Bacaan
The Second Row (a short story)
Sari (fictional) had the strongest voice in the school choir, and everyone knew it, including Sari. During rehearsals she sang a little louder than the others, and she liked the way the conductor, Mr. Hendra (fictional), sometimes smiled when her voice rose above the rest.
Two weeks before the regional competition, he moved her from the front row to the second.
"Your voice isn't the problem," he said when she asked why. "Your ears are."
Sari spent the rest of the rehearsal sulking. She sang every note correctly but without feeling, and she did not look at him once.
That evening, she played the recording her friend Nia had made of the rehearsal on her phone. At first she listened only for herself. Then, on the third time through, she noticed something else. In the quiet passage near the end, the altos were singing softly together, almost like one voice, and her own voice cut through them like a car horn.
She listened to the passage twice more before she put the phone away.
At the next rehearsal, Sari stood in the second row and sang the quiet passage so softly that she could hear Nia breathing beside her. When the piece ended, Mr. Hendra said nothing to her. Before the choir left, he wrote something on the seating chart. Sari did not even try to read it.
Soal 1
Pilih satu jawabanIn the sentence "her own voice cut through them like a car horn," the word "them" refers to
Lihat kunci & pembahasan
Kunci: B
Kenapa benar
Kata them merujuk ke the altos. Kalimat lengkapnya: "the altos were singing softly together, almost like one voice, and her own voice cut through them like a car horn". Suara Sari menerobos suara para alto yang bernyanyi pelan bersama.
Langkah
Cari kata benda jamak terdekat sebelum them dalam kalimat yang sama: the altos.
Uji dengan mengganti: "her own voice cut through the altos like a car horn". Kalimatnya tetap masuk akal dan sesuai cerita.
Tips: kata ganti biasanya merujuk ke kata benda yang cocok jumlahnya (jamak/tunggal) dan paling dekat sebelumnya.
Kenapa opsi lain salah
- A.
Ears memang muncul dalam ucapan Mr. Hendra, tetapi letaknya jauh sebelumnya dan tidak masuk akal bila disisipkan: suara Sari tidak "menerobos telinganya sendiri".
- C.
Not yang dinyanyikan Sari disebut di paragraf lain (every note correctly). Dalam kalimat ini, yang diterobos suara Sari adalah suara penyanyi lain.
- D.
Nia dan Mr. Hendra tidak disebut dalam kalimat itu dan tidak sedang bernyanyi bersama di bagian lagu itu.
- E.
Barisan paduan suara (row) adalah tempat berdiri, bukan suara yang bisa diterobos oleh suara Sari.
Konsep
Rujukan kata ganti (reference): mencocokkan kata ganti dengan kata benda sebelumnya yang sesuai jumlah dan masuk akal bila disubstitusikan.
Jebakan umum
Memilih kata benda yang menonjol di cerita, bukan yang berada dalam kalimat yang sama.
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