Read the text for questions 23 to 25.
Internet has been the most outstanding invention in the history of mankind. With internet, our earth has become a global village. Yet, like many other human made technologies, it has its own advantages and disadvantages.
There are plenty of software that can entertain us or help us to communicate with our beloved ones. In a mere second, we can chat for hours with a person who is sitting at the other parts of the world, read our e-mail in our smart phone or listen to our favorite radio broadcast by streaming it on our tablet.
With its easy access, internet also has its disadvantages. One of them is children may be exposed to violence and explicit contents that only suitable for adults. There are thousands of such inappropriate contents on the internet which can be easily found. It is a very serious issue and may harm children well-being.
Although, internet can create havoc and destruction, its advantages are more important than its disadvantages.
Soal 23
What is one of the disadvantages of the internet?
A. It exposes children to violence.
B. It helps us chat with our beloved ones.
C. It helps us communicate from faraway.
D. It streams our favorite radio broadcast.
E. It sends to our e-mail from our smart phone.
Answer & Analysis
Correct answer: A
Main reasoning: The third paragraph states that one disadvantage is “children may be exposed to violence and explicit contents.” This directly matches option A.
Option analysis:
A. Correct: explicitly stated as a disadvantage.
B. This is an advantage in paragraph \( 2 \) (communication with beloved ones).
C. Also an advantage in paragraph \( 2 \) (communicate with people far away).
D. An advantage in paragraph \( 2 \) (listen to radio by streaming).
E. An advantage in paragraph \( 2 \) (read e-mail in smart phone), not a disadvantage.
Logic note: A disadvantage (harm risk) is \( \gt \) advantages (chat/stream/email) for answering this question.
Soal 24
The main idea of paragraph \( 2 \) is ...
A. the use of internet can be very fatal
B. internet has some advantages
C. people should not use internet
D. internet can make us lazy
E. internet brings more harm than good
Answer & Analysis
Correct answer: B
Main reasoning: Paragraph \( 2 \) lists benefits: entertainment software, chatting across the world, reading e-mail on a smartphone, and streaming radio on a tablet. That paragraph’s focus is the advantages of the internet.
Option analysis:
A. Not stated in paragraph \( 2 \); “fatal” relates more to harm, which appears later.
B. Correct: the paragraph is a list of advantages.
C. Not stated; the paragraph encourages use by showing benefits.
D. Not mentioned anywhere in the paragraph.
E. Contradicted by the paragraph’s positive examples.
Logic note: A paragraph full of benefits is \( \gt \) evidence for “advantages.”
Soal 25
From the passage we can assume that, children should be ... by their parents while they are using the internet.
A. taught
B. watched
C. seen
D. accompanied
E. observed
Answer & Analysis
Correct answer: B
Main reasoning: The text warns that children may easily find inappropriate content and that it can harm children’s well-being. A reasonable assumption from this warning is that parents should monitor children while they use the internet. “Watched” best matches the idea of monitoring/supervision.
Option analysis:
A. Teaching is useful, but the text’s warning suggests supervision rather than instruction.
B. Correct: monitoring fits the risk of exposure described.
C. “Seen” is too vague and does not clearly mean supervised.
D. Possible, but the passage stresses controlling exposure; “watched” directly expresses supervision.
E. Similar to watched, but less natural in this context than “watched.”
Logic note: When risk is easy to access, supervision is \( \gt \) no supervision.
Read the text for questions 26 to 28.
The Yaks
A yak is a wild ox of Asia. It inhabits the cold, dry plateaus of Tibet, often more than 4.870 meters above the sea level.
Adult male yaks grow to an average height of two meters at the shoulder, and weigh about 1000 kg and the females weigh a third of that.
A yak is covered with long and shaggy hair. It has a dense undercoat of soft, close matted hair. Wild yak's skin can be brown or black, and both males and females have horns.
Wild yaks secrete a special sticky substance in their sweat that helps keep their under-hair matted. This substance is also used in traditional Nepalese medicine.
The indigenous tribes of the Tibetan plateaus have domesticated the yaks for many years. They rely heavily on them for transportation and as pack animals because they are very strong and able to maneuver along dangerous ice and snow-covered land.
The domesticated yaks are also important to farmers as it is used to plough fields. Its meat and milk are widely consumed. The soft hair is used to make clothes. Saddles, whips, boots, and other articles are made from the hide. The bushy tail is used as fly chaser at ceremonial processions in India.
Soal 26
According to the text, we know that ...
A. wild yaks have sweat on their hair
B. male yaks are twice bigger than females
C. wild yaks are unable to live on snow covered land
D. the colour of wild yaks can be black, grey and brown
E. sticky substances in yaks sweat is useful for traditional medicine
Answer & Analysis
Correct answer: E
Main reasoning: The text says: “Wild yaks secrete a special sticky substance in their sweat ... This substance is also used in traditional Nepalese medicine.” That directly supports option E.
Option analysis:
A. Not accurate; the text says they secrete a substance in their sweat that helps keep under-hair matted, not “sweat on their hair.”
B. Not supported; it says females weigh a third of males, not “twice bigger.”
C. Contradicted; domesticated yaks can maneuver along dangerous ice and snow-covered land.
D. Incorrect; the text says brown or black, not grey.
E. Correct; directly stated about traditional Nepalese medicine.
Logic note: Directly stated use in medicine is \( \gt \) options that add unsupported details.
Soal 27
Having ... help(s) the yak to adopt itself to the cold.
A. a special sticky substance
B. abundant of milk and thick hide
C. great strength and heavy weight
D. a dense close matted hair undercoat
E. ability to maneuver the snow covered land
Answer & Analysis
Correct answer: D
Main reasoning: The text explains the yak “has a dense undercoat of soft, close matted hair” and lives in “cold, dry plateaus.” A dense undercoat is the feature most directly connected to adapting to cold conditions.
Option analysis:
A. The sticky substance helps keep under-hair matted, but the direct cold adaptation described is the undercoat itself.
B. Not stated as an adaptation to cold; “milk” and “hide” are discussed for human use, not cold adaptation.
C. Strength/weight are not stated as cold adaptation.
D. Correct: a dense undercoat is a clear feature for warmth in cold regions.
E. This is about movement on snow, not keeping warm in cold.
Logic note: Warmth-related structure (undercoat) is \( \gt \) movement-related ability for cold adaptation.
Soal 28
What is the main idea of the fifth paragraph?
A. The yak likes to hide.
B. The farmers drink milk.
C. The yak is very advantageous to mankind.
D. Farmers domesticate the yaks for its meat.
E. A fly chaser is used in ceremonial processions.
Answer & Analysis
Correct answer: C
Main reasoning: The fifth paragraph says the tribes domesticated yaks and rely on them for transportation and as pack animals because they are strong and can maneuver on dangerous ice and snow-covered land. The main idea is that yaks are useful/beneficial to people.
Option analysis:
A. Not stated in the fifth paragraph.
B. Not the fifth paragraph; milk is discussed later.
C. Correct: it summarizes the paragraph’s point—people rely on yaks for important functions.
D. Not the fifth paragraph; meat is discussed in the sixth paragraph.
E. Not the fifth paragraph; fly chaser is in the sixth paragraph.
Logic note: A paragraph about reliance for transport/pack animals is \( \gt \) details that appear in other paragraphs (milk, fly chaser).