A. Close Text: tipe soal yang berupa pengisian paragraph dimana pada bagian tertentu ada yang harus dilengkapi dengan kata/frase yang memiliki hubungan makna yang selaras.
Tipe pertanyaan Close text pada umumnya menekankan aspek:
1) Vocabulary (kosakata)
2) Derivative (penempatan kata sesuai dengan posisinya atau kata jadian)
3) Structure (pola kalimat biasa berupa bentuk kata kerja (Verb: Present/Past/Perfect/Progressive))
4) Conjunction (kata sambung) (i.e, However, then, therefore, and, but, etc) Text 1.
No one knows who invented mechanical clocks. However, the clock ___(1) can be traced back to the Middle Ages in Europe. The earliest clocks were actually made by blacksmith. The main principles in the design of these clocks, ___(2) are still used in mechanical clocks today though modem clocks are so much more accurate.
Early clocks had no dial and ___(3) the time simply by striking a bell. The word clock, in fact, means bell. Before the invention of clocks, a man ___(4) as clock-jack used to ring a large bell in a castle or monastery to tell everyone the time. This man was able to ___(5) the time by means of a sundial or an hour glass containing sand.
1. A. Industry B. company C. fabrication D. installation E. procedure
2. A. moreover B. besides C. therefore D. however E. consequently
3. A. stated B. assumed C. predicted D. mentioned E. indicated
4. A. called B. known C. used D. noticed E. grown
5. A. estimated B. estimation C. estimator D. estimate E. estimating
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