Soal Un Bahasa Inggris Dan Pembahasannya

SOAL UN BAHASA INGGRIS DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

1.      Each society has its own beliefs, attitudes, customs, behaviours, and social habits. These give people a sense of who they are, how they should behave, and what they should or should not do. These 'rules' reflect the 'culture' of a country. People become conscious of such rules when they meet people from different cultures. For example, in some cultures, being on time can mean turning up several hours late for an appointment, even for a business meeting; in others, 3 p.m. means 3 p.m. Also, the rules aboutwhen to eat vary from culture to culture. Many North Americans and Europeans are used to having three mealtimes a day and organizing their timetable around them. In some countries, on the other hand, people often do not have strict rules like this - people eat when they want to and every family has its own time table. When people visit or live in a country for the first time, they are often surprised at the differences that exist between their own culture and that in the other country. The most common way of comparing two cultures is in terms of their differences - not their similarities.

What does the writer want to tell you?

A . Strict rules.                                          D . Culture in a country.

B . Mealtimes day.                                    E . Culture similarities.

C . Culture differences.      

  

PEMBAHASAN       : Penulis ingin menggambarkan tentang perbedaan budaya suatu bangsa. Hal ini  dapat dilihat dengan jelas dalam paragraf kedua. Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah C.

2.         Which statement is TRUE according to the text ?

A . There are no people becoming conscious of a new culture.

B . There are no countries having strict rules of mealtimes.

C . There are no strict rules of mealtimes in some countries.

D . There are no problems for people who visit a coutry for the first time.

E . There are no similarities between a culture is one country and that in another.

PEMBAHASAN         : Baca kembali isi teks jika lupa. Kalo gak, langsung sikat aja. Jawabannya C.

3.        "Being on time can mean turning up several hours late ..." (Paragraph 2).

The underlined words mean ........

A . arriving                                               D . exposing

B . emerging                                             E . displaying

C . appearing

PEMBAHASAN      : Turning up berarti kehadiran, appearing memiliki arti yang sama yaitu  kemunculan. Kuncinya adalah C.

4.        Shifa         : It's difficult for me to solve the mathematics problem. I can't do it myself.

Radita      : Let's solve it together, I'll have my brother ... us if we can't do it.

A . help                                                    D . helped

B . to help                                                E . helping

C . helps

PEMBAHASAN            : Penggunaan causative dengan objek manusia (my brother) maka  kata kerjanya tanpa to. Kemudian kata kerjanya ditambahi s karena "my brother" adalah orang ketiga tunggal. Sekali lagi, jawabannya C.

5.        Andre : Did you join the trip last holiday?

Firdaus : If my father had given me permission, I would have joined it.

From the dialogue we know that ....

A . Firdaus joined the trip

B . Andre didn't join the trip

C . Firdaus really wanted to join the trip but he didn't

D . Andre wanted Firdaus to join the trip

E . Firdaus' father permitted him to join the trip

 

PEMBAHASAN           : Kejadiannya berbentuk lampau (past tense) last holiday, dan  Firdaus tidak diizinkan orang tuanya walaupun dia ingin ikut. Lagi-lagi jawabannya adalah C.