2022
LATIHAN SOAL
UTBK 2022
Eisha Sabila
Questions 1—4 are based on the following passage.
Forests have the ability to regulate water systems, prevent erosion and flood, and
maintain soil fertility. The ability of forests is inseparable from the existence of millions
and even billions of trees in a forest area. Trees only store water for their own needs, and
the land saves water.
Billions of trees with their wide canopies will hold back rain. In this position, rain water
does not directly hit the soil surface, but will fall slowly through the leaves and flow
through the tree trunk. Then, the soil surface filled with tree trunks will produce quite a
lot of litter originating from organic materials in the forms of leaf and dry twigs.
Dramatically, littering is heading towards the decay process. The organic materials are
collected on the soil surface.
Questions 1—4 are based on the following passage.
Litter blocks the water falling from the canopy so it does not directly hit the soil. Litter also functions
as a place to live for millions of organisms (e.g. worms). This organism punctures the land as a home
and place of life. This organism’s behaviour causes the soil surface to become loose and porous.
When rain drops from the canopy fall onto the litter, the water slowly flows to the soil surface. The
loose and porous top layer of soil will absorb the water and then the water will be stored in the
aquifer, the underground river.
The soil surface in the forest has high capacity to absorb rainwater. As a result, most of the rainwater
seeps into the soil; only a little becomes running water. Running water is the water that cannot be
absorbed by the soil surface. This water will go down to a lower area. If running water exceeds the
carrying capacity of the river, it can certainly cause flood. Most of the rainwater that falls in the forest
area will be absorbed by the soil and stored in the aquifer.
Furthermore, the water stored in the aquifer will come out regularly through springs. From these
springs, water flows through rivers that are mostly found in the forest area. In addition, there is also
underground water that comes out as a spring in the resident wells.
01
The word 'dramatically' in paragraph
2 is best replaced by....
a. gradually b. naturally c. amazingly
d. surprisingly e. simultaneously
Answer key:
a. gradually
Pembahasan:
Dramatically berarti ‘secara dramatis’, yang mana kata tersebut kurang sesuai dengan konteks
kalimat di paragraph kedua yang menerangkan sebuah proses. Jadi, kata yang paling tepat
untuk menggantikannya adalah gradually (secara bertahap).
Alternatif lain: constantly, continuously, progressively
02
What is the main idea of
the passage?
a. Water guarantees millions of organisms to survive in forest areas.
b. Land stores and releases water through various processes.
c. Litter gradually flows water to the soil surface.
d. Trees store water to fulfil human daily needs.
e. Forests have various benefits for human life.
Answer key:
b. Land stores and releases water
through various processes.
Pembahasan:
Untuk mencari sebuah topik utama dari sebuah teks yang terdiri atas lebih dari 1
paragraf, Anda harus menemukan topik yang dibahas dalam maisng-masing
paragraf terlebih dahulu. Topik sebuah teks umumnya terdapat pembahasannya
dalam setiap paragrafnya.
03
With the sentence ‘This organism's behaviour
causes the soil surface to become loose and
porous’ in paragraph 3, the writer intends to....
a. describe the organism and its behaviour against loose soil.
b. confirm the behaviour of organisms in loose soil.
c. compare the loose soil with the porous soil.
d. uncover natural processes at soil erosion.
e. explain the causes of soil erosion.
Answer key:
e. explain the causes of soil
erosion.
Pembahasan:
Karena dalam kalimat tersebut terdapat kata kerja cause yang artinya
“menyebabkan”, maka kalimat tersebut sedang membicarakan tentang
sebab/dampak dari satu hal terhadap hal yang lain. Oleh karena itu, jawaban yang
benar adalah opsi E.
04
What most likely motivates the
writer in writing the passage?
a. There is an unresolved flood problem.
b. People’s awareness towards reforestation is low.
c. Not many people understand the benefits of water for forests.
d. There is the fallacious concept that trees store large amount of water.
e. The information about the importance of trees in storing water is not available.
Answer key:
e. explain the causes of soil
erosion.
Pembahasan:
Jawaban untuk soal ini dapat ditemukan dalam pernyataan penulis pada
paragraf pertama, “Trees only store water for their own needs, and the
land saves water.” Opsi jawaban yang lain tidak disebutkan secara spesifik
oleh penulis.
Questions 5—8 are based on the following passage.
05
Answer key:
c. change actively
Pembahasan:
Frasa move dynamically memiliki arti yang sama dengan frasa
change actively, yang berarti bergerak/berubah secara
aktif/dinamis.
06
Answer key:
c. The movement of tectonic
plates causes earthquakes.
Pembahasan:
Opsi jawaban C merupakan opsi jawaban yang bersifat paling
umum dan pembahasannya terdapat pada seluruh paragraf.
07
Answer key:
e. describe the process of an
earthquake.
Pembahasan:
Jangan terkecoh dengan kata kerja pada opsi jawaban lain yang
terdengar lebih scientific, karena pada dasarnya pembahasan
paragraph 2 adalah proses bagaimana gempa bumi bisa terjadi.
08
Answer key:
a. lack of information about
areas prone to earthquakes.
Pembahasan:
Secara umum, teks/passage di atas membahas tentang konsep umum
pergerakan tektonik yang dapat menyebabkan gempa bumi serta daerah-
daerah yang rawan terhadap gempa bumi (bisa dilihat melalui 2 paragraf
terakhir).
Questions 9—12 are based on the following passage.
09
In which paragraph does the writer
emphasize the effect of drinking tea
in breast cancer?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3
d. 4 e. 5
Answer key:
b. 2
Pembahasan:
Untuk menjawab soal yang menanyakan main idea, Anda cukup mencari kalimat
utama dalam setiap paragraf. Kalimat utama (thesis statement) paragraf 2 berbunyi,
“Female First writes that a new study in the UK shows that drinking tea regularly
can help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.”
10
Answer key:
b. The results of the study
reveal this.
Pembahasan:
Anda dapat menemukan jawaban dari pertanyaan ini
pada kalimat utama paragraf 4.
11
Answer key:
a. They tend to easily get various
degenerative diseases.
Pembahasan:
Simpulan dari passage di atas adalah peminum teh bisa terhindar
dari berbagai macam penyakit berbahaya. Sebaliknya, non-
peminum teh lebih berisiko terkena berbagai macam penyakit.
12
Answer key:
a. Tea drinkers
Pembahasan:
Passage di atas berisi keuntungan dari kebiasaan meminum the, yaitu
dapat terhindar dari berbagai macam penyakit. Oleh karena itu, pembaca
yang sekaligus merupakan orang-orang yang hobi minum teh akan
beranggapan bahwa passage tersebut bermanfaat.
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