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Literasi dalam Bahasa Inggris menjadi materi yang akan menguji pemahaman peserta terhadap sebuah teks berbahasa Inggris. Masuk dalam komponen Tes Literasi, materi uji yang diberikan akan berfokus pada Literasi Membaca (Reading Literacy).
Peserta akan dihadapkan oleh 20 soal yang harus selesai dalam waktu 30 menit. Teks atau bacaan yang ditampilkan akan mencakup berbagai bidang ilmu.
Dari ilmu pengetahuan alam yang berkaitan dengan sains dan teknologi, serta bidang ilmu pengetahuan sosial dan humaniora. Untuk mempermudah pemahamanmu, berikut ini 10 contoh soal UTBK SNBT 2025 materi Literasi dalam Bahasa Inggris dikutip dari buku The King Bedah Tuntas SNBT TPS 2025 karya Forum Tentor Indonesia. Selamat mengerjakan!
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10 Contoh Soal Literasi dalam Bahasa Inggris
This text is for question 1 to 5
In the realm of social media, a metaphorical is surfacing, revealing the challenges and controversies surrounding these platforms. As user navigate through the digital landscape, opinions, and concerns are expressed on the state of social media and its impact on society.
User Comments:
socialcritic23: Let's face it, no offense to anyone, but instead of investing in more addictive features, social media giants should prioritize user well-being. What they have right now is just really bad and detrimental.
techoptimist45: Perhaps recent incidents could act as "a wake-up call" for these platforms to revamp "their" policies because I know millions rely on social media for information and connection.
privacyadvocate7: I hope someone takes responsibility for the privacy breaches. This a clear neglect of people's data security.
digitalnomad2023: A disaster....the state of privacy on these platforms. I've been around the digital world. It's like they're decades behind in safeguarding user information. shameful, and soooo invasive.
transparencywatcher: Lack of reliable information and accountability. These platforms are so opaque:
1. The comments from the users are similar in the way that.....
A. they all believe that social media platforms prioritize addictive features over user well-beng
B. They blamed technical glitches as the cause of recent social media controversies
C. They think that social media platforms are responsible for the negative impact on society and should prioritize user well-being
D. The believe that the state of privacy on social media is worsened by the lack of security measures
E. They show their concerns about the future of social media and criticize the lack of transparency
Jawaban: C. They think that social media platforms are responsible for the negative impact on society and should prioritize user well-being
Pembahasan: Komentar pengguna mengungkapkan kekhawatiran tentang aspek negatif media sosial, yang menunjukkan bahwa platform tersebut harus memprioritaskan kesejahteraan pengguna dibandingkan pertimbangan lainnya.
2. The tone of the comments can be describe as....
A. Critical
B. Optimistic
C. Advocate
D. Cautious
E. Pessimistic
Jawaban: A. Critical
Pembahasan: Tone yang digunakan oleh para komentator: Komentar tersebut umumnya menyampaikan nada kritis, menyoroti kekhawatiran dan kekurangan dalam kondisi media sosial saat ini.
3. The word "wake-up call" as used by techoptimist45 is closet in meaning to....
A. Notification
B. Reminder
C. Prompt
D. Awakening
E. Alarm
Jawaban: E. Alarm
Pembahasan: Kata "wake up call" memiliki arti 'peringatan'. Maka kata yang paling dekat maknanya adalah "alarm".
Arti kata yang lain:
Notification: pemberitahuan
Reminder: pengingat
Prompt: dorongan
Awakening: kebangkitan
4. The word "their" used in techoptimist45's comment refers to....
A. Incidents
B. The platforms
C. Policies
D. Millions of people
E. Social media
Jawaban: B. The platforms
Pembahasan: kata 'their' merupakan kata ganti kepemilikan oleh benda jamak. Maka cari kata benda yang jamak pada bagian kalimat sebelumnya. Jawabannya The Platforms.
5. What is implied by the statement made by digitalnomad2023?
A. The user expresses satisfaction with the current state of privacy on social media platform
B. The user suggest that recent advancements have greatly improve the safeguarding of user information on digital platforms
C. The user commends the transparency and openness of social media platforms in handling user data
D. The user is critical of the lack of progress in safeguarding user information on social media platforms and finds it intrusive
E. The user is optimistic about the future developments in privacy measures on digital platforms
Jawaban: D. The user is critical of the lack of progress in safeguarding user information on social media
Pembahasan: Dari kalimat itu kita bisa melihat bahwa komentator bersikap kritis terhadap kurangnya privasi keamanan pengguna sosial media dan hal ini menurutnya sangat mengganggu.
This text is for questions 6-10
Lifestyle is a way used by people, groups and nations and is formed in specific geographical, economic, political, cultural, and religious text. Lifestyle is referred to the characteristic of "inhabitants" of a region in special time and place. It includes day to day behaviors and functions of individual in job, activities, fun, and diet.
In recent decades, life style as an important factor of health is more interested by researcher. According to WHO, 60% of related factors to individual health and quality of life are correlated to lifestyle. Millions of people follow an unhealthy lifestyle. Hence, they encounter illness, disability, and even death. Problems like metabolic diseases, joint, and skeletal problems, cardio-vascular diseases, hypertension, overweight, violence, and so on can be caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. The relationship of lifestyle and health should be highly considered.
Today, wide changes have occured in life of all people. Malnutrition, unhealthy diet, smoking, alcohol consuming, drug abuse, stress, and so on, are the presentations of unhealthy life style that they ara used as dominant from of lifestyle. Besides, the lives of citizens face with new challenges. For instance, emerging news technologies within IT such as the internet and virtual communication networks, lead our world to a major challenge that threatens the physical and mental health of individual. The challenge is the overuse and misuse of the technology.
Therefore, according to the existing studies, it can be said that: lifestyle has a significant influence on physical and mental health of human being. There are different forms of such influences. Consanguinity in some ethnicity is a dominant form of life style that it leads to genetic disorder. Reformation of this unhealthy life style is a preventing factor for decreasing the rate of genetic diseases in some countries, the overuse of drugs is major unhealthy life sty. Iran is one of the 20 countries using the most medications. They prefer medication to other intervention. Furthermore, in 15-40% of cases they use medications about without prescription. Pain relievers, eye drops, and antibiotics have the most usage in Iran. While self-medications such as antibiotics have negative effect on the immune system, if the individual would be affected by infection, antibiotics will not be effective in treatment. Overall, 10 percent of those who are self-medicated will experience severe complications such as drug resistance. Sometimes drug allergy is so severe that it can cause death.
Source: NCBI.
6. In organizing the ideas, the authors start by:
A. Discussing the specific health problems caused by an unhealthy lifestyle
B. Highlighting the importance of emerging technologies on lifestyle choices
C. Exploring the challenges faced by refugees due to international attention and support
D. Providing statistics on the prevalence of genetic disorder caused by lifestyle
E. Presenting a broad definition of lifestyle and its characteristics
Jawaban: D. Providing statistics on the prevalence of genetic disorder caused by lifestyle
Pembahasan: Dalam menyusun teks, penulis menyusun idenya dimulai dengan:
Ingat!
Kata kuncinya: start by - dimulai dengan -> fokus di paragraf 1
Paragraf 1 dimulai dengan definisi gaya hidup yang menyatakan bahwa gaya hidup adalah cara yang digunakan oleh orang, kelompok, dan negara yang terbentuk dalam konteks geografis, ekonomi, politik, budaya, dan agama.
7. Why does the author mention Iran in the passage?
A. To highlight the positive impact of technology on lifestyle in the country
B. To provide an example of country with a low prevalence of genetic disorder
C. To showcase a nation that is successfully combating unhealthy lifestyle choices
D. To illustrate the challenges associated with the overuse of medications and self-medication practices
E. To emphasize the country's historical contributions to the understanding of lifestyle
Jawaban: D. To illustrate the challenges associated with the overuse of medications and self-medication practices
Pembahasan: Kata 'Iran' jadi kata kunci yang harus dicari dan kemudian perhatikan kalimat yang melingkupinya. Jawaban paling tepat adalah D.
8. The relationship between lifestyle and health is analogous to the dynamic between:
A. regular exercise and maintaining physical fitness
B. political situation and economic stability in a nation
C. hereditary traits and disease formation
D. educational attainment and career success for individual
E. Advancements in technology and changes in societal communication
Jawaban: B. political situation and economic stability in a nation
Pembahasan: Pertama tentukan dulu tipe hubungan antara gaya hidup dan kesehatan. Pilihan gaya hidup berkontribusi pada kesehatan individu.
Sehingga: gaya hidup tidak sehat -> kesehatan buruk
Maka hubungan ini akan memiliki analogi yang sama dengan: situasi politik dan kestabilan ekonomi suatu negara. Situasi politik tidak stabil -> ekonomi negara tidak stabil.
19. Based on information in the passage, complete the following conditional sentence:
"If individuals continue to follow an unhealthy lifestyle, ......"
A. they may experience an increase in metabolic diseases
B. they should expect immediate improvements in their well-being
C. the impact on their health will nor be significant
D. their genetic predispositions will play a minimal role
E. emerging technologies will alleviate potential health risks
Jawaban: A. they may experience an increase in metabolic diseases
Pembahasan: Paragraf 2 menunjukkan bahawa gaya hidup yang tidak sehat dapat menimbulkan berbagai masalah kesehatan dan secara khusus menyebutkan penyakit metabolik sebagai salah satu dampak potensial.
"Jika orang-orang terus mengikuti gaya hidup tidak sehat, ....: -> ada peningkatan berkembangnya penyakit.
20. Which sentence in the text represents an opinion?
A. "Malnutrition, unhealthy diet, smoking, alcohol consumption, drug abuse, and stress are presentations of unhealthy lifestyle."
B. "According to WHO, 60% of related factors to individual health and quality of life are correlated to lifestyle."
C. "The overuse and misuse of technology pose a major challenge that threatens the physical and mental health of individuals."
D. "In some countries, the overuse of drugs is a major unhealthy lifestyle, with Iran being one of the top 20 countries in medication usage."
E. "Consanguinity in some ethnicity is a dominant from of lifestyle that leads to genetic disorder."
Jawaban: C. "The overuse and misuse of technology pose a major challenge that threatens the physical and mental health of individuals."
Pembahasan: Opsi C merupakan opini karena mengungkapkan pandangan subjektif terhadap dampak penggunaan teknologi yang berlebihan dan penyalahgunaan. Sebaliknya, opsi lain menyajikan informasi atau pernyataan faktual yang tidak secara eksplisit merupakan opini subjektif.
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