Title Pembahasan Soal SMP Bahasa Inggris - PSO KARO 2024.pdf ✅

Page 1 of 16 BIDANG : BAHASA INGGRIS SMP FOKUS – HEBAT – JUARA POSI SCIENCE OLYMPIAD - KARO 2024 SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN BAHASA INGGRIS SMP POSI SCIENCE OLYMPIAD (PSO) - KARO 2024 This text is for no 1-12! NEW ZEALAND New Zealand is a remote, (1) ........... group of Islands located (2) ....... the southeast coast of Australia. New Zealand’s two main islands, North and South Islands, (3) ......... by the Cook Strait. Australia, (4) ........ nearest neighbour, is 1,000 miles away. The Islands (5) ............. just 23 million years ago when land was thrust out of the ocean by volcanic forces. New Zealand has more than 50 (6) ........., some of which are still active today. Sharp snowy peaks, rocky shores, and pastures (7) ....... a majestic landscape. The South Island is home to (8) ........... mountain peak in New Zealand, Mount Cook, which rises to 12,316 (9) ....... and is called “Cloud Piercer” by the Maori people. New Zealanders, or ‘Kiwis’ as they are called, (10) ........ by their isolation. Today, most Kiwis are no longer farmers, with 86 percent of the population (11) ......... in cities. More people live in the city of Auckland on North Island, (12) ...... the whole population of South Island. 1. a. mountainable b. mountainous c. mountaineer d. mountainence Jawaban: b Pembahasan: kalimat di atas memerlukan kata sifat untuk menerangkan kata benda group of islands. Kata mountain menjadi kata sifat dengan penambahan akhiran –ous. 2. a. on b. at c. off d. of Jawaban: c Pembahasan: located berpasangan tetap dengan off dimana keduanya memberi makna menuju arah (biasanya dengan arah mata angin) 3. a. is separated b. was separated c. were separated d. are separated Jawaban: d Pembahasan: adanya keterangan by mengindikasikan bahwa kalimat pasif digunakan. Tenses nya adalah simple present karena topiknya adalah bersifat deskriptif. To be are digunakan karena subjeknya berjenis jamak. 4. a. its b. their c. his d. her
Page 2 of 16 BIDANG : BAHASA INGGRIS SMP FOKUS – HEBAT – JUARA POSI SCIENCE OLYMPIAD - KARO 2024 Jawaban: a Pembahasan: possessive pronoun yang digunakan mengacu kepada New Zealand (hubungannya dengan Australia). Sebagai kata benda tunggal ketiga non human, maka possessive pronounnya adalah its 5. a. were created b. was created c. were creating d. was creating Jawaban: a Pembahasan: penanda waktu years ago menandakan simple past dan by menandakan kalimat pasif. Islands bersifat jamak dan were digunakan. Maka polanya adalah S+were+V3 6. a. volcanos b. volcanoies c. volcans d. volcanoes Jawaban: d Pembahasan: versi plural atau jamak dari kata benda volcano adalah volcanoo (penambahan –es) 7. a. created b. creates c. create d. creating Jawaban: c Pembahasan: Kata kerja yang dibutuhkan adalah V1 (create) karena teks bersifat deskriptif sehingga tenses yang digunakan adalah simple present tense. 8. a. the more high b. the higher c. the highest d. the most high Jawaban: c Pembahasan: bagian di atas memerlukan bentuk superlative. Kata sifat high memiliki satu suku kata sehingga mendapat penambahan –est menjadi highest. 9. a. feets b. feet c. foots d. foot Jawaban: b Pembahasan: untuk satuan, kata feet (jamak) digunakan untuk ketinggian benda 10. a. has been shaped
Page 3 of 16 BIDANG : BAHASA INGGRIS SMP FOKUS – HEBAT – JUARA POSI SCIENCE OLYMPIAD - KARO 2024 b. have been shaped c. were shaped d. are shaped Jawaban: b Pembahasan: Kalimat di atas memiliki pola kalimat pasif dimana subjeknya New Zealanders bersifat jamak sehingga auxiliary verb nya harus sesuai dengan benda jamak (have been shaped) 11. a. living b. lived c. live d. lives Jawaban: a Pembahasan: oleh karena kalimat yang ada telah memiliki SVO lengkap, maka kata kerja berikutnya menjadi pelengkap hasil dari reduksi adjective clause (which live) 12. a. with b. over c. than d. of Jawaban: c Pembahasan: adanya kata more mengindikasikan perbandingan antara dua kata benda sehingga pasangan dari more adalah than 13. We are not ........... this neighborhood yet since we just moved here yesterday a. familiar of b. familiar for c. familiar to d. familiar with Jawaban: d Pembahasan: pasangan tetap dari kata sifat familiar adalah preposisi with 14. Why do still feel ......... what happened? Please be happy a. upset for b. upset of c. upset about d. upset to Jawaban: c Pembahasan: pasangan tetap dari kata sifat upset adalah preposisi about 15. They feel ........... the result of competition although they didn’t win a. delighted to b. delighted with c. delighted of d. delighted for Jawaban: b Pembahasan: pasangan tetap dari kata sifat delighted adalah preposisi with
Page 4 of 16 BIDANG : BAHASA INGGRIS SMP FOKUS – HEBAT – JUARA POSI SCIENCE OLYMPIAD - KARO 2024 This text is for no 16-28! UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD University of Oxford, English autonomous institution of higher (16) ........ at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is one of the world’s great (17) ....... . It lies among the upper course of the River Thames ((18) ......... by Oxonians the Isis), 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of London. Sketchy (19) ............. indicates that schools existed at Oxford by the (20) ....... 12th century. By the end of that century, a university was well-established, perhaps (21) ....... the barring of English students from the University of Paris around 1167. Oxford was modeled (22) ....... the University of Paris, with (23) .......... faculties of theology, law, medicine and the liberal arts. In the 13th century, the university gained added strength, particularly in theology, with the (24) ........... of several religious orders, principally Dominicans and Franciscans, in the town of Oxford. The university had no buildings in (25) ....... early years; lectures (26) ........ in hired halls or churches. The various colleges of Oxford were originally merely endowned boarding houses for (27) ............ scholars. They were intended primarily for masters or bachelor of arts who needed financial (28) ............. to enable them to continue study for a higher degree. 16. a. learn b. learns c. learned d. learning Jawaban: d Pembahasan: kata sifat higher memerlukan kata benda untuk diterangkan. Gerund (Ving) dapat berfungsi sebagai kata benda – learning. 17. a. university b. universitats c. universities d. universitys Jawaban: c Pembahasan: pola kalimat di atas adalah one of the+plural noun. Bentuk plural atau jamak dari university adalah universities. 18. a. call b. called c. calling d. calls Jawaban: b Pembahasan: adanya by mengindikasikan kalimat pasif. Kalimat pasif berbentuk reduksi dari kalimat adjective clause yang semula adalah which is called. 19. a. evidence b. evident c. evidents d. evidentious