PEMBAHASAN TO UTBK
(17 APRIL 2020)
SOAL
73. Which of the following aspects of glass
fiber does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The major developments in its
production
(B) Its relationship with pottery making
(C) Important inventors in its long history
(D) The variety of its uses in modern
(E) The other formulations of glass fiber
74. Why was there nothing written about the
making of Renaissance glass fibers until
the seventeenth century?
(A) Glassmakers were unhappy with the
quality of the fibers they could make
(B) Glassmakers did not want to reveal the
methods they used
(C) Few people were interested in the
Renaissance style of glass fibers
(D) Production methods had been well
known for a long time
(E) The technique of heating has been
known for millennia
75. According to the passage, using a hot glass
tube rather than a wheel to pull fibers from
molten glass made and fibers?
(A) Quicker to cool
(B) More susceptible to chloride ion
attack
(C) Harder to bend
(D) Shorter and more easily broken
(E) Longer and more durable
ENG
PENYELESAIAN
 Yang ditanyakan adalah aspek dari glass fiber apa yg utamanya di
bahas di teks tersebut.Pertanyaan ini sama hal nya kita diminta
mencari main idea dari teksnya karena mengacu ke isi teks.
 Untuk mencari tahu teksnya tentang apa bisa dengan membaca
dari kalimat pertama tiap paragraph:
 Par.1 “Glass fibers have a long history”  pada paragraph 1
diceritakan tentang awal sejarah dari glass, tapi sampai awal abad
ke 17 belum ada yg menuliskan tentang glass fiber karena para
pembuat glass fiber sangat menjaga kerahasiaanya.
 Par.2 “The eighteenth century brought the invention of “spun
glass” fibers.”  pada paragraph ke 2 diceritakan tentang
penemuan “spun glass” fibers. Di paragraph ke 2 juga diceritakan
proses pembuatan dari fiber.
 Par. 3 ” Glass fibers were little more than a novelty until the 1930’s,
when their thermal and electrical insulating properties were
appreciated and methods for producing continuous filaments
were developed” pada paragraph ke 3 diceritakan bahwa
metode untuk memproduksi filament – filament pada glass fiber
terus dikembangkan
 Maka dari teksnya kita tahu bahwa yang dibahas adalah aspek
perkembangan produksi dari glass fiber
Kunci: A
 Informasi untuk soal ini terdapat pada paragraph pertama kalimat
terakhir
“However, glassmakers guarded their secrets so carefully that no one
wrote about glass fiber production until the early seventeenth
century.”
 Dari kalimat tersebut kita tahu bahwa para glass maker sangat
menjaga rahasianya sehingga tak seorang pun menuliskan
tentang glass fiber production. Berarti para glassmaker tidak
ingin mengungkap metode produksi yang mereka gunakan.
Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah yang B
Kunci: B
 Informasi untuk soal ini terdapat pada paragraf ke 2 kalimat ke 5
“By the start of the nineteenth century, glassmakers learned how
to make longer, stronger fibers by pulling them from molten glass
with a hot glass tube.”
 Berdasarkan kalimat tersebut bias diketahui bahwa penggunaan
“hot glass tube” membuat glass fibernya longer. Maka jawaban
yang tepat adalah E
Kunci: E
76. The production of glass fibers was
improved in the nineteenth century by
which of the following ?
(A) Putting silk thread in the center of the
fibers
(B) Adding silver to the molten glass
(C) Increasing in the circumference of the
glass tubes
(D) Using yarn reels
(E) Eliminating mechanical requirement
77. The author compares a scent molecule
with a ____
(A) Key
(B) Lock
(C) Cell
(D) Bloodhound
(E) Smell
78. According to the passage, how many cells
of skin does the human body rid itself of
every day ?
(A) 60 trillion
(B) 50 million
(C) 1 million
(D) between 51 and 50
(E) 31 million
79. In paragraph 2, the word “rich” is used to
mean that a trail is____
(A) paved with precious material
(B) a profitable business to get into
(C) a very costly undertaking
(D) filled with an abundance of clues
(E) affectionate with human
 Informasi untuk soal ini terdapat pada paragraph ke 2
“By the start of the nineteenth century, glassmakers learned how to
make longer, stronger fibers by pulling them from molten glass with a
hot glass tube. Inventors wound the cooling end of the thread around
a yarn reel, then turned the reel rapidly to pull more fiber from the
molten glass. Wandering tradespeople began to spin glass fibers at
fairs, making decorations and ornaments as novelties for collectors,
but this material was of little practical use; the fibers were brittle,
ragged, and no longer than ten feet, the circumference of the largest
reels. “
 Berdasarkan informasi tersebut yang termasuk the production of
glass fiber improvement di abad ke 19 adalah penggunaan yarn
reel (D)
(A) The eighteenth century
(B) the mid-1870’s
(C) tidak diceritakan bahwa meningkatkan circumference
(D) the start of the nineteenth century
(E) tidak diceritakan di teks
Kunci: D
 Informasi untuk soal ini terdapat pada paragraph 1 kalimat ke 3
“In one explanation, recognition occurs when a scent molecule fits
into its corresponding receptor site, like a key into a lock,..”
 Dari kamlimat tersebut kita tahu bahwa scent moleculnya ibarat
key, kemudian receptor sitenya ibarat lock.maka jawaban yang
tepat adalah A
Kunci: A
 Informasi untuk soal ini terdapat pada paragraph ke 2
“The human body, which consists of about 60 trillion living cells,
sheds exposed skin at a rate of 50 million cells a day”
 Dari kalimat tersebut kita tahu cells of skin yang human body
bebaskan/lepaskan ada 50 million cell a day. Maka jawaban yang
tepat adalah B
Kunci: B
 informasi untuk soal ini terdapat pada paragraph ke 2
“When a blood trails a human being, what does it actually smell?
The human body, which consists of about 60 trillion living cells,
sheds exposed skin at a rate of 50 million cells a day. So even a trail
that has been dispersed by breezes may still seem rich to a
bloodhound”
 dari kalimat tersebut kita tahu bahwa human body melepaskan 50
million cells a day meskipun sudah tersapu angin jejak tersebut
masih bias tercium oleh anjing pelacak. Oleh karena itu kata “rich”
disini menggambarkan bahwa trail (jejak) yang ditinggalkan terisi
dengan banyak clue untuk bloodhound.
Kunci: D
80. Which of the following act as a stimulus  Informasi untuk soal ini terdapat pada paragraph ke 2 kalimat
in the production of the human scent? terakhir
(A) Sweat
“As they go about their daily business breaking down lipids, or
(B) Dead skin cells
fatty substances, on the skin, these bacteria release volatile substances
(C) Bacteria
that usually strike the bloodhound’s nose as an entire constellation of
(D) Fatty substances
distinctive scents.”
(E) Tempered nature

 Berdasarkan kalimat tersebut yang bertindak sebagai stimulus

dalam menghasilkan human scent adalah bakteri.
Kunci: C