Contoh-contoh Soal Tes Bahasa Inggris BUMN 2023, Dilengkapi Jawabannya

The text below has incomplete sentences. Choose the one word or phrase from each number that best completes the sentences.

A common way of gaining knowledge is through experience, which relies on trial‐and‐error learning.

One of the authors is reminded of a time when he (13) … an Old Order Amish farmer while their two 5‐year‐old sons played with a small snapping turtle.

As the Amish boy held the turtle in one hand he would reach out with the other and tap the turtle’s beak with his index finger, jerking it away as the animal (14) … in the air.

Several times, the farmer interrupted his conversation to warn his son that if he continued (15) … the turtle, he would be sorry.

Suddenly, the boy (16) … and dropped the turtle to the ground. As the father retrieved a handkerchief from his pocket and attended to the young boy’s bleeding finger, the man looked into his son’s eyes and said in German (17) … into “Maybe the turtle has taught you what your father could not.”

The author could not help but feel that his son, who stood in horror (18) … his Amish friend’s bleeding finger, had also learned something from the experience.

An old adage (19) … , “experience is the best teacher.” If our knowledge is (20) … , however, then it is limited indeed, for experience is the best teacher only if we cannot also find other paths to knowledge.

Because experience is very (21) … of gaining knowledge, it is influenced by our social and cultural backgrounds.

(22) … is punctuated by diversity as people of different racial, ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic backgrounds not only experience vastly different things in life, but, more importantly, often interpret similar experiences quite differently.

Soal 13

a. Is interviewed

b. Was interviewing

c. Had interviewed

d. Was interviewed

Jawaban yang benar: b. Was interviewing

Soal 14

a. Snapped harmlessly

b. Harmless snap

c. Snapping harmlessly

d. Was harmlessly snapping

Jawaban yang benar: c. Snapping harmlessly

Soal 15

a. To tease

b. Teased

c. Teasing

d. Tease

Jawaban yang benar: c. Teasing