BAHAS TIPIS-TIPIS SOAL UTBK: BAHASA INGGRIS

 

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The question number 1 and 2 are based on the following text.

(The story by Oiwan Lam originally appeared on Global Voices, on December 2, 2020)

Over a dozen journalists resigned on December 1 from Hong Kong Cable Television Limited, a major subscription-based TV station in Hong Kong, in protest after the media company fired 40 editorial staff in what is perceived as a political crackdown. Those laid off include the head of the China desk and the entire team of the award-winning News Lancet program. The broadcaster cited financial reasons for the layoff, a claim the newsroom staff rebukes. The entire China desk, a total of 12 people, has since resigned in protest, along with the heads of the international and finance desks and the newsroom's chief assignment editor.

The layoffs were sudden and took immediate effect — those who were sacked were told to leave the office on the same day. In shock, members of staff gathered outside the room of the news director demanding an explanation. Among those laid off is Wong Lai-ping, former deputy news editor at the China desk. On a radio interview aired on December 2, she rebuked the management's claim that the decision was made out of financial difficulties, remarking that in August, the management fired the then-executive director Fung Tak-hung and replaced him with four new managers. Wong said that the new management often made editorial requests, such as live broadcasts of China's foreign minister's regular press conference, or modifying headlines. According to Wong, the newsroom staff refused to comply with such requests.

The Hong Kong Journalists Association commented on the layoffs, “Given the [New Lancet] team’s coverage of the police and administration, it’s difficult not to see this as minimizing sensitive reporting in the name of cost-cutting”.

1. Based on the text, the trigger of this resignation en masse is the belief that ….

A. the previous layoffs were politically motivated

B. financial reasons affected the layoffs the most

C. the journalists could demand for hiher salary

D. political crackdown barely prompted the layoffs

E. the management's disapproved of staffs' refusal of demands

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Jawabannya: A

Dari bacaan di atas, kita harus mengetahui yang mana menjadi penyebab dari pengunduran diri. PERHATIKAN PARAGRAF 1. Di paragraf itu dinyatakan bahwa pengunduran diri massal (lebih dari 12 orang) tersebut dipicu atas adanya PHK (Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja) atau layoffs terhadap 40 staf editorial. Mereka percaya bahwa tindakan tersebut sebenarnya bukan disebabkan oleh kesulitan keuangan, tetapi adanya unsur politik. Dengan kata lain, mereka memiliki kepercayaan bahwa PHK tersebut bermotif politik. Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah A

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2. ''..., she rebuked the management's claim that the decision was Made out of financial difficulties, remarking that in August, the management fired the then -executive director Fung Tak-hung and replaced him with four new managers." (Paragraph 2)

Dealing with the issue discussed in the text, the statement above may lead the readers to the assumption that …

A. The management’s claim should have been accepted by all parties.

B. The decision to fire Fung Tak-hung was taken with well-consideration.

C. The director Fung Tak-hung was not as competent as four new managers.

D. There was an illogical situation to claim financial difficulties as the reason for the layoffs.

E. The management tried to cover up their financial difficulties by cutting the number of employees.

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Jawaban: D

Nah, kalau bentuk soal seperti ini, Sobat Gappys harus memperhatikan dengan baik maksud dari pernyataan tersebut. Dari penggalan paragraf di atas dapat disimpulkan bahwa berita mengenai pengunduran diri lebih dari 12 jurnalis adalah bentuk protes mereka terhadap pemecatan 40 staf editorial yang diklaim atas tindak lanjut dari kesulitan keuangan yang dialami perusahaan tersebut. Pernyataan tersebut menunjukkan bahwa perusahaan tersebut terkesan “masih memiliki cukup uang” karena mereka merekrut 4 orang manajer sekaligus padahal mereka sebelumnya memecat satu orang dengan alasan kesulitan keuangan. Logikanya, jika perusahaan tersebut sedang mengalami kesulitan keuangan, mereka akan berpikir lagi untuk merekrut mereka sekaligus. Sehingga, asumsi yang paling mungkin muncul adalah option D.

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The question number 3 and 4 are based on the following text.

3. The latest round in an ongoing debate over global-warming trends claims that warming has indeed slowed down this century. An obvious slowing in the rise of global temperatures was recorded at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This was referred to as a "hiatus" or a "pause". This hiatus was first observed several years ago. Climate-change skeptics have used this as evidence that global warming has stopped permanently. But in June the previous year, a study in science claimed that the hiatus was just an artifact which disappears when biases in temperature data are corrected.

Now a prominent group of researchers is countering that claim. They argue in Nature Climate Change that even after correcting these biases the slowdown was real. "There is this mismatch between what the climate models are producing and what the observations are showing," says lead author John Fyfe. "We can't ignore it." Fyfe uses the term "slowdown" rather than "hiatus". He also stresses that it does not in any way weaken global-warming theory.

The study that questioned the existence of the slowdown corrected known biases in the surface temperature record maintained by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The finding showed differences in temperature readings from ships and buoys. This effectively increased the record about warming. The researchers also extended the record to include 2014. This set a new record high for average temperatures.

Thomas Karl, director of National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, calculated the rate of global warming between 1950 and 1999 as being 0.113°C per decade. This was similar to the 0.116°C a decade calculated for 2000-14. This, Karl said, meant that an assessment done by the influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2013 showing that warming had slowed was no longer valid.

(Adapted from www.nature.com)

3. The passage above mainly discusses about….

1. the hiatus observation was first carried out several years ago

2. the reason why global warming is slowing down in this century

3. global warming is a verifiable issue in the space of a decade

D. the contention about global warming and whether it is indeed slowing this period

E. The view of study in science that the hiatus is an artifact which vanishes

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Jawaban: D

Soal seperti ini namanya Extracting Core Information. Jadi, Sobat Gappys harus menemukan apa sih inti yang dibahas dari teks di atas? Kalian cukup melihat paragraf 1 aja. Di situ tertulis ““The latest round in an ongoing debate over global-warming trends claims that warming has indeed slowed down this century.” inti kalimatnya mengatakan adanya perdebatan yang membahas tentang tren pemanasan global yang melambat abad ini. Maka topik dari teks di atas adalah (D) The contention about global warming and whether it is indeed slowing this period.

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4. Based on the text above, the word “prominent” in paragraph 2 means….

A. well-known

B. promenade

C. shrewd

D. indolent

E. magnificent

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Jawaban: A

Prominent (Terkenal) memiliki makna yang sama dengan pilihan jawaban (A) well-known. Sedangkan, pilihan jawaban (B) promenade artinya “perjalanan”, (C) shrewd berarti “cerdas”, (D) indolent memiliki arti “malas”, dan (E) magnificent artinya “sangat bagus”.

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Nah, gimana-gimana?? Udah paham belum nih sama bentuk soal & pembahasannya? Saran dari MinGap untuk soal bahasa Inggris ini, kalian harus banyak membaca, mendengar, dan menulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Sehingga, kosa kata dan pemahaman kalian akan semakin terasah. 

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