SOAL INGGRIS PART 2

Read the text to answer the question number 1-5!

Researchers have debunked the myth that extreme sportmens and women are
adrenalin junkies with a death wish. According to Professor Brymer from Leeds Beckett
University, there had been a gross misunderstanding of what motivates people to take part
in extreme sports. Many write it off as an activity for adrenalin junkies.
His research has shown that people who engange in extreme sports are anything but
irresponsible risk-takers with a death wish. They are highly trained individuals with a deep
knowledge of themselves, the activity, the environment. They usually do the activity to have
a life-enhancing experience. The experience is very hard to decribe in the same way that love
is hard to describe. For example, BASE jumpers talk about being able to see all the colours
and nooks and crannies of the rock as that zoom past at 300 km/h. Meanwhile, extreme
climbers feel like they are floating and dancing with the rock.
Professor Schweitzer said understanding motivations for extreme sports was
important to understand human. In fact, extreme sports participation facilities more positive
psychological experiences and expresses human values. These include humility, harmony,
creativity, spirituality, and a vital sense of self.
He added that extreme sports participants found it hard to put their experiences into
words. Thus the research project had taken a new approach to understanding the data. His
research team did not employ a theory-based approach which may make judgements that do
not reflect the lived experience of extreme sports participants. Instead, the took a
phenomenological approach. By doing so, they were able to conceptualize such experiences.
They could also investigate the choices to engange in activity which may lead to death.
However, such experiences have been shown to be affirmative of life and the potential for
transformation. Extreme sports have the potential to induce powerful states of
consciousness. ..... and provide a further glimpse into what it means to be human.

1. UTBK 2022/TPS/ING/6
Extreme sports ... allow their participants to achieve a positive state of mind and demonstrate
virtues.
A. Might
B. Should
C. Must
D. Would
E. Shall

2. UTBK 2022/TPS/ING/7
In the passage there are statements like these:
His research team did not employ a theory-based approach which may make judgements that
do not reflect the lived experience of extreme sports participants. Instead, the took a
phenomenological approach. By doing so, they were able to conceptualize such experiences.
Based on the statements above, if the research team had taken a theory-based approach,
they ... sheer details in the extreme sports participant’s experience.
 A. Will not uncover
B. Would not uncover
C. Will not have uncovered
D. Would not be uncovered
E. Would not have uncovered

3. UTBK 2022/TPS/ING/8
According to the passage, it can be hypothesized that the more ..., the more ...
A. Trained the participants are – often they play the sports
B. Adrenalin rush they experience – skillful they become
C. Motivated the participants are – they are reluctant to join the research
D. Extreme the sports are – the participants enjoy them
E. The risks of the sports – irresponsible the participants are

4. UTBK 2022/TPS/ING/9
The author would apparently agree that the phenomenon of the extreme sports and their
participants discussed in the passage is similar to the phenomenon between ...
A. Teeth and dentists
B. Toys and students
C. Games and software developers
D. Pianos and pianists
E. Books and publishers

5. UTBK 2022/TPS/ING/10
The option that best completes the last sentence of the passage is ...
A. Extreme sports releases negative emotions and past trauma
B. It is where the participants level up their sports skills
C. Extreme sports allow an escape from numbing dullness in the workplace
D. These experiences enrich the lives of participants
E. Extreme sports take exercise to another perspective to humanity