Soal 26
This text is for questions 26 to 29
A yak is a wild ox of Asia. It inhabits the cold, dry plateaus of Tibet, often more than 4,870 meters above the sea level.
Adult male yaks grow to an average height of two meters at the shoulder, and weigh about 1000 kg and the females weigh a third of that.
A yak is covered with long and shaggy hair. It has a dense undercoat of soft, close matted hair. Wild yaks can be brown or black, and both males and females have horns.
Wild yaks secrete a special sticky substance in their sweat that helps keep their under-hair matted. This substance is also used in traditional Nepalese medicine.
The indigenous tribes of the Tibetan plateaus have domesticated the yaks for many years. They rely heavily on them for transportation and as pack animals because they are very strong and able to maneovers along dangerous ice and snow-covered land.
The domesticated yaks are also important to farmers as it is used to plough fields. Its meat and milk are widely consumed. The soft hair is used to make clothes. Saddles, whips, boots, and other articles are made from the hide. The bushy tail is used as fly chaser at ceremonial processions in India.
According to the text, we know that …
A. wild yaks have sweat on their hair
B. male yaks are twice bigger than females
C. wild yaks are unable to live on snow covered land
D. the colour of wild yaks can be black, grey and brown
E. sticky substances in yaks sweat is useful for traditional medicine
Answer & Detailed Analysis
Correct Answer: E
Text evidence: “Wild yaks secrete a special sticky substance in their sweat … This substance is also used in traditional Nepalese medicine.” This directly matches option E.
A Incorrect. The text says the yaks secrete a sticky substance in their sweat; it does not say “have sweat on their hair.” The key point is the substance and its use.
B Incorrect. The text says females “weigh a third of” males, so males are about three times heavier, not twice.
C Incorrect. The text states yaks are able to maneuver along dangerous ice and snow-covered land, so they can live/move there.
D Incorrect. The text says wild yaks can be “brown or black,” not grey.
E Correct. It is explicitly stated that the sticky substance is used in traditional medicine.
Soal 27
Having … help(s) the yak to adapt itself to the cold.
A. a special sticky substance
B. abundant of milk and thick hide
C. great strength and heavy weight
D. a dense close matted hair undercoat
E. ability to manoeover the snow covered land
Answer & Detailed Analysis
Correct Answer: D
Key idea: Adapting to cold is most directly supported by insulation. The text states the yak “has a dense undercoat of soft, close matted hair,” which functions to keep body heat in cold environments.
A Incorrect for this question. The sticky substance helps keep the under-hair matted, but the direct cold adaptation feature is the dense undercoat itself.
B Incorrect. The text does not state “abundant milk” as an adaptation to cold, and “thick hide” is not the exact wording used for cold adaptation here.
C Incorrect. Strength/weight help with carrying and working, not primarily with cold adaptation.
D Correct. A dense undercoat is the clearest feature for surviving cold climates.
E Incorrect. Ability to maneuver snow-covered land is about movement/transportation usefulness, not cold adaptation.
Soal 28
What is the main idea of the fifth paragraph?
A. The yak likes to hide.
B. The farmers drink milk.
C. The yak is very advantageous to mankind.
D. Farmers domesticate the yaks for its meat.
E. A fly chaser is used in ceremonial processions.
Answer & Detailed Analysis
Correct Answer: C
Main idea strategy: The fifth paragraph explains that Tibetan tribes domesticated yaks and “rely heavily on them for transportation and as pack animals” because yaks are strong and can move on dangerous ice and snow-covered land. The main idea is the usefulness/benefit of yaks to people.
A Incorrect. The paragraph does not discuss hiding.
B Incorrect. Milk is discussed in the next paragraph (domesticated yaks’ products), not the fifth paragraph.
C Correct. The paragraph emphasizes the yak’s advantages for humans (transportation and carrying goods).
D Incorrect. Meat is also in the next paragraph; the fifth paragraph focuses on transportation/pack animals.
E Incorrect. Fly chaser in ceremonies appears in the last paragraph, not the fifth.
Reading Text for Soal 29 to Soal 30
Company’s Name Change
Japan Telkom co, Ltd (Head Office: Minato_ku, Tokyo: President and CEO: Hideki Kurashige: hereinafter “Japan Telkom”) announces that on October \( 1 \)st, \( 2014 \) it will change its name to “Softbank Telecom Corp” and the corporate logo will change to the design used by Softbank Group Companies.
Softbank Group is a comprehensive I.T. network infrastructure, digital platform and content company. With this collective strength, our company offers innovative, board solution which contributes to the business success of our customers.
With this company change, we aim to maximize group synergies to further build the relationship and trust we have with our existing customers. We will use the power of the Softbank Group companies to develop our company’s strength.
Soal 29
What happened to the company on October \( 1 \)st, \( 2014 \)?
A. It changed its name to Softbank Telecom Corp.
B. It built further relationship with Japan Telkom.
C. It developed its company infrastructure strength.
D. It maximized its digital business platform.
E. It changed the company’s president and CEO.
Answer and Detailed Analysis
Answer: A. It changed its name to Softbank Telecom Corp.
Detailed reasoning: The text states directly that “on October \( 1 \)st, \( 2014 \) it will change its name to ‘Softbank Telecom Corp’.” This is the only option that exactly matches the announced event on that date.
Option-by-option analysis:
A. It changed its name to Softbank Telecom Corp → Correct; explicitly stated as the change occurring on the date.
B. It built further relationship with Japan Telkom → The text says building relationship and trust with existing customers, not “with Japan Telkom.”
C. It developed its company infrastructure strength → Mentioned as an aim (“develop our company’s strength”), not the specific event.
D. It maximized its digital business platform → Not stated; “digital platform” describes Softbank Group, while “maximize synergies” is an aim.
E. It changed the company’s president and CEO → The president and CEO are named, but no change of person is mentioned.
LaTeX note (required symbols): A direct date-linked statement is \( \gt \) a general future aim for answering this question.
Soal 30
Softbank Group is ....
A. a technology & information company
B. the group synergies company
C. the logo design company
D. the contents company
E. Japan company
Answer and Detailed Analysis
Answer: A. a technology & information company
Detailed reasoning: The text defines Softbank Group as “a comprehensive I.T. network infrastructure, digital platform and content company.” This description aligns best with a technology and information company because it highlights I.T. infrastructure and digital platforms as core elements.
Option-by-option analysis:
A. a technology & information company → Correct; matches “I.T. network infrastructure” and “digital platform.”
B. the group synergies company → “Synergies” is a goal/strategy, not the company type.
C. the logo design company → Logo design is mentioned only as something the corporate logo will change to, not Softbank’s business.
D. the contents company → Too narrow; content is only one part alongside I.T. infrastructure and digital platform.
E. Japan company → Country reference is not the definition asked; the question asks what it “is” (type of company).
LaTeX note (required symbols): “I.T. network infrastructure” relevance is \( \gt \) “logo design” relevance in identifying the company type.