Latihan Soal dan Pembahasan Ujian Seleksi Kompetensi Bidang (SKB) PTB STMKG Mapel Bahasa Inggris
Salam. Halo sahabat Ahzaa, selamat datang kembali di AhzaaNet. Pada post ini saya sudah menyiapkan untuk latihan soal teman- teman yang mau mendaftar ke sekolah tinggi kedinasan khususnya Sekolah Tinggi Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (STMKG). STMKG merupakan salah satu sekolah kedinasan yang saat ini banyak diminati. Untuk bisa masuk menjadi taruna STMKG, teman- teman harus melalui beberapa tahapan tes terlebih dahulu. Lengkapnya bisa teman- teman lihat pada buku panduan PTB STMKG yang terbaru yaa... Nah, salah satu seleksi ujian masuk adalah seleksi kompetensi bidang (SKB). Pada tahapan ini teman- teman harus sudah lolos untuk seleksi administrasi dan seleksi kompetensi dasar (SKD). SKB terdiri atas tiga tes yaitu Matematika, Fisika, dan Bahasa Inggris.
Pada tulisan ini saya khususkan untuk membahas soal sebagai latihan untuk uji mapel bahasa Inggris. Soal- soal saya kompile dari soal- soal PTB STMKG tahun- tahun sebelumnya agar teman - teman mengetahui sistem soal yang digunakan baik tipe reading teks nya maupun tipe soal yang digunakan.
Latihan soal sudah saya lengkapi dengan kunci jawaban sekaligus pembahasan per soal agar memudahkan dalam belajar teman- teman. Kedepannya latihan soal akan saya buat beberapa part atau bagian untuk memperkaya latihan soal.
Baik, langsung saja yaa, berikut latihan soalnya, Semoga bermanfaat. jangan lupa untuk share ke teman- teman lainnya. Semoga sukses.
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Latihan Soal dan Pembahasan Ujian Seleksi Kompetensi Bidang (SKB) PTB STMKG
Mapel Bahasa Inggris
Questions 1-5
(Sipencatar AMG 2007/2008)
Regional Association V for the South-West Pacific is one of six Regional
Association of the Word Meteorological Organization (WMO). It is one of
the largest Regions in area, crossing both the dateline and the equator.
Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Niue, Tonga and Samoa became
Members of WMO over the last few years, increasing the Membership of the
Association from 16 t0 21.
Most of the countries of the Region are subject, among others, to
tropical cyclones and the strong influence of the EI Nino/Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) phenomena. Many of them are small islands that are
also highly vulnerable to the potential effects of climate change, especially
sea-level rise. In this regards, the strengthening of the capacity of the
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and the promotion of
their core activities are needed for the safety of citizens, for the
protection of the environment and for the efficiency and economy of a wide
range of weather-sensitive activities.
The Regional Association plays an important coordinating role for activities
within the Regional Programme of the Organization, and makes
recommendations on regional components of the major WMO Programmes, which
focus on priority areas such as severe weather warnings, climate change and
related environmental issues.
The Association is making great efforts to promote the development of the
NMHSs so that they could effectively respond to their national and regional
concerns. In this regard, the Association considers priority national and
regional activities, and provides a forum for bringing important issues
to the attention of national policy-makers and relevant regional
organizations.
1. The number "16 to 21" in line 5 refers to ....
A. Association
B. WMO
C. programs
D. countries
E. Regional Association
Berdasarkan kalimat pada bacaan, angka 16 to 21 pada baris kelima merujuk pada
negara
2. The world "vulnerable" in line 6 is closest in meaning to ....
A. liable to be better
B. liable to be damaged
C. easily
D. difficult
E. as soon as possible
Berdasarkan konteks kalimat, kata vulnerable berarti rentan, atau arti yang
paling sesuai adalah liable to be damaged
3. The author mentions that strong influence of El-Nino/ Southern
Oscillation as an example of which of the following?
A. How natural phenomena influences the Region
B. How people work together in the Region
C. How wide the Region is
D. How far the distance of the Region is
E. How long the influence of EI Nino/Southern could be
Pengarang menekankan pengaruh kuat dari El NIno/ Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
sebagai contoh karena ingin menjelaskan bagaimana fenomena alam tersbeut
mempengauhi suatu daerah
4. The word "core" in line 10 is closest in meaning to ....
A. region
B. main
C. phenomena
D. program
E. weather
Berdasarkan konteks, kata "core" pada baris 10 memiliki makna yang mirip
dengan kata "program"
5. The word "weather-sensitive" in line 12 is closest in meaning to ....
A. sensitive from weather
B. sensitive by weather
C. sensitive of weather
D. sensitive to weather
E. sensitive off weather
Berdasarkan konteks, kata "weather-sensitive" pada baris 10 memiliki makna
yang hampir sama dengan kata "sensitive by weather"
Questions 6-15
(Sipencatar STMKG 2012/2013)
The 2011 earthquake of the pacific coast of Tohuku also known as the 2011
Tohuku earthquake, or the great east Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0
(Mw) undersea megathrust Earthquake off coast Japan that occured at 14:46 JST
(05:46 UTC) on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately 70
kilometers east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohuku and the hypocenter at an
underwater depth of approximately 32 km. It was the most powerful known
Earthquake ever to have hit Japan, and oe of the five most powerful Earthquake
in the world since modern record- keeping began in 1900. The earthquake
triggered powerful Tsunami waves that reached height of up to 40.5 meters (133
ft) in MIyako in Tohuku Iwate Prefecture, and which, in Sendai area, travelled
up to 10 km inland. The Earthquake moved Honshu 2.4 m(8ft) east and shifted
the earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm(10 in)
6. Tohuku is located at ....
A. Eastern Japan
B. East Japan
C. Japanese
D. Japan Country
E. Japan East
Tohuku terletak di Jepang bagian timur. Jawaban tersurat pada kalimat pertama
"The 2011 earthquake of the pacific coast of Tohuku also known as the 2011
Tohuku earthquake, or the great east Japan Earthquake,..."
7. The word " magnitude" is closest in meaning to ....
A. strength
B. weakness
C. Earthquake
D. Tsunami
E. size
Berdasarkan konteksnya, makna kata magnitude adalah besarnya kekuatan
(biasanya dalam gempa). Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah strength.
arti weakness = kelemahan
earthquake = gempa bumi
Tsunami = Tsunami
size = ukuran
8. The word"epicenter" is closest in meaning to pint at which an Earthquake
reaches the earth's ....
A. layer
B. magnitude
C. core
D. surface
E. center
Epicenter adalah titik di permukaan bumi yang berada tepat di atas atau di
bawah kejadian lokal yang memengaruhi permukaan bumi
Hipocenter adalah titik di dalam bumi yang menjadi pusat gempa bumi,
dinyatakan dalam lintang, bujur dan kedalaman
Jawaban yang tepat berkaitan dengan epicenter adalah surface (permukaan)
layer = lapisan
magnitude = kekuatan
core = inti
center = pusat
9. The word "trigger" in the Earthquake triggered powerful Tsunami wave is
closest in meaning to ....
A. be the cause of
B. be the reason of
C. be the result of
D. be the immediate cause of
E. be the process of
Berdasarkan konteksnya, kata trigger dimaknai penyebab. Maka, jawaban yang
sesuai adalah be cause of
10. The word "powerful" is closest in meaning to ....
A. having no power
B. having small power
C. having less power
D. having great power
E. having low power
Berdasarkan konteksnya, kata "powerful" dimaknai sebagai bertenaga atau
memiliki kekuatan yang besar. Jawaban yang sesuai adalah having great power
11. The word "prefecture" in Tohuku Iwate Prefecture is closest in meaning to
....
A. Earthquake area
B. Japanese area
C. Tsunami area
D. administrative area
E. Tohuku area
Kata prefecture berati perfektur yang merupakan daerah yurisdiksi di Jepang
sebagai nama lain dari provinsi (Indonesia)
Jawaban yang sesuai adalah administration area
12. The word "shifted" is closest in meaning to ....
A. changed earthquake
B. changed position or direction
C. changed Tsunami
D. changed waves
E. changed Tohuku
Berdasarkan konteks kalimat, kata shifted berati bergerak atau berpindah.
Jawaban yang sesuai dengan kata tersebut adalah changed position or direction
13. It could be infered fom the passage that Tsunami is a kind of ....
A. Japanese
B. Earthquake
C. Long wave
D. Sea wave
E. Short wave
Dalam bacaan dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa Tsunami merupakan gelombang
panjang (long wave). Jawaban dapat ditemukan dalam kalimat "The earthquake
triggered powerful Tsunami waves that reached height of up to 40.5 meters (133
ft) in MIyako in Tohuku Iwate Prefecture, and which, in Sendai area, travelled
up to 10 km inland." (-Gempa tersebut memicu gelombang Tsunami kuat yang
mencapai ketinggian hingga 40,5 meter (133 kaki) di Miyako Prefektur Tohuku
Iwate, dan di daerah Sendai, dengan pergerakan hingga 10 km ke daratan.-)
14. It could be inferred from the passage that ....
A. Tsunami waves travelled inland
B. Tsunami waves smashed inland
C. Tsunami waves went toward inland
D. Tsunami waves waved inland
E. Tsunami waves left inland
Dari bacaan dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa gelombang Tsunami menghantam
daratan. Jawaban yang sesuai adalah B
15. 40.5 metres .... to 133 ft
A. equals
B. are equals
C. is equals to
D. are equals to
E. is equals
Jawaban yang paling sesuai adalah A, equal--->> verb
Questions 16-19
(Sipencatar STMKG 2010/2011)
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict
the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location. Human
beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millenia, and
formally since at least the nineteent century. Weather forecasts are
made by collecting quantitative data about the current state of the
atmosphere and using scientific understanding of atmospheric processes to
project how the atmosphere will evolve.
16. What is the main point of the passage?
A. wether forecasts
B. wether forecasting
C. weather forecasts
D. weather forecasting
E. atmospheric forecasts
Poin utama yang dibahas dalam bacaan diatas adalah tentang weather forecasting
17. The word "to predict" in line 1 is closest in meaning to ....
A. to tell on advance
B. to tell of advance
C. to tell in advance
D. to tell if advance
E. to tell at advance
Kata to predict dalam kalimat berarti to tell in advance
18. It is known that the atmosphere is ....
A. mixture of gas surrounding the earth
B. mixture of gases surrounding the earth
C. mixture of gas surrounding the Earth
D. mixture of gases surrounding the Earth
E. mixture of gases surrounding the sun
Atmosphere merupakan Campuran gas yang mengelilingi Bumi. Dalam jawaban
terdapat beberapa frase yang sama pada opsi jawaban, namun dibedakan oleh
penggunaan bentuk jamak dan huruf kapital pada beberapa opsi jawaban. KIta
analisis satu persatu,
1. Kata gas yang tepat digunakan adalah bentuk jamak, atau gases, karena
merujuk pada campuran beberapa gas yang mengelilingi bumi sehingga terdapat
lebih dari satu gas.
2. Penggunaan kapitalisasi huruf. Kata bumi (the Earth) yang mengacu pada
planet kita (jika Bumi digunakan sebagai kata benda yang tepat/ proper noun),
maka itu dikapitalisasi. Jika digunakan sebagai kata benda umum, maka kata
bumi adalah huruf kecil(the earth).
Sehingga dalam konteks kalimat tersebut, bahwa bumi digunakan dalam proper
noun, sehingga harus dikapitalisasi.
sumber : https://capitalizemytitle.com/ufaqs/is-earth-capitalized/
https://writingexplained.org/gases-or-gasses-difference
19. The word "century" in line four is the synonym of ....
A. 1 year
B. 10 years
C. 100 years
D. 1000 years
E. 10.000 years
Kata century berarti abad (100 tahun). Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah C
Questions 20 - 24
(Sipencatar AMKG 2009/2010)
Earthquakes are among the most dreadful geological phenomena faced by human
kind because of their devastating effects and their usually unpredictable
occurence. South-East Asia is one of the most seismically active areas in the
world. With a very high population density, burgeoning economy and the rapid
development taking place more people and properties are exposed to seismic
hazards in this region than anywhere else in the world. The threat earthquakes
must be taken seriously. Many NMHSs in the Region have the responsibility for
monitoring seismic activities; these include Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, New
Zealand and Singapore. (Source: WMO-No. 888 p.19)
20. What is the main topic the passage?
A. earthquake occurence
B. seismological services
C. people and earthquake
D. natural disaster
E. active areas
Topik dari teks adalah tentang peristiwa gempa bumi (earthquake occurence)
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