adjar.id – Halo, Adjarian! Kita akan kembali membahas contoh soal latihan UTBK SBMPTN bahasa Inggris.
Kali ini, kita akan mengerjakan soal tipe mencari topik dan sinonim pada teks.
Sudah semakin dekat dengan jadwal UTBK SBMPTN, nih. Pasti semakin semangat juga untuk rajin berlatih, kan?
Semakin rajin berlatih soal-soal UTBK SBMPTN, artinya semakin dekat juga tujuan kita untuk berhasil memasuki jurusan favorit di perguruan tinggi impian.
Nah, salah satu pelajaran yang akan diujikan pada UTBK SBMPTN 2022.
Meskipun teks dan soal yang disajikan pada UTBK SBMPTN bahasa Inggris sedikit lebih kompleks dan sukar, tetapi jika rajin berlatih pasti akan terasa lebih mudah, lo.
Dua tipe soal yang memiliki kemungkinan akan muncul pada UTBK SBMPTN bahasa Inggris adalah mencari topik pada teks dan sinonim sebuah kata.
Kedua tipe tersebut pastinya sudah pernah Adjarian temui di berbagai soal bahasa Inggris di sekolah, kan?
Langsung saja kita bahas bersama, yuk!
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Read the text comprehensively!
(Bacalah teks secara menyeluruh!)
When mothers eat three sizeable servings of fish each week during pregnancy, it may benefit children’s brains for years to come, according to a large study in Spain.
Researchers followed nearly 2,000 mother-daughter pairs from the first trimester of pregnancy to their child's fifth birthday and found improved brain function in children whose mothers ate the most fish while pregnant, compared with children of mothers who ate the least.
Even when women ate an average of 600 grams, or 21 ounces, of fish each week during pregnancy, there was no sign that mercury or other pollutants associated with fish had any negative effects that offset any real benefits.
"Seafood is known to be an important source of essential nutrients for brain development, but at the same time accumulates mercury from the environment, which is known to be neurotoxic," lead author Jordi Julvez, of the Research Center in 10 Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona, said in an email.
In an attempt to balance the potential harm of these pollutants with the general health benefits of fish, the US Food and Drug Administration's 2014 guidelines encourage pregnant women to eat fish, but no more than 12 ounces per week.
The European Food Safety Authority recently issued a scientific opinion endorsing of 150 to 600 g of fish weekly during pregnancy, Julvez and colleagues note in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
However, the research team writes, the effects of maternal consumption of 15 fish during development are still not well understood and further research could help provide clearer guidance to pregnant women.
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The researchers analyzed data from the Spanish Childhood and Environment Project, a large population study that recruited women in the first trimester of their pregnancy, in four Spanish provinces, between 2004 and 2008.
On average, the women had consumed 500 g, or three servings, of seafood per week while pregnant. But with every additional 10 g per week above that amount, children’s test scores improved.
The link between higher maternal consumption and better brain development in children was especially apparent when kids were five.
(Adapted from www.yahoo.com/beauty/eatinglotsoffishduringpregnancy)
Pertanyaan
1. What is the topic of the passage?
A. Research on fish consumption by pregnant women.
B. The effect of fish consumption on children's growth and development.
C. Effects of pregnant women consuming fish on their children's brains.
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D. Comparison between brain development and fish consumption
Jawaban: C. Effects of pregnant women consuming fish on their children's brains.
Pembahasan: Inti pembahasan dari teks di atas adalah sebuah penelitian yang meninjau hubungan mengonsumsi ikan oleh para perempuan hamil terhadap perkembangan otak anak.
Coba perhatikan kalimat pada paragraf awal berikut!
“When mothers eat three sizeable servings of fish each week during pregnancy, it may benefit children’s brains for years to come.”
“Researchers followed nearly 2,000 mother-daughter pairs from the first trimester of pregnancy to their child's fifth birthday and found improved brain function in children whose mothers ate the most fish while pregnant, …”
Dari dua pernyataan itu, dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa topik utama paragraf terdapat pada pilihan jawaban C.
2. The word “endorsing” in line 16 of the paragraph means ....
A. Calculating
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B. Quantifying
C. Promoting
D. Increasing
Jawaban: C. Promoting
Pembahasan: Nah, untuk dapat menjawab tipe soal sinonim ini, kita memang perlu rajin membaca teks berbahasa Inggris dan mencatat seluruh kata sukar yang ditemui, Adjarian.
Selain itu, kita juga dapat mencoba membaca konteks pada kalimat yang ditanyakan.
Endorsing memiliki arti yang sama dengan promoting, yaitu mendukung atau mendorong.
Nah, itulah pembahasan contoh soal latihan UTBK SBMPTN bahasa Inggris tipe mencari topik utama teks dan sinonim dari sebuah kata.
Jangan lupa untuk terus rajin berlatih, ya!
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