The text is for questions 15 to 17.
What is the benefit of tourism for local people? Well, tourism is now a huge contributor to the economics of most countries. Tourism industries can bring money, job vacancy and advancement especially to developing regions. However, this money often goes into the pockets of foreign investors, and only benefits for local people.
Tourism industries will not give much benefit to local people, if, for example, multinational chains don’t care about the surrounding nature when they build new hotels this can cause many social, cultural and geographical problems. Some local people may get job and money from that international hotel chain.
However, in case of missing that opportunity, some of them still have their own environment.
Moreover, some facts show that tourists tend to go, visit and spend their money in restaurant, bars and even luxury hotels that multinational chains, they less go to such places; restaurant, bars, hotel, which are owned by local people. This can prevent the local people’s business from become even larger.
Most important thing, tours or excursions of tourism have little effect on nature, even it can disrupt or destroy ecosystems, and environment, and if it does, the local people will get the risk.
So the local government policies should be put in place to ensure that tourism will make the benefit spreading widely, the policies should guarantee that tourism will not cause any harm to any local people or places.
Soal 15. What is the topic of the text?
A. Tourism is a huge contributor to economics of most countries.
B. Job vacancy derived from the tourism industry.
C. Benefits obtained by foreign investor from tourism industry.
D. Money from tourism industry in many countries.
E. The benefit of tourism for foreigners.
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: A
Topik adalah gagasan umum yang menaungi seluruh isi teks. Paragraf awal menegaskan bahwa pariwisata merupakan kontributor besar bagi perekonomian banyak negara, lalu paragraf-paragraf berikut membahas dampak, risiko, dan perlunya kebijakan.
Pilihan A mencakup keseluruhan isi teks. Pilihan lain hanya bagian kecil atau sudut pandang tertentu. Maka \(A \gt B\).
Soal 16. Based on the text, the benefits for local people will be obtained if ….
A. multinational hotel chains care about the surrounding nature when building new hotels
B. local people must attract foreign tourists by building luxurious restaurants, bars, hotels, and shops
C. local people must work hard to get money from tourism industry
D. multinational hotel chains ignore the local people in making money
E. local people must have money to build luxurious hotels
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: A
Teks menyatakan bahwa pariwisata tidak memberi banyak manfaat jika hotel multinasional tidak peduli lingkungan sekitar. Artinya, manfaat bagi warga lokal akan lebih besar jika pengembang memperhatikan alam dan kondisi sekitar.
Pilihan lain tidak dinyatakan sebagai syarat dalam teks atau bahkan bertentangan dengan gagasan utama. Maka \(A \gt D\).
Soal 17. What is the main idea of paragraph two?
A. Things can give the benefit to local people.
B. Things do not give the benefit for local people.
C. Missing the opportunity to get job from the international problem.
D. Tourism industries cause many social, cultural and geographical problems.
E. The tourists do not want to visit local hotels, restaurants and bars.
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: B
Paragraf kedua menegaskan bahwa industri pariwisata tidak memberi banyak manfaat bagi masyarakat lokal, meskipun ada sedikit peluang kerja. Itulah gagasan utamanya.
Pilihan D adalah rincian dampak, bukan ide utama. Maka \(B \gt D\).
The following text is for questions 18 to 20.
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CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Captain Phillips is an upcoming \(2013\) American biographical action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty, and starring Tom Hanks. It is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca. The film tells a biopic of merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage for several days by Somali Pirates when the container ship Maersk Alabama which sailed from southern Oman down along the coast of Somalia and then to Kenya was hijacked in \(2009\).
Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), a veteran merchant mariner, still lives in his native New England, and he’s a plainspoken family man full of anxiety about the economically bleak new world his kids are facing. When his wife (Catherine Keener) drops him off at the airport, we can see reverse here. The film then cuts to Somalia, a land of dust and poverty, where the pirates are recruited for their mission as if they were migrant farm workers lining up to be chosen for that day’s labor. Greengrass doesn’t have to fill in much about the violent, chaotic breakdown of Somalia to let us know that these men have little choice.
The film does not generate quite the same level of excruciating suspense as some of Greengrass’ previous triumphs, but it nonetheless holds us hostage as it proceeds. As for the four Somali immigrants, they are remarkably effective in their first professional acting gigs.
Soal 18. The text is a review of a ….
A. song
B. book
C. novel
D. movie
E. painting
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: D
Teks menyebutkan “film”, sutradara, dan isi cerita film. Maka jelas ini adalah ulasan film. Jadi \(D \gt B\).
Soal 19. According to the text, Captain Phillips ….
A. travelled from Somalia to Kenya to find a ship
B. hijacked a container ship
C. hijacked many ships in Somalia
D. was taken hostage by Somali pirates
E. was a sailor in Southern Oman
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: D
Teks menyatakan secara eksplisit bahwa Captain Phillips “was taken hostage by Somali pirates”. Maka pilihan D paling tepat.
Soal 20. From paragraph two, we can see that Captain Phillips was … about his kids.
A. happy
B. doubt
C. pleased
D. afraid
E. anxious
Jawaban & Analisis
Kunci: E
Kata “anxiety” secara langsung menunjukkan perasaan cemas. Karena itu, “anxious” adalah jawaban yang paling tepat, sehingga \(E \gt D\).
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