Soal dan Pembahasan TBI (Reading Comprehension) Bagian 5

  1. Soal
  2. Reading Comprehension

            The Mary Celeste is a mystery ship. Something unexpected happened to  it,  and  to this day, no one is sure of the fate of the ship and its passengers.

            Here  is  what  little  is  known  about  the events leading up to the discovery of the empty ship. The Mary Celeste was found abandoned in the midAtlanic in 1872. On December 4, 1872, the Mary Celeste was spotted by the British ship Dai Gratia The Mary Celeste looked strange because the sails were not fully set and no crew members could be seen Crew members of the Dai Gratia immediately took a boat over to the Mary  Celeste  They  identified  the  ship  as  the Mary Celeste, which had left New York on November 7 with a full load and ten people on board.

            The  situation  on  the  Mary  Celeste  was quite mysterious. No one was on the ship; the ship had simply been left in the middle of the ocean. No obvious reason why the ship had been abandoned could be seen. There were plenty of supplies, the complete cargo was still on board, the crew's belongings were there, and there was no sign of violence disaster. However, one of the longboats and the captain's navigational instruments were missing.

            From the strange situation on the ship, a conclusion was drawn about the fate of ship. The belief was that, for some unknown reason, the captain along with his wife, his young daughter, and the seven crew members, had decided to abandon the ship in  the  middle of  the ocean, never to be seen again.



  1. The best Ale for this passage is ....

    1. A Mysterious Cargo
    2. The Mary Celeste and its Passengers
    3. A Ship of Mystery
    4. A Typical Voyage of the Mary Celeste
    Jawaban : c

    Bacaan ini menceritakan tentang kapal misteri



  2.  Look   at   the   expression   leading   up   to   in paragraph 2! This expression is closest in meaning to ....

    1. Directing
    2. Preceding
    3. Pulling
    4. Showing
    Jawaban : d

    Leading up to = directing = menunjukkan

  3. According to the passage, what did the crew of the Dai Gratia find?

    1. A ship with full sails and no crew members.
    2. A ship with no sails and few crew members.
    3. A ship with sails not completely set and few crew members.
    4. A ship with sails not completely set and no crew members.
    Jawaban : d

    Lihat kalimat ke-4 paragaf ke-2 “the sails were not fully set and no crew  mwmbers could be seen.”

  4. It can be inferred from the passage that, when it was found, the Mary Celeste had been abandoned for ...

    1. Less than a month
    2. More than a month
    3. More than a year
    4. More than two years
    Jawaban : a

    Lihat kalimat ke-3 dan ke-5 paragraf ke-2. Mary  Caleste  ditemukan  pada  tanggal  4 Desember 1872, padahal baru meninggalkan  New  York  pada  tanggal  7 November 1872. jadi, Mary Caleste telah menghilang kurang dari enam bulan.

  5. What eventually happened to the people on the Mary Celeste, according to the passage?

    1. They boarded the Dai Gratia.
    2. They headed to New York on a long boat.
    3. Their fate is unknown.
    4. They were found late in 1872.
    Jawaban : c

    Lihat paragraph ke-4 kalimat terakhir; “never to be seen again.”

  6. The word "load" in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by word ....

    1. Supplies
    2. Belongings
    3. Goods
    4. Cargo
    Jawaban : d

    Load = beban/isi/muatan=cargo

    Supplies = persediaan

    Belongings = barang-barang

    Goods = barang-barang