Jelang SNBT 2024 Gelombang 2, Simak Contoh Latihan Soal UTBK Materi Literasi Bahasa Inggris

A. Predators
B. Reefs
C. CO2 levels
D. The team
E. Baby fish

4. The author's attitude regarding higher levels of carbon dioxide in sea water in the passage is ...

A. Concerned
B. Indifferent
C. Weary
D. Excited
E. Uncaring

5. This passage can be generally found in ...

A. Company profile
B. Medical guidelines
C. Commercial brochures
D. Research paper
E. A newspaper report

TEXT

Researchers have debunked the myth that extreme sportsmen and women are adrenalin junkies with a death wish. According to Professor Brymer from Leeds Beckett University, there had been a gross misunderstanding of what motivates people to take part in extreme sports. Many write it off as an activity for adrenalin junkies.

His research has shown that people who engage in extreme sports are anything but Irresponsible risk-takers with a death wish. They are highly trained individuals with a deep knowledge of themselves, the activity, and the environment. They usually do the activity to have a life-enhancing experience. The experience is very hard to describe in the same way that love is hard to describe. For example, BASE jumpers talk about being able to see all the colors and nooks and crannies of the rock as they zoom past at 300 km/h. Meanwhile, extreme climbers feel like they are floating and dancing with the rock.

Professor Schweitzer said understanding motivations for extreme sports was important to understand human. In fact, extreme sports participation facilitates more psychological experiences and expresses human values. These include humility, harmony, creativity, spirituality, and a vital sense of self.

He added that extreme sports participants found it hard to put their experiences into words. Thus, the research project had taken a new approach to understanding the data. His research team did not employ a theory-based approach which may take judgements that do not reflect the lived experience of extreme sports participants. Instead, they look a phenomenological approach. By doing so, they were able to conceptualize such experiences. They could also investigate the choices to engage in activity which may lead to death. However, such experiences have been shown to be affirmative of life and the potential for transformation. Extreme sports have the potential to induce powerful states of consciousness.... and provide a further glimpse into what it means to be human.

Adapted from https://www.sciencedaily.com/

6. From paragraph 1, the author of the passage is trying to convey that....

A. doing extreme sports may cause death
B. extreme sports can lead to addiction to adrenalin
C. extreme sports can be played by men and women
D. extreme sports are only played by adrenalin junkies
E. the motivations of extreme sports athletes have been mistaken

7. The author describes the intentions behind people's participation in extreme sports most effectively in paragraph(s) ...

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 3 and 4