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Contoh Soal TOEP Reading untuk Mendapatkan Sertifikat

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31 Juli 2022 18:18 WIB
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Bagi seseorang yang hendak mendaftarkan pekerjaan, terutama dosen, salah satu syarat yang wajib dipersiapkan adalah sertifikat bahasa Inggris. Berbeda dengan sertifikat bahasa Inggris seperti TOEFL, sertifikat yang digunakan bernama TOEP. Sebagai bahan belajar, artikel kali ini akan memaparkan contoh soal TOEP Reading agar bisa mendapatkan sertifikat.
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Contoh Soal TOEP Reading untuk Mendapatkan Sertifikat

Diktutip dari buku Manajemen Public Relations karya Ahmad Bairizki (2021:188), Test of English Proficiency ini meliputi kemampuan kemampuan teks lisan (listening) dan tertulis (reading). Sedangkan untuk kemahiran resepktif dan keberhasilan mengungkapkan makna dalam bahasa Inggris lisan (speaking) dan tertulis (writing). Sertifikat yang didapatkan menjadi salah satu syarat untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan ataupun meningkatkan jenjang karirnya.
Ilustrasi mengerjakan TOEP untuk mendapatkan serifikat. Foto: unsplash.com/nguyendhn
Adapun contoh soal TOEP Reading yakni:
The Art World
One of the major problems in the art world is how to distinguish and promote an artist. In effect, a market must be created for an artist to be successful. The practice of signing and numbering individual prints was introduced by James Abbot McNeil Whistle, the nineteenth-century artist best known for the painting of his mother, called "Arrangement in Grey and Black," but known to most of us as " Whistler's Mother".
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Whistler's brother-in-law. Sir Francis Seymour Haden, a less well-known artist, had speculated that collectors might find prints more attractive if they knew that there were only a limited number of copies produced. By signing the work in pencil, an artist could guarantee and personalize each print.
As soon as Whistler and Haden began the practice of signing and numbering their prints, their work began to increase in value. When other artists noticed that the signed prints commanded higher prices, they began copying the procedure.
Although most prints are signed on the right-hand side in the margin below the image, the placement of the signature is a matter of personal choice. Indeed, prints have been signed within the image, in any of the margins, or even on the reserve side of the print. Wherever the artist elects to sign it, a signed print is still valued above an unsigned one, even if the same edition.
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Which of the following would be better title for the passage?
A. Whistler's Mother
B. Whistler's Greatest Works
C. The Practice ff Signing Prints
D. Copying Limited Edition Prints
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Pokok pikiran utama ditemukan pada kalimat pertama teks: The practice of signing and numbering individual prints was introduced by James Abbott McNeil Whistler. Karena itu judul yang lebih sesuai untuk teks di atas adalah The Practice of Signing Prints.
What made Whistler's work more valuable?
A. His fame as an artist
B. His painting of his mother
C. His signature on the prints
D. His brother-in-law's prints
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Jawaban dari pertanyaan ini ditemukan dalam kalimat as soon as whistler and Haden began signing and numbering their prints, their work began to increase in value.
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The word speculated in paragraph 2 could best the replaced by ...
A. guessed
B. noticed
C. denied
D. announced
Jawaban: A
Pembahsan:
Speculated mempunyai arti "diperkirakan". Sementara itu arti dari masing-masing pilihan jawaban adalah "ditebak" (guessed), "diketahui" (noticed), "disanggah" (denied), dan "diumumkan" (announced). Jadi kata speculated mempunyai arti yang sama dengan guessed.
The author mentions all of the following as reasons why a collector prefers a signed print EXCEPT
A. It guarantees the print's authenticity.
B. It makes the print more personal.
C. It encourages higher prices for the print.
D. It limits the number of copies of the print.
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Pilihan A, B, dan D dapat ditemukan pada bacaan. Pilihan C bukan alasan mengapa seorang kolektor lebih suka sebuah tanda tangan dalam sebuah lukisan.
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Demikianlah contoh soal TOEP reading yang bisa Anda gunakan sebagai bahan belajar. Semoga bermanfaat.(MZM)