SIMAK UI Bahasa Inggris 2016

SIMAK UI 2016 Bahasa Inggris

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  Text 31-34.

  Indigenous plant and animals are few in Easter Island. At the time of European arrival, the toromiro tree was the only wild tree and the Carolina wolfberry the only wild shrub, the vegetation being ..(31).. herbaceous. The toromiro tree was overexploited by the island wood carvers, and the last local specimen died in the 1950s. ..(32).. , the species was saved from extinction. The Norwegian Archaeological Expedition collected seeds and planted them in the Gothenburg Botanical Garden, and saplings from the garden were reintroduced to Easter Island in 1988. Today only 31 wild flowering plants, 14 ferns, and 14 mosses are reported.

  Grass and small ferns dominate the barren landscape, ..(33).. the boggy crater lakes are thickly covered by two imported American species, the totora reed and Polygonum acumination. A number of cultivated species of plant were also introduced partly from America and partly from Polynesia before the arrival of Europeans; of these the ..(34).. species was the sweet potato, which was the cultivated in extensive plantations and formed the staple diet. Bottle gourds, sugarcane, bananas, taro, yams, and two trees. (i.e., the Asiatic paper mulberry- and the American Triumfetta semitriloba) were of aboriginal importation, as also probably were the husk-tomato, small variety of pineapple, and the coconut.

  31.

  …. (A) predominant (B) predominated (C) predominating (D) predominance (E) predominantly 32.

  …. (A) However (B) Moreover (C) In contrast (D) For example (E) Consequently 33.

  …. (A) so (B) yet (C) while (D) hence (E) unlike 34.

  …. (A) principal (B) principle (C) secondary (D) mandatory (E) inconspicuous Text 35-39.

  Twelve months have passed since the adoption by UN member states of the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction, a 15-year plan for reducing disaster losses from man-made and natural hazards. During that period, almost 100 million people have lost their homes, their livelihoods, been displaced or suffered injury or loss because of a wide range of disasters.

  Alongside the rising needs driven by climate change and one of the strongest El Nino events in 50 years, the humanitarian assistance system is under increasing strain from conflicts, which have cost countless lives and driven millions from their homes, triggering the largest forced displacement of people since the end of the Second World War.

  The unprecedented storm of humanitarian need has given rise to much debate about more equitable burdensharing. But what the Sendai framework reminds us is that we need to be much more focused on reducing the humanitarian burden in the first place.

  Disaster risk reduction is a philosophy for our times: it means disaster response reduction. The inaugural world humanitarian summit is rec- ognition that we need to get smarter at how we cooperate to address humanitarian challenges while reaffirming human dignity. An essential part of this is improving how we manage disaster risk.

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  The adoption of the Sendai Framework, at

  38. What is the purpose of the writer? the Third UN world conference on disaster risk (A) to criticize the UN member states for not reduction in Japan, marked the beginning of a providing sufficient aid for the victims of momentous year in which agreement was disasters reached on the 2030 development agenda. (B) to ask people to donate some money to be given to those in disaster-affected

  35. The following statement are false, EXCEPT areas ….

  (C) to invite people to reduce the burden suffered by people affected by disasters (A) this year people have experienced the

  (D) to show how hard the lives of people strongest El-Nino in the last 50 years who have been displaced are due to

  (B) the main focus of the Sendai framework disasters is on how to reduce the burden of do-

  (E) to explain the kinds of serious impacts nor countries that people experience from disasters

  (C) people may have been displaced from where they lived due to natural disasters

  39. What is the tone of the passage? and conflicts (D) risk disaster management is not an im-

  (A) Hopeful portant part in dealing with humanitar- (B) Disappointed. ian challenges

  (C) Informative (E) it took 12 months for the countries in-

  (D) Undisturbed volved to formulate the Sendai frame- (E) Concerned work

  Text 40-45.

  36. What can be interred from the passage? (A) the number of people who left their An echo of outrage was heard following the recent tragedy in Bangladesh, where a homes because of disasters or conflict is not surprising structurally unsound building collapsed, killing thousands of workers who were making

  (B) disasters addressed in Sendai framework products for U.S. consumers. The echo is a are only those caused by nature familiar one, as various high-profile labor abuses

  (C) in dealing with victims of disasters, their involving major international brands such as self-esteem and pride must be considered.

  Nike. Apple and the Gap. have occurred over (D) the Sendai framework has been imple- the past decades ..(40).. to bring concrete mented for about 15 years actions, the echo of outrage fades, and the

  (E) Japan is the head of the UN member media cycle move on. countries formulating the Sendai frame-

  While economists and activists disagree work about the costs and benefits of such practices. research organizations consistently have found 37.

The kind of passage might be found in …

  that consumer prefer ..(42).. products made (A) an article on first aids without sweatshop labor. Consumers may not (B) an encyclopedia really disapprove of sweatshop labor and instead (C) a philosophy book turn to economic justifications. Like many (D) an article on environment economists, these consumers may feel their (E) a daily newspaper participation in this system is a better option for the workers than toiling in fields.

  In addition, as humans, we tend to be less sensitive to harms that occur away from us than those occurring in our backyard. When tragedies such as Bangladesh happen, our emotions are intense. We cannot believe such atrocities are Kunci dan pembahasan soal ini bisa dilihat di dengan memasukkan kode 5799 ke menu search.

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  able to happen, but over time emotions wear 44.

  ….

  Out. The heat of the moment has faded and our

  (A) the market should offer free accessible motivation to change the situation fades. sweatshop products

  In an effort to alleviateconflict surrounding (B) the accessible sweatshop-free market sweatshop labor, ..(44).. Even if consumers should offer products demand something, If companies do not supply

  (C) the sweatshop-free products should offer it. ..(45).. . Taking this acceptance as a signal for accessible market endorsement, companies may fail to see the

  (D) accessible products should offer the sweat- opportunity in offering products that are shop-free market sourced without sweatshop labor. This initiative,

  (E) the market should offer accessible sweat- to ethical business and consumption, would shop-tree products make the echo of Bangladesh tragedy a distant memory.

  45.

  …. (A) consumers will provide the supply 40. ….

  (B) consumers may buy it from factories (A) fail

  (C) consumers have to accept the existing (B) failed options

  (C) failing (D) companies will keep using sweatshop

  (D) having failed labor (E) have been failing

  (E) companies will reduce conflict with workers

  41. The sentence “The use of questionable labor practices, popularly know as „sweatshop labor,‟ is widespread in the production of consumer goods,” should be put in ….

  (A) the first sentence of paragraph 1 (B) the first sentence of paragraph 2 (C) the third sentence of paragraph 3 (D) the second sentence of paragraph 2 (E) the second sentence of paragraph 3 42.

  …. (A) purchase (B) purchasing (C) to purchases (D) to it purchases (E) being purchased 43.

The italic phrase “wear out” in the third para- graph means …

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