Below is text 1 of UMPTN 1995, include test and answer, step by step to solve the problem
Text 1 2005
Motion sickness comes in many forms, not just seasickness. Ninety percent of the human race is susceptible to motion sickness of one kind or another. Some people become sick when they sit in the backseat of a car; others cannot read or look at a map in any kind of moving vehicle. People get motion sickness on airplanes, motorcycles, amusement park rides, and even on camels! Scientists have learned that motion
sickness occurs when the brain is trying to make sense of a situation and there are too many conflicting messages. While the eyes are sending one message, the ears are trying to send a message about balance. The skin and bone joints, sensitive to air pressure send another message.
Many people who have experienced violent motion sickness try to avoid travel. But that is not always possible. So travelers should employ some well-known strategies to avoid getting sick. The most useful strategy concerns food: eat a light meal before traveling and bring along a packet of plain soda crackers to snack on regularly. Avoid alcoholic and carbonated beverages, high-fat foods, and spices. Care in choosing the location of your seat is another important strategy. In a car, sit at the front and keep your eyes fixed on the horizon.
People who still got sick after trying these strategies can try medical help. Some rely on over-the counter medications, although some of them can make you sleepy. Others use simple ginger capsules to settle their stomach. A large number of travelers use pressure bands on their wrists. It is not clear how these bands work, but they do prevent motion sickness.
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1. suitable title for the text is __.
A. Motion Sickness
B. Inability to Avoid Motion Sickness
C. Effect of Motion Sickness
D. The Worst Kind of Motion Sickness
E. Susceptibility to Motion Sickness
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2. person gets motion sickness because of ___.
A. sitting in vehicles
B. reading a book while traveling
C. waiting for the airplane to come
D.the conflicting messages received by the brain
E. watching rides in the amusement park
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3. Victims of motion sickness can reduce the
chance of becoming sick by doing the following, except
A. avoiding spicy foods
B. eating a light meal before traveling
C. consuming high-fat food
D. taking the back-seat in a car
E. not consuming alcohol
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4. From the text we may conclude that ___.
A.basically everyone tends to get sick when they are traveling
B. there is no definite solution to the problem of motion sickness
C. medical help is the best way to cure motion
sickness
D. there are so many ways for people to stop getting motion sickness
E. motion sickness can be overcome by any drug
prescribed by a doctor
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5. The meaning of ‘over-the-counter medication’ is medicine bought ___.
A. outside drugstores
B. in small grocery stores
C. only in drugstores
D. by paying cash
E. without prescription
Answer / Pembahasan
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Answer : A
Pembahasan
Paragraf 1 memaparkan alasan mengapa orang mengalami motion sickness (mabuk perjalanan). Paragraf 2 memaparkan strategi menyiasati dan menghindari motion sickness. Dan paragraf ke 3 memaparkan alternative lain untuk siasat tadi. Jelas bahwa wancana soal memiliki tajuk atau inti cerita, tentang mabuk perjalanan (motion sickness)
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Answer : D
Pembahasan
Seperti di informasikan kalimat ke 4 paragraf 1: scientists hav learned that motion sickness occurs when the brain is trying to make sense of situation and there too many conflicting messages”, yang menjadi penyebab orang mabuk perjalanan adalah pesan-pesan kacau yang diterima otak (the conflicting massages recived by the brain)
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Answer : C
Pembahasan
Perhatikan kalimat keempat dan kelima paragraph 2 : “Avoid alcoholic and carbonated beverages, high-fat foods, and spices. Care in choosing the location of your seat…”. Terlihat bahwa yang tidak direkomendasikan untuk mengurangi kemungkinan mabuk perjalanan adalah mengonsumsi makanan berlemak tinggi (consuming high-fat food).
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Answer : B
Pembahasan
Dari keseluruhan paparan wancana, terlihat bahwa dengan terdapatnya terlalu banyak cara menyiasati mabuk perjalanan bearti penanganan terhadap mabuk perjalanan untuk orang yang satu belum tentu berhasil untuk orang lain (there is no definite solution to the problem of motion sickness).
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Answer : E
Pembahasan
Yang dimaksud dengan ‘over the counter medication’ adalah obat-obatan yang tamnpa resep (medication without prescription)
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