Latihan Soal UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Menentukan Maksud Penyajian Paragraf

adjar.id – Menentukan maksud penyajian paragraf merupakan salah satu tipe soal yang akan keluar pada UTBK bahasa Inggris nantinya.

Tipe soal satu ini sebenarnya hampir serupa dengan mencari tujuan penulisan paragraf, Adjarian.

Selain itu, tipe soal ini juga sedikit mirip dengan tipe menentukan gaya penulisan paragraf yang sebelumnya sudah pernah kita bahas.

Pilihan jawabannya biasanya diawali dengan kata kerja, seperti “to discuss”, “to give example”, “to elaborate”, dan lain semacamnya.

Nah, langkah awal untuk menjawabnya, kita cukup mencermati isi paragraf yang ditanyakan pada soal.

Bisa juga sedikit membaca paragraf sebelumnya untuk mendapatkan inti penulisan secara komprehensif.

Misalnya, paragraf sebelumnya membicarakan terkait pengertian atau penjabaran topik.

Bisa jadi paragraf selanjutnya atau paragraf yang ditanyakan membicarakan tentang contoh-contoh atau klasifikasi dari topik tersebut.

Kalau begitu, langsung saja kita kerjakan soalnya, yuk!

Baca Juga: Latihan Soal UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Menentukan Bentuk Penyajian Paragraf

Read the following text

(1) Many modern educational experts claim that teaching facts and academic skill is less important than achieving other social objectives.

For some liberals, the school must first change attitudes or provide nurturing in place of failed families or help establish equality and social justice.

For some conservatives, the schools must first prepare kids for the workplace by molding them into supple corporate citizens, while other want the focus to be on family values, a competitive spirit, or other social or behavioral objectives.

But the idea of simply educating kids seems to have taken a backseat to most educational expert and administrators.

They miss the point that kids with real academic skills, especially skills in reading, writing, and mathematics, are more likely to overcome social barriers, more likely to have genuine self esteem, and likely to be genuinely prepared for the challenges of life and the workplace.

By emphasizing so many things besides a genuine, classical education, the educational establishment tends to sell our kids short and bring about many or the problems they claim to be solving.

(2) Consider the case of Wesley Elementary School in Houston. According to Richard Nadler in article, "Failing Grade", Wesley has all the demographic markers of a school bound for failure.

Over 80 % of the students quality for subsidized lunches, and nearly all are minorities (92 % black, 7 % Hispanic).

Baca Juga: Latihan Soal UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Mencari Ide Utama dan Tujuan Teks

Yet it ranks among the best school of Houston, with first-graders placing at the 82nd percentile level in reading test which is 50 points higher than the expected level for similar at-risk schools.

(3) What has made Wesley So successful? The answer is classical education in the form of Direct Instruction curriculum design by Siegfried Engelmann, an example of the much ridiculed "Sage-on the-stag" approach.

The Direct Instruction system boosts reading, writing, and math scores by 30 to 40 percentile points in at-risk schools.

Sadly, Engelmann like others who successfully challenge popular fads in educational reform, has been rejected by much of the educational establishment. His success is in embarrassment to them.

Pertanyaan

1. The second paragraph presents…

A. An elaboration of purposes of an effective school

B. A discussion on the requirements for the good school

C. An illustration to support the opinions on school subjects

Baca Juga: Latihan Soal UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Menjawab Soal Terkait Teks dan Sinonim Kata

D. Evidence in favor of the value of social objectives

E. A real example rather than an opinion of good schooling

Jawaban: E. A real example rather than an opinion of good schooling

Pembahasan: Karena yang ditanyakan adalah paragraf kedua, jadi kita bisa langsung membaca dan mencermati isi paragraf tersebut.

Paragraf kedua menyajikan studi kasus Wesley Elementary School.

Sekolah tersebut bukanlah sekolah favorit yang mengajarkan kemampuan akademis atau academic skill.

Namun ternyata, prestasinya melampaui sekolah-sekolah favorit yang ada di Houtson.

“Over 80 % of the students quality for subsidized lunches, and nearly all are minorities (92 % black, 7 % Hispanic)”.

“Yet it ranks among the best school of Houston, with first-graders placing at the 82nd percentile level in reading test which is 50 points higher than the expected level for similar at-risk schools”.

Baca Juga: Latihan Soal dan Pembahasan UTBK Bahasa Inggris, Menyimpulkan Isi Teks

Jadi, paragraf tersebut sifatnya lebih menampilkan contoh nyata daripada teori. Opsi jawaban yang paling tepat adalah E. A real example rather than an opinion of good schooling.

Nah, itulah latihan soal dan jawaban UTBK bahasa Inggris tipe maksud penyajian paragraf, Adjarian.