climbing the north face of a mountain called Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. This climb was
incredibly dangerous but the two men were experienced climbers and physically fit. On Day 1, the
weather was good and the climb began well. At night they made a snow cave and slept on the side
of the mountain.
Three days later, after some very difficult climbing and bad weather, the two men stood at
the summit. Unfortunately, the weather was getting worse so they didn’t stay long. As they were
going down a mountain ridge, a disaster happened. Simpson fell and broke his knee. Quickly, Yates
tied a rope to himself and then to his friend. He began lowering Simpson down the mountain and,
for hours and hours, Yates helped Simpson get down the mountain. They were getting close to the
glacier at the bottom of the mountain but suddenly Simpson slipped. This time he went over the
edge of a cliff. He was hanging in mid-air. Simpson shouted up to Yates, but the wind was blowing
loudly and Yates couldn’t hear him.
(Source: Reader’s Digest USA, September 2018)
After you read the text above, answer the following questions:
a. what is the main idea of paragraph 1?
b. what does the word “he” in ’this time he went over the edge of a cliff’ (par. 2) refer to?
c. what can you infer about the position of the climbers from the word ’summit’ before the disaster
happened in paragraph 2?
d. continue the story based on the information of the text in less than 5 sentences.
a. the main idea of paragraph one is the treacherous climb on the north side of a mountain called Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes.
b. the word “he” mean Simpson.
c. What can be concluded about the position of the climbers before the disaster is that they were too brave and desperate when they knew before reaching the top the weather was already looking bad.
d. 5 sentences that continue the story above: Yates had no idea what was going on downstairs. He waited an hour, but the rope was so heavy that he pulled Yates from the mountain to the cliff. He has two options: grab the rope, but both may die, or cut the rope and live. It was an impossible decision for Yates, but at the last second, Yates saved himself by cutting the ropes. Simpson immediately fell into a crack a hundred feet high.
Pembahasan
Soal di atas merupakan soal kategori reading test dalam bahasa Inggris. Trik dan tips untuk mengerjakan soal reading test adalah dengan membaca terlebih dahulu soal yang berikan, kemudian setelahnya kita dapat membaca teks dan mencari jawaban yang ditanyakan.
Bacalah teks dengan tehnik skimming atau membaca cepat dengan melewati kata-kata yang kurang penting, sehingga kita dapat mengambil gambaran umum dari teks yang diberikan.
Untuk pertanyaan berupa main idea seperti soal pada point a di atas, kita dapat membaca kalimat pertama dan kalimat terakhir kemudian ambil kesimpulan darinya.
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