SIMULASI UTBK II
41. Kata “pandemi” pada paragraf 1 memiliki makna yang sama dengan kata di bawah ini, kecuali ....
(A) hawar
(B) taun
(C) wabah
(D) pagebluk
(E) masalah
42. Kata yang paling tepat untuk melengkapi [...] pada paragraf 3 adalah ....
(A) bersyukur
(B) menikmati
(C) menerima
(D) bahagia
(E) lega
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DT363
Questions 45–48 are based on the following passage.
Around half Europe's buildings were built before 1975, Some have architectural values, others less so,
but many hide an ugly reality. According to Emilio Pizzi, at the Politecnico di Milano University, the buildings
were built in a time when energy parameters like efficiency, consumption, and emissions were not a top
priority. So, there was a strong need to transform and update the thermal performances of Europe's
architectural heritage. He added that it is time to innovate new systems, to retrofit these buildings with
energy efficiency in mind.
The researchers have developed new insulation materials to make old buildings more energy efficient,
in terms of their facades, wall cavities, and interiors. Karim Ghazi Wakili, a physicist with EMPA Research
Institute, showed Euro News three prototypes. The first is insulation material made mainfy out of three
layers of polyester fibers. They are supposed to have the highest thermal insulation.The next material has
only one layer of polyester fibers. It has two textiles on both sides. The third material is the cheapest one. It
is made out of a material called 'perlite'. It is thicker because perlite has higher thermal conductivity.
Gabriele Masera, a building engineer at Politecnico di Milano University states that the researchers
have tested these materials in a building of the Politecnico di Milano University in Italy. It was built in 1965.
The inner walls of one room were covered with sensors and fitted with the three prototypes of insulation
materials. The sensors measure temperature, humidity and heat flow at three different places: outside the
building -that is why we have sensors installed on the facade - in the cavity walls, and finally on the inner
surface of the walls.
Outside sensors also measure radiation and wind speed. This way we are able to see how much heat
leaks from the different materials in building. All the data will help us build a mathematical model that will
allow us to understand how each material reacts to different climatic conditions. Magnetti Building in Milan,
which makes re-fabricated kits for retrofitting exterior facades, is the kind of company the research aims at.
Insulation materials developed by the researchers will be included in some of its kits, which can be
customized.
Director of Operations Marco Predo believes the market is ready for such solutions, provided they
come at a competitive price. In recent years, we have seen data that seems to prove that the market for
retrofitting facades and existing buildings is indeed on the rise. So, we are quite optimistic indeed about the
market prospects for these new insulation materials. The researchers hope their new insulation solutions
could become an affordable market reality in around four or five years.
45. Which of the following sentences indicates the author's bias in the passage?
(A) Insulation materials will be included in some of the kits
(B) They are supposed to have the highest thermal insulation
(C) The sensors measure temperature, humidity, and heat at three different places
(D) All the data will help us build a mathematical model to understand the material
(E) Some buildings have architectural values, others less so, but many hide an ugly reality
47. Based on the passage, it can be best summarized that the ....
(A) buildings in Europe lack architectural values
(B) insulation materials are important for old buildings
(C) different materials can protect the heat leaks of the buildings
(D) new insulation materials are needed in modem architectures
(E) researchers and architects have worked to preserve the buildings
48. Based on the passage, it can be hypothesized that the more ....
(A) antique a building looks, the more energy it will need
(B) ancient a building is, the more adaptation will be required
(C) materials used in a building is, the more energy will be used
(D) sensors are installed in a building, the faster the heat will flow
(E) modern the architerture is, the more efficient the energy use will be
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DT363
Questions 49–52 are based on the following passage.
Hopes that a Mediterranean diet would be as good for the head as it is for the heart may have
beendampened by a French study that found little benefit for aging brains from the diet rich in fruit,
vegetables, whole grains, nuts, wine and olive oil. The study, published in the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, looked at the participants dietary patterns their middle age and measured their
cognitive performance at around age 65, but found no connection between Mediterranean eating and
mental performance.
"Our study does not support the hypothesis of a significant neuro-protective effect of a
Mediterranean diet on cognitive function," wrote study leader Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot at the nutritional
epidemiology research center of the French national health research agency INSERM. It has been
suggested that the "good" fats in the Mediterranean diet might benefit the brain directly, or that low
saturated fats and high fiber in the diet could help stave off cognitive decline indirectly by keeping blood
vesselshealthy.
Previous research has seemed to uphold that premise, One large study in the US Midwest, for
example, found that people in their 60s and older who ate a mostly Mediterranean diet were less prone
to mental decline as they aged. Another study of residents of Manhattan linked a Mediterranean style
diet to a 40 percent lower risk of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers in the French study used data on
3,083 people who were followed from the mid-1990s, when they were at least 45 years old.
50. In other words, the sentence ".... who ate a mostly Mediterranean diet were less prone to mental decline
as they aged ...." (Paragraph 3 lines 2-3) may be restated as ....
(A) efforts to improve quality of life is excessively encouraged
(B) better life should be given a priority in whatever it has to be
(C) it is an obligation for dieters to be caring for their lives better
(D) healthier life is everyone's expectation including active dieters
(E) when getting older, dieters should be alert to their mental decline
51. Another way of saying/expressing "Another study of residents of Manhattan linked a Mediterranean style
diet to a 40 percent lower risk of Alzheimer's disease." (Paragraph 3 lines 3-4) is ....
(A) 40% of the lower risk of Alzheimer’s diseases is correlated with people's diet
(B) a study conducted m Manhattan projects only 40% of the Alzheimer's residents
(C) a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's diseases to 40%
(D) 40% of Manhattan residents suffer from Alzheimer's disease due to style diets
(E) A Mediterranean study on Alzheimer's disease is conducted 40% by a French
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DT363
Teks berikut untuk menjawab soal nomor 53 sampai dengan 56.
Dua bulan setelah kasus pertama positif corona ditemukan di Indonesia, Presiden Joko Widodo
meminta masyarakat Indonesia untuk bisa berdamai dan hidup berdampingan dengan virus ini. Kata
“berdamai” yang digunakan Jokowi, menurut Deputi Bidang Protokol, Pers, dan Media Sekretariat
Presiden, Bey Machmudin, memiliki makna penyesuaian baru dalam tatanan kehidupan. Berdampingan,
menurut Jokowi, bukan berarti masyarakat harus menyerah, tetapi menyesuaikan diri. Hidup
berdampingan di tengah-tengah virus yang belum ditemukan vaksinnya memang akan menjadi tatanan
baru. Masyarakat harus tetap melawan penyebaran virus itu sambil beraktivitas seperti sediakala. Tentu,
aktivitas yang dilakukan bukan seperti sebelum adanya pandemi ini.
Jangan membayangkan ketika beraktivitas nanti ada jabat tangan, apalagi cipika-cipiki. Aktivitas
dilakukan harus tetap berpegang pada protokol kesehatan, seperti menjaga jarak, memakai masker,
menghindari kerumunan, dan kerap mencuci tangan. Protokol yang sejak awal sudah sama-sama kita
lakukan selama ini. Pola kehidupan baru ini kemudian banyak yang menyebutnya sebagai new normal.
Menurut Ketua Tim Pakar Gugus Tugas Percepatan Penanganan Covid-19 Wiku
Adisasmita, new normal adalah perubahan perilaku untuk tetap menjalankan aktivitas normal, tetapi
ditambah dengan penerapan protokol kesehatan guna mencegah terjadinya penularan Covid-19.
Prinsip new normal adalah bisa menyesuaikan dengan pola hidup. Transformasi ini adalah untuk
menata kehidupan dan perilaku baru ketika pandemi yang kemudian akan dibawa terus ke depannya
sampai ditemukannya vaksin untuk Covid-19 ini. Untuk membiasakan masyarakat, Tim Gugus Tugas
telah siap meracik gerakan bertajuk empat sehat lima sempurna. Gerakan ini tidak sama dengan pola
konsumsi makanan yang sudah ada sebelumnya. Ini lebih ditujukan pada pencegahan penularan virus
corona. Empat sehat yang dimaksud adalah memakai masker, menjaga jarak fisik, mencuci tangan,
serta istirahat yang cukup dan tidak panik.
(Diadaptasi dari https://indonesia.go.id/)
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DT363
Teks berikut untuk menjawab soal nomor 57 sampai dengan 60.
Netflix dilaporkan mendulang 15,77 juta pelanggan baru di kuartral pertama 2020 berkat
pandemi virus corona yang membuat semua orang beralih ke streaming dan mencetak rekor
keuntungan perusahaan tersebut. Kini, layanan streaming itu sendiri mengatakan telah memiliki 182,9
juta pelanggan secara global hingga akhir kuartal pertama. Capaian itu naik 22,8 persen dari awal tahun.
Netflix sebelumnya telah memberi tahu investor bahwa mereka berharap bisa menambah 7 juta
pelanggan di akhir kuartal. Namun itu sebelum pandemi.
Netflix dalam suratnya kepada para pemegang saham mengatakan bahwa pertumbuhan
pelanggan Netflix secara temporer telah terdongkrak karena kebijakan isolasi. Akan tetapi, Netflix juga
mengatakan karena penutupan produksi di Hollywood, beberapa pengeluaran untuk konten akan
tertunda, meningkatkan arus kas gratis dan beberapa rilis judul akan tertunda. Selain itu, Netflix
menyebut penguatan nilai tukar dolar juga menurunkan pendapatan internasional mereka. Untuk kuartal
selanjutnya, Netflix menargetkan penambahan pelanggan sebesar 7,5 juta dari seluruh dunia.
Salah satu acara paling populer di Netflix kala kuartal ini adalah serial dokumenter Tiger King.
Nielsen menyebut acara itu menggaet 34,3 pemirsa televisi di Amerika Serikat dalam 10 hari pertama
rilis. Capaian Tiger King itu melampaui perolehan Stranger Things Season 2 dalam jangka waktu yang
sama. Variety menyebut Netflix juga memuji capaian dari sejumlah konten orisinal mereka yang berhasil
mendulang penonton kala masa karantina akibat pandemi. Sejumlah konten itu adalah Tiger King
dengan perolehan 64 juta penonton, Spenser Confidental dengan 85 juta, Love is Blind dengan 30 juta.
Selain itu ada La Casa de Papel alias Money Heist dengan 65 juta penonton. Meski mendulang cuan,
Netflix akan segera kedatangan pesaing besar, Warner Media.
(Diadaptasi dari cnbc.com)
57. Topik yang mungkin dibahas pada paragraf berikutnya adalah ....
(A) Target penambahan pelanggan Netflix pada kuartal selanjutnya
(B) Konten Netflix yang meraih keuntungan besar
(C) Strategi Warner Media merilis layanan streaming
(D) Pengenalan Warner Media
(E) Target Warnner Media sebagai pesaing
59. Keuntungan Netflix saat pandemi pada bacaan di atas sama dengan peribahasa ....
(A) bagai bunyi siamang kenyang
(B) aur ditanam, betung tumbuh
(C) seperti kera belanda mendapat kaca
(D) ada nyawa, ada rezeki
(E) beranak tiada berbidan
60. Kalimat yang dicetak miring pada paragraf 2 memiliki makna yang sama dengan ....
(A) Netflix dalam suratnya kepada para pemegang saham mengatakan bahwa secara sungguh-
sungguh, pertumbuhan pelanggan Netflix telah terdongkrak karena kebijakan isolasi
(B) Netflix dalam suratnya kepada para pemegang saham mengatakan bahwa pertumbuhan pelanggan
Netflix secara temporer telah naik walapun ada kebijakan isolasi
(C) Netflix dalam suratnya kepada para pemegang saham mengatakan bahwa pertumbuhan pelanggan
Netflix secara temporer telah merosot karena kebijakan isolasi
(D) Netflix dalam suratnya kepada para pemegang saham mengatakan bahwa pertumbuhan pelanggan
Netflix secara terus-menerus telah terdongkrak sebab kebijakan isolasi
(E) Netflix dalam suratnya kepada para pemegang saham mengatakan bahwa untuk sementara waktu,
pertumbuhan pelanggan Netflix telah terdongkrak akibat kebijakan isolasi