SOAL TRIK CEPAT B.
INGGRIS PART 1
Menemukan informasi spesifik
• Strategi menemukan informasi
spesifik dari pertanyaan yang
menggunakan kata tanya why, which,
dan how. Untuk menjawab jenis
pertanyaan itu harus menemukan
kata kuncinya atau menemukan
informasi yang memiliki arti yang
sama dengan kata kunci.
• Strategi:
- Temukan kata kunci dalam
pertanyaan (soal)
- Cari gagasan yang mirip dalam teks
- Cari pilihan jawaban yang
mengemukakan kembali gagasan yang
telah diuraikan dalam teks.
SOAL
Forget lions, tigers, and bears. When
it comes to the art of war, army ants are
among the most frightening creatures on
earth. With powerful mouth parts, these
fighters can skillfully cut creatures much
larger than themselves into pieces. Acting
together in great numbers, army ant
colonies succed at making tens of
thousands of such kills each day. Their
capabilities do have limits, though.
Contrary to popular belief, they almost
never take down large animals or people.
One of the best places to observe
army ants is Barro Colorado, an island in a
lake created by Panama Canal. The island
is home to as many as 50 colonies of
Eciton burchellii, the most studied army
ant in the world. It is one of 150 types of
army ants in the New World; more 170
other types live in Asia, Africa, and
Australia.
The colonies of this army ant are
huge, ranging from 300.000 to 700.000
ants. They never stay in one place, moving
from nest site to nest site. Linking legs
together, they use their own bodies to
form enormous nests called bivouacs,
which they hang beneath a fallen tree.
There they stay for about 20 about 20
days as the queen lays as many as
300.000 eggs.
When the ants go hunting as many as
200.000 of them leave the nest in a group
that broadens into a fan as wide as 14
meters. This swarm raid takes a slightly
different course each day, allowing the
hunter to cover fresh ground each time.
Protecting the ants wherever they go
are soldiers, recognizable by their
oversized jaws. If their frightening looks
do not scare enemies away, soldiers also
have a powerful bite and the attack is
often suicidal. Because their jaws are
shaped like fishhooks, the soldiers cannot
pull them out again. Amazonian tribes
have used soldiers ants to close wounds,
breaking off the bodies and leaving the
head in place.
Eciton burchellii are blind and cannot
see what is a head of them, but they
move together in such great numbers that
they can easily kill the non army ants,
insect and other small creatures that
constitute their prey. When the groups
happen upon a break in the path, ants
immediately link legs together and form
living bridges so that the groups can move
forwards without any delay.
In Japanese the word ant is written by
linking two character: one meaning
"insect", the other meaning "loyalty".
Indeed, individual ants are completely
loyal to their fellow ants. They display
many examples of selfless cooperation
that, while certainly extreme, cannot fail
to win human admiration.
1. In which lines of the text does the
author mention the sight of army ants?
A. 2-3
B. 11-12
C. 16-17
D. 18-19
E. 20-21
Mengidentifikasi Informasi
Mengidentifikasi informasi dalam teks
artinya menjawab pertanyaan yang
menanyakan tentang informasi yang tidak
disebutkan dalam teks (not mentioned)
atau hal yan tidak benar (not true)
berdasarkan teks.
• Strategi:
- Fokus pada kata kunci yang ada
pada soal
- Baca sekilas informasi tentang
kata kunci dalam teks
- Pilih opsi jawaban yang tidak
benar berdasarkan teks.
Jenis soal:
According to the passage, which of the
following is NOT TRUE?
All of the following are things that have
potentian energy, EXCEPT______
Which of the following is NOT mentioned
in the passage as an example of the
effects of gravity?
SOAL
Forget lions, tigers, and bears. When
it comes to the art of war, army ants are
among the most frightening creatures on
earth. With powerful mouth parts, these
fighters can skillfully cut creatures much
larger than themselves into pieces. Acting
together in great numbers, army ant
colonies succed at making tens of
thousands of such kills each day. Their
capabilities do have limits, though.
Contrary to popular belief, they almost
never take down large animals or people.
One of the best places to observe
army ants is Barro Colorado, an island in a
lake created by Panama Canal. The island
is home to as many as 50 colonies of
Eciton burchellii, the most studied army
ant in the world. It is one of 150 types of
army ants in the New World; more 170
other types live in Asia, Africa, and
Australia.
The colonies of this army ant are
huge, ranging from 300.000 to 700.000
ants. They never stay in one place, moving
from nest site to nest site. Linking legs
together, they use their own bodies to
form enormous nests called bivouacs,
which they hang beneath a fallen tree.
There they stay for about 20 about 20
days as the queen lays as many as
300.000 eggs.
When the ants go hunting as many as
200.000 of them leave the nest in a group
that broadens into a fan as wide as 14
meters. This swarm raid takes a slightly
different course each day, allowing the
hunter to cover fresh ground each time.
Protecting the ants wherever they go
are soldiers, recognizable by their
oversized jaws. If their frightening looks
do not scare enemies away, soldiers also
have a powerful bite and the attack is
often suicidal. Because their jaws are
shaped like fishhooks, the soldiers cannot
pull them out again. Amazonian tribes
have used soldiers ants to close wounds,
breaking off the bodies and leaving the
head in place.
Eciton burchellii are blind and cannot
see what is a head of them, but they
move together in such great numbers that
they can easily kill the non army ants,
insect and other small creatures that
 constitute their prey. When the groups
happen upon a break in the path, ants
immediately link legs together and form
living bridges so that the groups can move
forwards without any delay.
In Japanese the word ant is written by
linking two character: one meaning
"insect", the other meaning "loyalty".
Indeed, individual ants are completely
loyal to their fellow ants. They display
many examples of selfless cooperation
that, while certainly extreme, cannot fail
to win human admiration.
2. Which of the following statements
about soldier ants is not true?
A. People can use them to close wounds
B. They can see nothing a head of them
C. They have powerful bites
D. They lay many eggs
E. They link their legs together to form a
living bridge
Memperkirakan arti kata (menemukan
petunjuk dari konteks)
• Bagaimana memperkirakan arti kata
dari petunjuk yang ada dalam
konteks. Hal yang perlu dilakukan
yaitu membaca kalimat yang berisi
kata yang dicari artinya, jika perlu,
baca kalimat sebelum dan sesudah
kalimat tersebut. Mencoba terus
memahami apa yang dijelaskan oleh
kalimat. Makna dari suatu kata
biasanya dijelaskan oleh kata lain
dalam kalimat.
• Strategi:
- Temukan kata atau frase yang
ditanyakan soal dalam teks
- Baca kalimat yang berisi kata atau
frase tersebut dengan cermat
- Cari petunjuk konteks untuk
membantu memhami arti
- Pilih opsi jawaban yang
mengemukakan kembali arti
kata/frase tersebut.
• Jenis soal:
- Which of the following is closest in
meaning to the word “………” in the
“….”?
- The word “…..” in line “…….” Can be
replaced by______
- The word “tiny” in line “……” refers
to_______
SOAL
Eciton burchellii are blind and cannot see
what is a head of them, but they move
together in such great numbers that they can
easily kill the non army ants, insect and other
small creatures that constitute their prey.
When the groups happen upon a break in the
path, ants immediately link legs together and
form living bridges so that the groups can
move forwards without any delay.
3. The phrase “happen upon” (line 22) is
closest in meaning to ...
A. Meet
B. Find
C. Avoid
D. Need
E. Occur
... Universities in Australia have been
welcoming international students for
more than a century, and today most
campuses boast an ethnic mix in the
student body of 50 or more nationalities.
…
4. The word boast in the passage means ...
 A. Promote For example, some people bipolar disorder
experience hypomania, It is a less severe
B. Allow
form of mania. During a hypomanic
C. Offer episode, an indivie may feel very good.
The person may not feel that anything is
D. Possess wrong. However, family and friends may
recognize mood swings. Without proper
E. Praise
treatment, people with hypomania may
develop severe mania or depression.
LATIHAN 1. The word "intense" in bold means...

Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder. It A. non-stop

is also known as manic-depresssive illness.
It causes unusual shift mood, energy, and B. Broad
activity levels. It also affects the ability to
carry out day-to-day tasks. There are four C. Constant
basis type of bipolar disorder. All of them
involve clear changes in mood, energy, D. Tough
and activity levels. These moods range,
periods of extremely "up" to "down" E. Strong
periods. During the “up" periods one
shows energized behavior. During "down"
periods he/she is very sad or hopeless. The
"up" periods are known as manic episodes. 2. One of the symptoms of manic episodes
The down" period are known as depressive is feeling....
episodes. Less severe manic periods are
known as hypomanic episodes. A. very lively
People with bipolar disorder B. Extremely happy
experience periods of extremely intense
emotion. They also experience changes C. Reallu Powerful
sleep patterns and activity levels. They
show unusual behaviors. These periods are D. Unusually strong
called "mood episodes". Most episodes are
extremely different from the person's E. Awfully active
ordinary moods and behaviors. During the
mood episodes there are extreme changes
in energy, activity, and sleep.

Sometimes a mood episode includes

both manic and depressive symptoms this
is called an episode with features. People
experiencing an episode with mixed
features may feel very sad, empty, or
hopeless and extrem energized at the same
time.

Bipolar disorder can be present even

when the mood swings are less extreme.