MODUL BAHASA INGGRIS

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READING COMPREHENSION
ENGLISH LECTURER TEAM
 Reading comprehension
Reading comprehension bisa diartikan sebagai pemahaman text bacaan, nah untuk menjawab

soal-soal tersebut ada beberapa hal yang harus diperhatikan:

 Tidak perlu membaca seluruh teks tersebut secara

rinci, terkecuali diperlukan dan waktunya masih
banyak
 Baca pertanyaan terlebih dahulu
 Kenali bentuk pertanyaan

Ada beberapa jenis bentuk pertanyaan yg muncul di bagian “Reading comprehension”

seperti yang dibawah ini:

⮚ What is the title of the text?

⮚ The passage of the text above tells us about..

⮚ The idea can be found in paragraph..

⮚ What is the main idea of the text….

Nah “Main idea” adalah pernyataan umum atau general statement yang mencakup seluruh

paragraph. Biasanya ”Main idea” bisa disimpulkan dari dua atau tiga kalimat awal suatu paragraph.

Bentuk “Main idea” bisa berbentuk sebuah kalimat kalau untuk topic berupa kata atau frase

(Phrase).

 Strategi untuk mencari “Main idea”

 Baca dua atau tiga kalimat awal setiap
paragraph
 Simpulkan “main idea” dari kalimat-kalimat
tersebut.
 Bacalah kembali bagian-bagian paragraph
selanjutnya untuk memastikan bahwa
kesimpulan yang kita ambil benar
Ada beberapa jenis Pertanyaan yang dapat muncul di bagian “Reading comprehension” seperti

contoh berikut ini:

⮚ Menanyakan Informasi tertentu dalam teks

o Based on the text above, the book came from… (Berdasarkan teks diatas, buku

tersebut berasal dari….)

o From the story, we could know that…. ( dari cerita diatas, kita mengetahui bahwa….)

Hal yang perlu diperhatikan saat bertemu dengan pertanyaan ini adalah:

o Carilah kata kunci (keyword) dalam kalimat pertanyaan.

o Temukan kata kunci itu di dalam teks atau wacana yang telah dibaca

o Baca dengan teliti kalimat yang memuat kata-kata tersebut.

o Temukan jawaban dengan pernyataan yang berisi kata kunci tersebut.

⮚ Menanyakan Pernyataan yang benar atau salah menurut teks

o Which of the statements below is not correct according to the text? (Manakah

pernyataan-pernyataan dibawah ini yang tidak benar menurut teks?)

o Which of the followings statements are true? (Manakah dari pernyataan-pernyataan

dibawah ini yang benar?)

o Which of the following statemens are false? (Manakah dari pernyataan-pernyataan

dibawah ini yang tidak benar?)

⮚ Menanyakan pengertian vocabulary dalam teks.

o The underlined word also means… (Kata yang digaris bawahi juga bermakna

dengan…)
 o Find a word in the text which has the same meaning as “Opening”! (temukan kata di

dalam teks yg memiliki arti yang sama dengan kata “Opening”)

o The word “piece of cake’ here means… (Kata “piece of cake” disini bermakna)

Untuk menjawab pertanyaan berkaitan dengan vocabulary adalah sebagai berikut:

o Lihat pilihan jawaban, pilih jawaban yang mempunyai makna yang sama denga

kosakata (vocabulary) yang ditanyakan

o Bila tidak yakin, ganti kosakata yang ditanyakan dengan masing-masing pilihan

jawaban yang diberikan.

o Kita perlu membiasakan diri dan mempelajari kosakata (vocabulary) baru setiap

harinya.

⮚ Menanyakan suatu kata ganti benda “it” “they” “this” etc. (pronoun)

o In Indonesia, it is the bank of Indonesia. (Paragraph 2). The word “it” refers to… (Di

Indonesia, itu disebut Bank Indonesia (paragraph 2). Kata “itu” menunjukkan….)

o We call this a computer program. The word “this” here means… (kami menyebut ini

sebuah program computer). Kata “ini” bermakna…

Untuk menjawab pertanyaan seperti ini maka lakukan lah hal berikut:

o Temukan kata ganti (pronoun) tersebut dalam wacana (paragraph keberapa, baris

keberapa).

o Carilah kata benda (Noun) yang terletak sebelum kata ganti (Pronoun) tersebut.

o Bacalah Bagian wacana sebelum kata ganti (Pronoun) dengan hati-hati.

o Tinggalkan pilihan jawaban yg nyata-nyata salah.

CONTOH SOAL

❖ Main idea

❖ Vocabulary

❖ Specific Informations

SOLAR ROAD

Solar is popping up just about everywhere, even landfills and parka pockets. So why not roads? The

Netherlands built the first solar road, a bike path, in 2014.

France announced a bolder move in January—over the next five years, it plans to install 1,000

kilometers of solar roads, designed to supply power to five million people.That’s not all. Idaho-based

Solar Roadways has received three rounds of U.S. government funding with an additional $2 million

in venture capital to test its technology. The tempered-glass panels offer asphalt-like traction,

support the weight of semi-trucks, include LEDs for signage, and contain heating elements to melt

snow and ice.

Could solar panels really pave the roads of the future? Proponents see endless possibilities, but

others raise questions about cost, efficiency, and durability. The sheer amount of surfaces each

country devotes to roadways is enormous. Allowing this space to double as a solar farm could have

very positive implications in the battle to put a halt to climate change. They estimate that their panels,

if used in lieu of existing U.S. roads and walkways, could produce more than three times the electricity

used in the United States. Besides, they say their panels could charge electric vehicles, first on solar

parking lots.
With enough solar highways and cars with the right equipment (to pick up energy from induction

plates in the road) they might even be able to charge vehicles while moving. “Aside from road dust,

particularly black tire dust and diesel exhaust, which will quickly cover a portion of each panel, the

continuous traffic covering panels will reduce their solar output,” says Jacobson, adding they’ll likely

suffer more wear and tear and need more repairs than other solar panels.

Despite high costs, company chairman Peter Harrop says solar roads might work in places that are

putting down roads for the first time. “They need early technology adopters like China that want to

leapfrog in development.”

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

a. Bike paths c. solar road
b. Solar panels d. Chinese interstate systems

2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “rounds” in line 3?

a. Ammunition c. Circles
b. Times d. Praise

3. In line 2, the author uses the expression “That’s not all” to indicate that?
a. The Netherlands was the only country involved
b. France and the Netherlands worked together
c. He has no further examples
d. France and the Netherlands aren’t the only ones who have integrated solar roads
 ❖ True or False

❖ Reference

❖ Specific Informations

Awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1918, German physicist Max Planck is best remembered as
the originator of quantum theory. His work helped users in a new era in theoretical physics and
revolutionized the scientific community’s understanding of atomic and subatomic processes.

Planck introduced an idea that led to quantum theory, which became the foundation of
twentieth century physics. In December 1900, Planck worked out an equation that describes the
distribution of radiation accurately over the range of low to high frequencies. He had developed a
theory which depended on a model of matter that seemed very strange at the time. The model
required the emission of electromagnetic radiation in small chunks or particles. These particles
were later called quantum. The energy associated with each quantum is measured by multiplying
the frequency of the radiation, v, by a universal constant, h. Thus, energy, or E, equals hv. The
constant, h, is known as Planck’s constant. It is now recognized as one of the fundamental
constants of the world.

Planck announced his finding in 1900, but it was years before the full consequences of his
revolutionary quantum theory were recognized. Throughout his life, Planck made significant
contributions to optics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, physical chemistry, and other
fields. In 1930, He was elected president of the Kaiser Wilhelm society, which was renamed the Max
II. Though deeply opposed to the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler, Planck remained in Germany
throughout the war. He died in Gottingen on October 4, 1947.

3. In which of the following fields did Max Planck NOT make a significant contribution?
a. Optics c. Statistical mechanics
b. Thermodynamics d. Biology
4. It can infer from the passage that Planck’s work led to the development of which of the
following?
a. The rocket c. The internal combustion engine
b. The atomic bomb d. The computer

5. The implication in this passage is that…

a. Only a German physics could discover such a theory
b. Quantum theory, which led to the development of twentieth century physics, is basically a
mathematical formula
c. Planck’s constant was not discernible before 1900
d. Radiation was hard to study