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Reading Comprehension

Time: Approximately 55 Minutes

50 Questions

DIRECTIONS

In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. For questions 1-50, you are to choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D), to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, ﬁnd the number of the question and ﬁll in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE:

The railroad was not the ﬁrst institution to impose regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been celebrated, people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the time of day. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers of goods, services, and information would proceed in ﬁts and starts; the very fabric of modem society would begin to unravel.

Example I

What is the main idea of the passage?

(A) In modem society we must make more time for our neighbors.

(B) The traditions of society are timeless.

(D) Society judges people by the times at which they conduct certain activities.

The main idea of the passage is that societies need to agree about how time is to be measured in order to function smoothly. Therefore, you should choose (C).

Example II

In line 4, the phrase “this tradition” refers to....

(A) the practice of starting the business day at dawn

(B) friendly relations between neighbors

(D) people’s agreement on the measurement of time

The phrase “this tradition” refers to the preceding clause, “people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the time of day.” Therefore, you should choose (D).

Now begin work on the questions.

Questions 1-5

A distinctively American architecture began with Frank Lloyd Wright, who had taken to heart the admonition that form should follow function and who thought of buildings not as separate architectural entities but as parts of an organic whole that included the land, the community, and the society. In a very real way the houses of colonial New England and some of the southern plantations had been functional, but Wright was the ﬁrst architect to make functionalism the authoritative principle for public as well as for domestic buildings. As early as 1906 he built the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, the ﬁrst of those churches that did so much to revolutionize ecclesiastical architecture in the United States. Thereafter he turned his genius to such miscellaneous structures as houses, schools, oﬃce buildings, and factories, among them the famous Larkin Building in Buffalo, New York, and the Johnson Wax Company building in Racine, Wisconsin.

1. The phrase “taken to heart” in line 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

(A) Taken seriously

(B) Criticized

(D) Taken offence

Pembahasannya : Frasa taken to heart adalah bentuk ungkapan idiomatik dan memiliki arti “melakukan dengan sepenuh hati/serius”. Dan arti yang paling dekat yaitu Taken Seriously.

2. In what way did Wright’s public buildings differ from most of those built by earlier architects?

(A) They were built on a larger scale.

(B) Their materials came from the southern United States.

(D) Their designs were based on how they would be used.

Pembahasan : Pada kalimat “…that form should follow function…” menunjukkan bahwa desain seharusnya berdasarkan pada fungsinya, untuk apa nantinya bangunan itu digunakan.

3. The author mentions the Unity Temple because, it

(A) was Wright’s ﬁrst building

(B) inﬂuenced the architecture of subsequent churches

(D) was the largest church Wright ever designed

Pembahasan : Pada kalimat “…the ﬁrst of those churches that did so much to revolutionize ecclesiastical architecture in the United States” menyatakan bahwa bangunan itu sangat mempengaruhi desain bangunan-bangunan selanjutnya.

4. The passage mentions that all of the following structures were built by Wright EXCEPT

(A) factories

(B) public buildings

(D) southern plantations

Pembahasan : Pada kalimat terakhir jelas bahwa oﬃces, factories dan public building, termasuk churches adalah karyanya. Sedangkan South Plantations bukanlah hasil karyanya

5. Which of the following statements best reﬂects one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural principles?

(A) Beautiful design is more important than utility.

(B) Ecclesiastical architecture should be derived from traditional designs.

(D) The architecture of public buildings does not need to be revolutionary

Pembahasan : Kalimat “…as parts of an organic whole that included the land, the community, and the society” menyatakan bahwa bangunan seharusnya dianggap sebagai bagian dari keseluruhan lingkungan dan masyarakat sekitarnya sehingga dengan kata lain bangunan tersebut harus sesuai dengan lingkungannya.

Questions 6-16

There are two basic types of glaciers, those that ﬂow outward in all directions with little regard for any underlying terrain and those that are conﬁned by terrain to a particular path.

The ﬁrst category of glaciers includes those massive blankets that cover whole continents, appropriately called ice sheets. There must be over 50,000 square kilometers of land covered with ice for the glacier to qualify as an ice sheet. When portions of an ice sheet spread out over the ocean, they form ice shelves.

About 20,000 years ago the Cordilleran Ice Sheet covered nearly all the mountains in southern Alaska, western Canada, and the western United States. It was about 3 kilometers deep at its thickest point in northern Alberta. Now there are only two sheets left on Earth, those covering Greenland and Antarctica.

Any domelike body of ice that also ﬂows out in all directions but covers less than 50,000 square kilometers is called an ice cap. Although ice caps are rare nowadays, there are a number in northeastern Canada, on Baﬃn Island, and on the Queen Elizabeth Islands.

The second category of glaciers includes those of a variety of shapes and sizes generally called mountain or alpine glaciers. Mountain glaciers are typically identiﬁed by the landform that controls their ﬂow. One form of mountain glacier that resembles an ice cap in that it ﬂows outward in several directions is called an ice ﬁeld. The difference between an ice ﬁeld and an ice cap is subtle. Essentially, the ﬂow of an ice ﬁeld is somewhat controlled by surrounding terrain and thus does not have the domelike shape of a cap. There are several ice ﬁelds in the Wrangell. St. Elias, and Chugach mountains of Alaska and northern British Columbia.

Less spectacular than large ice ﬁelds are the most common types of mountain glaciers: the cirque and valley glaciers. Cirque glaciers are found in depressions in the surface of the land and have a characteristic circular shape. The ice of valley glaciers, bound by terrain, ﬂows down valleys, curves around their corners, and falls over cliffs.

6. What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) Where major glaciers are located

(B) How glaciers shape the land

(D) The different kinds of glaciers

Pembahasan : Ide pokok teks di atas dapat ditemukan pada paragraf pertama kalimat pertama yang menjelaskan dua jenis gletser yang berbeda.

7. The word “massive” in line 3 is closest in meaning to

(A) huge

(B) strange

(D) recent

Pembahasan : Padanan kata massive adalah huge (sangat besar).

8. It can be inferred that ice sheets are so named for which of the following reasons?

(A) They are conﬁned to mountain valleys.

(B) They cover large areas of land.

(D) They have a characteristic circular shape.

Pembahasan : Frasa whole continents pada kalimat those massive blankets that cover whole continents appropriately called ice sheet menunjukkan bahwa daratan yang tertutup gletser mencakup wilayah yang sangat luas, hampir keseluruhan daratan.

9. According to the passage, ice shelves can be found

(A) covering an entire continent

(B) buried within the mountains

(D) ﬁlling deep valleys

Pembahasan : Jawaban dapat ditemukan pada kalimat terakhir paragraf kedua bahwa jika ice sheet tersebar (spread out) di lautan akan terbentuk ice shelves.

10. According to the passage, where was the Cordilleran Ice Sheet thickest?

(A) Alaska

(B) Greenland

(D) Antarctica

Pembahasan : Jawaban dapat ditemukan pada baris ke-8: it was about 3 kilometers deep at its thickest point in northern Alberta.

11. The word “rare” in line 12 is closest in meaning to

(A) small

(B) unusual

(D) widespread

Pembahasan : Rare berarti jarang atau tidak biasa ditemukan sehingga jawaban yang paling mendekati arti dari rare adalah unusual.

12. According to the passage (paragraph 5), ice ﬁelds resemble ice caps in which of the following ways?

(A) Their shape

(B) Their ﬂow

(D) Their location

Pembahasan : Kalimat Mountain glaciers are typically identiﬁed by the landform that controls their ﬂow dan dijelaskan lebih lanjut pada kalimat One form of mountain glacier that resembles an ice cap in that it ﬂows outward in several directions is called an ice ﬁeld menunjukkan bahwa pembentukan ice caps dipengaruhi oleh alirannya (their ﬂow).

13. The word “it” in line 16 refers to

(A) glacier

(B) cap

(D) terrain

Pembahasan : It pada kalimat di atas merujuk pada mountain glacier atau gletser.

14. The word “subtle” in line 17 is closest in meaning to

(A) slight

(B) common

(D) measurable

Pembahasan : Padanan kata subtle adalah slight yang keduanya memiliki arti “tipis, halus, atau sedikit”.

15. All of the following are alpine glaciers EXCEPT

(A) cirque glaciers

(B) ice caps

(D) ice ﬁelds

Pembahasan : Jenis alpine/mountain glacier adalah ice ﬁelds, cirque glaciers dan valley glaciers yang semuanya dipengaruhi oleh aliran dan tidak memiliki domelike cap seperti ice caps.

16. Which of the following types of glaciers does the author use to illustrate the two basic types of glaciers mentioned in line 1?

(A) Ice ﬁelds and cirques

(B) Cirques and alpine glaciers

(D) Ice sheets and mountain glaciers

Pembahasan : Ada dua jenis gletser yaitu ice sheet yang mengalir keluar ke segala arah dan mountain glacier yang arah alirannya terbatas hanya di aliran tertentu.

Questions 17-26

Tools and hand bones excavated from the Swartkrans cave complex in South Africa suggest that a close relative of early humans known as Australopithecus robustus may have made and used primitive tools long before the species became extinct I million Line years ago. It may even have made and used primitive tools long before humanity’s direct ancestor, Homo habilis, or “handy man,” began doing so. Homo habilis and its successor, Homo erectus, coexisted with Australopithecus robustus on the plains of South Africa for more than a million years.

The Swartkrans cave in South Africa has been under excavation since the 1940’s. The earliest fossil-containing layers of sedimentary rock in the cave date from about 1.9 million years ago and contain extensive remains of animals, primitive tools, and two or more species of apelike hominids. The key recent discovery involved bones from the hand of Australopithecus robustus, the ﬁrst time such bones have been found.

The most important feature of the Australopithecus robustus hand was the pollical distal thumb tip, the last bone in the thumb. The bone had an attachment point for a “uniquely human” muscle, the ﬂexor pollicis longus, that had previously been found only in more recent ancestors. That muscle gave Australopithecus robustutJ an opposable thumb, a feature that would allow them to grip objects, including tools. The researchers also found primitive bone and stone implements, especially digging tools, in the same layers of sediments.

Australopithecus robustus were more heavily built- more “robust” in anthropological terms-than their successors. They had broad faces, heavy jaws, and massive crushing and grinding teeth that were used for eating hard fruits, seeds, and ﬁbrous underground plant parts. They walked upright, which would have allowed them to carry and use tools. Most experts had previously believed that Homo habilis were able to supplant Australopithecus robustus because the former’s ability to use tools gave them an innate superiority. The discovery that Australopithecus robustus also used tools means that researchers will have to seek other explanations for their extinction. Perhaps their reliance on naturally occurring plants led to their downfall as the climate became drier and cooler, or perhaps Homo habilis, with their bigger brains, were simply able tomake more sophisticated tools.

17. It can be inferred from the ﬁrst paragraph that all of the following may have made and used tools EXCEPT.

(A) Australopithecus robustus

(B) Homo erectus

(D) Australopithecus robustus’ ancestors

Pembahasan : Paragraf di atas menjelaskan bahwa alat-alat primitif itu mulai digunakan oleh Australophitecus robustus bersama-sama dengan Homo Habilis dan penerusnya, Homo erectus. Berarti yang bukan adalah nenek moyang Australophitecus robustus.

18. The word “extensive” in line 9 is closest in meaning to

(A) numerous

(B) exposed

(D) valuable

Pembahasan : Extensive memiliki arti luas atau dalam jumlah besar sehingga kata yang paling dekat artinya dengan kata tersebut adalah numerous.

19. Which of the following does the author mention as the most important recent discovery made in the Swartkrans cave?

(A) Tools

(B) Teeth

(D) Hand bones

Pembahasan : Jawaban tersebut bisa dilihat pada paragraf 2 kalimat The key recent discovery involved bones from the hand of Australopithecus robustus, the ﬁrst time such bones have been found yang menyatakan bahwa penemuan yang paling penting adalah hand bones.

20. What does the third paragraph ‘mainly discuss?

(A) Features of Australopithecus robustus’ hand

(B) Purposes for which hominids used tools

(D) Signiﬁcant plant fossils found in layers of sediment

Pembahasan : Jawaban sangat jelas ditemukan pada kalimat pertama paragraf tersebut yaitu membahas tentang ciri (feature) dari Australopithecus robustus.

21. It can be inferred from the description in the last paragraph that Australopithecus robustus was so named because of the species’

(A) ancestors

(B) thumb

(D) diet

Pembahasan : Paragraf 4 kalimat pertama, Australopithecus robustus were more heavily built-more “robust” in anthropological terms-than their successors menjelaskan bahwa kata robustus berasal dari robust, istilah antropologi yang merujuk pada perawakan atau bentuk ﬁsik (build) dengan ciri-ciri yang dijelaskan pada kalimat selanjutnya.

22. The word “supplant” in line 22 is closest in meaning to

(A) exploit

(B) displace

(D) imitate

Pembahasan : Kata supplant memiliki arti “menggantikan” sehingga kata yang paling dekat artinya dengan kata tersebut pada pilihan yang tersedia adalah displace (menggantikan).

23. The word “them” in line 23 refers to

(A) tools

(B) Homo habilis

(D) experts

Pembahasan : Them pada kalimat tersebut merujuk pada subjek yang disebutkan sebelumnya yaitu Homo habilis.

24. What does the author suggest is unclear about Australopithecus robustus?

(A) Whether they used tools

(B) What they most likely ate

(D) Why they became extinct

Pembahasan : Jawaban tersebut bisa ditemukan pada paragraf terakhir kalimat The discovery that Australopithecus robustus also used tools means that researchers will have to seek other explanations for their extinction yang menyarankan kepada para peneliti untuk mencari sebab-sebab lain kepunahan jenis manusia primitif tersebut.

25. The phrase “reliance on” in line 24 is closest in meaning to

(A) impact on

(B) dependence on

(D) discovery of

Pembahasan : Reliance on memiliki arti kebergantungan yang bersesuaian dengan kata dependence on (ketergantungan).

26. Where in the passage does the author mention the materials from which tools were made?

(A) Lines 7-9

(B) Lines 12-13

(D) Lines 21-23

Pembahasan : Penulis menyebutkan beberapa alat serta asal bahannya pada baris 15-17: “…an opposable thumb, a feature that would allow them to grip objects, including tools. The researchers also found primitive bone and stone implements, especially digging tools, in the same layers of sediments.” Yaitu bentuk tulang yang memungkinkan mereka mencengkeram alat dan alat dari batu untuk peralatan menggali.

Questions 27-38

The ﬁrst two decades of this century were dominated by the microbe hunters. These hunters had tracked down one after another of the microbes responsible for the most dreaded scourges of many centuries: tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria. But there, remained some terrible diseases for which no microbe could be incriminated: scurvy, pellagra, rickets, beriberi. Then it was discovered that these diseases were caused by the lack of vitamins, a trace substance in the diet. The diseases could be prevented or cured by consuming foods that contained the vitamins. And so in the decades of the 1920’s and 1930’s, nutrition became a science and the vitamin hunters replaced the microbe hunters.

In the 1940’s and 1950’s, biochemists strived to learn why each of the vitamins was essential for health. They discovered that key enzymes in metabolism depend on one or another of the vitamins as coenzymes to perform the chemistry that provides cells with energy for growth and function. Now, these enzyme hunters occupied center stage.

You are aware that the enzyme hunters have been replaced by a new breed of hunters who are tracking genes-the blueprints for each of the enzymes-and are discovering the defective genes that cause inherited diseases-diabetes, cystic ﬁbrosis. These gene hunters, or genetic engineers, use recombinant DNA technology to identify and clone genes and introduce them into bacterial cells and plants to create factories for the massive production of hormones and vaccines for medicine and for better crops for agriculture. Biotechnology has become a multibillion-dollar industry.

In view of the inexorable progress in science, we can expect that the gene hunters will be replaced in the spotlight. When and by whom? Which kind of hunter will dominate the scene in the last decade of our waning century and in the early decades of the next? I wonder whether the hunters who will occupy the spotlight will be neurobiologists who apply the techniques of the enzyme and gene hunters to the functions of the brain: What to call them? The head hunters. I will return to them later.

27. What is the main topic of the passage?

(A) The microbe hunters

(B) The potential of genetic engineering

(D) The discovery of enzymes

Pembahasan : Ide pokok bacaan di atas adalah perkembangan penelitian medis modern, mulai dari microbe hunters, enzyme hunters hingga gene hunters yang masing-masing selanjutnya dijelaskan dengan lebih detil.

28. The word “which” in line 4 refers to

(A) diseases

(B) microbe

(D) diphtheria

Pembahasan : Which pada kalimat tersebut merujuk pada penyakit-penyakit serius (terrible diseases) yang tidak bisa dilawan oleh mikroba.

29. The word “incriminated” in line 4 is closest in meaning to

(A) investigated

(B) blamed

(D) produced

Pembahasan : Incriminate memiliki arti “menyalahkan” sehingga yang paling tepat di antara pilihan tersebut adalah blamed yang memiliki makna yang sama.

30. Which of the following can be cured by a change in diet?

(A) Tuberculosis

(B) Cholera

(D) Pellagra

Pembahasan : Berdasarkan paragraf pertama baris 4, beberapa penyakit yang dapat disembuhkan melalui perubahan pola makan yang lebih sehat, yaitu makanan yang banyak mengandung vitamin seperti scurvy, pellagra, rickets dan beriberi.

31. The word “strived” in line 9 is closest in meaning to

(A) failed

(B) tried

(D) studied

Pembahasan : Strived memiliki kesamaan arti dengan attempt, try, dan make effort yang semuanya berarti berusaha atau berjuang.

32. How do vitamins inﬂuence health?

(A) They are necessary for some enzymes to function.

(B) They protect the body from microbes.

(D) They are broken down by cells to produce energy.

Pembahasan : Fungsi vitamin terhadap kesehatan tubuh adalah untuk membantu enzim (sebagai coenzyme) untuk menghasilkan kimia yang meyediakan sel dengan energi untuk pertumbuhan dan fungsinya. Penjelasan ini dapat dilihat pada baris ke 9-11.

33. In the third paragraph, the author compares cells that have been genetically altered by biotechnicians to

(A) gardens

(B) factories

(D) spotlights

Pembahasan : Jawaban bisa ditemukan pada baris 14-17 yang membandingkan sel-sel yang dihasilkan oleh ahli biologi melalui recombinant DNA dengan sel-sel bakteri dan tanaman yang menciptakan pabrik-pabrik untuk memproduksi hormon dan vaksin.

34. The word “them” in line 16 refers to

(A) cells and plants

(B) hormones

(D) gene hunters or genetic engineers

Pembahasan : Them pada kalimat tersebut mengacu pada gen yang diidentiﬁkasi dan dikloning melalui rekombinan DNA.

35. The phrase “occupy the spotlight” in line 22 is closest in meaning to

(A) receive the most attention

(B) go the furthest

(D) lighten the load

Pembahasan : Occupy the spotlight memiliki arti “mendapatkan tempat yang dapat menarik perhatian banyak orang” sehingga ungkapan yang paling dekat untuk menggantikan frasa tersebut adalah receive the most attention.

36. The author implies that the most important medical research topic of the future will be

(A) the functions of the brain

(B) inherited diseases

(D) the structure of genes

Pembahasan : Jawaban dapat ditemukan pada paragraf terkahir yang menyatakan bahwa penulis berasumsi pada masa yang akan datang, yang menjadi sorotan utama adalah mereka yang menerapkan teknik pemburu-pemburu sebelumnya dengan fungsi otak sehingga fungsi otak diramalkan mejadi isu utama nantinya.

37. Which of the following best describes the author’stone in the last paragraph of the passage?

(A) Critical

(B) Speculative

(D) Emotional

Pembahasan : Nada yang tersirat dari pernyataan-pernyataannya adalah spekulatif. Ini jelas terlihat dari pernyataannya pada paragraf terakhir di empat baris terakhir bahwa ia pun ingin tahu mana nantinya yang akan menguasai isu penelitian medis. Di sini ia memprediksi bahwa mereka yang mampu menggabungkan temuan yang sudah ada dan mengaitkannya dengan otak manusia. Namun ia belum bisa mengambil kesimpulan dengan pasti karena belum terjadi.

38. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?

(A) The focus of medical research will change in the next two decades.

(B) Medical breakthroughs often depend on luck.

(D) Most diseases are caused by defective genes.

Pembahasan : Pernyataan penulis pada kalimat Which kind of hunter will dominate the scene in the last decade of our waning century and in the early decades of the next? menyiratkan bahwa ia berpendapat bahwa akan terjadi perubahan fokus penelitian medis pada dua dekade mendatang yang akan mendominasi ranah penelitian.

Questions 39-50

In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States had tremendous natural resources that could be exploited in order to develop heavy industry. Most of the raw materials that are valuable in the manufacture of machinery, transportation facilities, and consumer goods lay ready to be worked into wealth. Iron, coal, and oil-the basic ingredients of industrial growth-were plentiful and needed only the application of technical expertise, organizational skill, and labor.

One crucial development in this movement toward industrialization was the growth of the railroads. The railway network expanded rapidly until the railroad map of the United States looked like a spider’s web, with the steel ﬁlaments connecting all important sources of raw materials, their places of manufacture, and their centers of distribution. The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only by connecting these major centers, but also by themselves consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron, and coal.

Many factors inﬂuenced emerging modes of production. For example, machine tools, the tools used to make goods, were steadily improved in the latter part of the nineteenth century-always with an eye to speedier production and lower unit costs. The products of the factories were rapidly absorbed by the growing cities that sheltered the workers and the distributors. The increased urban population was nourished by the increased farm production that, in turn, was made more productive by the use of the new farm machinery. American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe.

The labor that ran the factories and built the railways was recruited in part from American farm areas where people were being displaced by farm machinery, in part from Asia, and in part from Europe. Europe now began to send tides of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe-most of whom were originally poor farmers but who settled in American industrial cities. The money to ﬁnance this tremendous expansion of the American economy still came from European ﬁnanciers for the most part, but the Americans were approaching the day when their expansion could be ﬁnanced in their own “money market.”

39. What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) The history of railroads in the United States

(B) The major United States industrial centers

(D) The role of agriculture in the nineteenth century

Pembahasan : Bacaan tersebut terutama membahas faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi industrialisasi di AS yang antara lain mencakup perkemabangan rel kereta api, peralatan mesin dan tenaga

40. The word “ingredients” in line 4 is closest in meaning to

(A) minerals

(B) products

(D) components

Pembahasan : Kata ingredients mempunyai arti bahan, unsur, komponen, atau elemen yang membentuk sesuatu. Maka jawaban yang paling tepat adalah components

41.Why does the author mention “a spider’s web” in line 8?

(A) To emphasize the railroad’s consumption of oil and coal

(B) To describe the complex structure of the railway system

(D) To describe the diﬃculties involved in the distribution of raw materials

Pembahasan : Istilah spider’s web menggambarkan rumitnya susunan sistem rel kereta api pada waktu itu seperti jaring laba-laba.

42. The word “themselves” in line 10 refers to

(A) sources

(B) centers

(D) places

Pembahasan : Them pada kalimat tersebut mengacu pada jalan kereta api itu sendiri yang berkontribusi tidak hanya dalam menghubungkan kota-kota penting tetapi juga karena kereta itu sendiri mengonsumsi bahan bakar.

43. According to the passage, all of the following were true of railroads in the United States in the nineteenth century EXCEPT that

(A) they connected important industrial cities

(B) they were necessary to the industrialization process

(D) they used relatively small quantities of natural resources

Pembahasan : Berdasarkan informasi pada paragraf 2, jalur kereta api berkembang sangat cepat hingga menyerupai jaring laba-laba, menghubungkan pusat-pusat kota industri di negara itu serta berkontribusi besar dalam pertumbuhan industri. Oleh karena itu jawaban yang tidak benar adalah pilihan D karena berlawanan dengan fakta yang ada.

44. According to the passage, what was one effect of the improvement of machine tools?

(A) Lower manufacturing costs

(B) Better distribution of goods

(D) A reduction in industrial jobs

Pembahasan : Karena perkembangan peralatan mesin yang mulai menggantikan tenaga manusia menjadikan biaya produksi mejadi lebih rendah.

45. According to the passage, who were the biggest consumers of manufactured products?

(A) Railway workers

(B) Farmers

(D) Europeans

Pembahasan : Kalimat The increased urban population was nourished by the increased farm production that, in turn, was made more productive by the use of the new farm machinery menunjukkan adanya hubungan antara pesatnya pertumbuhan penduduk perkotaan dan produksi peralatan yang dibutuhkan oleh penduduk tersebut. Dengan kata lain permintaan terbesar berasal dari penduduk kota yang terus berkembang.

46. The word “nourished” in line 16 is closest in meaning to

(A) protected

(B) fed

(D) paid

Pembahasan : Kata nourished memiliki kesamaan arti dengan fed yang bermakna disuplai, disediakan atau dipenuhi.

47. Which of the following is NOT true of United States farmers in the nineteenth century?

(A) They lost some jobs because of mechanization.

(B) They were unable to produce suﬃcient food for urban areas.

(D) They sold food to European countries.

Pembahasan : Pengaruh dari industrialisasi adalah peningkatan produksi karena perkembangan peralatan yang ada hingga bisa menjualnya ke daratan Eropa. Namun hal ini juga berdampak pada pengurangan tenaga kerja yang telah digantikan oleh mesin dengan perbandingan biaya produksi yang jauh lebih rendah. Oleh karena itu jawaban yang tidak sesuai dengan kenyataan di atas adalah jawaban B.

48. According to the passage, what did the United States supply to European cities?

(A) Machine tools

(B) Money

(D) Agricultural produce

Pembahasan : Jawaban dapat ditemukan di kalimat terakhir paragraf 3 bahwa American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe.

49. The word “ran” in line 19 is closest in meaning to

(A) operated

(B) hurried

(D) owned

Pembahasan : Run mempunyai arti menjalankan atau mengoperasikan sehingga jawaban yang paling tepat adalah operated.

50. Where in the passage does the author mention the ﬁnancial aspect of industrial expansion?

(A) Lines 1-2

(B) Lines 9-11

(D) Lines 22-25

Pembahasan : Pada baris 22-25 dijelaskan bahwa perkembangan industri telah merambah sampai daratan Eropa dengan adanya arus migrasi di daratan itu dan berkontribusi besar dalam menyokong pembiayaan perkembangan industri di Amerika karena sebagai konsumen mayoritas bagi negara itu.

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