Instructions:
The questions are multiple choice.
Read the text first, then fill in the blank column according to the answer that you think is the most appropriate according to the number listed.
Read the questions carefully first then choose the most appropriate answer in the multiple choice.
Text 1 (to answer question of number 1-3)
The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the whole world, including Indonesia, not only poses a threat but also provides opportunities for a number of business sectors. One of the big …… (1) in this pandemic era is the business sectors related to online and information technology, also known as IT.
Policy observer and strategic communication from Daegu University, South Korea, Prof. Gil H. Park assessed that information technology-based or online economic activities will play a more …. (2) role in post-COVID-19 conditions.
According to him, this pandemic is not just a threat but an opportunity for the service sector to …. (3) and transform in the economic sector, and the government needs to help more business activities and the information technology-based economy. It needs to be done considering that information technology-based or online economic activities will play a more important role in the future.
1. a. opportunity. b. opportunities
c. opportunely d. opportunist
2. a. important. b. importance
c. importances d. importantly
3. a. adapt b. adapts
c. adapted d. adapting
Text 2 (to answer question of number 4-9)
Online Businesses
One of the factors that makes online businesses successful in the pandemic era is the activityactivity of working, studying, and worshiping from home or known as work from home (WFH) which is carried out by everyone in order to avoid infection.
Senior Director Office Services Colliers International Indonesia (property consultant), Bagus Adikusumo estimates that WFH pattern will become more commonplace in its implementation by a number of corporate offices due to the impact of COVID-19, and is expected to continue before the pandemic can be handled.
According to him, if this WFH continues long enough due to the protracted spread of the pandemic, then it will become a protocol that is carried out by a company to its employees. It is possible that in the future WFH will become an attractive business model to continue so that there will be various adjustments to the company's work pattern.
The same thing was conveyed by Indef's Associate Economic Researcher, Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, who considered that if you look at it from the positive side, the COVID-19 pandemic has taught all parties how to do activities online.
According to him, now everyone can learn and know how the work system, education and a number of business activities can be done online, including activities from home. In the future, many people both in Indonesia and the world will work and do activities online, because the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up insight that several activities including business can be made possible through digitalization.
4. One of the factors that makes online businesses successful in the pandemic era is the activity of working, … (line 1). The antonym of the bold word is ....
a. failed. b. succeed
c. prosperous. d. wealthy
5. …… in order to avoid infection (line 3). The antonym of the underlined word is ...
a. evade b. dodge
c. shun. d. face
6. ………, and is expected to continue after the pandemic can be handled (line 6). The antonym of the underlined word is ....
a. stop b. keep
c. pursue d. close
7. According to him, if this WFH continues long enough due to the protracted spread of the pandemic, … (line 8). The antonym of the underlined word is ....
a. lengthy b. lasting
c. short d. extended
8. It is possible that in the future WFH will become an attractive business model …. (line 10).
The underlined word has the same meaning with....
a. real b. likely
c. factual d. impossible
9. ……. that several activities including business can be made possible through digitalization
(line 18). The underlined word has the same meaning with....
a. some b. many
c. a lot of. d. little
Text 3 (to answer question of number 10-14)
Many sectors in online business makes business actors who want to …. (10) need to guess what online businesses are profitable in the COVID-19 era. Entrepreneur and founder of the Bahaso startup platform, Tyovan Ari Widagdo assesses that there are several startup business sectors that have the opportunity to be popular and profitable in the current pandemic era, such as e-commerce, edutech, and health.
According to Tyovan, the startup business sectors, precisely because of this pandemic, experienced a significant increase in business where online health platforms such as Halodoc became popular because it …. (11) the public who only wanted to consult and diagnose online health.
The e-commerce business is also a major …. (12) for the public in transacting during this pandemic, considering that people are afraid to shop directly so that purchases of some necessities are made online through e-commerce platforms.
In addition to the well-established national e-commerce business platforms, local e-commerce platforms are also emerging, especially to meet basic needs. Young people in several cities create. local e-commerce platforms to help the process of buying goods from consumers to the market. Furthermore, the Collaboration Tools startup business such as the Zoom and GotoMeeting applications which became …. (13) in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Opportunities in this sector are taken by foreign companies considering that in Indonesia itself there are still few or no actors who take advantage of opportunities in the Collaboration Tools startup business.
Besides that, the agricultural sector such as the TaniHub platform has also become popular, then other startup businesses that have hit the ground running in the Covid-19 era are the education technology or edutech sector such as Ruangguru, Zenius. Tyovan said that it was now impossible for students to study at school due to the pandemic, so they studied online at their homes.
The popularity of the edutech sector will not stop in the pandemic era, considering that businesses in this industry will continue to …. (14) in a pandemic condition where people are forced to interact with technology.
10. a. invest
b. invests
c. invested.
d. investing
11. a. help
b. helps
c. helped
d. helping
12. a. need
b. needs
c. needed
d. needing
13. a. popular
b. annoying
c. hated
d. rejected
14. a. regress
b. complicate
c. weaken
d. develop
Key Answer
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. D
