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    Anyone can understand the confusion ancient traders experienced trying to market their goods without a common standard of measurement. Imagine trying to sell grain in Egypt by the basket without having any comparison to make as to the basket's weight or volume. Such were the problems in early times when weight had to be guessed or measured against a standard of the weight of stones, seashells, seeds, or grain.

    Problems also existed in terms of measurement of lengths. One of the earliest linear measurements was the foot which first took its standard from the length of a human foot and later used the length of a king's foot as the standard. Archaeologists have traced people's attempts to grapple with standard units of measurement from the ancient Egyptians' attempts to reset precise property lines after flooding of the Nile River to biblical times when a cubit was the standard unit of length. The cubit took its standard from the distance between the end of the elbow to the end of the middle finger -- usually about 18 inches. The Romans defined the inch as the width of the thumb, and the mile as 311,000 paces. The problems involved in using such measurements are obvious. Imagine trying to set new, more accurate standards among people who hung on tenaciously to existing standards.

    When the Romans conquered ancient Britain, they brought their standards of measurement along and imposed them on the people. Consequently, some of these standards have survived to the 20th century. The British Imperial System of weights and measures evolved from many sources and became fairly well standardized by the 19th century. The standard yard and pound were kept in the Houses of Parliament. However, when the Parliament building burned in 1834, the standards were destroyed. British scientists then began to press for a more uniform standard for the gallon, the pound, and the yard which could be used in the entire British Empire. This made trading, buying, and selling much more uniform.

58. The text can be summarized as ____

58. The text can be summarized as ____

  1. Standards of measurements were created by the Romans and kept in the House of Parliament.

  2. Some standards of measurements have survived until now, while some others haven't.

  3. There were various problems in terms of measurement of lengths.

  4. British scientists created a more uniform standard which is used widely in the world.

  5. The need for measurement standard has long existed, so people attempted to create a measurement standard which was then perfected.

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Jawaban yang benar adalah E. Perintah dari soaladalah menjawab pertanyaan berdasarkan informasi dari teks. Makna dari kalimat soal yaitu "Teks tersebut dapat dirangkum sebagai ____". Untuk menjawab soal tersebut, perlu diperhatikan inti dari teks. Paragraf pertama membahas tentang kebingungan pedagang kuno dalam menentukan ukuran atau berat. Paragraf ke dua menjelaskan tentang kesulitan menentukan ukuran dan panjang serta cara awal penentuan dengan menggunakan panjang kaki manusia. Selain itu, pada paragraf ke tiga dijelaskan penemuan standar ukuran oleh Romawi yang digunakan hingga abad ke 20 dan pada akhirnya ilmuan Inggris menekan standar yang lebih seragam dalam har ukuran dan timbangan. Dengan demikian, teks tersebut dapat diringkas menjadi "The need for measurement standard has long existed, so people attempted to create a measurement standard which was then perfected." artinya "Kebutuhan standar pengukuran sudah ada sejak lama, sehingga orang berusaha membuat standar pengukuran yang kemudian disempurnakan." Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah E.

Jawaban yang benar adalah E.

Perintah dari soal adalah menjawab pertanyaan berdasarkan informasi dari teks. Makna dari kalimat soal yaitu "Teks tersebut dapat dirangkum sebagai ____".

Untuk menjawab soal tersebut, perlu diperhatikan inti dari teks. Paragraf pertama membahas tentang kebingungan pedagang kuno dalam menentukan ukuran atau berat. Paragraf ke dua menjelaskan tentang kesulitan menentukan ukuran dan panjang serta cara awal penentuan dengan menggunakan panjang kaki manusia. Selain itu, pada paragraf ke tiga dijelaskan penemuan standar ukuran oleh Romawi yang digunakan hingga abad ke 20 dan pada akhirnya ilmuan Inggris menekan standar yang lebih seragam dalam har ukuran dan timbangan.

Dengan demikian, teks tersebut dapat diringkas menjadi "The need for measurement standard has long existed, so people attempted to create a measurement standard which was then perfected." artinya "Kebutuhan standar pengukuran sudah ada sejak lama, sehingga orang berusaha membuat standar pengukuran yang kemudian disempurnakan."

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah E.

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