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BACA JUGA :

berikut beberapa pertanyaannya dibawah ini dengan Reading Comprehension IELTS dibawah ini :

Passage 1

a. It is a myth that creative people are born with their talents: gifts from God or nature. Creative genius is, in fact, latent within many of us, without our realising. But how far do we need to travel to find the path to creativity? For many people, a long way. In our everyday lives, we have to perform many acts out of habit to survive, like opening the door, shaving, getting dressed, walking to work, and so on. If this were not the case, we would, in all probability, become mentally unhinged. So strongly ingrained are our habits, though this varies from person to person, that sometimes when a conscious effort is made to be creative, automatic response takes over. We may try, for example, to walk to work following a different route, but end up on our usual path. By then it is too late to go back and change our minds. Another day, perhaps. The same applies to all other areas of our lives. When we are solving problems, for example, we may seek different answers, but, often as not, find ourselves walking along the same well-trodden paths.

b. So, for many people, their actions and behaviour are set in immovable blocks, their minds clogged with the cholesterol of habitual actions, preventing them from operating freely, and thereby stifling creation. Unfortunately, mankind’s very struggle for survival has become a tyranny – the obsessive desire to give order to the world is a case in point. Witness people’s attitude to time, social customs and the panoply of rules and regulations by which the human mind is now circumscribed.

c. The groundwork for keeping creative ability in check begins at school. School, later university and then work, teach us to regulate our lives, imposing a continuous process of restrictions which is increasing exponentially with the advancement of technology. Is it surprising then that creative ability appears to be so rare? It is trapped in the prison that we have erected. Yet, even here in this hostile environment, the foundations for creativity are being laid; because setting off on the creative path is also partly about using rules and regulations. Such limitations are needed so that once they are learnt, they can be broken.

d. The truly creative mind is often seen as totally free and unfettered. But a better image is of a mind, which can be free when it wants, and one that recognises that rules and regulations are parameters, or barriers, to be raised and dropped again at will. An example of how the human mind can be trained to be creative might help here. People’s minds are just like tense muscles that need to be freed up and the potential unlocked. One strategy is to erect artificial barriers or hurdles in solving a problem. As a form of stimulation, the participants in the task can be forbidden to use particular solutions or to follow certain lines of thought to solve a problem. In this way, they are obliged to explore unfamiliar territory, which may lead to some startling discoveries. Unfortunately, the difficulty in this exercise, and with creation itself, is convincing people that creation is possible, shrouded as it is in so much myth and legend. There is also an element of fear involved, however subliminal, as deviating from the safety of one’s thought patterns is very much akin to madness. But, open Pandora’s box and a whole new world unfolds before your very eyes.

e. Lifting barriers into place also plays a major part in helping the mind to control ideas rather than letting them collide at random. Parameters act as containers for ideas and thus help the mind to fix on them. When the mind is thinking laterally and two ideas from different areas of the brain come or are brought together, they form a new idea, just like atoms floating around and then forming a molecule. Once the idea has been formed, it needs to be contained or it will fly away, so fleeting is its passage. The mind needs to hold it in place for a time so that it can recognise it or call on it again. And then the parameters can act as channels along which the ideas can flow, developing and expanding. When the mind has brought the idea to fruition by thinking it through to its conclusion, the parameters can be brought down and the idea allowed to float off and come in contact with other ideas.

Berikut adalah pertanyaannya ….

Questions 1-5

Reading Passage 1 below has 5 paragraphs (A-E). Which paragraph focuses on the Information below? Write the appropriate letters (A-E) in Boxes 1-2 on your answer sheet.

NB. Write only ONE letter for each answer.

  1. The way parameters in the mind help people to be creative
  2. The need to learn rules in order to break them

Pembahasan dan Analisis

1. Jawaban: Paragraf A

Pada paragraf A, dicontohkan perilaku yang mengindikasikan bahwa dari sekian cara untuk melakukan sesuatu, seseorang cenderung kembali kepada cara-cara lama yang telah ia biasa lakukan.

2.  Jawaban: D, dicontohkan cara yang bisa membantu seseorang melatih pikirannya supaya menjadi kreatif dimana salah satunya adalah dengan larangan untuk menggunakan solusi tertentu dalam penyelesaian suatu masalah.

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Questions 3-4

Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in Boxes 3-4 on your answer sheet.

3. According to the writer, creative people

A. are usually born with their talents

B. are born with their talents

C. are not born with their talents

D. are geniuses

pembahasan dan analisis

Pilihan jawaban c. Are not born with their talents

Pembahasan: Kalimat pertama pada paragraf A secara eksplisit menyatakan bahwa orang kreatif tidak lahir dengan talentanya. Dalam hal ini, untuk seseorang bisa menjadi kreatif, beberapa upaya harus dilakukan. Oleh karena itu, opsi C BENAR karena merujuk pada bahan bacaan yang diberikan, orang kreatif tidak lahir dengan talentanya.

4. According to the writer, creativity is …

A. a gift from God or nature

B. an automatic response

C. difficult for many people to achieve

D. a well-trodden path

Pembahasan dan Analisis

Pilihan jawaban benar adalah c. Difficult for many people to achieve

“According to the writer, kindness is…” atau yang dalam bahasa Indonesia berarti: “Menurut penulis, kebaikan adalah…” Hm, kamu pasti sudah familiar kan dengan tipe pertanyaan yang satu ini? Eits, sudah familiar bukan berhenti membaca dan bermain video games, ya. Melalui tiap kalimat yang ada pada paragraf A, kita dapat menyimpulkan bahwa kreativitas adalah suatu hal yang sulit untuk dicapai oleh banyak orang. Dalam hal ini, kalimat seperti: “We may try, for example, to walk to work following a different route, but end up on our usual path. By then it is too late to go back and change our minds” menunjukkan sulitnya menjadi kreatif karena individu memiliki kecenderungan untuk kembali kepada kebiasaan lama dalam melakukan sesuatu. Oleh karena itu, opsi C BENAR karena secara implisit memberitahu bahwa kreativitas itu tidak mudah untuk dicapai. 

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