LITERASI BAHASA INGGRIS

Text 1

Bekasi city administration, West Java, has allowed its residents to hold religious events in mosques
and other places of worship. “[Mass religious activities are] now permissible, including the upcoming Friday
prayer, but still under the health protocols of Covid-19,” said Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi, Friday, May 29.
The permit is issued through the Bekasi Mayor’s circular No. 450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS on protocols of
religious activities to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease or Covid-19 in the city.

In a circular inked on Wednesday, May 27, the implementation of religious activities must follow
the Covid-19 health protocols. For example, the houses of worship must be cleaned with disinfectant first
before services.

The management must also submit a notice to the Bekasi administration. “They are obliged to
provide hand sanitizers and thermal gun to check the body temperature,” Rahmat added. Besides,
congregations are mandated to wear face masks and bring their prayers’ equipment, as well as keep a
distance of 1.2 meters between each other.

1. The word ’outbreak’ in paragraph 1 (C) To urge people to pray in their places
means… of worship
(A) Epidemic (D) To worship the same faith
(B) Catastrophe (E) To clean places of worship
(C) Doom
(D) Infectious 4. What is the author’s purpose in writing
(E) Reluctant the passage …
(A) Urge people to pray in their home
2. The passage above mainly discuss about… (B) Prevent coronavirus spread in Bekasi
(A) Possibility of coronavirus disease in City
mosque and other places of worship (C) Make sure people follow health
(B) Implementation of health protocols protocols
in mosques and other places of (D) Inform the reopening of worship
worship places in Bekasi City
(C) Congregation to clean and maintain (E) Concern people about importance of
mosques and other places of worship health
(D) Bekasi city reopen mosque and other
places of worship totally
(E) The mosque and other worship
places reopening issued through
Bekasi Mayor’s circular No.
450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS

3. What may cause Bekasi Mayor’s circular

No. 450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS permit
issued…
(A) To let people pray in their places of
worship safely following the health
protocols
(B) To prevent protests from places of
worship closing
Text 2

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo evaluated four aspects of Indonesia’s national strategic projects
for the country’s COVID-19 economic recovery effort. The first message he conveyed after conducting the
virtual meeting earlier today was that the strategic agendas crucial to the nation will not be stopped and
must continue.

“This morning, we will evaluate the national strategic project for the economic recovery due to the
COVID-19 pandemic,” he said. The second crucial aspect he said must continue was the prioritized
implementation of the national strategic projects (PSN) that had a direct effect on the people’s economy
and its recovery.

“I noted that several national strategic projects are very crucial to equalize and strengthen the
people’s economy,” said Jokowi while ensuring that the programs would be executed under strict health
protocols. Those included in the PSN he considered crucial were the people’s land certification program,
legalization of transmigration land, agrarian reform, social forestries, and the rejuvenation of people’s
plantations.

5. Sentence “those” in paragraph 3 refers to 7. Based on the passage above, which of the
… following statement is not the national
(A) COVID-19 economic recovery effort strategic projects (PSN)…
(B) Health protocols (A) Land certification
(C) National strategic projects (B) Social forestries program,
(D) Land and certification program (C) Migration legalization program
(E) Equalize and strengthen people’s (D) Agrarian reformation
economy (E) Plantation rejuvenation

6. By writing the sentences in paragraph 2,
the author intends to tell the readers
about …
(A) Government evaluation of the
strategic project for economic
recovery to prioritize National
Strategic Projects (PSN)
(B) National Strategic Projects (PSN) had
a significant effect on economic
recovery
(C) Implementation of National Strategic
Projects (PSN)
(D) President Joko Widodo evaluate the
national strategy projects
(E) COVID-19 economic recovery plan
8. What is the best summary of the passage…
(A) President Joko Widodo evaluate four
aspects of Indonesia strategic
projects to recover economic impact
after COVID-19 pandemic
(B) Evaluation of economic recovery
included people’s land certification
program, legalization of
transmigration land, agrarian
reform, social forestries, and the
rejuvenation of people’s plantations
(C) National Strategic Projects (PSN)
implemented under strict health
protocols
(D) Indonesia economic rejuvenation
after COVID-19 pandemic
(E) COVID-19 significant effect on
Indonesia’s economic activity

Text 3

The thought of a car or truck that can drive itself is at once both exciting and frightening.
Autonomous vehicle navigation, as the technology is known, may make life more convenient if it allows
people to kick back and enjoy a good book or movie while their cars guide themselves through rush-hour
traffic. However, what happens if it starts to rain or if traffic suddenly picks up?
 If the technology is to work at all, it will have to be completely safe on all roads, under all speeds,
and in all weather. Therein lies the challenge: if cars and trucks are to drive autonomously, they will need
futuristic sensors and advanced computing capabilities to respond to ever-changing road conditions.

Perhaps the most extreme example of ever-changing conditions is a war zone, where roads may
be reduced to rubble and vehicles are natural targets of attack. Rolling out fleets of self-navigating vehicles
for the military is an enticing idea because it could keep thousands of troops out of harm’s way.
Nevertheless, will it be possible for these vehicles to operate in war zones? This question was the
inspiration for a recent Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest aimed at spurring
the development of such technologies.

Held at a former air force base in Victorville, Calif. In late 2007, the DARPA Urban Challenge offered
a $3.5 million purse to competitors who could design the fastest and safest vehicles that could traverse a
60-mile urban course in moving traffic in less than six hours. The contestant vehicles were unmanned and
had to complete a simulated military supply mission, manoeuvring through a mock city environment,
avoiding obstacles, merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, and negotiating intersections - all
while conforming to California driving rules. Of the 89 international teams that entered the challenge, only
six finished in the allotted time.

Wende Zhang of General Motors was part of the team that designed the winning vehicle, which
finished with the fastest time - an average speed of approximately 13 miles per hour. The GM team drew
upon existing technology already offered in some of their vehicles that can assist in parking or detect lane
markers and trigger alarms if the drivers are coming too close to the shoulder of the road. For the DARPA
challenge, they developed a more sophisticated package of sensors that included GPS coupled with a
camera and a laser-ranging LIDAR system to guide and correct the vehicle’s route through the city. In
Baltimore, Zhang will present GM’s patented new methods for detecting lanes and correcting a vehicle’s
route, which helped them win the challenge.

Though they won, people should not look for robotic chauffeurs immediately. The technology must
prove reliable in many different road, weather and lighting conditions. Still, says Zhang, a commercially-
viable autonomous driving product may be available in the next decade.

9. The best title for this passage is _______.
(A) Future War Zone Vehicles
(B) A Giant Leap in automotive industry
(C) Research on the development of
unmanned vehicles
(D) Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency
(E) The Triumph of General Motors in a
competition
10. What is stated about autonomous vehicle
navigation in the passage?
(A) It cannot function if it runs out of
electricity.
(B) Bad weather and traffic jam are minor
problems for autonomous vehicles.
(C) Sixty teams managed to design
autonomous vehicles in the DARPA
competition.
(D) Autonomous vehicles will be
equipped with a state-of-the art
navigating system.
(E) Robotic chauffeurs will be ready in the
near future.
11. It can be inferred from the passage that the
DARPA Urban Challenge _______.
(A) meant to search for an advanced
manned navigation system
(B) was only open for American teams
(C) gave a trivial prize to the winning
team
(D) is to develop self-navigating vehicles
for all sorts of road conditions
(E) was not very competitive
12. The word "obstacles" in paragraph 4 is
closest in meaning to which of the
following?
 (A) Problems (B) Using self-navigating vehicles in the
(B) Difficulties army will reduce the number of injured
(C) Obstructions soldiers in wars.
(D) Burdens (C) The DARPA Urban Challenge looked
(E) Nuisances for the fastest and safest autonomous
vehicle.
13. Which of the following statements is (D) The GM team’s new detecting and
FALSE? navigating methods played an
(A) Futuristic sensors and advanced important role in its victory.
computing abilities will be essential (E) The U.S. Army is already well-prepared
feature of autonomous vehicles. and ready to launch unmanned
vehicles in current wars.

Text 4

The latest round in an ongoing debate over global-warming trends claims that warming has indeed
slowed down this century. An obvious slowing in the rise of global temperatures was recorded at the
beginning of the twenty-first century. This was referred to as a "hiatus" or a "pause". This hiatus was first
observed several years ago. Climate change skeptics have used this as evidence that global warming has
stopped permanently. But in June last year, a study in science claimed that the hiatus was just an artifact
which disappears when biases in temperature data are corrected.

Now a prominent group of researchers is countering that claim. They argue in Nature Climate
Change that even after correction these biases the slowdown was real. "There is this mismatch between
what the climate models are producing and what the observations are showing," says lead author John Fyfe.
Fyfe is a climate modeler at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis in Victoria. "We can't
ignore it." Fyfe uses the term "slowdown" rather than "hiatus". He also stresses that it does not in any way
weaken global-warming theory.

The debate turns in part around statistics on temperature trends. The study that questioned the
existence of the slowdown corrected known biases in the surface temperature record maintained by the
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The finding showed differences in
temperature readings from ships and buoys This effectively increased the record about warming. The
researchers also extended the record to include 2014. This set a new record high for average temperatures.

Thomas Karl, director of National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, calculated
the rate of global warming between 1950 and 1999 as being 0.113°C per decade. This was similar to the
0.116°C a decade calculated for 2000-14. This, Karl said, meant that an assessment done by the influential
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2013 showing that warming had slowed was no longer
valid. Therefore, it can be concluded that global warming is a fabricated issue.
(Adapted flora: http://www.nature.com/news/globalwarming-hiatu-debate-flarets-up-again-1.19414)

14. Which of the following best restates the
sentence “Climate-change skeptics have
used this as evidence that global warming
has stopped” in paragraph 1?
(A) Climate-change believers have used
global warming as evidence to stop
this.
(B) This has been used as a proof by
climate change disbelievers to claim
that global warming has come to an
end.
(C) That global warming has come to an
end has been used by climate change
believers as a proof.
 (D) This has been exploited by climate
change disbelievers as a proof to stop
global warming.
(E) This can be used as evidence to stop
climate change disbelievers.
17. Which of the following obviously shows
15. How does the author organize paragraph
2?
(A) A claim is followed by a description
about this claim.
(B) A claim is followed by contrasting
arguments about it.
(C) A claim is followed by quotations from
an expert.
(D) A problem is followed by some
solutions.
(E) A cause is followed by several effects.
16. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that
John Fyfe is ....
(A) A disbeliever of hiatus theory
(B) A proponent of climate change
(C) An opponent of climate change
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(D) A model at the Canadian Centre for
Climate Modeling and Analysis
(E) A debater at the Canadian Centre for
Climate Modeling and Analysis
the author’s false idea?
(A) An obvious slowing in the rise of
global temperatures was recorded at
the beginning of the twenty-first
century.
(B) Fyfe is a climate modeler at the
Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling
and Analysis in Victoria.
(C) The finding showed differences in
temperature readings from ships and
buoys.
(D) Thomas Karl calculated the rate of
global warming between 1950 and
1999 as being 0.113°C per decade.
(E) It can be concluded that global
warming is a fabricated issue.

Young people have put the spotlight on mental health in Mission Australia’s Youth Survey this year,
naming it as one of the top three issues facing Australia. The survey found concerns about mental health
across the country that have doubled alarmingly since 2011. About 22,000 young people aged 15 to 19 took
part in the survey and more than 20 per cent cited mental health as among their top national issues. Alcohol
and drugs were cited as their top concern, followed by equity and discrimination.

Mission Australia chief executive Catherine Yeomans said concerns about mental health were at
their highest level in the survey’s 15-year history. “If young people are telling us that they think this is one
of the top three concerns facing the nation, then we should sit up and pay attention and we should think
about whether we’ve got the right responses in place,” she said. “Let’s look at the issues and put in programs
that are going to support young people.”

The results did not surprise 19-year-old Savannah van der Veer, who has managed depression and
obsessive compulsive disorder for more than a decade. “People don’t take you seriously, they just assume
all children are kind of moody and unusual - they do strange things that don’t make sense,” she said. “But I
was really suffering and I didn’t really know how to talk about it and I didn’t really know that what was
happening to me wasn’t normal.” Miss van der Veer said she turned to her mother and counselors for
support.

Youth mental health group Batyr held more than 150 workshops in Australian high schools last year.
The program is facilitated by young people who have experienced mental health issues. “What our
programs are designed to do is to make it OK to not be OK - to show young people that there are people out
there like them who are suffering and going through tough times but that we can talk about it as a group,”
chief executive Sam Refshauge said. The sessions incorporate music and activities to shift negative stigma
around mental health issues.
(Adapted from : http//www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-05/mental-health-top-concern-among-young-australians-survey-
finds/8092846)

18. What topic does the paragraph preceding the passage most likely discuss?
(A) Alcohol and drugs
(B) Mental health of adults
(C) Equity and discrimination
(D) Mission Australia’s Youth Survey
(E) Mental problems faced by Australians

19. What is the author’s attitude toward the topic of the passage?
(A) Concerned
(B) Ignorant
(C) Pessimistic
(D) Doubtful
(E) Critical

20. Based on the passage, young people will understand their own mental health condition if ....
(A) High school programs prioritize social welfare
(B) Workshops on mental health are effectively conducted
(C) Their family and school consider mental disorder seriously
(D) More research on mental health reveals the roots
(E) Mental health becomes a school subject