Contoh Soal Literasi Bahasa Inggris (UTBK) 2026 + Pembahasan

          We all know that mobile phones, cellphones, hand-phones whatever we want to call them (anti shouldn’t we all be calling them the same thing?) are changing our lives. But it takes a god old-fashioned survey to wake us up to the glaring reality: they have changed who we are. The mobile phone has indeed changed the way we behave. But perhaps we don’t realize how much we. have become its slave. Consider other elements of the Siemens 5 Mobile Survey: With the exception of Australia, in every, country surveyed the majority polled said they would go back for their phone if they left it at home (in Australia it was a respectable 39%). If you’ve endured the traffic in Indonesia the Philippines and India, you’ll kow what kind of sacrifice some two-thirds of those surveyed are making. I can’t think of anything I would go back for - except my wallet, maybe, or my clothes.

          And even if we remember to bring it, we’re still not happy. Many of us get anxious if it hasn’t rung or a text 10 massage hasn’t appeared for a while (a while being about an hour). Once again of those surveyed Indonesians (65%) and Filipinos (77%) get particularly jittery. Australians are more laid back about this (20%), but every other user in Asia seems to be glancing at the phone every few seconds. This statistic, I have to say is highly believable, and the instinct highly annoying. There’s nothing worse than chatting to someone who constantly checks his or her hand-phone.

           Then there’s the fact that mobile phones are not only enslaving the user, they’re trampling the rights of everyone else. Around a third of folk surveyed acknowledge they get so engrossed in mobile conversations that they’re often unaware of speaking loudly while discussing their private lives in public. At least most of us agree on one thing: With the exception of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the increasing use of mobile phones has led to a decline us courtesy and considerate behaviour.

        The bottom line here is that we are more than a litle bit out of control. Mobile phones arc great: but if we allow them to dominate our lives to this extent - interrupting conversations with those around us to take a call, staring at .our phones rather than relating to the world and people around us, sending flirty text massages to random numbers - then I can only assume that in another 10 years, society as we know it will no longer exist. All we’ll see is a blur of digital data going out and having all the fun, socializing, falling in love and taking sneaky pictures of each other.

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about cellphones?

          We all know that mobile phones, cellphones, hand-phones whatever we want to call them (anti shouldn’t we all be calling them the same thing?) are changing our lives. But it takes a god old-fashioned survey to wake us up to the glaring reality: they have changed who we are. The mobile phone has indeed changed the way we behave. But perhaps we don’t realize how much we. have become its slave. Consider other elements of the Siemens 5 Mobile Survey: With the exception of Australia, in every, country surveyed the majority polled said they would go back for their phone if they left it at home (in Australia it was a respectable 39%). If you’ve endured the traffic in Indonesia the Philippines and India, you’ll kow what kind of sacrifice some two-thirds of those surveyed are making. I can’t think of anything I would go back for - except my wallet, maybe, or my clothes.

          And even if we remember to bring it, we’re still not happy. Many of us get anxious if it hasn’t rung or a text 10 massage hasn’t appeared for a while (a while being about an hour). Once again of those surveyed Indonesians (65%) and Filipinos (77%) get particularly jittery. Australians are more laid back about this (20%), but every other user in Asia seems to be glancing at the phone every few seconds. This statistic, I have to say is highly believable, and the instinct highly annoying. There’s nothing worse than chatting to someone who constantly checks his or her hand-phone.

           Then there’s the fact that mobile phones are not only enslaving the user, they’re trampling the rights of everyone else. Around a third of folk surveyed acknowledge they get so engrossed in mobile conversations that they’re often unaware of speaking loudly while discussing their private lives in public. At least most of us agree on one thing: With the exception of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the increasing use of mobile phones has led to a decline us courtesy and considerate behaviour.

        The bottom line here is that we are more than a litle bit out of control. Mobile phones arc great: but if we allow them to dominate our lives to this extent - interrupting conversations with those around us to take a call, staring at .our phones rather than relating to the world and people around us, sending flirty text massages to random numbers - then I can only assume that in another 10 years, society as we know it will no longer exist. All we’ll see is a blur of digital data going out and having all the fun, socializing, falling in love and taking sneaky pictures of each other.

The phrase ‘trampling the rights of everyone else’ in lines 23-24 means ?

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        The first ancient DNA sequences to be gathered - 3400 base pairs from a 2400-year-old Egyptian mummy - were a proof of principle. A full genome sequence would be far more informative - perhaps explaining what killed King Tut, for instance. At present, Inuk's is the only published ancient human genome. However, a team led by Svante Paabo and Ed Green at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Gennany, will soon publish the complete genome sequence combined together from several Neanderthals, from between 38,000 and 70,000 years ago.
        Neanderthals are not the only hominids whose genomes could be sequenced, says Willerslev. Homo erectus, a species that emerged in Africa about 2 million years ago, survived in east Asia until less than 100,000 years ago. If well-preserved bones can be found, a genome might be possible, Willerslev says. Willerslev's laboratory has just received bones from Spain belonging to Homo heidelbergensis, the predecessor to Neanderthals. "We are basically starting on it right now," he says. If these genomes ever materialise - and that's a big if- they could lead to a better understanding of how different hominid species are related, and when and where they branched off. If the genetic infonnation is good enough, it may tell us something about the nature of past peoples - possibly even what they looked like. Ancient human genomes could give us insights into the evolution of our own species, explaining when genes involved in disease and higher cognitive skills emerged.
        But DNA is not forever. As it ages, its long strands shred into ever smaller pieces. Eventually they become too small to reassemble, and all information is lost. "There seems to be a time horizon of 100,000 years or so under most preservation conditions during which intact DNA survives," Green says. Stephan Schuster at Pennsylvania State University, who led the woolly mammoth genome project, thinks ancient genomics is already plateauing. Large chunks of Inuk's genome couldn't be filled in because his DNA had crumbled into small pieces. "We will face an uphill battle in trying to apply this to a large number of human remains," he says.

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The most common causes of tsunamis are underwater earthquakes. To understand underwater earthquakes, you must first understand plate tectonics. The theory of plate tectonics suggests that the lithosphere, or top layer of the Earth, is made up of a series of huge plates. These plates make up the continents and seafloor. They rest on an underlying viscous layer called the asthenosphere.
     Think of a pie cut into eight slices. The pie crust would be the lithosphere and the hot, sticky pie filling underneath would be the asthenosphere. On the Earth, these plates are constantly in motion, moving along each other at a speed of 1 to 2 inches (2.5-5 cm) per year. The movement occurs most dramatically along fault lines (where the pie is cut). These motions are capable of producing earthquakes and volcanism, which, when they occur at the bottom of the ocean, are two possible sources of tsunamis.
     When two plates come into contact at a region known as a plate boundary, a heavier plate can slip under a lighter one. This is called subduction. Underwater subduction often leaves enormous "handprint" in the form of deep ocean trenches along the seafloor. Iiv some cases of subduction, part of the seafloor connected to the lighter plate may “snap up” suddenly due to pressure from the sinking plate. This results in an earthquake. The focus of the earthquake is the point within the Earth where the rupture first occurs, rocks break and the
     first seismic waves are generated. The epicenter is the point on the seafloor directly above the focus.
When this piece of the plate snaps up and sends tons of rock shooting upward with tremendous force, the energy of that force is transferred to the water. The energy pushes the water upward above normal sea level. This is the birth of a tsunami. The earthquake that generated the December 26, 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean was a 9.0 on the Richter scale - one of the biggest in recorded history.

Which of the following best states the topic of this text?

The mam idea of this text is that...

Implied in the text is that the earthquake will never occur when...

Which of the following natural disasters happening in Indonesia is related to the fault movement of plate tectonics?

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Physalia is half-boat, half-building, and all green. This mammoth aluminium concept by a Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is meant to travel Europe’s rivers, making filthy water drinkable. At the same time, the ship generates more energy than it uses.

A coat of titanium dioxide paint brushed onto the silvery shell will neutralize pollution by absorbing ultraviolet rays, enabling a chemical reaction that decomposes organic and inorganic toxins. It is the same technology used in certain high-tech concrete that breaks down airborne particulates. As the vessel whips along, purifying waterways, it can draw on both solar and hydro power. Turbines under the hull transform water movement into electricity, and rooftop photovoltaic cells harness energy from the sun. The roof doubles as a nursery, whose carefully selected plants help filter river gunk, whether from the Thames, Rhine or Euphrates.

But Physalia is not just designed to be a working ship. The vessel will also be a floating museum of sorts. Scientists who study aquatic ecosystems can hole up in the dedicated “Earth garden” lab, and tourists can visit temporary exhibits in a “water garden” or settle into a submerged lounge that could easily pass for a London nightclub. Callebaut, 33, dreamed up the idea after last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen shone a long-overdue spotlight on global water issues. He has some superior terms for his project: It is a “nomadic hydrodynamic laboratory,” a “fragment of living earth,” and a “floating agora” on a “geopolitical scale.” Others might just call it a cool idea.

It is clear from the passage that the author of the passage above attempts to ...

Numbers 1 to 3 refer to the following passage. Choose the most appropriate alternative.

The option that best completes (31) is ....

Numbers 1 to 3 refer to the following passage. Choose the most appropriate alternative.

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â–  Over this decade, employment in jobs requiring education beyond a high school diploma will grow more rapidly than employment in jobs that do not; of the 30 fastest growing occupations, more than half require post-secondary education. With the average earnings of college graduates at a level that is twice as high as that of workers with only a high school diploma, higher education is now the clearest (1) ... into the middle class.

In higher education, the U.S. has been outpaced internationally. While the United States ranks ninth in the world in the proportion of young adults enrolled in college, we have fallen to 16th in the world in our share of certificates and degrees awarded to adults ages 25-34 lagging behind Korea, Canada, Japan, and other nations. While more than half of college students graduate within six years, the (2) ... for low-income students is around 25 percent.

Acknowledging these factors early in his adminis­tration, President Obama challenged every American to commit to at least one year of higher education or post­secondary training. (3) ... that America would once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.

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The first ancient DNA sequences to be gathered - 3400 base pairs from a 2400-year-old Egyptian mummy

- were a proof of principle. A full genome sequence would be far more informative - perhaps explaining

what killed King Tut, for instance. At present, Inuk's is the only published ancient human genome. However,

a team led by Svante Paabo and Ed Green at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

5    in Leipzig, Germany, will soon publish the complete genome sequence combined together from several Neanderthals, from between 38,000 and 70,000 years ago.

     Neanderthals are not the only hominids whose genomes could be sequenced, says Willerslev. Homo

erectus, a species that emerged in Africa about 2 million years ago, survived in east Asia until less than

100,000 years ago. If well-preserved bones can be found, a genome might be possible, Willerslev says.

10    Willerslev's â–  laboratory has just received bones from Spain belonging to Homo heidelbergensis, the predecessor to Neanderthals. "We are basically starting on it right now," he says. If these genomes ever

materialise - and that's a big if- they could lead to a better understanding of how different hominid species

are related, and when and where they branched off. If the genetic information is good enough, it may tell us something about the nature of past peoples - possibly even what they looked like. Ancient human genomes

15     could give us insights into the evolution of our own species, explaining when genes involved in disease and higher cognitive skills emerged.

            But DNA is not forever. As it ages, its long strands shred into ever smaller pieces. Eventually they

become too small to reassemble, and all information is lost. "There seems to be a time horizon of 100,000

years or so under most preservation conditions during which intact DNA survives," Green says. Stephan

20  Schuster at Pennsylvania State University, who led the woolly mammoth genome project, thinks ancient genomics is already plateauing. Large chunks of Inuk's genome couldn't be filled in because his DNA had crumbled into small pieces. "We will face an uphill battle in trying to apply this to a large number of human remains," he says.

With reference to the whole text, the writer mainly deals with the topic on ...

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Physalia is half-boat, half-building, and all green. This mammoth aluminium concept by a Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is meant to travel Europe’s rivers, making filthy water drinkable. At the same time, the ship generates more energy than it uses.

A coat of titanium dioxide paint brushed onto the silvery shell will neutralize pollution by absorbing ultraviolet rays, enabling a chemical reaction that decomposes organic and inorganic toxins. It is the same technology used in certain high-tech concrete that breaks down airborne particulates. As the vessel whips along, purifying waterways, it can draw on both solar and hydro power. Turbines under the hull transform water movement into electricity, and rooftop photovoltaic cells harness energy from the sun. The roof doubles as a nursery, whose carefully selected plants help filter river gunk, whether from the Thames, Rhine or Euphrates.

But Physalia is not just designed to be a working ship. The vessel will also be a floating museum of sorts. Scientists who study aquatic ecosystems can hole up in the dedicated “Earth garden” lab, and tourists can visit temporary exhibits in a “water garden” or settle into a submerged lounge that could easily pass for a London nightclub. Callebaut, 33, dreamed up the idea after last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen shone a long-overdue spotlight on global water issues. He has some superior terms for his project: It is a “nomadic hydrodynamic laboratory,” a “fragment of living earth,” and a “floating agora” on a “geopolitical scale.” Others might just call it a cool idea.

It is clear from the passage that the author of the passage above attempts to....

Compared to paragraph 2, paragraph 3 provides ...

What does the word ‘it' in ‘Others might just call it a cool idea’ (paragraph 3, last line) refer to?

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