Contoh Soal UTBK Bahasa Inggris Tipe Sinonim dan Menjawab Pertanyaan Seputar Teks

adjar.id – Apakah Adjarian sudah pernah mengerjakan soal UTBK SBMPTN bahasa Inggris tipe  mencari sinonim dari sebuah kata dan menjawab pertanyaan seputar teks?

Kalau soal tipe mencari sinonim, pastinya sudah tidak asing lagi bagi Adjarian, ‘kan?

Yap, soal tipe mencari sinonim dan antonim suatu kata memang sangat sering muncul di berbagai tes kemampuan bahasa Inggris, mulai dari Ujian Nasional, UTBK SBMPTN, hingga TOEFL, lo.

Karena sudah umum keluar di berbagai tes kemampuan bahasa Inggris, tentunya kita membutuhkan upaya lebih untuk dapat menjawab soal tipe sinonim.

Beberapa upaya yang bisa dilakukan adalah dengan rajin berlatih soal, mencatat kosakata atau vocabulary asing yang ditemui pada teks, serta membaca kamus thesaurus.

Nah, pada kesempatan kali ini, kita juga akan berlatih menjawab satu soal mencari sinonim sebagai salah satu bentuk upaya Adjarian.

O iya, kalau tipe soal menjawab pertanyaan seputar teks sebenarnya cukup mudah, lo.

Kita hanya perlu membaca soal dan mencari jawaban dengan cermat pada teks, jadi, tidak harus membaca teks secara keseluruhan. Sehingga, waktu yang digunakan pun akan lebih efektif.

Langsung saja kita coba kerjakan bersama, yuk!

Baca Juga: Pembahasan Soal UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Parafrase Informasi Teks dan Sinonim

Read the text below.

(Bacalah teks di bawah ini)

(1) When mothers eat fre.e 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

(2) Researchers followed nearty 2,000 mother-child pairs from the first trimester of pregnancy through the child's fifth birthday and found improved brain functions in the kids whose mothers ate the most fish while pregnant, compared to childr mothers who ate the least.

(3) Even when women ate averaged 600 grams, or 21 ounces, of fish weekly during pregnancy, there was no sign that mercury or other pollutants associated with fish were having a negative effect that offset the apparent benefits.

(4) "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 Center for Research in 10 Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona, said in an email

(5) In an attempt to balance the potential harms of such pollutants with the general health benefits of fish, the U.S. 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 150 g to 600 g of fish weekly during pregnancy, Julvez and colleagues note in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

But, the study team writes, the effects of maternal 15 fish consumption during development are still not well understood and more research could help give pregnant women clearer guidance.

Baca Juga: Pembahasan Soal UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Mencari Informasi Implisit

(6) The researchers analyzed data from the Spanish Childhood and Environment Project, a large population study that recruited women in their first trimester of pregnancy, in four provinces of Spain, between 2004 and 2008.

(7) 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.

(Diadaptasi dari www.yahoo.com/eatingalotoffishduringpregnancy.)

Pertanyaan

1. The word “general” in paragraph 4 has the same meaning with…

A. Common

B. Specific

C. Endorsing

Baca Juga: Contoh Soal dan Pembahasan UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Memparafrase Kalimat

D. Increasing

E. Balancing

Jawaban: A. Common

Pembahasan:  Arti kata “general” sendiri adalah umum. Nah, dari kelima opsi jawaban, koakata yang memiliki arti serupa dengan “umum” adalah “common”, yaitu terdapat pada opsi A.

Sementara opsi B “specific” sendiri berarti khusus, yang justru merupakan antonim dari “general”, kata “endorsing” pada opsi C berarti mendukung atau mendorong, kata “increasing” pada opsi D memiliki arti meningkatkan, sedangkan opsi E, yaitu “balancing” berarti menyeimbangkan.

2. How much fish does a pregnant mother need to consume per week to have her child test score improve in the future?

A. Around 150 g

B. Exactly 510 g

C. Exactly 500 g

Baca Juga: Contoh Soal dan Pembahasan UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Memparafrase Kalimat

D. Around 600 g

E. No need to consume fish

Jawaban: B. Exactly 510 g

Pembahasan:  Jawaban dari pertanyaan tersebut tercantum pada paragrafterakhir. Coba amati kalimat berikut.

“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.”

Dari angka yang disebutan sudah sangat jelas bahwa ibu hamil perlu mengonsumsi ikan 500 g per minggu dengan tambahan 10 g perminggunya.

Nah Adjarian, itulah pembahasan soal mencari sinonim dan menjawab pertanyaan seputar teks, Adjarian.