Cara Menjawab Pertanyaan Gagasan Pokok Bacaan.
1. Pastikan kamu membaca kalimat awal setiap paragraf
dan temukan tema umum di kalimat tersebut dengan memperhatikan kata kuncinya.
2. Bila paragraf tersusun lebih dari satu paragraf,
lakukan hal yang sama: baca kalimat pertama di setiap paragraf dan temukan tema
umumnya.
3. Bila ditanyakan judul yang sesuai untuk bacaan,
pastikan kamu mengaitkan keterkaitan gagasan pokok antar paragraf.
Bagaimanapun, judul berarti harus mencakup keseluruhan bacaan.
4. Seleksi jawaban dengan memperhatikan kesesuaian tema dan kata kunci. Jangan sampai terkecoh pada informasi parsial (tidak lengkap) atau informasi yang tidak ada dalam pembahasan bacaan.
Latihan Soal Skill 1: Mencari Gagasan Pokok Bacaan
Text 1
Fort Knox, Kentucky, is the site of a U.S. army post, but it is
even more renowned for the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, the massive vault that
contains the bulk of the U.S. government's gold deposits.
Completed in 1936, the vault is housed in a two-story building constructed of
granite, steel, and concrete; the vault itself is made of steel and concrete
and has a door that weighs more than twenty tons. Naturally, the most
up-to-date security devices available are in place at Fort Knox, and the arm y post
nearby provides further protection.
1. Which of the following
best describes the topic of the passage?
(A) The city of Fort
Knox, Kentucky
(B) The federal gold
depository
(C) The U.S. arm y post
at Fort Knox
(D) Gold bullion
2. Which of the following
would be the best title for this passage?
(A) The Massive Concrete
Vault
(B) Fort Knox Security
(C) Where the U.S. Keeps
Its Gold
(D) A Visit to Kentucky
Text 2
One identifying characteristic of minerals is their relative
hardness, which can be determined by scratching one mineral with another. In
this type of test, a harder mineral can scratch a softer one, but a softer mineral
is unable to scratch the harder one. The Molls' hardness scale is used to rank
minerals according to hardness. Ten minerals are listed in this scale, ranging
from talc with a hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 10. On this scale,
quartz (number 7) is harder than feldspar (number 6) and is therefore able to
scratch it; however, feldspar is unable to make a mark on quartz.
3. Which of the following
best states the subject of this passage?
(A) The hardness of diamonds
(B) Identifying minerals
by means of a scratch test
(C) Feldspar on the Mohs'
scale
(D) Recognizing minerals
in their natural state
4. The main idea of this
passage is that
(A) the hardness of a mineral
can be determined by its ability to make a mark on other minerals
(B) diamonds, with a
hardness of 10 on the Mohs’ scale, can scratch all other minerals
(C) a softer mineral cannot
be scratched by a harder mineral
(D) talc is the first mineral
listed on the Mohs’ scale
Text 3
Hurricanes generally occur in the North Atlantic from May
through November, with the peak of the hurricane season in September; only
rarely will they occur from December through April in that part of the ocean. The
main reason for the occurrence of hurricanes during this period is that the temperature
on the water’s surface is at its warmest and the humidity of the air is at its
highest.
Of the tropical storms that occur each year in the North
Atlantic, only about five, on the average, are powerful enough to be called
hurricanes. To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical storm must
have winds reaching speeds of at least 117 kilometers per hour, but the winds
are often much stronger than that; the winds of intense hurricanes can easily
surpass 240 kilometers per hour.
5. The passage mainly
discusses
(A) how many hurricanes
occur each year
(B) the strength of hurricanes
(C) the weather in the
North Atlantic
(D) hurricanes in one
part of the world
6. The best title for
this passage would be
(A) The North Atlantic
Ocean
(B) Storm s of the
Northern Atlantic
(C) Hurricanes: The
Damage and Destruction
(D) What Happens from May
through November
Text 4
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was perhaps the
best-known American poet of the nineteenth century. His clear writing style and
emphasis on the prevalent values of the period made him popular with the
general public if not always with the critics. He was
particularly recognized for his longer narrative poems Evangeline, The Song
of Hiawatha, and The Courtship of Miles Standish, in which he told
stories from American history in terms of the values of the time.
Evangeline was set during the
French and Indian War (1754-1763), when the British forced French settlers from
Nova Scotia; two lovers, Gabriel and Evangeline, were separated by the British,
and Evangeline devoted her lifetime to the search for Gabriel.
With its emphasis on sentimental, undying love, Evangeline was immensely
popular with the public.
In The Song of Hiawatha, Longfellow depicted the noble
life of the American Indian through the story of the brave Hiawatha and his
beloved wife Minehaha. The tear-inspiring poem follows Hiawatha
through the tragedies and triumphs of life, ending with the death of Mimehaha
an Hiawatha’s departure into the sunset in his canoe.
The Courtship of Miles Standish takes place during the early period of the settlement of New
England, a period which was viewed as a time of honor and romance.
In this poem centered around a love triangle, Miles Standish asks his friend
John Alden to propose to Priscilla Mullins for him; John Alden end's up marrying
Priscilla Mullins himself, and it takes time for his friendship with Miles
Standish to recover. As with Longfellow's other narrative poems, the emphasis
on high ideals and romance made the poem extremely popular.
7. Which of the following
best describes the main idea of the passage?
(A) American history is
often depicted in poetry.
(B) Longfellow described
American history even though people really did not enjoy it.
(C) The popularity of
Longfellow’s poems results from his stress on the values of the people.
(D) Longfellow wrote long
narrative poems that were not always popular with the critics.
8. The best title of the
passage is
(A) Longfellow’s Popular
Appeal
(B) Historical Narrative
Poems
(C) The Lyric, Dramatic,
and Narrative Poems of Longfellow
(D) Longfellow and the
Critics
9. The subject of the
fourth paragraph is
(A) nobility and honor in
the poems of Longfellow
(B) the love triangle
involving Miles Standish
(C) the popular appeal of
The Courtship of Miles Standish
(D) the period of the
early settlement of New England
Kunci Jawaban:
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. C
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