15 Soal Tentang Reading + Kunci Jawaban
Soal Pilgan Reading
1. Read the following text and answer number 1-5
In total, the plant has need of at least 16 elements, of which the most important are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, calcium, and magnesium.
The plan obtains carbon and hydrogen dioxide from the atmosphere; other nutrients are taken up from the soil. Althoughthe plant contains sodium, iodine, and cobalt, these are apparently not essential. This is also true of silicon and alumunium.
Overall chemical analysis indicate that the total supply of nutrients in soils is usually high in comparison with the requirements of crop plants. Much of this potential supply, however, is bound tightly in forms that are not released to crops fast enough to give satisfactory growth. Because of this, the farmer is interested in measuring the available nutrient supply as contrasted to the total quantities.
Which of the following elements is not taken up from the soil?
A. Potassium
B. Magnesium
C. Carbon
D. Calcium
Jawaban:
B. Magnesium
2. Why do farmers prefer considering the only available nutrients to the total quantities of nutrient found in the soil? Because . . . . .
A. They do to know how to obtain all the nutrients
B. Chemical analysis indicate that the soil constrains all the nutrients needed
C. The nutrient are in the soil
D. Most of the nutrients are bound in compounds
Jawaban:
B. Chemical analysis indicate that the soil constrains all the nutrients needed
3. The topic of paragraph three is about . . . . .
A. The result of chemical analysis
B. The requirement of crop plants
C. Giving satisfactory growth to the plants
D. Measuring the available nutrients supply
Jawaban:
A. The result of chemical analysis
4. How many elements which are not very important can be found in the plants?
A. Three
B. Five
C. Seven
D. Nine
Jawaban:
B. Five
5. “the plant obtains carbon and hydrogen dioxide . . . . .”(pharagraph 2). Obtain means
A. Gets
B. Takes
C. Puts
D. Gives
Jawaban:
A. Gets
6. Questions 6-15 refer to the following passage.
Horse owner who plan to breed one or more mares should have a working knowledge of heredity and know how to carefor breeding animals and foals. The number of mares bred that actually conceive varies from about 40 to 85 percent, with the average running less than 50 percent. Some mares that do conceive fail to produce living foals. This means that, on average, two mares are kept a whole year to produce one foal, and even then, some foals are disappointments from the standpoint of quality.
By careful selection, breeders throughout history have developed various kinds of horses with a wide variety of characteristics to suit many different needs. The Great Horse of the Middle Ages, for example was bred for size and strength to carry a heavily armored knight. The massive horses of such breeds are often called “cold blooded.” The Arabs bred lithe dessert horses that were small and swift. These animal are often referred to as “hot blooded.” Cross-breeding of hot blooded and cold-blooded horses for certain characteristics produced breeds ranging from riding horses to drafthorses.
The Thoroughbred id considered by many to be high point of elegance and fine selective breeding. Many person mistakenly apply the name Thoroughbred to any purebred horse. But a Thoroughbred is a distinct breed of running horses that traces its ancestry through the male line directly back to three Eastern stallions: the Byerly Turk, the Darley Arabian, and the Godolphin Barb. For convenience the breeds of horses are often divided into three major groups: (1) ponies, (2) heavy, or draft horses, and (3) light horses.
Which of the following is not an example of an Eastern stallion?
A. Byerly Turk
B. Darley Arabian
C. Thoroughbred
D. Godolphin Barb
Jawaban:
C. Thoroughbred
7. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Great Horse of the Middle Ages?
A. Largesize
B. Swiftness
C. Strength
D.“Cold-bloodedness”
Jawaban:
B. Swiftness
8. It can be inferred from the passage that cold-blooded and hot-blooded horses were cross-bres for what reason?
A. Such cross-breeding was a safer means of reproduction.
B. Cross-bred horses were preferred by Arabs.
C. By cross-breeding, horses with desirable mixed characteristic could be produced.
D. Cross-breeding produced Thoroughbred horses.
Jawaban:
C. By cross-breeding, horses with desirable mixed characteristic could be produced.
9. In line 11. “lithe” most nearly means
A. Graceful
B. Clumsy
C. Massive
D. Bulky
Jawaban:
A. Graceful
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the major divisions of horse breeds?
A. Draft horses
B. Ponies
C. Foals
D. Light horses
Jawaban:
C. Foals
11. According to the passage, which of the following horses is considered to be the finest purebred?
A. Darley Arabian
B. Thoroughbred
C. Godolphin Barb
D. Byerly Turk
Jawaban:
B. Thoroughbred
12. To conceive is to …
A. Become sick.
B. Become pregnant.
C. Die.
D. Be born.
Jawaban:
B. Become pregnant
13. A foal is a
A. Male horse
B. Female horse
C. Old horse
D. Baby horse
Jawaban:
D. Baby horse
14. The average amount of mares bred which actually conceive is less than what percent?
A. 40
B. 85
C. 50
D. 75
Jawaban:
C. 50
15. A mare is a
A. Male horse
B. Baby horse
C. Female horse
D. Old horse.
Jawaban:
C. Female horse