tirto.id - Contoh soal Bahasa Inggris diperlukan peserta yang mengikuti tes seleksi Rekrutmen Bersama BUMN (RBB) 2023, sebagai bahan ujian tes online tahap 2 yang akan digelar pada tanggal 20-22 Juli 2023 mendatang.
Melansir laman FHCI BUMN, passing grade untuk tes Bahasa Inggris adalah minimal setara dengan 450 pada tes TOEFL. Adapun hasil tes online tahap 2 akan diumumkan pada bulan Agustus 2023.
Tahapan selanjutnya adalah tes seleksi di Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN) masing-masing yang telah dipilih saat pendaftaran pada tanggal 9-24 Agustus 2023 yang akan datang.
Berikut adalah kumpulan contoh soal tes bahasa Inggris dalam RBB 2023 serta jawabannya
Contoh Soal Bahasa Inggris BUMN 2023 dan Jawabannya
Structure
1. Amanda Way’s career as a social reformer ____ in 1851 when, at an antislavery meeting in Indiana, she called for a state woman’s rights convention.
(A) begin
(B) began
(C) have begun
(D) to have begun
Jawaban: B
2. The celesta, an orchestral percussion instrument, resembles ___
(A) a small upright piano
(B) how a small upright piano
(C) a small upright piano is
(D) as a small upright piano
Jawaban: A
3. Thomas Paine, _____, wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that identifi ed the American colonies with the cause of liberty.
(A) writer of eloquent
(B) whose eloquent writing
(C) an eloquent writer
(D) writing eloquent
Jawaban: C
4. Although beavers rarely remain submerged for more than two minutes, they can stay underwater ___ fi fteen minutes before having to surface for air.
(A) as long
(B) as long as
(C) so long
(D) so long that
Jawaban: B
5. Protein digestion begins in the stomach ____ ends in the small intestine.
(A) while
(B) and
(C) how
(D) because
Jawaban: B
6. When natural gas burns, its ___ into atoms of carbon and hydrogen.
(A) hydrocarbon molecules, breaking up
(B) broke up by hydrocarbon molecules
(C) hydrocarbon molecules break up
(D) broken up hydrocarbon molecules
Jawaban: C
7. _____ ballet dancers learn fi ve basic positions for the arms and feet.
(A) All of
(B) Of every
(C) All
(D) Every
Jawaban: C
8. Some colonies of bryozoans, small marine animals, form ___ with trailing stems.
(A) creeping colonies
(B) which colonies creep
(C) creeping colonies are
(D) colonies creep
Jawaban: A
9. Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued six women’s rights cases before the United States Supreme Court in the 1970’s, ____
(A) of fi ve winning them
(B) fi ve winning of them
(C) of them fi ve winning
(D) winning fi ve of them
Jawaban: D
10. Natural selection is defi ned as the process ___ the course of evolution by preserving those traits best adapted for an organism’s survival.
(A) to which directs
(B) of which directs it
(C) directs it
(D) that directs
Jawaban: D
11. ____ 363 miles between the cities of Albany and Buffalo in New York State, the Eric Canal helped link the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes.
(A) The extension of
(B) The extension
(C) Extending
(D) Extends
Jawaban: C
12. The chief sources of B12, a water-soluble vitamin ____ stored in the body, include meat, milk and eggs.
(A) is not
(B) that is not
(C) not that is
(D) that not
Jawaban: B
13. ____ is rooted in experiments in iron and steel conducted in the nineteenth century.
(A) While the history of twentieth-century architecture
(B) The history of twentieth-century architecture
(C) That the history of twentieth-century architecture
(D) Both twentieth-century architecture and its history
Jawaban: B
14. The primary source of energy for tropical cyclones is the latent heat released when ____
(A) does water vapor condense
(B) condensed water vapor
(C) water vapor condenses
(D) the condensation of water vapor
Jawaban: C
15. Manufacturing is Canada’s most important economic activity, ____17 percent of the workforce.
(A) engages
(B) and to engage
(C) that it engage
(D) engaging
Jawaban: D
Reading
As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenth century, it became an increasingly important marketing center for a vast and growing agricultural hinterland.
Market days saw the crowded city even more crowded, as fanners from within a radius of 24 or more kilometers brought their sheep, cows, pigs, vegetables, cider, and other products for direct sale to the townspeople.
The High Street Market was continuously enlarged throughout the period until 1736, when it reached from Front Street to Third. By 1745 New Market was opened on Second Street between Pine and Cedar.
The next year the Callowhill Market began operation. Along with market days, the institution of twice-yearly fairs persisted in Philadelphia even after similar trading days had been discontinued in other colonial cities.
The fairs provided a means of bringing handmade goods from outlying places to would-be buyers in the city. Linens and stockings from Germantown, for example, were popular items.
Auctions were another popular form of occasional trade. Because of the competition, retail merchants opposed these as well as the fairs. Although governmental attempts to eradicate fairs and auctions were less than successful, the ordinary course of economic development was on the merchants’ side, as increasing business specialization became the order of the day. Export merchants became differentiated from their importing counterparts, and specialty shops began to appear in addition to general stores selling a variety of goods.
One of the reasons Philadelphia’s merchants generally prospered was because the surrounding area was undergoing tremendous economic and demographic growth. They did their business, after all, in the capital city of the province. Not only did they cater to the governor and his circle, but citizens from all over the colony came to the capital for legislative sessions of the assembly and council and the meetings of the courts of justice.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Philadelphia’s agriculture importance
(B) Philadelphia’s development as a marketing center
(C) The sale of imported goods in Philadelphia
(D) The administration of the city of Philadelphia
Jawaban: B
2. It can be inferred from the passage that new markets opened in Philadelphia because
(A) they provided more modem facilities than older markets
(B) the High Street Market was forced to close
(C) existing markets were unable to serve the growing population
(D) farmers wanted markets that were closer to the farms.
Jawaban: C
3. The word “hinterland “ in line 3 is closest in meaning to
(A) tradition
(B) association
(C) produce
(D) region
Jawaban: D
4. The word “it” in line 6 refers to
(A) the crowded city
(B) a radius
(C) the High Street Market
(D) the period
Jawaban: C
5. The word “persisted” in line 9 is closest in meaning to
(A) returned
(B) started
(C) declined
(D) continued
Jawaban: D
6. According to the passage, fairs in Philadelphia were held
(A) on the same day as market says
(B) as often as possible
(C) a couple of times a year
(D) whenever the government allowed it
Jawaban: C
7. It can be inferred that the author mentions “Linens and stockings” in line 12 to show that they were items that
(A) retail merchants were not willing to sell
(B) were not available in the stores in Philadelphia
(C) were more popular in Germantown man in Philadelphia
(D) could easily be transported
Jawaban: B
8. The word “eradicate” in line 16 is closest in meaning to
(A) eliminate
(B) exploit
(C) organize
(D) operate
Jawaban: A
9. What does the author mean by stating in line 17 that “economic development was on the merchants’ side”?
(A) Merchants had a strong impact on economic expansion.
(B) Economic forces allowed merchants to prosper.
(C) Merchants had to work together to achieve economic independence
(D) Specialty shops near large markets were more likely to be economically successful.
Jawaban: B
10. The word “undergoing” in line 22 is closest in meaning to
(A) requesting
(B) experiencing
(C) repeating
(D) including
Jawaban: B
Penulis: Tifa Fauziah
Editor: Alexander Haryanto
