Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension akhir-akhir ini porsinya lebih meningkat dibanding

dengan structure. Hal ini dikarenakan mahasiswa perguruan tinggi negeri akan
menghadapi buku teks kuliah dengan pengantar bagasa Inggris ( apalagi
bukunya rata-rata cukup tebal). Oleh karena itu mahasiswa dituntut untuk
menguasai wacana berbahasa Inggris. Ada tipe pertanyaan dalam reading
comprehension.
Pertama wacana panjang. Kedua tipe wacana pendek (1 atau 2 paragraph).
Ketiga, tipe melengkapi kata yang kosong.
PA Tips Wacana Panjang dan Wacana Pendek
Tips-tips menjawab wacana Bahasa Inggris (Reading Comprehension):
1. Dilarang keras membaca wacana secara detail atau perkata. Hal ini
mengabiskan waktu dan membuat pusing serta stres. (Ingat waktu Anda
terbatas. Perlu cara yang tepat untuk menyiasatinya)
2. Ada baiknya jangan lihat wacana. Lihat penanyaannya dulu.
3. Kalau sudah lihat pertanyaan, tandai pertanyaan yang paling gampang dahulu.
4. Biasanya reading comprehension memiliki tipe pertanyaan tertentu yang akan
kita bahas
5. Biasakan bawa stabilo untuk menandai kata-kata kunci

Jenis-jenis pertanyaan pada reading comprehension dan tips cara menjawabnya:

1. Pertanyaan yang berkisar mengenai topik utama (main idea)
Misalkan:
• What is the tittle of the text?
• What is the main idea of paragraph one
• The passage above tells us about Langkah-langkah menjawabnya adalah:
• Selalu baca kalimat pertama dan kalimat akhir dalam paragraph tersebut.

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 • Biasanya topik utama ada di awal dan di akhir paragraph
2. Pertanyaan yang berkisar mengenai mana yang benar dan mana yang salah
menurut teks Misalkan:
• Which of the following statement is TRUE?
• Which statement is suitable with the text?
•Which of the following statement is FALSE?
Cara menjawab pertanyaan tipe ini adalah
• Jangan langsung lihat wacana, akan tetapi cek jawabannya (A, B, C-nya)
dulu
• Kalau ada yang nggak nyambung dengan topik pada wacana bisa jadi itu
jawabannya.
•Kalau masih belum ketemu, maka harus cek ke wacana dengan menandai
kata kunci. Jangan dibaca semua karena ngabisin waktu
3. Pengertian kata (vocabulary test)
Misalkan:
• The underlined word also means...
• Which word of the first paragraph means "embracing"?
• The word 'emancipation' means Langkah-langkahnya:
• Hal ini tergantung dari kosakata bahasa Inggris kamu.
• Sekali lagi, lihat pilihan jawaban. Pilih pilihan yang mempunyai makna
yang sama dengan kosakata yang ditanyakan.
• Biasanya ada beberapa jawaban yang nggak nyambung dan ini yang harus
kamu coret (eliminasi)

4. Reference suatu kata ganti (pronoun)

Contoh:
• The word 'it' refers to...
• The word 'this' here means...
• The word 'they' refers to...

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 Langkah-langkah menjawab bentuk pertanyaan tersebut adalah...
• Temukan kata ganti pronoun tersebut dalam wacana (paragraph berapa,
baris berapa)
• Carilah kata benda (noun) yang terletak sebelum noun tersebut
• Bacalah bagian wacana sebelum pronoun tersebut dengan hati-hati
• Tinggalkan pilihan jawaban yang nyata-nyata salah

SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN WACANA PANJANG

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 fears 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 a mild
form 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, cold sweat and weak
knees.
Doctors and psychiatrists welcome publicity about phobias, for this helps to
convince their patients 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
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 One typical case was Mrs. Mary Batchelor, a London housewife, who
suffered from agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). For twenty-three years, she
remains indoors. Following publicity about other agoraphobia cases, she was
persuaded to go out for the first time to watch her son perform with a pop group.
Most of use suffer from claustrophobia (fear of being in closed spaces) in a
mild way, but the real sufferers go about in great fear of being trapped without
escape in a lift, in a packed train or in an aircraft. Altogether, there are a hundred
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 bird or faint when they 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.
Soal 1
'deep-seated reasons' (bold text) most likely means reasons that are
A. long forgotten C. not easy to handle E. flexible to change
B. difficult to choose D. difficult to realize

Lihat paragraph 3 kalimat ketiga Once they realize what in their subconscious is
causing their fear, they are half-way to being cured .
Jawab : D
Soal 2
Fear of certain things will become a problem when the fear
[Link] all aspects of the sufferer's life
B. is influenced by a person's personality
C. develops mentally or physically
[Link] reflected in a person's daily life
E. makes the sufferer unfriendly to others
Jawab:
Ketakutan pada suatu hal menjadi masalah ketika mengganggu seluruh aspek
kehidupan penderita. Lihat juga pernyataan pada paragraph 2. It becomes a

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problem only when the fear develops into a mental condition that affects all
aspects of a person's life.
Jawab : A
Soal 3
The following statements may be the purposes of the writer in writing the text,
EXCEPT
A. to explain the causes of different kinds of phobias
B. to convince people about the importence of publicity about phobias
C. to inform people how to overcome their abnormal fears
D. to persuade people with abnormal fears to talk to psychiatrists
E. to inform people about different kinds of phobias

Sangat jelas bahwa wacana di atas tidak menjelaskan bagaimana cara mengatasi
(overcome) ketakutan yang tidak normal (abnormal fears)
Jawab : C
Soal 4
To cure their phobias, patients
A. should take their unusual fear seriously
B. may have to consider publicity of their fears
C. determine the dangers caused by their phobias
D. try to convince their doctors of their secret fears
E. try to understand the real cause of their phobias

Lihat paragraph 3 and it makes the patients more willing to try to understand
what is causing their fear ...
Jawab : E
Soal 5
In which of the following combined courses would this passage probably be
used as assigned reading?
A. psychology/sociology D.

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 psychology/medicine
B. medicine/biology E. sociology/biology
C. philosophy/medicine
& Jawab:
Paragraph 1,2,3 terkait dengan ilmu psikologi (psychology) dan 4,5 terkait
dengan ilmu sosiologi (sociology).
Jawab : A

SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN WACANA PANJANG

2
We all know that mobile phones, cell phones, hand-phones, whatever we
want to call them (and shouldn't we all be calling them the same thing?) are
changing our lives. But it takes a good old-fashioned survey to wake us up to the
glaring reality: they have changed who we are. The mobile phone has indeed
changed the way we behave. But perhaps we don't realize how much we have
become its slave. Consider other elements of the Siemens Mobile Survey. With
the exception of Australia, in every country surveyed the majority polled said
they would go back for their phone if they left it at home (in Australia, it was a
respectable 39%). If you've endured the traffic in Indonesia the Philippines and
India, you'll know what kind of sacrifice some two-thirds of those surveyed are
making. I can't think of anything I would go back for — except my wallet,
maybe, or my clothes.
And even if we remember to bring it, we're still not happy. Many of us get
anxious if it hasn't rung or a text massage hasn't appeared for a while (a while
being about an hour). Once again of those surveyed, Indonesians (65%) and
Filipinos (77%) get particularly jittery. Australians are more laid back about this
(20%), but every other user in Asia seems to be glancing at the phone every few
second. This statistic, I have to say, is highly believable, and the instinct highly
annoying. There's nothing worse than chatting to someone who constantly
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 Then there's the fact that mobile phones are not only enslaving the user,
they're trampling the rights of everyone else. Around a third of folk surveyed
acknowledge they get so engrossed in mobile conversations that they're often
unaware of speaking loudly while discussing their private lives in public. At
least most of us agree on one thing ; with the exception of China, Hong Kong
and Taiwan, the increasing use of mobile phones has led to a decline in courtesy
and considerate behavior.
The bottom line here is that we are more than a little bit out of control.
Mobile phones are great: But if we allow them to dominate our lives to this
extent — interrupting conversations with those around us to take a call, staring
at our phones rather than relating to the world and people around us, sending
flirty text massages to random numbers — then I can only assume that in
another 10 years, society as we know it will no longer exist. All we'll see is a
blur of digital data going out and giving all the fun, socializing, falling in love
and taking sneaky pictures of each other.

Soal 1
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about cell phones?
[Link] using cell phones people can change their lives.
B. People become upset when they forget to bring their cell phone.
C. Cell phones have made users quite enslaved D. The writer is not one who is
enslaved by cell phones
E. The change in people's behaviour may be caused by cell phoning.
& Jawab:
Penulis menganggap dirinya termasuk korban diperbudak telepon seluler karena
menggunakan pronoun 'WE' (kita) pada paragraf 1.
Jawab : D
Soal 2
The main purpose of the writer is to inform the readers about
A. the popularity of communication technology
B. the effects of cell phones on the behavior of users

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C. the various kinds of hand-phones available in the market
D. the advantages of using cell phones in many Asian countries
E. the percentage of cell phone users in Asia

Penulis menjelaskan efek dari telepon seluler pada perilaku pengguna telepon
seluler. Hal ini dijelaskan oleh penulis pada paragraf 2,3, dan 4
Jawab : B
Soal 3
Cell phones have not only enslaved the users but have also
[Link] other people's conversation in public
B. eliminated the existence of social life
C. made the users behave impolitely
[Link] people from socializing with each other E. caused the user to
become quite considerate
Jawab:
Coba lihat pada kalimat di paragraf 3 . the increasing use of mobile phones has
led to a decline in courtesy and considerate behavior. Peningkatan penggunaan
telepon genggam telah mendorong turunnya kesopanan (courtesy) dan budi
pekerti (considerate behavior). Hal ini selaras dengan pilihan C: made the users
behave impolitely (telah membuat orang berperilaku tidak sopan).
Jawab : C
Soal 4
What makes Asian users of cell phones different from Australian ones?
A. They mostly use their cell phones from chatting
B. The number of users in Asia is greater than in Australia
C. They become angry when nobody calls or sends message
D. Their cell phones ring every hour throughout the day
E. They are much more dependent on their cell phones

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Perbedaan utama pengguna telepon seluler di Asia dan Australia adalah: (a)
orang Asia merasa risau jika ponsel mereka tertinggal, sementara di Australia
hanya 39%. (b) Orang Asia merasa risau jika ponsel mereka tidak berdering atau
menerima SMS selama satu jam. Sementara di Australia hanya 20%. Jadi bisa
disimpulkan orang Asia lebih ketergantungan dengan ponsel dibanding dengan
orang Australia.
Jawab : E
Soal 5
The phrase 'trampling the right of everyone else' in lines 18 means
A. Interfering with somebody else's affairs
B. Prohibiting somebody else's right to walk
C. Rejecting to acknowledge one's ownership
D. Ignoring the rights of other people E. Making use of other people's property
Pembahasan :
Trampling = menginjak = mengabaikan = ignore. Trampling the right of
everyone else (menginjak-injak/mengabaikan hak orang lain)
Jawab : D

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1
(2) That should not be surprising, since the study
of music and the study of language have a lot in common. (3) Both require you to
have a 'good ear' — the ability to hear the difference between various sounds. (4)
They also require you to reproduce sounds you have heard. (5) Finally, when you
learn music or language, you have to learn complex set of rules. (6) With language,
the rules are about grammar and meaning. (7) In fact, grammar is the rules about
how words change their form and combine it other words to make sentences. (8)
With music, the rules are about sounds and rhythm. (9) Not surprisingly, researchers
have discovered a scientific reason why people are good at music and languages.
(10) According to a study done in Germany, you use the same part of the brain for
both subjects. (11) This part of the brain is called Broca's area. (12) Scientists have
known for some time that it is connected to leaming languages. (13) Now they
believe that it is also the part of the brain you use when you are learning music.

Soal 1
The sentence which is irrelevant to the text sentence number
A.6 E. 10 & Jawab:
Wacana di atas adalah mengenai bahasa dan musik. Bukan berbicara mengenai
grammar.
Jawab : B
Soal 2
With which of the following, sentences should the text begin?
A. We are lucky if we are good at both music and languages.
B. Many people who are good at music are good at languages as well.
C. Both music and languages are commonly taught at schools. D.
Music and languages are two relevant subjects to learn.
E. Both music and languages basically apply the same rules.
Jawab : B
Jawab:
Lihat kalimat pada nomor 2 ...That should not be surprising, since the study of
music and the study of language have a lot in common ...(Hal itu bukan merupakan
hal yang mengejutkan karena studi mengenai musik dan bahasa telah sering
dilakukan). Kalimat nomor 2 merupakan penjelas dari kalimat Many people who

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are good at music are good at languages as well (Banyak orang yang memiliki
kemampuan yang sangat baik pada musik juga memiliki kemampuan yang baik juga
pada bahasa).
2
Colours, hair, and jewellery are frequently determined by a person's sex. This is not
always true for all cultures, and it is not even true now throughout the United States.
In this country, there were protests to bring about a change from these culturally
strict norms. The 'anti-military attitudes of the 1960s and the 1970s sought to break
with the military tradition masculine or 'macho' position, thus making it more
acceptable for men to wear floral designs on their shirts in pinks, purples, violets,
and other 'feminine colours'. For some people, long hair and jewellery on men also
became acceptable as a means of expressing this changed way of thinking. More
facial hair also became common, precisely because it differed from the military
norm. The business world, however, has been slow to change.

Soal 1
What is the topic of the text?
A. The change in gender-based attitude in the U.S.
B. Jewellery as a means of expressing thoughts. C. Feminine
colours versus masculine colours. D. The anti military
movement in the U.S. E. Various cultures in the world.
& Jawab:
Wacana di atas menceritakan kepada kita mengenai perubahan mode berbasis
gender di Amerika Serikat dari gaya maskulin atau macho ke gaya anti militer di
mana pria bisa memakai mode feminin seperti warna merah jambu, ungu dan violet.
Jawab : A
Soal 2
With which of the following sentences should the text end?
In most offices today
A. wearing bright colours, jewellery, and long hair is still not acceptable for men

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B. men and women have the same right in deciding the color of their rooms
C. Men are free to wear bright and colorful shirts
D. bright colours are used in the working areas as well as in the common room
E. people coming from various cultural backgrounds work hand in hand
&_uauau
Lihat petunjuk pada kalimat terakhir ... has been slow to change..
Jawab : A
3
Due to the cases of Salmonella food poisoning in Europe, the sale of duck eggs
reached its lowest point in the 1970's. Although if was never conclusively shown
that duck eggs were to blame, the egg-eating public stopped buying and many egg
producers went bankrupt. Indeed, there is a risk of Salmonella poisoning when duck
lay their eggs in damp conditions, such as on ground that is constantly wet, but the
same can be said for the eggs of hens. Moreover, commercial duck production in
France and England, where the outbreaks of Salmonella poisoning took place,
followed the same standards as those used in the hen industry, which experienced
no Salmonella problems. Storage of eggs, whether those of hen or duck, can also be
a factor in contamination. Studies have found that bacterial growth reaches
potentially dangerous levels at storage temperatures of 500 C or greater.

Soal 1
With which of the following sentences should the paragraph end?
A. Yet, it has never been clear what caused Salmonella food poisoning in the
1970's.
B. Because of these, many duck egg producers stopped their business in the
1970's
C. As a result, eggs which are laid in damp conditions can cause Salmonella food
poisoning

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D. Consequently, it was also possible that the food poisoning was caused by the bad
storage system of eggs
E. Therefore wet ground and bad storage system of eggs could be the cause of
decreased sale of duck eggs the 1970's
Jawab:
Paragraf tersebut diawali dengan pernyataan bahwa keracunan karena bakteri
Salmonella telah menyebabkan penurunan penjualan telur bebek di Eropa.
Meskipun demikian belum diketahui pasti apakah telur bebek penyebabnya.
Walaupun memang benar bahwa ada resiko kontaminasi bakteri Salmonella ketika
bebek bertelur di tempat yang basah (damp condition) dan penyimpanan yang buruk
(dalam suhu 50 derajat celcius ke atas). Namun belum jelas apa sesungguhnya
penyebab keracunan Salmonella pada makanan yang terjadi pada tahun 1970-an.
Jadi kalimat yang paling tepat untuk mengakhiri paragraf adalah Yet, it has never
been clear what caused Salmonella food poisoning in the 1970's.
Jawab : A
Soal 2
What is the topic of the paragraph?
A. Salmonella food poisoning as the cause of the collapse of duck business in
Europe

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B. The increase of commercial chuck egg production Europe in 1970's
C. The effects of Salmonella food poisoning on the sale of duck eggs
D. Ways to increase the sale of duck in Europe in 1970's
E. Wet ground and bad storage system of eggs as the causes of Salmonella food
poisoning
Jawab:
Ide utama dari paragraf tersebut adalah penurunan penjualan telur bebek di Eropa
pada tahun 1970-an karena keracunan bakteri Salmonella. Bagian lain dari paragraf
tersebut lebih membahas kemungkinan penyebab keracunan Salmonella, bukan
akibatnya.
Jawab : A
SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN WACANA PENDEK 4

(2) Biodiesel is free of lead, contains virtually no sulphur and produces lower
quantities of cancer-causing emissions than petrodiesel. (3) in particular, using
biodiesel in school buses makes a lot of sense. (4) Young childrenare more
susceptible than adults to the toxic and potentially cacer-causing emissions from
petrodiesel. (5) Many teachers are also suffering from asthma. (6) this fact has led
more than 50 school boards across nation to require that their buses use biodiesel
fuel. (7) This cleaner-burning fuel is also an attractive option in recreation areas. (8)
Yellowstone Nation Park was the firs nation park to test biodiesel as a fuel, and the
project was such a success that the National Park Service has introduced biodiesel
to 20 other parks across the country.

Soal 1
Which sentence does not belong in the paragraph?
A. three C. five E. seven B. four
D. six
Jawab:

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Semua kalimat dalam paragraf tersebut berbicara tentang keunggulan biodiesel
dibanding petrodiesel. Kecuali kalimat nomor 5 yang tidak ada hubungannya
dengan hal yang diperbincangkan.
Jawab : C
Soal 2
With which of the following sentences should the paragraph begin?
A. Biodiesel in now compulsory for public transport across the country because it is
cleaner
B. Biodiesel is catching on in many markets, largely because it is a cheaperburning
fuel
C. Because it is a cheaper-burning fuel, biodiesel has become compulsory in all
markets
D. Biodiesel has replaced petrodiesel as a fuel for school buses because it is cleaner
E. As it does not produce as many pollutants, biodiesel's popularity is decreasing &
Jawab:
Paragraf di atas lebih banyak membandingkan keunggulan biodiesel dibanding
petrodiesel. Maka kalimat yang tepat untuk membuka paragraf tersebut adalah...
Biodiesel has replaced petrodiesel as a fuel for school buses because it is cleaner
Jawab : A

SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN CLOSE PROCEDURE 1

One of the major achievements of modern science is the determination of the
approximate age of the Earth, now reckoned at 4.6 billion years. This makes the
Earth far older than was _(1)_ imagined. Indeed, one eighteen-century religious and
scientific authority circulated the widely _(2)_ view that the planed was only some
four thousand years old. To modern scientist, _(3)_ geologic time begins with the
formation of the Earth's solid crust sometime earlier than the age of the oldest
known rock. Geologists divide this vast expanse of time into four eras — the
Precambrian, the Paleozoic, the Mesozoic, and the Cenozoic, which takes us to the
present. Thus, the almost five billion years of planetary history and the
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_(5)_ to aid in the discussion of such vast periods of time, further division and _(6)
becomes necessary. Accordingly, the last three eras are further into 12 periods and
more than 40 epochs, each division being _(8)_ by characteristic types of rock and
plant and animal fossils.

Soal 1
A. comfortably C. separately E. quietly B.
cautiously D. formerly
& Jawab:
formerly = previously = sebelumnya
Jawab : D
Soal 2
A. constructed C. formulated E. protected B. accepted D.
circulated

accepted = diterima. Clear enough.

Jawab : B
Soal 3
A. otherwise C. therefore E. however
B. moreover D. besides
& Jawab:
however = but = nevertheless = namun. 'However' is used to contrast between the
sentence with the previous sentence.
Jawab : E
Soal 4
A. existence C. existing E.
exist
B. existed D. existent

SEE ...years of human are...

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A prepositional phrase -5 ...Noun + Prep + . ...Noun.
Akhir sebuah prepositional phrase adalah Noun. Existence adalah Noun.
Jawab: A
Soal 5
A. Finally C. Obvioulsy E. Completely
B. Literally D. Approvingly

obviously = clearly = dengan jelas. Digunakan untuk menegaskan permasalahan.

Jawab: C
Soal 6
A. specifics C. specifically E.
specify
B. specification D. specificity

& Jawab:
Kalimat di atas membutuhkan pararelism dimana kata such diikuti kata benda.
Maka tempat yang kosong harus diikuti kata benda berupa specification. such vast
periods of time. further division and

Noun Group Noun Grou NounGroup

Jawab : B
Soal 7
A. staged C. determined E. multiplied B. planned
D. divided
Jawab:
Kalimat memerlukah kata divided = dibagi
Jawab : D

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Soal 8
A. determiner C. determination E. determined
B. determinate D. determinant

Pola ...being by memerlukan bentuk Passi'.,e Voice, maka yang diperlukan oleh
kalimat adalah Vlll(ed) yaitu determined
Jawab : E
SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN CLOSE
PROCEDURE 2
Small genetic differences make one person different from another. Now medical
researchers have a new map to help them find these ...(1)... This is possible because
some time ago more than two hundred scientists from six nations ...(2)... the Hap
Map. The name comes from the word haplotype. A haplotype is a group of
deference's that are ...(3)... to come close together, in a block. These blocks ...(4)...
to pass from parent to child. The Hap Map scientists hope to identify up to six
million DNA differences ...(5)... they finish. The scientists say the findings may
lead to ...(6)... genes that cause common deceases like diabetes and heart
diseaes. . . ..(7). . . to genes could lead to new treatments. .(8)... people will be able
to know if they gave an increased risk of a disease because of their genes.
Soal 1
A. advantages C. comparisons E. differences
B. consequences D. characteristics

Kalmat sebelumnya menyebutkan differences. Jadi kata penunjuk "these" merujuk

ke suatu yang jamak yang telah disebut sebelumnya yaitu "differences".
Jawab : E
Soal 2
A. develop C. have developed E. were developing B. developed D.
had developed

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& Jawab:
LIHAT because some time ago... mengindikasikan penggunaan Simple Past Tense
(S + Vil)
Jawab : B
Soal 3
A. similarly C. likely E.
accordingly
B. comparatively D. timely

& Jawab:
Tidak ada kata lain yang tepat untuk mengisi titik-titik kecuali "likelY' yang berarti
mungkin.
Jawab : C
Soal 4
A. emerge C. continue E.
establish
B. create D. appear

Sekilas tampak ada tiga kata yang mungkin digunakan untuk mengisi isian yang
kosong. Pertama kata continue. Namun kata ini merujuk pada sesuatu yang telah
dilakukan sebelumnya. Jadi kurang tepat.
Jawab : D
Soal 5
A. after C. before E. afterwards B. while D. at the time
Jawab:
LIHAT The Hap Map scientists hope to identify up to six million DNA differences
they finish (llmuwan Hap Map berharap dapat mengidentifikasi perbedaan
DNA sebelum mereka seleseai. Kalimat memerlukan kata hubung BEFORE.
Jawab : C

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Soal 6
A. identify C. identification E. identifying B. identity D. identifiable

LIHAT the findings may lead to Preposisi TO diikuti oleh VERB infinitive.
Jawab : A
Soal 7
A. linking C. curing E.
knowing
B. finding D. diagnosing

clear enough LINKING = RELATING

Jawab : A
Soal 8
A. HoweverC. In short E. In addition
B. As a result D. Moreover & Jawab:
Untuk memberikan kesimpulan penutup yang berupa ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF
RESULT maka digunakan AS A RESULT = THEREFORE = OLEH
KARENA ITU
Jawab : B

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