Kumpulan Soal - Contoh Soal UN Bahasa Inggris dan Pembahasannya dibawah ini adalah Contoh Soal Bahasa Inggris Untuk Menghadapi Ujian Nasional (UN) tahun 2020 dan Soal UN Bahasa Inggris Tahun ini.
Ujian Nasional (UN) mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada tingkat SMA pada tahun 2018 dan Tahun 2019 mencakup fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks interaksi interpersonal/transaksional, teks fungsional pendek (antara lain announcement, letter dan invitation), dan teks descriptive, recount, narrative, procedure, report, exposition, biography, serta news item yang diujikan melalui keterampilan listening dan reading. Soal-soal ujian meliputi level kognitif pengetahuan dan pemahaman, aplikasi, dan penalaran.
Contoh Soal UN Bahasa Inggris dan Pembahasannya
Contoh Soal Mengidentifikasi Gagasan Utama
1. Read the text and answer the question.
Television
Television, or TV, is one of the most important means of communication. It brings moving pictures and sounds from all parts of the world into millions of homes.
People with a television set can sit in their house and watch the president making a speech or visiting a foreign country. They can see a war being fought, and they can watch government leaders trying to bring about peace. Through television, viewers at home can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway lands. Television even takes viewers out of this world as the astronauts explore outer space.
In addition, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides much more entertainment programs than any other kinds of information media do. The programs include action-packed dramas, light comedies, soap operas, sports events, cartoons, quizzes, variety shows and motion pictures.
More than 83 million homes in the United States - or 98% of all the country's homes - have at least one television set. On average, a television set is in use in each home for about 6 3/4 hours each day. As a result, television has an important influence on how people spend their time, as well as on what they see and learn. After they arrive from work, they usually watch TV. Then, the importance of television is proven.
What is the main idea of the 3rd paragraph?
A. Television is a new invention.
B. Television has many functions.
C. Television provides entertainment programs.
D. Millions of people watch television.
E. People spend a lot of time watching TV.
Kunci Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Soal di atas menguji kemampuan siswa dalam mengidentifikasi gagasan utama dari sebuah paragraf. Biasanya, gagasan utama dapat ditemukan di awal paragraf, yaitu pada kalimat pertama. Kalimat kalimat selanjutnya merupakan kalimat penjelas. Gagasan utama kadang-kadang dapat ditemukan pada akhir paragraf yang merupakan ringkasan dari hal yang dibicarakan dalam paragraf tersebut. Walaupun gagasan utama biasanya dinyatakan secara eksplisit, ada kalanya gagasan utama tidak dinyatakan secara jelas. Dalam hal ini, gagasan utama harus disimpulkan oleh pembaca. Soal di atas menanyakan gagasan utama pada paragraf 3. Mayoritas siswa (73%) dapat menjawab pertanyaan tersebut dengan benar. Jelas sekali bahwa gagasan utamanya dinyatakan pada kalimat pertama, yaitu ... television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are designed to entertain dan 2 (dua) kalimat berikutnya merupakan penjelas bagi kalimat tersebut. Kalimat pertama tersebut memiliki makna yang sama dengan kalimat Television provides entertainment programs. Dengan demikian, jawaban yang benar adalah C.
Contoh Soal Making Inferences
2. Read the text and answer the question.
Much of what we throw away could be used again. Recycling puts “garbage” to
good use. Recycling helps preserve precious resources because it reduces the use of
raw materials and energy. It also reduces the pollution as the waste is not dumped.
Glass can be re-melted. This is better than making fresh glass from raw
materials, but it is even better to reuse the bottle whole. Metals can be recycled by
being re-melted and then used to make other new items. The metals to recycle from an
ordinary household are aluminium and steel from cans. Scrap from cars gives several
different metals for recycling.
Paper is easy to recycle. Every home and office should have a paper recycling
routine. Plastics are the worst problem because they do not biodegrade easily. They are
also hard to recycle and cause harmful pollution when burned. It is important to use as
little plastic as possible and only use plastic products that are recyclable or
biodegradable.
Recycling is now a ‘must’, if we want to solve the problems of the world.
What can we infer from the text?
A. It is important to use as little plastic as possible.
B. Scrap from cars gives several different metals for recycling.
C. Plastic is the worst problem because it does not biodegrade.
D. Recycling saves raw materials and energy as well as the earth.
E. Metals can be re-melted and then used to make other new items.
Kunci Jawaban: D
Pembahasan:
Soal di atas dimaksudkan untuk menguji kemampuan siswa dalam membuat inference. Sebagian siswa (52%) tidak dapat menjawab benar soal ini. Berdasarkan uraian dari awal hingga akhir teks dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengolahan dan penggunaan kembali barang-barang bekas menghemat bahan-bahan mentah, energi, dan sekaligus menyelamatkan bumi.
Untuk melatih making inferences, siswa perlu dibiasakan dengan pertanyaanpertanyaan yang jawabannya tidak tersurat. Mereka harus dilatih membuat asumsi dan kesimpulan beyond the text berdasarkan pesan/gagasan/informasi yang dinyatakan secara eksplisit dan ada kalanya melibatkan pengetahuan umum siswa. Mereka dapat bekerja secara individu dan/atau berkelompok. Mereka perlu menerapkan baik pendekatan bottomup maupun top-down dalam membaca untuk dapat making inferences. Pendekatan bottomup berarti memahami pesan melalui makna unsur-unsur pembentuk kalimat dari unit yang kecil, yaitu kata, frasa, dan klausa yang dirangkai menggunakan tata bahasa. Sementara itu pendekatan top-downadalah memahami pesan/gagasan/informasi dengan melibatkan pengetahuan yang telah dimiliki pembaca sebelumnya. Making inferences menghendaki dua pendekatan tersebut.
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Ujian Nasional (UN) mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada tingkat SMA pada tahun 2018 dan Tahun 2019 mencakup fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks interaksi interpersonal/transaksional, teks fungsional pendek (antara lain announcement, letter dan invitation), dan teks descriptive, recount, narrative, procedure, report, exposition, biography, serta news item yang diujikan melalui keterampilan listening dan reading. Soal-soal ujian meliputi level kognitif pengetahuan dan pemahaman, aplikasi, dan penalaran.
Contoh Soal UN Bahasa Inggris dan Pembahasannya
Contoh Soal Mengidentifikasi Gagasan Utama
1. Read the text and answer the question.
Television
Television, or TV, is one of the most important means of communication. It brings moving pictures and sounds from all parts of the world into millions of homes.
People with a television set can sit in their house and watch the president making a speech or visiting a foreign country. They can see a war being fought, and they can watch government leaders trying to bring about peace. Through television, viewers at home can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway lands. Television even takes viewers out of this world as the astronauts explore outer space.
In addition, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides much more entertainment programs than any other kinds of information media do. The programs include action-packed dramas, light comedies, soap operas, sports events, cartoons, quizzes, variety shows and motion pictures.
More than 83 million homes in the United States - or 98% of all the country's homes - have at least one television set. On average, a television set is in use in each home for about 6 3/4 hours each day. As a result, television has an important influence on how people spend their time, as well as on what they see and learn. After they arrive from work, they usually watch TV. Then, the importance of television is proven.
What is the main idea of the 3rd paragraph?
A. Television is a new invention.
B. Television has many functions.
C. Television provides entertainment programs.
D. Millions of people watch television.
E. People spend a lot of time watching TV.
Kunci Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Soal di atas menguji kemampuan siswa dalam mengidentifikasi gagasan utama dari sebuah paragraf. Biasanya, gagasan utama dapat ditemukan di awal paragraf, yaitu pada kalimat pertama. Kalimat kalimat selanjutnya merupakan kalimat penjelas. Gagasan utama kadang-kadang dapat ditemukan pada akhir paragraf yang merupakan ringkasan dari hal yang dibicarakan dalam paragraf tersebut. Walaupun gagasan utama biasanya dinyatakan secara eksplisit, ada kalanya gagasan utama tidak dinyatakan secara jelas. Dalam hal ini, gagasan utama harus disimpulkan oleh pembaca. Soal di atas menanyakan gagasan utama pada paragraf 3. Mayoritas siswa (73%) dapat menjawab pertanyaan tersebut dengan benar. Jelas sekali bahwa gagasan utamanya dinyatakan pada kalimat pertama, yaitu ... television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are designed to entertain dan 2 (dua) kalimat berikutnya merupakan penjelas bagi kalimat tersebut. Kalimat pertama tersebut memiliki makna yang sama dengan kalimat Television provides entertainment programs. Dengan demikian, jawaban yang benar adalah C.
Contoh Soal Making Inferences
2. Read the text and answer the question.
Much of what we throw away could be used again. Recycling puts “garbage” to
good use. Recycling helps preserve precious resources because it reduces the use of
raw materials and energy. It also reduces the pollution as the waste is not dumped.
Glass can be re-melted. This is better than making fresh glass from raw
materials, but it is even better to reuse the bottle whole. Metals can be recycled by
being re-melted and then used to make other new items. The metals to recycle from an
ordinary household are aluminium and steel from cans. Scrap from cars gives several
different metals for recycling.
Paper is easy to recycle. Every home and office should have a paper recycling
routine. Plastics are the worst problem because they do not biodegrade easily. They are
also hard to recycle and cause harmful pollution when burned. It is important to use as
little plastic as possible and only use plastic products that are recyclable or
biodegradable.
Recycling is now a ‘must’, if we want to solve the problems of the world.
What can we infer from the text?
A. It is important to use as little plastic as possible.
B. Scrap from cars gives several different metals for recycling.
C. Plastic is the worst problem because it does not biodegrade.
D. Recycling saves raw materials and energy as well as the earth.
E. Metals can be re-melted and then used to make other new items.
Kunci Jawaban: D
Pembahasan:
Soal di atas dimaksudkan untuk menguji kemampuan siswa dalam membuat inference. Sebagian siswa (52%) tidak dapat menjawab benar soal ini. Berdasarkan uraian dari awal hingga akhir teks dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengolahan dan penggunaan kembali barang-barang bekas menghemat bahan-bahan mentah, energi, dan sekaligus menyelamatkan bumi.
Untuk melatih making inferences, siswa perlu dibiasakan dengan pertanyaanpertanyaan yang jawabannya tidak tersurat. Mereka harus dilatih membuat asumsi dan kesimpulan beyond the text berdasarkan pesan/gagasan/informasi yang dinyatakan secara eksplisit dan ada kalanya melibatkan pengetahuan umum siswa. Mereka dapat bekerja secara individu dan/atau berkelompok. Mereka perlu menerapkan baik pendekatan bottomup maupun top-down dalam membaca untuk dapat making inferences. Pendekatan bottomup berarti memahami pesan melalui makna unsur-unsur pembentuk kalimat dari unit yang kecil, yaitu kata, frasa, dan klausa yang dirangkai menggunakan tata bahasa. Sementara itu pendekatan top-downadalah memahami pesan/gagasan/informasi dengan melibatkan pengetahuan yang telah dimiliki pembaca sebelumnya. Making inferences menghendaki dua pendekatan tersebut.
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