Contoh Soal Bahasa Inggris dan Jawabannya Persiapan Mengikuti UTBK SNBT 2024

Jawaban: A
Pembahasan:
Untuk mengerjakan contoh soal skolastik UTBK literasi Bahasa Inggris ini, kamu perlu mengetahui kalimat kunci yang menjadi inti dari teks. Dalam dua kalimat terakhir, dijelaskan bahwa ada kaitan antara measles dengan perubahan sikap, kepribadian, dan penumpulan kemampuan mental, misalnya setelah menderita measles, anak jadi sering marah-marah atau lamban dalam belajar. Perilaku seperti ini memungkinkan seorang anak menjadi sulit ditangani setelah menderita measles. Maka, jawaban yang tepat adalah A.

6. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Customers demanded stores with cutting-edge infrastructure to be user-friendly.
B. The more advanced the technology is, the more successful the retailers will be.
C. Each customer will receive a better and more unique experience in online shopping.
D. Providing a one-of-a-kind shopping experience will require a combination of formats.
E. Stores of the future are trying to achieve the ultimate goal that is to attract more visitors.

Jawaban: D
Pembahasan:
Soal menanyakan pernyataan yang tepat berdasarkan teks.

Pilihan A tidak tepat. Informasi tentang toko yang menggunakan infrastruktur mutakhir ada di paragraf dua kalimat tiga. Disebutkan bahwa meskipun bergantung dengan teknologi dan infrastruktur yang canggih, toko-toko ini akan berusaha untuk bisa digunakan dengan lebih mudah (oleh pelanggan), merujuk pada kata less intimidating dan frictionless. Namun, tidak ada informasi bahwa hal ini adalah tuntutan dari pelanggan.

Pilihan B tidak tepat. Kesuksesan perusahaan ritel disebutkan di paragraf satu kalimat satu. Disampaikan bahwa mereka yang sukses adalah yang memanfaatkan teknologi untuk berinovasi. Kemutakhiran dari teknologi itu sendiri tidak menentukan kesuksesan mereka, melainkan pemanfaatannya.

Pilihan C tidak tepat. Memberikan pengalaman berbelanja yang unik disampaikan di paragraf dua kalimat satu. Tertulis bahwa pengalaman berbelanja tersebut ditujukan pada semua titik, tidak hanya di toko online namun juga di toko offline.

Pilihan D tepat. Informasi ini juga terdapat di paragraf dua kalimat satu. Disebutkan bahwa toko di masa depan memang akan menggabungkan berbagai format untuk memberikan pengalaman berbelanja yang berbeda. Dengan demikian, pernyataan informasi ini sesuai.

Pilihan E tidak tepat. Informasi yang berhubungan dengan pengunjung ada di paragraf tiga kalimat satu. Disampaikan bahwa pebisnis ritel mengerti bahwa penerapan teknologi ini bisa mengubah pengunjung menjadi pembeli, pembeli menjadi pelanggan setia. Tidak disebutkan kalau menarik lebih banyak pengunjung adalah tujuan akhir mereka.

The questions number 7-14 are based on the following passage.

In the following article, the author speculates about a connection between the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet recommended by the medical establishment in the last twenty years and the increasing rate of obesity among Americans.

American dietitians and members of the medical community have ridiculed low-carbohydrate diets as quackery for the past thirty years, while extolling a diet that cuts down on fat, limits meat consumption, and relies on carbohydrates as its staple. Many Americans are familiar with the food pyramid promoted by the U.S. government, with its foundation of carbohydrates such as breads, rice, and pasta, and its apex allotted to fats, oils, and sweets. Adhering to the government's anti-fat, pro-carbohydrate gospel, food manufacturers have pumped out fat-free grain products that lure consumers with the promise of leaner days. Then, why are Americans getting so fat? Could the dietary recommendations of the last twenty years be wrong? And what's more, could the proponents of diets that push protein and fat be right?

Fact: Obesity rates have soared throughout the country since the 1980s. The United States Centers of Disease Control reports that the number of obese adults has doubled in the last twenty years. The num-ber of obese children and teenagers has almost tripled, increasing 120 % among African-American and Latino children and 50 % among white children. The risk for Type 2 diabetes, which is associated with obesity, has increased dramatically as well. Disturbingly, the disease now affects 25 % to
30 % of children, compared with 3 % to 5 % two decades ago.

What is behind this trend? Supersized portions, cheap fast food, and soft drinks combined with a sedentary lifestyle of TV watching or Internet surfing have most likely contributed to the rapid rise of obesity. Yet, there might be more to it: is it a coincidence that obesity rates increased in the last twenty years-the same time period in which the low-fat dietary doctrine has reigned? Before the 1980s, the conventional wisdom was that fat and protein created a feeling of satiation, so that overeating would be less likely. Carbohydrates, on the other hand, were regarded as a recipe for stoutness. This perception began to change after World War II when coronary heart disease reached near epidemic proportions among middle-aged men. A theory that dietary fat might increase cholesterol levels and, in turn, increase the risk of heart disease emerged in the 1950s and gained increasing acceptance by the late 1970s. In 1979, the focus of the food guidelines promoted by the United States Depart-ment of Agriculture (USDA) began to shift away from getting enough nutrients to avoiding excess fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium-the components believed to be linked to heart disease. The anti-fat credo was born.

To date, the studies that have tried to link dietary fat to increased risk of coronary heart disease have remained ambiguous. Studies have shown that cholesterol-lowering drugs help reduce the risk of heart disease, but whether a diet low in cholesterol can do the same is still questionable. While nutrition experts are debating whether a low-fat, carbohydrate-based diet is the healthiest diet for Americans, nearly all agree that the anti-fat message of the last twenty years has been over-simplified. For example, some fats and oils like those found in olive oil and nuts are beneficial to the heart and may deserve a larger propor-tion in the American diet than their place at the tip of the food pyra-mid indicates. Likewise, some carbohydrates that form the basis of the food pyramid, like the "refined" carbohydrates contained in white bread, pasta, and white rice, are metabolized in the body much the same way sweets are. According to one Harvard Medical School researcher, a breakfast of a bagel with low-fat cream cheese is "meta-bolically indistinguishable from a bowl of sugar."

So what about those high-fat, protein diets that restrict carbohy-drates like the popular Atkins' diet and others? A small group of nutrition experts within the medical establishment find it hard to ignore the anecdotal evidence that many lose weight successfully on these diets. They are arguing that those diets should not be dismissed out of hand, but researched and tested more closely. Still others fear that Ameri-cans, hungry to find a weight-loss regimen, may embrace a diet that has no long-term datal about whether it works or is safe. What is clear is that Americans are awaiting answers and in the meantime, we need to eat something.