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Questions 53 - 56 are based on the following passage.


    A fact that draws our attention is that, according to his position in life, an extravagant man is either admired or loathed. A successful businessman does nothing to increase his popularity by being prudent with his money. A person who is wealthy is expected to lead a luxurious life and to be lavish with his hospitality. If he is not so, he is considered mean, and his reputation in business may even suffer in consequence. The paradox remains that he had not been careful with his money in the first place; he would never have achieved his present wealth.

    Among the low-income group, a different set of values exists. The young clerk, who makes his wife a present of a new dress when he has not paid his house rent, is condemned as extravagant. Carefulness with money to the point of meanness is applauded as a virtue. Nothing in his life is considered more worthy than paying his bills. The ideal wife for such a man separates her housekeeping money into joyless little piles - so much for rent, for food, for the children's shoes, she is able to face the milkman with equanimity every month satisfied with her economizing ways, and never knows the guilt of buying something she can't really afford. As for myself, I fall neither of these categories. If I have money to spare I can be extravagant, but when, as is usually the case, I am hard up and then I am the meanest man imaginable.

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Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?

Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?

  1. Stingy Habits of the Poor.

  2. The Meanest Man.

  3. Being Extravagant Is Always Condemnable.

  4. The Cause of Poverty is Extravagance.

  5. Extravagance Is a Part of the Rich as Well as of the Poor.

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jawaban yang benar adalah E.

jawaban yang benar adalah E.

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Jawaban yang benar adalah E. Soal menanyakan "Mana dari pilihan berikut yang tepat menjadi judul teks tersebut?". Teks yang disajikan membahas tentang kehidupan boros yang dilakukan oleh seseorang. Pada paragraf pertama dijelaskan bagaimana orang kaya boros untuk kehidupan yang mewah dan mementingkan pandangan orang lain tentang perilakunya. Selain itu, pada paragraf ke dua dibahas bahwa gaya hidup ini juga berlaku pada masyarakat yang taraf penghasilannya tergolong rendah. Dengan demikian, ada dua hal yang dibahas yaitu pemborosan yang dilakukan orang kaya dan miskin. Judul yang sesuai adalah "Extravagance Is a Part of the Rich as Well as of the Poor." artinya "Pemborosan adalah bagian dari orang kaya dan miskin." Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah E.

Jawaban yang benar adalah E.

Soal menanyakan "Mana dari pilihan berikut yang tepat menjadi judul teks tersebut?".

Teks yang disajikan membahas tentang kehidupan boros yang dilakukan oleh seseorang. Pada paragraf pertama dijelaskan bagaimana orang kaya boros untuk kehidupan yang mewah dan mementingkan pandangan orang lain tentang perilakunya.

Selain itu, pada paragraf ke dua dibahas bahwa gaya hidup ini juga berlaku pada masyarakat yang taraf penghasilannya tergolong rendah.

Dengan demikian, ada dua hal yang dibahas yaitu pemborosan yang dilakukan orang kaya dan miskin. Judul yang sesuai adalah "Extravagance Is a Part of the Rich as Well as of the Poor." artinya "Pemborosan adalah bagian dari orang kaya dan miskin."

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah E.

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