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Soal SBMPTN 2017 Inggris
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07. Regarding busy parents' reliance on screen The debate turns in part around statistics
devices to help keep their children enter- on temperature trends. The study that ques-
tained, the author assumes that .... tioned the existence of the slowdown cor-
(A) it is the parents' responsibility to make rected known biases in the surface tempera-
their children less engaged with screen ture record maintained by the US National
devices Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(B) children whose parents are busy with (NOAA). The finding showed differences in
their activities must use screen devices temperature readings from ships and buoys.
less This effectively increased the record about
(C) parents need to be aware of their chil- warming. The researchers also extended the
dren's need for varied activities record to include 2014. This set a new record
(D) such parents' reliance is acceptable as high for average temperatures.
long as the children are given the right Thomas Karl, director of National Cen-
proportion of other activities ters for Environmental Information in Ashe-
(E) it is not tolerable as their children need ville, calculated the rate of global warming
to have more physical activities between 1950 and 1999 as being 0.113°C per
decade. This was similar to the 0.116°C a
TEXT C decade calculated for 2000-14. This, Karl
said, meant that an assessment done by the
The latest round in an ongoing debate influential Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-
over global-warming trends claims that mate Change in 2013 showing that warming
warming has indeed slowed down this cen- had slowed was no longer valid. Therefore, it
tury. An obvious slowing in the rise of global can be concluded that global warming is a
temperatures was recorded at the beginning fabricated issue.
of the twenty-first century. This was referred (Adapted flora :http://www.nature.com/news/global-
to as a "hiatus" or a "pause". This hiatus was warming-hiatu-debate-flarets-up-again-1.19414)
first observed several years ago. Climate-
change skeptics have used this as evidence 08. Which of the following best restates the sen-
that global warming has stopped perma- tence “Climate-change skeptics have used
nently. But in June last year, a study in sci- this as evidence that global warming has
ence claimed that the hiatus was just an arti- stopped” in paragraph 1?
fact which disappears when biases in tem- (A) Climate-change believers have used
perature data are corrected. global warming as evidence to stop this.
Now a prominent group of researchers is (B) This has been used as a proof by climate-
countering that claim. They argue in Nature change disbelievers to claim that global
Climate Change that even after correcting warming has come to an end.
these biases the slowdown was real. "There is (C) That global warming has come to an end
this mismatch between what the climate has been used by climate change belie-
models are producing and what the observa- vers as a proof.
tions are showing," says lead author John (D) This has been exploited by climate-
Fyfe. Fyfe is a climate modeler at the Cana- change disbelievers as a proof to stop
dian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analy- global warming.
sis in Victoria. "We can't ignore it." Fyfe uses (E) This can be used as evidence to stop cli-
the term "slowdown" rather than "hiatus". mate change disbelievers.
He also stresses that it does not in any way
weaken global-warming theory.
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Youth mental health group Batyr held 15. Which of the following is the best summary
more than 150 workshops in Australian high of the passage?
schools last year. The program is facilitated (A) A survey this year named mental health
by young people who have experienced men- as the second top issue in Australia. The
tal health issues. “What our programs are first top issue was alcohol and drugs,
designed to do is to make it OK to not be while the third one was equity and dis-
OK - to show young people that there are crimination.
people out there like them who are suffering (B) Unlike what most people believe, mental
and going through tough times but that we health is a serious issue for Australians.
can talk about it as a group,” chief executive The government has quickly reacted to a
Sam Refshauge said. The sessions incorpo- survey result and provided free counse-
rate music and activities to shift negative ling for everyone who needs professional
stigma around mental health issues. help.
(C) Youth mental health workshops are held
(Adapted from : http//www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-05/ in 150 high schools. The workshops are
mental-health-top-concern-among-young-australians-survey facilitated by teenagers who have reco-
-finds/8092846)
vered from mental health problems so
that participants with mental health is-
12. What topic does the paragraph preceding the
sues can relate with them well
passage most likely discuss?
(D) Mental health has become a main issue
(A) Alcohol and drugs for Australian teenagers according to a
(B) Mental health of adults survey this year. This problem receives
(C) Equity and discrimination serious attention, and youth mental
(D) Mission Australia’s Youth Survey health programs are held in Australian
(E) Mental problems faced by Australians high schools to support young people.
(E) While many people did not expect it,
13. What is the author’s attitude toward the topic mental health apparently became a sig-
of the passage? nificant problem in Australia. In particu-
(A) Concerned lar, many teenagers suffer from depres-
(B) Ignorant sion and obsessive compulsive disorder.
(C) Pessimistic Therefore, they need help from their
(D) Doubtful family and school.
(E) Critical
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