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UNIT III Negative Questions

Pertanyaan pengecualian atau negative questions adalah pertanyaan yang menuntut Anda untuk
menentukan jawaban mana di antara pilihan jawaban yang ada yang merupakan pernyataan yang tidak
tercantum atau tidak ada dalam bacaan. Jenis pertanyaan ini berkisar 10% dari 50 pertanyaan Reading
Skill. Pertanyaan ini menggunakan kosa kata seperti NOT, EXCEPT, atau LEAST yang biasanya ditulis
dengan huruf besar. Berikut ini adalah beberapa contoh pertanyaan pengecualian.

The passage:
The Florida Keys are a beautiful chain of almost 1,000 coral and limestone islands.
These islands form an arc that heads first southwest and then west from the mainland. U.S.
Highway 1, called the Overseas Highway, connects the main islands in the chain. On this
Line highway, it is necessary to cross 42 bridges over the ocean to cover the 159 miles from
(5) Miami, on the mainland, to Key West, the farthest island on the highway and the
southernmost city in the United States.

The questions:
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned
about the Florida Keys?
(A) The Florida Keys are a chain of islands.
(B) The Florida Keys contain coral and
limestone.
(C) The Florida Keys are in the shape of an
arc.
(D) The Florida Keys are not all inhabited.
2. Which of the following is NOT true about
U.S. Highway 1?
(A) It is also known as the Overseas
Highway.
(B) It joins all of the islands in the Florida
Keys.
(C) It has more than 40 bridges.
(D) It connects Miami and Key West.

The passage:
Today’s readers look for knowledge and information through more than just an
encyclopedia. Knowledge, information, data, and images race around the world in ever-
Line increasing speed. With a quick press of a key on the computer keyboard, data from some of
(4) the great libraries in the world can be called onto a screen for immediate perusal.

The question:
1. The author mentions all of the following means of accessing information EXCEPT ....
(A) encyclopedia
(B) television
(C) computers
(D) libraries

Pertanyaan pertama menanyakan jawaban yang TIDAK DISEBUTKAN (NOT MENTIONED)

tentang the Florida Keys. Dalam bacaan di atas disebutkan bahwa Florida Keys adalah sebuah rentetan/a
chain (answer A) pulau karang dan batu gamping/ coral and limestone (answer B) berbentuk sebuah
busur/an arc (answer C), sehingga jawaban-jawaban tersebut bukanlah jawaban yang benar (karena
jawaban-jawaban tersebut tertera atau disebutkan dalam bacaan). Jawaban yang tepat adalah pilihan (D)
the Florida Keys are not all inhabited.

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Pertanyaan kedua menanyakan jawaban YANG TIDAK BENAR (NOT TRUE) tentang U.S.
Highway 1. Dalam bacaan di atas disebutkan bahwa U.S. Highway 1 disebut dengan the Overseas
Highway (answer A), dan memiliki 42 jembatan/ 42 bridges (answer C), serta berada sepanjang 159 mil
dari Miami … sampai Key West/ cover the 159 miles from Miami… to Key West (answer D), sehingga
jawaban-jawaban tersebut tidak benar (karena jawaban-jawaban tersebut tertera atau disebutkan dalam
bacaan). Jawaban yang tepat adalah pilihan (B) karena dalam bacaan disebutkan bahwa Overseas
Highway itu menghubungkan pulau-pulau utama saja dalam rentetan pulau-pulau tersebut atau dengan
kata lain tidak semua pulau yang ada. Berikut strategi dalam pertanyaan pengecualian atau negative
statements.

NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

Strategi
a. Pahami jenis-  According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT ....
jenis pertanyaan  Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
 Which of the following is the LEAST likely ....
b. Cara 1. Pilihlah sebuah kata kunci dalam soal yang ada.
menemukan 2. Bacalah bacaan untuk menemukan bagian dalam bacaan yang
jawaban membahas tentang kata kunci tersebut.
3. Bacalah kalimat yang mengandung kata kunci secara mendalam.
4. Carilah jawaban-jawaban yang mengandung pernyataan yang benar
atau sesuai dengan bacaan dan abaikan jawaban-jawaban tersebut.
5. Pilihlah jawaban yang berisi pernyataan yang salah (NOT TRUE) atau
tidak dibahas (NOT DISCUSSED) dalam bacaan.

Study each of the passages and choose the best answers from the following
Exercise 1 questions.

PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-2)

Blood pressure measurement has two components: systolic and diastolic. Systolic
pressure is taken when the heart is contracting to pump blood; diastolic pressure is taken when
the heart is resting between beats. In the usual blood pressure reading, the systolic
Line measurement is given first and is the higher of the two.
(5) Normal blood pressure is a systolic measurement of 120-140, and when the systolic
pressure is 160 or higher, then hypertension exists. Systolic pressure between 140 and 160
indicates borderline hypertension.

1. Which of the following is NOT true about 2. Which of the following is NOT stated about
systolic blood pressure? diastolic pressure?
(A) It is taken during the contraction of the (A) It is one of the two components of blood
heart. pressure measurement.
(B) It is usually given first in a blood pressure (B) It is taken when the heart is resting.
reading. (C) It is lower than systolic pressure.
(C) A normal systolic measurement is 120-140. (D) A diastolic measurement of 140 is normal.
(D) Hypertension exists when the systolic
pressure is below 140.

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PASSAGE TWO (Questions 3-4)

In the 1960s, as space travel was becoming a subject of much discussion, Pan
American Airlines began receiving some fairly unusual requests for flight information.
People began making requests to be on the first flight that Pan Am made to the Moon.
Line On a whim, Pan Am started a waiting list for the first flight to the Moon. Similar
(5) requests have come to Pan Am over the years, and Pan Am has responded by adding the
names of the requesters to the list.
Unfortunately for Pan Am, the original company is no longer in business, and it never
got to the Moon. However, when it went out of business, it had a waiting list of more than
90,000 names for its first lunar flight.

3. All of the following are mentioned about Pan 4. Which of the following is NOT true about Pan
American Airlines, EXCEPT that .... Am’s Moon flights?
(A) it started business in the 1960s (A) People asked Pan Am about its flights to the
(B) it received requests for its first flight to Moon.
the Moon (B) Pan Am kept a waiting list for its Moon
(C) it kept some people on a long waiting list flights.
(D) it went out of business (C) Pan Am never really made any Moon flights.
(D) Pan Am’s waiting list had only a few names
on it.

PASSAGE THREE (Questions 5-8)

The tunnel trees in Yosemite Valley are an amazing attraction to people who visit
there. The tunnel trees are huge trees, giant redwoods, which have had tunnels carved in
them, and cars can actually drive through some of the trees. The fact that the trees are large
Line enough to have cars drive through them should give you some indication of just how big the
(5) trees are.
There are currently two existing tunnel trees in Yosemite Valley. One of them is called
the “Dead Giant.” This is just the stump, or bottom part, of a much larger tree. The hole was
cut through the base of the tree in 1878, and stagecoaches used to drive through it. Today the
Dead Giant still exists, but the stagecoaches do not. Passenger cars can and do drive through
(10) the 10-foot-wide opening in the tree stump.
The other existing tunnel tree is the 230-foot high California Tree, which had a hole
carved through it in 1895. This tree is no longer open to the public, so it is not possible to
take a car through it.
Unfortunately, a third tunnel tree no longer exists. The Wawona Tunnel Tree was a
(15) 2,100-year-old tree which was carved in 1881. A terrible snowstorm in 1969 caused this
ancient giant of a tree to fall.

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the 6. All of the following are stated about the Dead
tunnel trees in Yosemite Valley? Giant, EXCEPT that ....
(A) They are trees with holes cut in them. (A) it is still a tunnel tree today
(B) They are giant redwoods. (B) it is just the stump of a tree
(C) Three tunnel trees currently exist. (C) it was cut less than a century ago
(D) Cars have driven through some of them. (D) it has a 10-foot opening

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7. Which of the following is NOT true about the 8. All of the following are true about the Wawona
California Tree? Tunnel Tree, EXCEPT that ....
(A) Its tunnel still exists. (A) it does not exist anymore
(B) Its tunnel is 230 feet high. (B) the tree lived for more than 2,000 years
(C) Its tunnel was cut in 1895. (C) the tunnel tree was destroyed in a
(D) Cars are not allowed to go through it. snowstorm
(D) the tunnel was destroyed in 1881

Word List
ancient /ˈeɪn.t ʃənt/ ks kuno
attraction /əˈtræk.ʃ ə n/ kb daya tarik
base /beɪs/ kb pangkal (pohon)
beat /biːt/ kb detak jantung
borderline /ˈbɔː.də.laɪn/ kb batas
carved /kɑːrvd/ kk terukir/dipahat
contracting /kənˈtræktɪŋ/ ks mengkerut
currently /ˈkʌr. ə nt.li/ kket sekarang ini
dip /dɪp/ kkt mencelupkan
exist /ɪgˈzɪst/ kk ada
existing /ɪgˈzɪs.tɪŋ/ ks yang masih ada
fairly /ˈfeə.li/ kket sewajarnya
flight /flaɪt/ kb penerbangan
giant /ˈdʒaɪ. ə nt/ ks raksasa
huge /hjuːdʒ/ ks besar sekali
hypertension /ˌhaɪ.pəˈten. t  ʃ ə n/ kb hipertensi
inkwell /ˈɪŋk.wel/ kb tempat tinta
lunar /ˈluː.nɚ r / ks (berhubungan dengan) bulan
measurement /ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/ kb pengukuran
on a whim / ɒn ə wɪm/ kket dengan serta-merta
pressure /ˈpreʃ.ə r / kb tekanan
quill /kwɪl/ kb pena bulu ayam
resting /rest.ɪŋ/ ks saat istirahat/jeda
snowstorm /snəʊ.stɔm/ kb badai salju
space /speɪs/ kb ruang angkasa
stagecoach /ˈsteɪdʒ.koʊtʃ/ kb delman
stump /stʌmp/ kb tunggul
terrible /ter.ə.bl ̩/ ks parah
tunnel /ˈtʌn. ə l/ kb terowongan
unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔː.tʃ ə n.ət.li/ kket sayangnya
unusual /ʌnˈjuː.ʒu.əl/ ks tidak umum

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