Soal Reading Comprehension menguji kemampuan kamu dalam memahami, menginterpretasikan dan menganalisis bacaan (teks) beragam topik. Soal ini biasanya muncul dalam berbagai tes Bahasa Inggris, mulai dari ujian sekolah hingga TOEFL.
Dalam TOEFL, soal Reading Comprehension hadir bersama soal structure, written expression, serta berbagai soal lainnya meskipun section-nya berbeda. Lantas, seperti apa soal reading comprehension? Mari simak contohnya di bawahnya ini.
Soal Reading Comprehension 1
Perhaps the most obvious way artistic creation reflects how people live is by mirroring the environment, the materials and technologies available to a culture. Stone, wood, tree bark, clay, and sand are generally available materials.
In addition, depending on the locality, other resources may be accessible: shells, horns, gold, copper, and silver. The different uses to which societies put these materials are of interest to anthropologists who may ask for example, why people choose to use clay and not copper when both items are available.
Although, there are no conclusive answers yet, the way in which a society views its environment is sometimes apparent in its choice and use of artistic materials. The use of certain metals for example may be reserved for ceremonial objects of special importance.
What is particularly meaningful to anthropologies is the realization that although the materials available to a society made to some extent limit or influence what it can do artistically, the materials by no means determine what is done.
Why does the artist in Japanese society rake sand into patterns and the artist in Roman society melts sand to form glass? Moreover, even when the same material is used in the same way by members of different societies, the form or style of the work varies enormously from culture to culture.
Question A
According to the passage, gold, copper and silver are….
A. More difficult to handle than wood
B. Of their stable social conditions
C. Of the unique stylistic features of the art
D. They used the same artistic material in very different ways
Question 2
The word conclusive is closest in meaning to….
A. Definitive
B. Controversial
C. Concurrent
D. Realistic
Question 3
The word apparent is closest in meaning to…..
A. Attractive
B. Evident
C. Logical
D. Distinct
Question 4
The word it in paragraph 4 refers to….
A. Society
B. Realization
C. Influence
D. Extent
Question 5
It can be inferred that the author mentions the Japanese and Roman societies because…..
A. Commonly used by artist in all societies
B. They influenced each other
C. Essential to build ceremonial objects
D. Available only in specific locations
Jawaban Soal Reading Comprehension 1
Question 1 : D. They used the same artistic material in very different ways.
Question 2: A. Definitive.
Question 3: B. Evident, karena apparent juga bermakna nyata atau jelas kelihatan.
Question 4: A. Society.
Question 5: D. Available only in specific locations.
Soal Reading Comprehension 2
The history of clinical nutrition or the study of the relationship between health and how the body takes in and utilizes food substances can be divided into four distinct eras.
The first began in the 19th century and extended into the early 20th century when it was recognized for the first time that food contained constituents that were essential for human function and that different foods provided different amount of these essential agents.
Near the end of this era, research studies demonstrated that rapid weight loss was associated with nitrogen imbalance and could only be rectified by providing adequate dietary protein associated with certain foods.
The second era was initiated in the early decades of the 20th century and might be called the vitamin period. Vitamins came to be recognized in foods and deficiency syndromes were described. As vitamins became recognized as essential food constituents necessary for health, it became tempting to suggest that every disease and condition for which there had been no previous effective treatment might be responsive to vitamin therapy.
At that point in time, medical schools started to become more interested in having their curricula integrate nutritional concepts into the basic sciences. Much of the focus of this education was on the recognition of vitamin deficiency symptoms. Herein lay the beginning of what ultimately turned from ignorance to denial of the value of nutritional therapies in medicine.
Reckless claims were made for effects of vitamins that went far beyond what could actually be achieved from the use of them. In the third era of nutritional history in the early 1950s to mid-1960s, vitamin therapy began to fall into disrepute. Concomitant with this, nutrition education in medical schools also became less popular. It was just a decade before this that many drug companies had found their vitamin sales skyrocketing and were quick to supply practicing physicians with generous samples of vitamins and literature extolling the virtue of supplementation for a variety of health-related conditions.
Expectations as to the success of vitamins in disease control were exaggerated. As is known in retrospect, vitamin and mineral therapies are much less effective when applied to health-crisis conditions than when applied to long-term problems of under nutrition that lead to chronic health problems.
Question 1
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The effects of vitamins on the human body
B. The history of food preferences from the 19th century to the present
C. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study
D. Nutritional practices of the 19th century
Question 2
It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made during the first era in the history of nutrition?
A. Protein was recognized as an essential component of diet
B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined
D. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health
Question 3
The word tempting in the passage is closest in meaning to….
A. Necessary
B. Attractive
C. Realistic
D. Correct
Question 4
It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in order to…..
A. Convince medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition
B. Encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease
C. Convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients
D. Support the creation of artificial vitamins
Question 5
The word reckless in the passage is closest in meaning to…
A. Recorded
B. Irresponsible
C. Information
D. Urgent
Jawaban Soal Reading Comprehension 2
Question 1: C. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study.
Question 2: A. Protein was recognized as an essential component of diet.
Question 3: B. Attractive (menarik), karena tempting juga bermakna menggiurkan atau menarik.
Question 4: B. Encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease.
Question 5: B. Irresponsible (sembrono / tidak bertanggung jawab), karena reckless juga bermakna sembrono atau tidak bertanggung jawab.
Soal Reading Comprehension 3
The observation of the skies has played a special part in the lives and cultures of peoples since the earliest of times. Evidence obtained from a site known as the hole in the rock in Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, indicates that it might have been used as an observatory by a prehistoric people known as the hohokam.
The physical attributes of the site allow its use as a natural calendar or clock. The hole at hole in the rock is formed by two large overhanging rocks coming together at a point, creating a shelter with an opening large enough for several persons to pass through.
The northeast-facing overhang has a smaller opening in its roof. It is the smaller hole that produces the attributes that may have been used as a calendar or clock. Because of its location in the shelter’s roof, a beam of sunlight can pass through this second hole and cast a spot onto the shelter’s wall and floor.
This spot of light travels from west to east as the sun moves across the sky. It also moves from north to south and back again as the earth travels around the sun. The west-to-east movement could have been used to establish a seasonal calendar.
Question 1
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Observations of the stars by ancient people
B. Rock formations of Arizona
C. A site used by ancient people to measure time
D. The movement of the earth around the sun
Question 2
The world obtained in the passage is closest in meaning to….
A. Acquired
B. Transported
C. Covered
D. Removed
Question 3
The word attributes in the passage is closest in meaning to…..
A. Changes
B. Characteristics
C. Locations
D. Dimensions
Question 4
Which of the following is not true of the spot of light?
A. It is caused by sunlight passing through a hole
B. It travels across the roof of the shelter
C. Its movement is affected by the position of the sun
D. Its movement could have been used to estimate the time of day
Question 5
The passage mentions that the hole in the rock was used as all of the following, except…
A. A calendar
B. A home
C. A clock
D. An observatory
Jawaban Soal Reading Comprehension 3
Question 1: C. A site used by ancient people to measure time
Question 2: A. Acquired (diperoleh), karena obtained juga bermakna diperoleh.
Question 3: B. Characteristics
Question 4: B. It travels across the roof of the shelter
Question 5: B. A home
Nah itulah beberapa soal reading comprehension yang bisa dijadikan bahan belajar. Bagaimana, susah atau mudah? Apakah kamu berhasil menjawab semua soal dengan benar?
Untuk meningkatkan kemampuan, sebaiknya kamu juga mengerjakan soal structure dan written expression. Tetapi, sebelum itu pelajari grammar dan tenses dulu ya!
