Two Brothers Long ago, there were two brothers called Akomi and Ombah. They were ambitious and winning. Akomi, the elder brother, said, "If we become the King's employees, we can make laws to collect more money from the people. We will become very rich." They went to see King Aruya. Akomi said, "Your Majesty, let us be your ministers. We will make good laws. All your subjects will be happy. I am wise and clever. I know everything." King Aruya said angrily, "That is not true! No body knows everything. For example, do you know how many stars there are in the sky? Guards! Throw this liar into the river of crocodiles!" Ombah's hands trembled. Then he thought to himself, "King Aruya will also punish me if I say the wrong thing. My brother said he knew everything and his answer was wrong. So if I say the opposite, my answer will be right." Ombah then said, to King Aruya, "Your majesty, I know nothing." King Aruya said, "That is also a lie. Nobody knows nothing, truly! Everybody knows at least something. For example, you know your father's name, don't you? Guards! Throw him into the river of crocodiles, too!" Ombah said I know nothing because he ... a. did not want to lie to King Aruya b. wanted to see the crocodiles c. did not know how many stars there were d. thought that the answer would be right

Jawabannya adalah: D. thought that the answer would be right. Soal meminta untuk menjawab pertanyaan berdasarkan teks bacaan yang tersedia. Terjemahan dari soal tersebut adalah: "Ombah mengatakan 'Aku tidak tahu apa-apa' karena dia ____." Teks tersebut bercerita tentang dua bersaudara bernama Akomi dan Ombah yang berambisi menjadi menteri raja. Keduanya kemudian menghadap raja dan mengajukan diri. Pada paragraf 2 dapat dilihat bahwa Akomi mengatakan kepada sang raja bahwa dia mengetahui segalanya dengan mengatakan "I know everything". Pada paragraf 3, Raja Aruya marah karena mengetahui bahwa hal itu adalah sebuah kebohongan karena baginya tidak ada seorang pun yang mengetahui segalanya, misalnya jumlah bintang di langit. Kemudian, dia memerintahkan pengawalnya untuk melemparkan Akomi ke sungai yang penuh dengan buaya. Melihat hal tersebut, Ombah ketakutan dan pada paragraf 4 dikatakan bahwa Ombah berpikir, "My brother said he knew everything and his answer was wrong. So if I say the opposite, my answer will be right," yang artinya, "Kakakku mengatakan bahwa dia mengetahui segalanya dan jawaban itu salah. Jadi, jika aku mengatakan sebaliknya, jawabanku itu benar." Dari informasi tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa alasan Ombah mengatakan bahwa dia tidak mengetahui apa-apa adalah karena dia berpikir bahwa jawaban tersebut benar (the answer would be right). Oleh karena itu, jawabannya adalah: D. thought that the answer would be right.