7 Contoh Soal News Item Text beserta Kunci Jawabannya
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PerbesarContoh soal news item text merupakan satu di antara jenis soal text yang dapat dijumpai pada materi pelajaran bahasa Inggris. News item text merupakan text yang menginformasikan sebuah informasi kejadian yang penting untuk diberitakan.
Tujuan news item text adalah untuk memberitahukan kepada pembaca tentang kejadian hangat yang tengah terjadi dan patut untuk diketahui. Ciri dari jenis teks ini yaitu terfokus pada keadaan kejadian dan memberitakan kejadian secara runtut hingga jelas alurnya.
Struktur News Item Text
Dalam buku TOP ONE Ulangan Harian SMA/MA IPA Kelas X: Pilihan Cerdas Menjadi Bintang Kelas oleh Tim Super Tentor (2018:194) news item text adalah teks yang berisikan informasi berita penting atau kejadian penting yang terjadi di tengah masyarakat pada hari ini. Struktur umum atau tahapan penyusunan news item text adalah sebagai berikut.
1. Main Event
Main event merupakan awal dari berita yang memuat topik utama dari pemberitaan. Di sini biasanya hanya mengulas pemberitaan secara umum.
2. Elaboration
Elaboration merupakan penjelasan secara rinci dari pemberitaan mulai dari kenapa, siapa saja yang terlibat, kapan, dan di mana kejadian dari pemberitaan tersebut ditulis atau dibacakan.
3. Resource of Information
Resource of information merupakan bagian akhir yang memuat sumber dari informasi, misalnya komentar dari masyarakat atau pernyataan lisan dari narasumber.
Contoh Soal News Item Text
Untuk lebih memahami terkait materi news item text, ketahui juga contoh soal news item text lengkap beserta jawabannya berikut ini.
Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 4.
The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.
MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.
Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
"The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration," Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018).
Contoh Soal 1
What is the purpose of the text?
A. To describe the important person for readers.
B. To argue that arresting the man is important.
C. To inform readers about an arrested man for buying an infant.
D. To explain how police arrested the man.
Jawaban: C
Contoh Soal 2
What is the generic structure of the text above?
A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation
B. Maint event – Elaboration – Resource of Information
C. Orientation – Series of events – Reorientation
D. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration
Jawaban: B
Contoh Soal 3
"MN was arrested at his house…" The word "his" refers to a house belonging to ...
A. The police officer.
B. The infant-parent.
C. A Surabaya administration officer.
D. The arrested man.
Jawaban: D
Contoh Soal 4
"…for allegedly buying an infant" The infant word has a similar meaning with ...
A. Adult
B. Teenager
C. Child
D. Grown
Jawaban: C
Read the following text to answer questions number 5 to 7.
Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its flights intended for Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to Adisumarmo Airport in Surakarta, Central Java after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto runway lane on Wednesday night.
"All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading toward Yogyakarta, for a total of 34 flights, now will [be diverted] to Surakarta," Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications Benny S. Butarbutar said in an official statement on Thursday.
The flights include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta, three to and from Denpasar, Bali, two to and from Makassar, South Sulawesi, and one flight from Surabaya, East Java.
The airline would provide a bus at Adisumarmo Airport to transport passengers to Yogyakarta.
Garuda Indonesia is still evacuating the Boeing 737-800 NG, which slipped on the runway and overshot a lane on Wednesday night. It carried 123 passengers, none of whom were harmed.Garuda aims to finish evacuating the aircraft on Thursday afternoon. (BBN)
Contoh Soal 5
What is the text about?
A. Slipped plane accident in Adisucipto runway lane.
B. Evacuation of Garuda Indonesia after its accident.
C. Redirect flights of Garuda Indonesia from Yogyakarta to Surakarta because of runway accidents.
D. Confirmation of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communication about the overshot accident.
Jawaban: C
Contoh Soal 6
It can be concluded from the text that ...
A. Adisucipto Airport will be closed after the incident.
B. Because of the incident, Garuda Indonesia permanently redirected Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta.
C. Garuda Indonesia supplied buses to support passengers from Surakarta to Yogyakarta.
D. Garuda Indonesia had finished evacuating its plane when this news was reported.
Jawaban: C
Contoh Soal 7
The reason why Garuda Indonesia diverted Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta is because of ...
A. The accident of its plane which slipped on the runway lane.
B. Maintenance of one of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
C. Many flights at Adisucipto Airport.
D. The statement of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications.
Jawaban: A
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Contoh soal news item text beserta kunci jawaban di atas dapat menjadi sumber referensi pembaca dalam berlatih soal bahasa Inggris. Semoga bermanfaat. (MRZ)