TOEFL Listening Practice Skill 1-3 (Longman TOEFL PBT)

Soal Explanation Text SMA dan Pembahasan: Tsunami

Explanation Text adalah salah satu jenis teks teks yang digunakan untuk menerangkan cara (proses) sesuatu terjadi, terutama yang berkaitan dengan fenomena alam, dunia ilmiah atau sosial budaya. Pada postingan kali ini saya akan membagikan tentang Kumpulan Contoh Soal Explanation Text Untuk SMA dan Pembahasan.

 Tsunami

Tsunami occurs when major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes water above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the earth crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.

A tsunami washes ashore with oftendisastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning and damage to property.

A tsunami is a very large sea wave that is generated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This disturbance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast traveling wave grows very large.

1. Tsunami happens because ....

     A. The displaced rock pushes water above it
     B. A major fault under the ocean floor slips suddenly
     C. The ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the source
     D. The waves moves across the ocean until they reach the beach
     E. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean

2. What are the impacts of tsunami?

     A. The part of the Earth’s crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor down to the land
     B. A tsunami washes ashore with often disastrous effects such as flooding and loss of lives
     C. A tsunami is a very large sea wave which is not generated by a disturbance a long the ocean floor
     D. A tsunami is detectable far out in the ocean
     E. Once tsunami reaches shallow water, the wave never grows very large

3. We understand from the text that tsunami ....

     A. Causes the movement of earth
     B. Forms a new shape of coastline
     C. Makes unfortunate event
     D. Rises a new coastal land
     E. Displaces rocks to land

4. “... producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface.” The synonym of the underlined word is....

     A. Fast
     B. Deep
     C. Quick
     D. Strong
     E. Weak

Pembahasan berikut ini untuk soal nomor 1 sampai 4.

4. Apa yang menyebabkan terjadinya tsunami dijelaskan dad kaimat teks: "Tsunami occurs when major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips." (Tsunami terjadi ketika patahan-patahan utama di dasar samudra tiba tiba bergeser/bergerak). Maka, jawaban yang tepat adalah A major fault under the ocean floor slips suddenly. 
Jawaban: B

5. Dampak tsunami disebutkan pada paragraf ke-2, yaitu: disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property" Pilihan yang tepat adalah A tsunami washes ashore with often disastrous effects such as flooding and loss of lives.
Jawaban: B

6. Dari bacaan tersebut dapat diketahui bahwa tsunami menimbulkan atau menyebabkan peristiwa yang tidak menguntungkan Makes unfortunate event. Perhatikan pembahasan nornor 48.
Jawaban: C

7. fast (cepat) deep (dalam) quick (cepat) strong (kuat) week (lemah) Jadi, persamaan kata dari powerful (kuat) adalah Strong.
Jawaban: D

Sumber: Soal UN SMA