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muncul yaa teman- teman, salah satunya soal
reading comprehension.
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vocabulary dan reading comprehension. Pada tulisan yang lalu, sudah saya
bahas mengenai pertanyaan seputar reading comprehension seperti
- Topik atau tema
- Gagasan utama (main idea)
- Judul (title)
- Tujuan (Purpose, aim)
- Informasi detail (detail information)
- Kesimpulan (conclusion)
- Rujukan kata (Reference)
- dan sebagainya
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Text for number 1 to 6
Tesla, a Serbian by parentage, began working for the phone company in
Budapest. In 1882, he headed for Paris, where he took a job with the
Continental Edison Company. He was invited to work stateside after his
supervisor wrote a recommendation praising the young man as a genius on
par with Edison himself. While he hired Tesla, Edison thought the man's
ideas were “splendid” but “utterly impractical.” Edison relied heavily
on tedious experimentation for most of his discoveries, a commitment
which some historians attribute partially to his lack of formal
education. Tesla, in contrast, was an emotionally driven dreamer with
years of engineering training, which allowed him to work out theories
before physically implementing them. Later in life, each man publicly
criticized the other’s work.
At the same point, Tesla insisted that he could increase the efficiency
of Edison’s prototypical dynamos, and eventually wore down Edison enough
to let him try. Edison, Tesla later claimed, even promised him $50,000
if he succeeded. Tesla worked around the clock for several months and
made a great deal of progress. When he demanded his reward, Edison
claimed the offer was a joke, saying, “When you become a full-fledged
American, you will appreciate an American joke.” Edison offered a
$10/week raise, instead. Ever prideful, Tesla quit, and spent the next
few months picking up odd jobs across New York City.
Edison's least favorite of Tesla's impractical ideas was the concept of
using alternating current (AC) technology to bring electricity to
people. Edison insisted that his own direct current (DC) system was
superior, in that it maintained a lower voltage from power station to
consumer, and was therefore safer. But AC technology, which allows the
flow of energy to periodically change direction, is more practical for
transmitting massive quantities of energy, as is required by a large
city, or hub of industry, say. At the time, DC technology only allowed
for a power grid with a one-mile radius from the power source. The
conflict between the two methods and their masters came to be known as
the War currents. In the end, AC won out. Mostly. Westinghouse fulfilled
Tesla’s dream of building a power plant at Niagara Falls to power New
York City, and built upon its principles the same system of local power
grids we use today
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The rivalry between Tesla and Edison
B. The superiority of AC system
C. The invention of AC and DC system
D. The biography of Nikola Tesla
2. According to the text, which one is the advantage of DC system?
A. The rivalry between Tesla and Edison
B. The superiority of AC system
C. The invention of AC and DC system
D. The biography of Nikola Tesla
2. According to the text, which one is the advantage of DC system?
A. It maintains a lower voltage from power station to consumer
B. It allows for a power grid with a one-mile radius from the power source
C. It is more practical for transmitting massive quantities of energy
D. It is more economical to be applied.
3. Which one is NOT TRUE about Nikola Tesla?
B. It allows for a power grid with a one-mile radius from the power source
C. It is more practical for transmitting massive quantities of energy
D. It is more economical to be applied.
3. Which one is NOT TRUE about Nikola Tesla?
A. He worked for Edison's company
B. He built a power plant at Niagara Falls
C. He had a better educational background than Edison
D. He worked out theories before physically implementing them
4. The word its in line 23 refers to ....
A. New York City
B. Power Plant
C. AC system
D. The combination of AC and DC principles
B. He built a power plant at Niagara Falls
C. He had a better educational background than Edison
D. He worked out theories before physically implementing them
4. The word its in line 23 refers to ....
A. New York City
B. Power Plant
C. AC system
D. The combination of AC and DC principles
5. What can be inferred from the text?
A. George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla were best friend
B. George Westinghouse has invented the generator that we use today
C. George Westinghouse admired Edison's work
D. George Westinghouse rarely agreed with Edison
7. According to the passage which of the following is not TRUE about the 1987 SUPERNOVA?
18. According to the passage, architects use CAD to....
A. inspect building
B. create graphs
C. make cartographic materials
D. create three-dimensional models
20. The word "it" in line 2 refers to....
A. computer graphics
B. computer science
C. field
D. computers
21. The word "applications" in paragraph 3 means ....
A. uses
B. jobs
C. creativity
D. layers
Text 4
23. This passage would be most interest to ....
A. children
B. writers
C. educators
D. scientists
24. The author compares the problems of dyslexic children with ....
A. dyslexic adults
B. the subtleties of sign language
C. the visual pathways of other dyslexics
D. the problems of congenitally deaf people
25. In line 9 The word "distinctions" could be best replaced with ....
Text 5
26. What is the topic of the passage?
A. the diversity of climates in America
B. national parks of north America
C. cold-blooded animals of the Southwestern desert
D. the endangered grizzly of North America
27. Where would Bison be found during severe winter storm?
A. Seeking shelter behind boulders
B. In the open
C. in caves
D. Behind trees
28. It can be concluded from the passage that ....
A. Bison will eventually be extinct
B. Bison are more fragile than they appear
C. The Bison population can be controlled
D. Bison were native to a limited territory
29. The word "their" in line 10 refers to ....
A. numbers
B. predators
C. humans
D. plains bison
30. "...Large herds presently range on both government..."
What does the underlined word mean?
A. move about
B. cook on a store
C. drive a long distance
D. surround
A. George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla were best friend
B. George Westinghouse has invented the generator that we use today
C. George Westinghouse admired Edison's work
D. George Westinghouse rarely agreed with Edison
Text 1
Supernovas are the most powerful and spectacular outbursts known
in nature. What is called a Type II supernova is due to the
collapse of a massive star, at least eight times as massive as
the sun, that has used up its main nuclear fuel and produced a
nickel-iron core. When this core can no longer support the
pressure of the star’s outer layers, it collapses to form a
neutron star of immense density. Over 2,500 million tons of
neutron star material could be packed into a matchbox. Its
temperature is around 100.000 million degrees centigrade.
Multitudes of neutrons are produced in the collapsed star, which
pass directly through the start into space, and this release of
neutrons causes the core to respond with a shock wave that moves
outward. When it meets the material that is
falling inward, the result is a catastrophic only a small,
incredibly dense remnant that may be a neutron star or, in
extreme cases, a black hole.
A supernova is often more than 500 million times as
luminous as the sun. A supernova remnant (SNR) may
be detectable as a pulsar, an example of which
is the Crab Nebula, known to be a remnant of the supernova
observed in the year 1054. The 1987 supernova in the Large Cloud
of Magellan had a low peak luminosity by supernova standards,
only about 250 million times that of the sun. At its brightest
the supernova shone as a star between magnitudes 2 and 3, even
though it was 170,000 light-years away.
6. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The formation and power of a supernova
B. The heat of Supernova
C. The role of shock waves in a supernova
D. The density of a neuron star
7. According to the passage which of the following is not TRUE about the 1987 SUPERNOVA?
A. It was situated in the Large Cloud of Magellan
B. It was 170,000 light-years away
C. It shone as a star between magnitudes 3 and 4
D. It had a low peak luminosity
8. The word "it" in line 8 refers to ....
A. A shock wave
B. neutron star
C. core of the collapsed star
D. catastrophic explosion
9. The word "detectable" in paragraph 2 has the closest meaning to
....
A. assumed
B. known
C. perceptible
D. audible
10. The author of this passage is most likely ....
A. a botanist
B. an economist
C. an astronomer
D. a mathematics
Text 2
Today's car are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical
than their predecessors, but the car of the future will be far
more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new
types of automobile engines have already been developed that run
on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed
natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane.
Electricity, however, is the only zero emission option presently
available.
Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available, transportation experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicle entering everyday life; shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes, and trolleys.
Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available, transportation experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicle entering everyday life; shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes, and trolleys.
As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles,
urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on
infrastructure systems to support and make the use of the new
cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as
today's gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or the
in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that
allow drivers to charge their batteries while they shop, dine,
or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles,
the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be
reserved for electric cars.
Planners foresee electric shuttle buses,
trains, buses, and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit
centers that would have facilities for charging and renting.
Commutes will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit
their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheeler, small cars,
or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no
doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five
minutes times number of vehicles that can be carried by a
freeway today.
11. What is the author's purpose of the passage?
A. to criticize the conventional vehicle
B. to support the invention of electric cars
C. to persuade the readers to use electric cars
D. to describe possibilities for transportation in the future
12. The passage would most likely be followed by details about ....
A. automated freeways
B. pollution restrictions in the future
C. the neighborhood of the future
D. electric shuttle bus
13. In the second paragraph the author implies that ....
A. a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be
developed
B. everyday life will stay much the same in the future
C. a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several modes
of transportation
D. electric vehicles are not practical for the future
14. In the fourth paragraph, the word "foresee" could be best
replaced with ....
A. count on
B. rely on
C. imagine
D. invent
15. This passage would most likely be found in a ....
A. medical journal
B. history book
C. popular psychology periodical
D. textbook on urban planning
16. According to the passage, public parking lots of the future will
be ....
A. more convenient than they are today
B. equipped with charging devices
C. much larger than now
D. as common as today's gas stations
17. The following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the
passage EXCEPT, ....
A. vans
B. planes
C. trains
D. trolleys
Text 3
As computers have become powerful tools for rapid and economic
of production of picture, computer graphics has emerged as one
of the most rapidly growing fields in computers
science. It such used routinely in such diverse
areas as business, industry, government, research, training, and
medicine.
One of of the initial uses of computer graphics and ultimately
its greatest use, been as an aid to design, generally referred
to as computer – aided design (CAD). One of its greatest
advantages is that designers can see how an object will lock
after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly
than with hands drafting. For three-dimensional rendering of
machine parts, engineers rely heavily on CAD. Automobile,
spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to
design vehicles and test their performance. Building designs are
also created with computer graphics systems. Architect can
design a building layout create a three-dimensional model, and
even go for simulated “walk” through the rooms or around the
outside of the building.
Business graphics is another rapidly growing are of computer
graphics, where it is to create graphs, charts, and cost models
summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific, and
economic data. As an education aid, computer also has creative
and commercial art applications, where it is used in
advertising, publishing and film productions, particularly for
computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.
18. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Computer graphics applications
B. Routines uses of computers
C. The rapidly growing field of computer science
D. Computers as the architects of the future
B. Routines uses of computers
C. The rapidly growing field of computer science
D. Computers as the architects of the future
18. According to the passage, architects use CAD to....
A. inspect building
B. create graphs
C. make cartographic materials
D. create three-dimensional models
20. The word "it" in line 2 refers to....
A. computer graphics
B. computer science
C. field
D. computers
21. The word "applications" in paragraph 3 means ....
A. uses
B. jobs
C. creativity
D. layers
Text 4
Research has indicated that dyslexia has biological origin,and
most investigators now suspect that dyslexic children read poorly
as a result of highly specific language problem,sometimes called
"phonological unawareness". Dyslexic children cannot easily learn
to read because they have trouble associating printed letters with
the sound of speech. A similar problem occurs in congenitally deaf
people who have mastered the linguistic complexities and
subtleties of sign language but have trouble learning to read.
Evidence also exists suggesting that the root cause for much
dyslexia is a problem with processing very rapidly changing
sensory stimuli.For example,studies have shown that dyslexic
children have trouble making
accurate distinctions between similar auditory
signals.They often cannot hear the difference between speech
sounds such as "pah","dah",and "bah". Recently,differences have
been noted between the visual pathways pf dyslexics and those of
non-dyslexics that suggest a comparable problem with fast changing
visual stimuli. Researchers have also found several other
neuroanatomical abnormalities in the temporal lobe and in the
other areas of the brain. All of these studies are extremely
valuable in helping researchers understand the mechanisms
underlying reading problems so that dyslexic children can be
accurately identified and more efficiently helped.
22. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. to change current ideas about dyslexia
B. to explore the causes of dyslexia
C. to determine between dyslexia and congenital deafness
D. to take example of dyslexia behavior
A. to change current ideas about dyslexia
B. to explore the causes of dyslexia
C. to determine between dyslexia and congenital deafness
D. to take example of dyslexia behavior
23. This passage would be most interest to ....
A. children
B. writers
C. educators
D. scientists
24. The author compares the problems of dyslexic children with ....
A. dyslexic adults
B. the subtleties of sign language
C. the visual pathways of other dyslexics
D. the problems of congenitally deaf people
25. In line 9 The word "distinctions" could be best replaced with ....
A. similarities
B. experiences
C. imaginations
D. differences
Text 5
In North America there are two forms of bison, the plains bison
and the woodland bison. The plains bison once ranged from
Pennsylvania and Georgia to the Rockies, north to the edge of the
Canadian forest, and south onto the central plateau of Mexico. The
bison has a great tolerance to cold. When blizzards rage across
the North American prairie, bison lower their heads and face
directly into the storm. In winter the vegetation on which these
animals feed may be hidden beneath a deep blanket of snow;
however, this does not present a problem, for the bison use their
hooves and massive heads to clear away the snow and then feed on
the grasses below. Bison are strong survivors and have few
predators except for humans, who reduced their population to the
point at which, around 1900, there were fewer than a thousand
plains bison left. However, with protection and careful breeding
they have been brought back to the point
where their numbers can be multiplied at will.
Large herds presently range on both government and private lands
where they are protected. Other endangered species need the same
planning and protection.
26. What is the topic of the passage?
A. the diversity of climates in America
B. national parks of north America
C. cold-blooded animals of the Southwestern desert
D. the endangered grizzly of North America
A. Seeking shelter behind boulders
B. In the open
C. in caves
D. Behind trees
28. It can be concluded from the passage that ....
A. Bison will eventually be extinct
B. Bison are more fragile than they appear
C. The Bison population can be controlled
D. Bison were native to a limited territory
29. The word "their" in line 10 refers to ....
A. numbers
B. predators
C. humans
D. plains bison
30. "...Large herds presently range on both government..."
A. move about
B. cook on a store
C. drive a long distance
D. surround
Demikian Latihan Soal Reading Comprehension Tes Bahasa Inggris Rekrutmen Bersama BUMN Plus Kunci Jawaban. Semoga soal- soaol di atas dapat memberikan gambaran tentang soal TBI BUMN.
Semoga Sukses.
Sumber referensi tulisan :
- Buku Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test
- Buku The Heinle & Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant Reading
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