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latihan Reading 4 - Vocab Questions

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Passage 1 (soal 1) fresh air, as well as multiple wineries, cellars

My children have outgrown books in and a complex network of passages, tunnels,
which polar bears and penguins inhabit the and corridors.
same page. But there is an alarming number “It was large enough to shelter around
of them out there and this is one bio- 20,000 people with their livestock and food
geographical crime I cannot forgive. stores,” Quora user Trishla Prasad wrote.
Polar bears live in the Arctic, near the Considering its age, the underground city
North Pole. Penguins live in Antarctica and is in excellent condition and is accessible
the neigh bouring continents, near the South today via numerous tours. Travellers should
Pole. They are literally poles apart, so don't be advised, however, that exploring the
unite them in fiction just because they look complex involves a lot of stairs.
cute together.
[source:http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150821 -six-
[source:http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150902-the-truth lesser-known-wonders-of-the-ancient-world]]
- about-polar-bears]
02. The word „counterpart‟ (paragraph 01) is
best replaced by …
01. The word „unite‟ (paragraph 2) is best re-
(A) convention
placed by …
(B) part
(A) break (C) caverns
(B) glue (D) city
(C) divide (E) name
(D) join
(E) knit 03. The word „amenities‟ (paragraph 3) is similar
in meaning to …
Passage 2 (Soal 2 - 5)
(A) ammunition
Underneath the small town of Der- (B) facilities
inkuyu, 750km southeast of Istanbul in Cap- (C) solutions
padocia‟s Nevsehir province, lies the largest (D) items
system of caverns ever built by hand – Der- (E) purposes
inkuyu – Turkey‟s underground city, which
shares a name with its more conventional, 04. The word „stores‟ (paragraph 4) has similar
above-ground counterpart. meaning to …
This ancient Anatolian wonder has all (A) shops
the trappings of a well-developed municipal (B) supplies
centre, with schools, stables and churches – (C) levels
but rather than rising from the ground, (D) items
Derinkuyu‟s meeting places are carved from (E) enter
soft volcanic rock 60m to 85m beneath the
surface. 05. The word „complex‟ (last paragraph) is best
Built between the 7th and 8th Century replaced by …
BC, the underground complex was built to (A) complicated
defend against attacks from marauding (B) intricate
armies. Though it was intended as a tempo- (C) site
rary shelter, its amenities were impressive: (D) city
some 600 above-ground doors from which (E) tour
someone can enter the underground city
from, 15,000 ventilation ducts to provide

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Passage 3 (Soal 6 - 8) Passage 4 (Soal 9 - 10)

In 2014, Eline Lorenzen of the Univer-
sity of California, Berkeley and her col-
leagues looked for genetic differences be-
tween brown bears and polar bears. Some of
the most striking were to do with fat me-
tabolism. The levels of cholesterol in the
polar bear's blood are "extreme".
"For polar bears, profound obesity is a
harmless state," Lorenzen said in a state-
ment.
"It remains an enigma how polar bears
are able to deal with such lifelong elevated
levels of cholesterol," the authors wrote.
The answer may have something to do with
some genetic fine- tuning of the polar bear's
cardiovascular function.
[source: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150902-the-truth
- about-polar-bears]
06. The word „striking‟ (paragraph 1) has similar
meaning to …
The history of philosophy is intertwined
with the history of the natural sciences.
Long before the 19th century, when the term
“science” began to be used with its modern
meaning, those who are now counted among
the major figures in the history of Western
philosophy were of ten equally famous for
their contributions to “natural philosophy”,
the bundle of inquiries now designated as
sciences. Aristotle was the first great
biologist; Rene Descartes formulated
analytics geometry (“Cartesian geometry”)
and discovered laws of the reflection and
refraction of light; Gottfried Leibniz laid
claim to priority in the invention of calculus;
and Immanuel Kant offered the basis of a
still-current hypothesis regarding the
formation of the solar system (the
Kant-Laplace nebular hypothesis).
[source: Grayling, A. (2008). The Encyclopædia Britannica
guide to the ideas that made the modern world the ideas
that made the modern world. London: Robinson.]

(A) hitting
(B) slapping 09. The word „designated‟ (paragraph 1)
(C) noticeable means …
(D) attacking (A) designed
(E) understandable (B) classified
(C) separated from
07. The word „profound‟ (paragraph 2) is best (D) invented
replaced by … (E) changed
(A) extreme
(B) wise 10. The word „still -current‟ (paragraph 1) has
(C) complex similar meaning to …
(D) extensive (A) flowing
(E) complete (B) present-day
(C) still valid
08. The word „enigma‟ (paragraph 3) means … (D) oceanic
(A) problem (E) electric
(B) phenomenon
(C) event
(D) curiosity
(E) mystery

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Passage 5 (Soal 11)
The study, which was just published in the
journal Environmental Toxicology &
Chemistry, shows that although these drugs
are found only in relatively limited quantities
in the river water, their concentration did not
decline with distance downstream from the
wastewater treatment plant discharge.
Moreover, many of the drugs were not
removed completely during drinking water
treatment.
[source: https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/
are- fish-getting-high-cocaine-254184]
11. The word „limited‟ can be replaced by …
(A) restriction
(B) constraint
(C) small
(D) controlled
(E) absolute
Passage 6 (Soal 12 - 13)
Smoking is not only bad for your health;
it also puts 400,000 children in poverty.
Smoking places a financial burden on low
income families, suggesting that parents are
likely to forgo basic household and food
necessities in order to fund their addiction,
according to UK research published in the
open access journal BMC Public Health.
This is the first UK study to highlight
the extent to which smoking worsens child
poverty. The findings are based on national
surveys which estimate the number of
children living in poverty by household
structure. In 1999, the UK government
announced a target to abolish child poverty
by 2020, though this target is unlikely to be
met. It is therefore crucial to identify
avoidable factors that contribute to and
worsen child poverty.
"Smoking reduces the income available
for families to feed, clothe and otherwise
care for their children living in low-income
households. This study demonstrates that if
our government, and our health services,
prioritized treating smoking dependence, it
could have a major effect on child poverty as
well as health," says lead author, Dr Tessa
Langley from the UK Centre for Tobacco
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and Alcohol Studies at the University of
Nottingham.
[source: https://www. biomedcentral . com/presscenter/
pressreleases/290515']
12. The word „forgo‟ (paragraph 1) means …
(A) care about
(B) sacrifice
(C) spend
(D) change
(E) finance
13. The word „dependence‟ (paragraph 3) has
similar meaning to …
(A) support
(B) weakness
(C) belief
(D) addiction
(E) vulnerability
Passage 7 (Soal 14 - 15)
Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday
celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular
the Central and South regions, and
acknowledged around the world in other
cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings
of family and friends to pray for and
remember friends and family members
who have died, and help support their
spiritual journey. In 2008 the tradition was
inscribed in the Representative List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
by UNESCO.
It is particularly celebrated in Mexico
where the day is a public holiday. Prior to
Spanish colonization in the 16th century,
the celebration took place at the beginning
of summer. It was moved to October 31st,
November 1st, and November 2nd to
occur simultaneously with the Roman
Catholic triduum festival Allhallowtide (All
Saints‟ Eve, All Saints‟ Day, and All Souls‟
Day). Traditions connected with the
holiday include building private altars called
ofrendas, honoring the deceased using
sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favourite
foods and beverages of the departed, and
visiting graves with these as gifts. Visitors
also leave possessions of the deceased at
the graves.
[source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead]
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14. The word „inscribed‟ (paragraph 1) is

mostly similar to …
(A) included
(B) changed
(C) held
(D) started
(E) celebrated

15. The word „departed‟ (paragraph 2) can be

replaced by …
(A) the act of leaving
(B) changed direction
(C) dead people
(D) family of the dead
(E) celebration

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