BASO #57

Bacalah teks berikut untuk mengerjakan soal nomor 27-30

Glass fibers have a long history. The Egyptians made coarse fibers by 1600 B.C.,
and fibers survive as decorations on Egyptians pottery dating back to 1375 B.C. During
the Renaissance (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries A.D.) glassmakers from Venice used
Line glass fibers to decorate the surface of plain glass vessels. However, glassmakers guarded
(5) their secrets so carefully that no one wrote about glass fiber production until the early
seventeenth century.
The eighteenth century brought the invention of “spun glass” fibers. Rene-
Antoine de Reaumur, a French Scientist, tried to make artificial feathers from glass. He
made fibers by rotating a wheel through a pool of molten glass, pulling threads of glass
(10) where the hot thick liquid stuck to the wheel. His fibers were short and fragile, but he
predicted that spun glass fibers as thin as spider silk would be flexible and could be woven
into fabric. By the start of nineteenth century, glassmakers learned how to make longer,
stronger fibers by pulling them from molten glass with hot glass tube. Inventors wound
the cooling end of the end of the thread around the yarn reel, then turned the reel rapidly
(15) 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 practical use; the fibers were brittle, ragged, and no longer than ten feet,
the circumference of the largest reels. By the mid-1870’s, however, the best glass fibers
were finer than silk and could be woven into fabrics or assembled into imitation ostrich
feathers to decorate hats. Cloth of white spun glass resembled silver; fibers drawn from
(20) yellow-orange glass looked golden.
Glass fibers were little more than a novelty until 1930’s, when their thermal and
electrical insulating properties were appreciated and methods for producing continuous
filaments were developed. In the modern manufacturing process, liquid glass is fed
(25) directly from a glass-melting furnace into a bushing, a receptacle pierced with hundreds
of fine nozzles, from which the liquid issues in fine streams. As they solidify, the streams
of glass are gathered into a single strand and wound onto a reel.
27. The word “brittle” in line 17 is closest in meaning to….
(A) Frail
(B) Roughly made
(C) Hairy
(D) Shiny
(E) Flexible
 28. The production of glass fibers was improved in the nineteenth century by which of the
following….
(A) Adding silver to the molten glass
(B) Increasing the circumference of the glass tubes
(C) Putting silk thread in the center of the fibers
(D) Using yarn reels
(E) by rotating a wheel through a pool of molten glass
29. The world “appreciated” in line 23 is closest in meaning to….
(A) Experienced
(B) Recognized
(C) Explored
(D) Increased
(E) Disparaged
30. Which of following terms is defined in the passage?
(A) Invention (line 7)
(B) Artificial (line 8)
(C) Circumference (line 18)
(D) Manufacturing process (line 24)
(E) Bushing (line 25)
Bacalah teks berikut dan isilah ruang kosong yang ada dalam teks untuk nomor 31-35
The causes of schizophrenia ___(31)___ not clear, but schizophrenia ___(32)___ long
been attributed to faulty parenting. In case where schizophrenia developed, the parents were
often ___(33)___ responsible and were faulted for having been uncaring, or manipulative, or
emotionally abusive. ___(34)___, recent studies are now pointing to heredity and prenatal
environmental factors as the chief culprits ini ___(35)___ disease.
31. ___(31)___
a. Are c. Were e. His
b. Is d. Have
32. ___(32)___
a. Has c. Had e. Will
b. Have d. Being
33. ___(33)___
a. Is considered c. Considering e. Be considered
b. Considers d. Considered
34. ___(34)___
a. In case c. When e. If
b. However d. In addition
35. ___(35)___
a. These c. This e. a
b. That d. Those
 PEMBAHASAN

27. Brittle artinya rapuh. Frail artinya mudah patah. Roughly made artinya dibuat secara
kasar. Hairy artinya berambut. Shiny artinya bercahaya. Flexible artinya lentur. Jadi
jawabannya adalah A.
28. Keywordnya adalah “By the start of nineteenth century, glassmakers learned how to
make longer, stronger fibers by pulling them from molten glass with hot glass tube.
Inventors wound the cooling end of the end of the thread around the yarn reel, then
turned the reel rapidly to pull more fiber from the molten glass.” (line 13). Dari bacaan
tersebut dinyatakan sekitar abad ke-19, mulai menggunakan “yarn reels” untuk
membuat serat kaca yang lebih panjang dan lebih kuat. Jadi jawabannya adalah D.
29. Appreciated artinya dihargai, dikenali. Experienced artinya pengalaman. Recognized
artinya dikenali. Explored artinya dijelajahi. Disparaged artinya diremehkan. Jadi
jawabannya adalah B.
30. Kata yang dijelaskan adalah “bushing”. Keywordnya adalah “liquid glass is fed directly
from a glass-melting furnace into a bushing, a receptacle pierced with hundreds of fine
nozzles, from which the liquid issues in fine streams.” Jadi jawabannya adalah E.
31. Subjek kalimat tersebut berjumlah banyak dan menggunakan present tense, maka
jawabannya adalah are. Jadi jawabannya adalah A.
32. Schizophrenia berjumlah satu dan ada verb 3 (past participle), yaitu attributed, maka
jawaban yang paling tepat adalah has. Jadi jawabanya adalah A.
33. Setelah kata the parents ada to be “were”, maka harus diikuti verb 3 (past participle)
karena kalimat tersebut pasif. Jadi jawabannya adalah D.
34. Kata hubung yang paling tepat digunakan adalah however karena digunakan untuk
menghubungkan kalimat yang masih berhubungan satu dengan lainnya (pertentangan).
Jadi jawabannya adalah B.
35. Disease berjumlah satu, sehingga artikal yang paling tepat adalah this. Jadi
jawabannya adalah C.