Soal Literasi Bahasa Inggris SNBT

    What is the primary reason for taking out this notice?

• To announce a medical breakthrough in curing ragweed allergies.

• To inform the public about the spread of a new type of an allergy.

• To recruit people who are willing to come forward for a medical cause.

• 70 provide the results of a test conducted by the research institute

• To raise awareness towards the breakthrough of ragweed allergies.

What can be implied about ragweed allergies from the notice?

• They're most prevalent during the late summer months

• Research about them has been ongoing for the entire summer

• They have been the main public issue in recent months

• They affect a great number' of people ling in hot climates.

• There is no effective medication to cure them

Which of the following information Is NOT found in the notice?

• A number where interested people could call.

• The specific compensation each participant will receive for volunteering.

• The subject of the study being con-ducted.

   

• The conditions required for those who want to make a contribution.

• The address of the research institute.

Certain messenger molecules fight damage to the lungs from noxious air by telling the muscle cells encircling the lungs' airways to contract. This partially seals off the lungs. An asthma attack occurs when the messenger molecules are activated unnecessarily, in response to harmless things like pollen or household dust.

Which of the following, if true, points to the most serious flaw of a plan to develop a medication that would prevent asthma attacks by blocking receipt of any messages sent by the messenger molecules referred to above?

• Researchers do not yet know how the body produces the messenger molecules that trigger asthma attacks.

• Researchers do not yet know what makes one

• Person's messenger molecules more easily activated than another's.

• Such a medication would not become available for several years, because of long lead timesin both development and manufacture

• Such a medication would be unable to distinguish between messages triggered by pollen and household dust and messages triggered by noxious air.

Leaders of a miners' union on strike against
Coalco are contemplating additional measures to pressure the company to accept the union's contract proposal. The union leaders are considering as their principal new tactic a consumer boycott against Gasco gas stations, which are owned by Energy Incorporated, the same corporation that owns Coalco.
The answer to which of the following questions is LEAST directly relevant to the union leaders' consideration of whether attempting a boycott of Gasco will lead to acceptance of their contract proposal?

• Would revenue losses by Gasco seriously affect Energy Incorporated?

• Can current Gasco customers easily obtain gasoline elsewhere?       

• Have other miners' unions won contracts similar to the one proposed by this union?

• Have other unions that have employed a similar tactic achieved their goals with it?

• Do other corporations that own coal companies also own gas stations?