Report Text Soal Jawaban Pembahasan (Snakes) [updated]

Report Text Soal Jawaban Pembahasan

The following text is for question 1 to 4.

SNAKES

Snakes are reptiles (cold-blooded creatures). They belong to the same group as lizards (the scaled group, Squamata) but from a sub-group of their own (Serpentes).

Snakes have two legs but a long time ago they had claws to help them slither along. Snakes are not slimy. They are covered in scales which are just bumps on the skin. Their skin is hard and glossy to reduce friction as the snake slithers along the ground.

Snakes often sun bathe on rocks in the warm weather. This is because snakes are cold-blooded; they need the sun’s warmth to heat their bodies up.

Most snakes live in the country. Some types of snakes live in tress, some live in water, but most live on the ground in deserted rabbit burrows, in thick, long grass and in old logs.

A snake’s diet usually consists of frogs, lizard, and mice and other snakes. The Anaconda can eat small crocodiles and even bears. Many snakes protect themselves with their fangs. Some snakes are protected by scaring their enemies away like the Cobra. The flying snakes glide away from danger. Their ribs spread apart and the skin stretches out. Its technique is just like the sugar gliders.

1. Since the snakes are cold-blooded, they…
A. like sucking the cool blood
B. avoid sun-bathing to their skins
C. never sun bathe in the warm weather
D. live on the ground in deserted burrows
E. require the sun’s warmth to heat their bodies

Jawaban: E
Pembahasan: "... because snakes are cold-blooded, they need the sun’s warmth to heat their bodies up".

2. We know from the text that snakes…
A. do not have claws
B. do not like sunlight
C. have two legs and claws
D. use their legs to climb the tree
E. use their claws to slither along the ground

Jawaban: E
Pembahasan: " ... claws to help them slither along"

Jawaban A juga bisa, karena dibacaan disampaikan bahwa dulu ular memiliki cakar: " ... but a long time ago they had claws". Ini berarti sekarang sudah tidak lagi. 

3. Some types of snakes live in tress, some live in water, but most live on the ground in deserted rabbit burrows, ... (paragraph 4)
The underlined word has the similar meaning with...
A. foster
B. dig
C. plough
D. nurture
E. cultivate

Jawaban: B
Pembahasan: Burrow is a hole in the ground dug by an animal such as a rabbit, especially to live in.

4. How do flying snakes protect themselves.
A. They fly away. 
B. They use their fangs they scare their enemies.
C. They stretch out their skin,
D. They eat the other animals.

Jawaban: A
Pembahasan: "The flying snakes glide away from danger." glide = move/fly

Sumber: soal Ujian Nasional SMA/MA 2016 (IPA).

Muhammad Ahkam Arifin Muhammad Ahkam Arifin is a Fulbright PhD student at Washington State University, US. He earned a master`s degree in TESOL from the University of Edinburgh & Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne.

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