Reading Comprehension – UTBK 2023

By Bimbel Lucky

Tegal, 2 April 2023

Soal UTBK 2022
Soal UTBK 2022
1. The paragraph preceding the passage most likely discusses ....

A. types and examples of extreme sportsmen and women

B. news coverage on incidents linked to extreme sports athletes
C. the rising trend of people taking part in extreme sports
D. circulating sportsmen and women rumours about adrenalin junkies
E. result of earlier studies on extreme sports accidents
2. The word ‘debunked’ in paragraph 1 in the passage is closest in meaning to ....

A. corrected
B. disproved
C. neglected
D. discontented
E. deconstructed
3. From paragraph 1, the author of the passage is trying to convey that ....

A. doing extreme sports may cause death

B. extreme sports can lead to addiction to adrenalin
C. extreme sports can be played by men and women
D. extreme sports are only played by adrenalin junkies
E. the motivations of extreme sports athletes have been mistaken
4. The author describes the intentions behind people’s participation in extreme sports most effectively in paragraph(s) ....

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 3 dan 4
5. According to Professor Schweitzer, examining people’s....behind doing extreme sports can aid us in making sense of
human.

A. drive
B. concern
C. courage
D. pleasure
E. excitement
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
7. if the research team had taken a theory-based approach, they .... sheer details in the extreme sports participants’
experiences.

A. will not uncover

B. would not uncover
C. will not have uncovered
D. would not be uncoverd
E. would not have uncovered
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 – skilful 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 risk of the sports – irresponsible the participants are
9. The author would apparently agree that the phenomenon of 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
10. The option that best completes the last sentences 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 experience enrich the lives of participants
E. Extreme sports take exercises to another perspective to humanity