frequently mentioned as a reason for growing illiteracy.
Many teachers and principals, however, insist that the problem is not of falling standards but of
rising expectations on the part of parents and employers. Whether or not standards in public schools
are actually falling, many parents feel that the only way to secure a good education for their children
is to send them to private schools, which generally have smaller classer and stricter discipline. The popularity of such schools is going steadily, despite the high tuition fees. In the United States, for example, eleven percent of all school children attend private schools; in France, over sixteen percent
do so.
9. These following statements are true, except ….
A. Dropout rates are rising.
B. Many children quit school.
C. The dropout rate in Europe is lower than in U.S.
D. Parents hire teachers to teach their children at home.
E. Lack of discipline is one of the factors which leads to the decline of educational standards.
10. From the second paragraph, it can be inferred that ….
A. School needs more practical subjects.
B. Many factors are involved in the decline in educational standards in the U.S. and Europe.
C. The decline in educational standards in the U.S. and Europe is mainly caused by parents
and employers.
D. Teachers and principals should be responsible to the decline in educational standards
in the U.S. and Europe.
E. Factors which cause the decline in educational standards in the U.S. and Europe are
debatable.
Read the text and answer question number 11 - 13!
As of April 17, 2020, 36 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes
have been reported from 17 states in the US. The disease they suffered from is called Listeriosis.
Listeriosis can cause different symptoms, depending on the person and the part of the body affected.
Pregnant women typically experience only fever and other flu-like symptoms, such as fatigue and
muscle aches However, infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature
delivery, or life- threatening infection of the newborn. People other than pregnant women symptoms
are headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions in addition to fever and muscle
aches.
State and local public health officials interviewed ill people about the foods they ate in the
month before they became ill. Twelve out of 22 (55%) reported eating mushrooms, including enoki,
portobello, white, button, cremini, wood ear, maitake, and oyster. Later, Epidemiologic, traceback,
and laboratory evidence indicates that enoki mushrooms labeled as “Product of Korea” are the likely
source of this outbreak. The products were known to came from H&C Food Inc. (on April 7, 2020),
Guan's Mushroom Co. (on March 23, 2020), and Sun Hong Foods, Inc. (on March 9, 2020).
In response to the situation, the three companies recalled the enoki mushrooms.
Preventing further outbreak, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, advises that
people who are more likely– pregnant women, adults to get Listeria infections - pregnant women,
adults age 65 or older, and people with weakened immune systems, such as people with cancer or
on dialysis – avoid eating any enoki mushrooms from Korea (Republic of Korea) even if they are
not part of the recalls until they learn more about the source and distribution of the enoki mushrooms.
CDC asked citizens who have stocks on enoki mushroom which originated from Korea to
either return the products or throw them away should the country of origins are unclear. CDC also
encourages people to wash and sanitize any surfaces and containers that may have come in contact
with the recalled enoki mushrooms. Listeria can survive in refrigerated temperatures and easily
spread to other foods and surfaces. When buying, ordering, or eating out, check with stores and
restaurants to make sure they do not use enoki mushrooms from Korea. If they don’t know where
their enoki mushrooms are from, don’t buy or order the product. CDC pledges a commitment that
they will provide updates when more information is available.
(Adapted from www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks Accessed on Friday, 18 Desember 2020)
11. The author of the text has the tendency to ...
A. speak on behalf of healthcare providers
B. protect the three Korean companies against judgements
C. patronage the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
D. back up Korean products that had entered the United States
E. support people mentally by gesturing that prevention is easy
12. The following question which answers cannot be found in the text is ...
A. Who are at high risk to develop listeriosis?
B. When was the last case of listeriosis reported?
C. Who were responsible for the listeriosis outbreak?
D. What can we do to keep ourselves away from listeriosis?
E. Does Listeria monocytogenes bring potentially lethal consequences?
13. It can be predicted based on the passage that ...
A. The government will ban mushroom imports from Korea.
B. Investigators will try to determine the origin of the contamination.
C. The CDC will learn more on why Listeria monocytogenes is lethal.
D. The CDC will revise the quality checking procedures on foreign foods.
E. The immigration process will add more regulations to prevent repeating the same mistake.
The text is for number 14 – 17.
The Sharing EconomyIf we look around us at the things we have purchased at some point in our lives, we would no
doubt notice that not everything we own is being put to good use: the thick woollen coat which we
thought looked trendy despite the fact that we live in a tropical country, the smartphone that got put
away when we bought ourselves the newest model, the car that only gets used at the weekends, or
even the guest room in our house that somehow got turned into a storeroom.
Those under utilised items may seem useless to some, but could be an asset to others. With the
advent of the internet, online communities have figured out a way to generate profit from the sharing
of those underused assets. Using websites and social media groups that facilitate the buying and
selling of second-hand goods, it is now easier than ever for peer-to-peer sharing activities to take
place. And this is known as the sharing economy.
These democratised online platforms are providing a chance for people to make a quick buck
or two. To give an example, busy parents previously might not have bothered with setting up a stall
at the local market or car boot sale to sell their children's old equipment, but with online market
places, parents are now able to sell on those hardly worn baby clothes that their children have
outgrown and the expensive pushchairs and baby equipment they have invested in, so as to put
some cash back into their pockets.
Businesses have also caught on to the profitability of the sharing economy and are seeking to
gain from making use of those under utilised resources. A business model that has rapidly risen in
popularity sees companies providing an online platform that puts customers in contact with those
who can provide a particular product or service. Companies like Airbnb act as a middleman for
people to cash in on their unused rooms and houses and let them out as lucrative accommodation.
Another example is Uber, which encourages people to use their own personal cars as taxis to make
some extra cash in their free time.
This move towards a sharing economy is not without criticisms. Unlike businesses, unregulated
individuals do not have to follow certain regulations and this can lead to poorer and inconsistent
quality of goods and services and a higher risk of fraud. Nevertheless, in the consumerist society we
live in today, the increased opportunities to sell on our unwanted and underused goods can lead to
a lesser impact on our environment.
14. From the text we know that the sharing economy does not involve ....
A. People buying goods from others
B. People offering their services to others
C. Businesses selling their goods to people
D. People selling their used things to others
E. Businesses acting as a middleman for people who want to sell a product and people who
want to buy it.
15. What most likely motivates the writer in writing the passage?
A. To show how to start an online business.
B. To encourage more people to start businesses.
C. To inform the readers where they can buy used items.
D. To explain why people need to beware of unregulated individuals.
E. To tell the readers the benefits and disadvantages of sharing economy.
16. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Things people sell online.
B. How to reuse underused assets.
C. The definition of 'the sharing economy'.
D. What make people sell their under utilised items.
E. How long until you can make money from online business.
17. Which of the following is something that the author says we might under utilise?
A. Clothes our babies can't wear any more.
B. A thick coat in a cold country.
C. The storeroom in our house.
D. The latest smartphone.
E. Our brand new cleats.
KUNCI JAWABAN
1. Jawaban A
2. Jawaban E
Pembahasan :
3. Jawaban C
Pembahasan :
4. Jawaban A
Pembahasan : “nascent” artinya “baru lahir”
Newly born : baru lahir, Perilous : berbahaya, Fretting : meresahkan
5. Jawaban A
Pembahasan :
6. Jawaban D
Pembahasan :
7. Jawaban C
Pembahasan :
8. Jawaban D
Pembahasan : “parched” artinya kering
Arid = Dried = kering
Crispy = renyah
Alight = turun
Droughty = kekeringan
9. Jawaban C
Pembahasan :
10. Jawaban E
Pembahasan :
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