Contoh Soal SNMPTN beserta Kunci Jawaban IV

India has a very poor rate of literacy, much lower than that of countries like Korea, China, and even Thailand. Due to India has to face a number of problems such as over-population, poverty, unemployment, etc, it is found that in recent times the people of this country have become more aware of these problems. Hence even the poorest are taking interest in getting their little ones educated.

In India, there are a large number of old people who are totally uneducated. Being illiterate, they are unable to understand their rights and responsibilities towards their country. For them the government has planned the system of Adult Education in villages through certain systems like TV serials, documentary films, and regular classes.

Adult Education does not mean full and detailed education. It mainly comprises knowledge of the three R's. The three R's include reading, writing, and arithmetic. It means only fundamental and basic knowledge which can make them aware of their basic rights and responsibilities towards their own families and also towards their nation.

Being illiterate, the elders do not know the full value of education. Most of them belong to the labour class and they want to see their little ones take up the same trade as theirs. But they are unaware of the fact that an officer gets a monthly salary which may be equal to the income of their whole family for many months, maybe even a year. Adult education can therefore make them understand the value of education.

Another benefit of adult education is that when these illiterate people are educated, they will no longer be cheated by the crafty traders. They will also be able to think about jobs which can fetch them more wages. It is not so easy a task to make a fool of an educated person. So, during the elections we can form a good government, that can lead our country on the path of progress. It can happen only when our elders are educated. Only then can they know about the true value of their vote.

 (Taken From : SOAL SPMB 2005 Regional II Kode Naskah 271)

1. Why does the writer think that India does not have a good government?

A. It concentrates too much on the education sector.

B. Population continues to increase rapidly.

C. People are responsible for their tasks to  their country.

D. Old people do not have full rights as citizens.

E. Most of the elder voters in the election are illiterate.

2. The text tells us about _______________

A. adult education in India

B. India's education system

C. the labour class of India

D. the position of older people in India

E. the life of the labour class in India

3.The following are the benefits of adult education for people in India,EXCEPT ______________

A. to make people aware of the importance of education

B. to enable people to earn more in order to have a better life

C. to give children a good education to obtain better jobs

D. to take revenge on crafty traders who overcharged customers

E. to prevent the uneducated from being cheated by others

4. With the Adult Education policy, the government of India expects that _____________

A. there will be no more illiterate adults

B. older people will form a good government

C. many national problems can be solved

D. its army will consist of educated officers

E. citizens will all work for the government

5. Adult Education is given through ___________________

A. the teaching of basic sentences

B. various information media

C. communication with the labour class

D. education in military schools

 E. trainings in private institutions

Kunci Jawaban

1.   E. Most of the elder voters in the election are illiterate.

2.   A. adult education in India

3.   D. to take revenge on crafty traders who overcharged customers

4.   A. there will be no more illiterate adults

5.   B. various information media

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Contoh Soal SNMPTN beserta kunci jawaban III

More than one-third of foreign students graduating from Australian universities, mainly Asians, have such poor English skills they should never have been admitted, research showed. A study by demographer Bob Birrell found that more than 50 percent of South Korean and Thai students did not have sufficient English to work professionally in Australia, along with more than 43 percent of Chinese graduates. Some 17 percent of students from Singapore and India, where English is more widely spoken also failed to reach the required level. Overall, 34 percent of the graduating foreign students offered permanent residence visas in 2006 did not have competent English.

            Birrell of Melbourne's Monash University, said almost all the 12,000 graduates tested for the survey were from Asia because these students are the most likely to apply for permanent residency on completing their studies.

However, he said that he believed the study to be representative of all foreign students, partly because Asia was a major source of fee-paying overseas students for Australian universities. “It does raise questions about university standards,” Birrell told AFP. Tertiary institutions are reliant on international students because they provide 15 percent of funding, leading to suggestions that academic standards are sacrificed in favor of financial rewards.

            Education Minister Julie Bishop described the survey as "an extraordinary attack by Professor Birrell on our universities." “International students must meet international benchmarks in language in order to get a place in a university in Australia,” she said. The study found all graduates tested had enough command of the language to cope in most situations. “But people who have reached this standard are still not capable of conducting a sophisticated discourse at the professional level,” it said.

            In his report, Birrell said there was a "mountain of anecdotal material" that many overseas students struggle to meet their course requirements and that universities cope by lowering the English demands of the courses. “There is widening recognition of the English problem,” he said. “But universities were hesitant to make students take extra language courses because this would make them more expensive and therefore less attractive than rival institutions,” he said. However, Professor Gerard Sutton, the president of the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee, said most foreign students would be proficient in reading, writing and listening to English. “What I think has been highlighted is a deficiency in spoken language,” he told AFP, adding that a deficiency in this area would not prevent them from completing a university course.

(Taken From : SOAL SPMB 2007 Regional I Kode Naskah 541)

1. The respondents of the survey were _______________

A. students entering Australian universities from Asia

B. all foreign students graduating from Australian universities

C. mostly Asian students who graduated from Australian universities

D. foreign students at graduate programs in a Australian universities

E. Australian and foreign graduates of all Australian universities

2. This passage is probably taken from ___________________

A. a demographic report for the Australian Ministry of Education

B. a handbook for foreign university students in Australia

C. an article in the education column of a newspaper

D. a brochure about tertiary education in Australia

E. a popular lifestyle magazine for young people

3.Which of the following statements is FALSE about Asian students studying in Australian universities?

A. Most of these students do not meet the requirements for Australian universities.

B. Students from Singapore and India are better in their English than those from China.

C. They pay the highest fees for their education compared to other foreign students.

D. There is no problem for graduating foreign students to get permanent resident visas.

E. Australian universities consider Asian students as the major source of their income.

4. From the text we can infer that Australian universities ____________________

A. are lowering their standards to get more foreign students

B. are making it easier for Asian students to learn English

C. are willing to provide English language courses for students

D. are hesitant to admit students with insufficient English skills

E. don't require foreign students to take courses in English

5. The minister of Education thinks that the report is an attack on Australian Universities because it ____________________

A. was made to undermine the position of the Australian Minister of Education

B. could damage the good reputation of Australian universities

C. aims at destroying the image of the universities accepting foreign students

D. has been published without getting the approval of the Ministry of Education

E. shows that Australian universities are not successful in teaching English

Kunci jawaban:
1.   B. all foreign students graduating from Australian universities

2.   C. an article in the education column of a newspaper

3.    B. Students from Singapore and India are better in their English than those from China.

4.   A. are lowering their standards to get more foreign students

5.   B. could damage the good reputation of Australian universities

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Contoh Soal Bahasa Inggris SNMPTN beserta Kunci Jawaban II

Education is often viewed as school in a traditional, formal sense. Many people believe that true learning can only take place in a formal classroom setting. Others feel education occurs in many different forms and environments. There may not be a definitive answer to the question of, 'What is education?' However, we can start thinking about the purpose of education. Is it to educate youth to be responsible citizens? Is it to develop individuals, as well as society, in order to ensure a society's economic success? Or is it to simply focus on developing individual talents and intelligence? Perhaps it is the balance of all three that defines education? While our answers may differ, we can perhaps agree that education is a basic human right. When that right is granted growth and development, the society as a whole is more likely to improve in areas such as health, nutrition, general income and living standards and population fertility rates.

As global citizens it is our responsibility to critically think about the issues and attempt to come up with solutions to the problems plaguing education. In 1990 UNESCO launched EFA, the movement to provide quality education for all children, youth, and adults by the year 2015. The unfortunate reality is that for many countries, larger issues some before improving the quality of education. How can we achieve the goals of EFA when numerous countries around the world are faced with challenges that seem far too impossible to overcome? The answer lies in attempting to bridge some of the gaps that prevent developing nations to compete with developed nations. One example is that of providing greater access to technology and narrowing the ever widening digital divide. In many ways the most basic access to technology can serve as a valuable educational tool. Individuals who are not afforded this access are at a disadvantage when trying to grasp opportunities to make life better for themselves, their families, and their community.

(SNMPTN 2009)

1. The author's main concern in the first paragraph of the passage is that.........

A. there is no exact definition about education.

B. education is a fundamental individual's right.

C. everyone has the right to get quality education.

D. education occurs in any place not just schools.

E. development can be gained through education.

2. If the author is right concerning the role of education, the following might be predicted to take place, EXCEPT.........

A. longer life expectation

B. lesser birth rates

C. improved welfare

D. better quality living

E. more job opportunities

3. The following sentences reflect the author's opinions in the passage, EXCEPT .......

A. everyone has the right to get education.

B. education cannot be easily defined.

C. EFA provides quality education by 2015.

D. education is basic to human development.

E. The EFA goals are faced with serious challenges.

4. The situation the author shows in the passage is best described as a follows ........

A. quality education fundamentally ensures quality living in all sectors.

B. education is essentially everyone's right yet it still has its challenges.

C. there are problems in education in spite of its significant role.

D. as long as nations compete, education cannot progress.

E. absence of an exact definition causes problems in education.

5. The part following the passage above would likely discuss .........

A. lack of access to technology in developing countries to support educational practices.

B. needs of modem digital technology to back up the implementation of EFA in education.

C. roles of technology in providing individuals with cheap and accessible quality education.

D. inability of developing nations to compete with developed countries in technology.

E. government's roles and responsibilities in managing education for their citizens.

Kunci Jawaban

1.  B. education is a fundamental individual's right.

2.   B. lesser birth rates

3.   C. EFA provides quality education by 2015.

4.   B. education is essentially everyone's right yet it still has its challenges.

5.   B. needs of modem digital technology to back up the implementation of EFA in education.

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Contoh Soal Bahasa Inggris SNMPTN beserta Kunci Jawaban

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Heart disease is Western society’s number-one killer. It accounts for one -third of all deaths in America and for well over half the deaths among middle-aged men. Heart disease was relatively rare in America at the turn of the century, but it has risen dramatically since then, with a slight downturn in 1960.

Heart disease is often viewed as a disease of modern living, spurred on by the habits and the stress of industrialized society. Evidence for this idea comes from the fact that non-Western societies have relatively low rates of heart disease. And there is a higher rate of heart disease among immigrants to America, such as Japanese Americans and Chinese-Americans, than among those who remain in their native country, suggesting that something about the Western environment promotes the development of the disease.

Heart disease usually involves the formation of a fatty substance called plague in the walls of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. If the arteries become narrowed enough or blocked, the person may suffer a heart attack that is death of a region of heart muscle tissue.

Among the many factors that have been found to be related to the risk of developing heart disease are high blood pressure, a history of heart disease among one's close relatives, cigarette smoking, being relatively overweight, and a high level of a fatty substance called cholesterol in the blood. In addition to all of these well- established risk factors, it is now clear that stress can have a major impact on the development of heart disease. People who continually undergo a great deal of stress - and who lack the ability to control it - are at a significantly greater risk for disease than people who undergo less stress or who can manage stress successfully. Jobs that impose high psychological demons but that provide the worker with the little control - such as a cook, waiter, and hospital orderly - seem to breed heart disease.

(Adapted from SPMB 2005 Regional III)

Soal

1.   There is a higher number of heart patients among Japanese and Chinese immigrants in the U.S. because

A.   the U,S. has the highest rate of heart disease in the world

B .  they might not have been able to cope with the stress of living in an industrialised society

C.   the food in the U.S. contains too much cholesterol

D.   they are often unjustly treated in their adopted home country

E.   they work hard to create a better life for their children

2.   How serious' is the prevalence of heart disease among people living in the U.S?

A.   fifty percent of the deaths is caused by heart disease deceased sharply

B.   in 1960 the rate of death caused by heart disease decreased sharply

C.   thirty percent of the victims of heart disease were men

D.   heart disease has always been rare among American citizens

E.   more than fifty percent of people in their 40s died of heart disease

3.   A person gets a heart attack when...

A.   plague is formed in the walls of the arteries

B.   coronary arteries are blocked by a fatty substance

C.   smoking cigarettes causes hypertension

D.   a region of heart muscle tissue is dead

E.   heart disease is genetic among close relatives

4.   The third paragraph tells us about a person can get a heart attack ____.

A.   the process

B.   how much

C.   the reason

D.   what time

E.   how long

5.   "Well-established risk factors' in line 17 are risk factors which ____."

A.   have been proved real

B.   are related to the environment

C.   show a contagious disease

D.   are formed by the disease

E.   create a belief among people

DAFTAR ARTI KOSAKATA
NO	TULISAN	JENIS KATA	UCAPAN	ARTI
1	Heart disease	Noun	hɑ:t dI"zi:z	Penyakit jantung
2	Spurred	Verb	sp3:rd	Didorong
3	Fatty	Adjective	"fæt.i	(Ber)lemak
4	Undergo	Verb	‘Ʌn.dә"gәU	Mengalami
5	Lack	Verb	læk	Kekurangan
6	Impose	Verb	Im"pәUz	Membebankan
7	Demon	Noun	"di:.mәn	Perasaaan; pikiran
8	Breed	Verb	bri:d	Menyebabkan

Kunci Jawaban:
1.   B .  they might not have been able to cope with the stress of living in an industrialised society
2.   E.   more than fifty percent of people in their 40s died of heart disease
3.   B.   coronary arteries are blocked by a fatty substance
4.   C.   the process
5.   A.   have been proved real

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