Contoh soal Acept UGM
Source: English Training Program (AcEPT & TOEFL Preparation)
Collected by: yusri hw (facebook.com/ciciunic)
Informasi Umum
Bagian-Bagian Soal
Pada t es AcEPT ada 5 Part s (bagian) yait u:
List ening ---> (20 soal)
Vocabulary ---> (30 soal) Grammar and St ruct ure ----> (40 soal)
Reading ---> (40 soal)
Composing Skills ---> (40 soal)
Bobot Soal
Bobot set iap but ir soal adalah 2,5 (dua set engah)
poin.
Jumlah soal AcEPT adalah 170 soal, sehingga 170 x 2,5
= 425.
Informasi resmi dari DAA, t ot al nilai AcEPT adalah 426, selisih sat u angka t ent unya t idak signifikan meskipun
mungkin ada alasannya.
List ening ---> ( 50 poin)
Vocabulary ---> ( 75 poin)
Grammar ---> (100 poin) Reading ---> (100 poin)
Composing Skills ---> (100 poin)
Nilai Terendah, Tert inggi dan Bat as Lulus AcEPT
Pada sist em penilian t es AcEPT kit a ket ahui bahw a:
Nilai t erendah : 0 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 217)
Nilai bat as lulus S2 : 209 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 450)
Nilai bat as lulus S3 : 268 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 500)
Nilai t ert inggi : 426 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 677)
Cat at an:
Dat a t ersebut adalah dat a resmi dari w ebsit e UGM . Pada prakt eknya banyak orang dengan nilai TOEFL 450
belum juga mencapai nilai AcEPT 209 dan orang
dengan nilai TOEFL 500 belum mencapai AcEPT 268.
Karena fakt a dilapangan unt uk mencapai nilai 209
perlu kemampuan set ara TOEFL 500 dan unt uk mencapai nilai AcEPT 268 perlu kemampuan set ara
TOEFL 550.
UNTUK LULUS ACEPT HARUS BENAR BERAPA?
Unt uk lulus, para mahasisw a dan calon mahasisw a
pascasarjana UGM perlu bisa menjaw ab set idaknya
sebagai berikut :
M ahasisw a S2 perlu nilai 209 minimal harus benar 84
soal
M ahasisw a S3 perlu nilai 268 minimal harus benar 108
soal
Demikianlah semoga informasi yang kami peroleh
berbagai sumber ini bermanfaat bagi anda yang ingin
bisa lulus t es AcEPT UGM .
Nilai Terendah, Tert inggi dan Bat as Lulus AcEPT
Pada sist em penilian t es AcEPT kit a ket ahui bahw a:
- Nilai t erendah : 0 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 217)
- Nilai bat as lulus S2 : 209 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 450) - Nilai bat as lulus S3 : 268 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 500)
- Nilai t ert inggi : 426 (Set ara dengan TOEFL 677)
Cat at an:
Dat a t ersebut adalah dat a resmi dari websit e UGM .
Pada prakt eknya banyak orang dengan nilai TOEFL 450
belum juga mencapai nilai AcEPT 209 dan orang dengan nilai TOEFL 500 belum mencapai AcEPT 268.
Karena fakt a dilapangan unt uk mencapai nilai 209
perlu kemampuan set ara TOEFL 500 dan unt uk
Listening 4,25 poin x 20 butir
KUPAS TUNTAS RAHASIA TES ACEPT (PART 1:
LISTENING COM PREHENSION).
1. Sebelum anda mendengarkan pernyat aan dari t ape
recorder/ suara narat or, sebaiknya anda melihat
t erlebih dahulu jaw aban/ pilihan A,B,C,D pada lembar soal.
2. Bacalah sepint as lalu (scanning) set iap kalimat pada
pilihan A,B,C,D.
3. Perhat ikan secara seksama, ada beberapa kat a dari
set iap pilihan A,B,C,D yang t ulisannya sama/ diu lang lebih dari sat u kali.
4. Kat a - kat a yang diulang it u merupakan TOPIK
PEM BICARAAN.
5. Arahkan/ fokus pikiran anda pada t opik it u.
6. Dengarkan pernyat aan pada t ape recorder/ narat or.
7. Ada kat a/ kelompok kat a yg merupakan KATA KUNCI
dari pernyat aan narat or.
8. Buat lah KESIM PULAN dari kat a kunci it u/ CARI KATA
LAIN/ PENRNYATAAN LAIN yg mempunyai makna yang mirip/ sama dengan kat a kunci it u.
9. Kesimpulan/ kat a lain/ pernyat aan lain/ sinonim dari
kat a kunci it u merupakan jaw aban yg benar.
Perhat ikan cont oh berikut : Anda akan mendengarkan
pernyat aan dari narrat or/ t ape recorder sbb:
1. The assignment is due t he day aft er t omorrow . No ext ension w ill be given for t his.
A. Simon is doing his job w ell, and t hey ment ioned it .
B. You must do t he assignment t he day aft er
t omorrow .
C. No sanct ion is given if you do t he assignment t he day aft er t omorrow .
D. It 's bet t er for you t o complet e t he t ask right aw ay.
Dari cont oh di at as, dapat kit a simpulkan bahw a t opik
dari pernyat aan narrat or adalah t ent ang
ASSIGNM ENT. Perhat ikan kat a assignment pada
pilihan B dan C diulang dua kali.
KATA KUNCI pada pernyat aan narrat or adalah
assignment (t ugas), due (jat uh t empo) t he day aft er
t omorrow , No ext ension (t dk ada perpanjangan
w akt u).
M aka pilihan yang paling t epat adalah (D) It 's bet t er for you t o complet e t he t ask right aw ay.
Alasannya, kat a " assignment " (t ugas) pada pernyat aan
narrat or mempunyai makna yg sama dengan " t ask" (t ugas) pada pilihan (D). Selain it u, kelompok kat a
" due t he day aft er t omorrow " dan " No ext ension"
dapat kit a simpulkan dgn pernyat aan lain yakni " It 's
bet t er for you t o complet e t he t ask right aw ay"
(sebaiknya dikerjakan sekarang).
Tips ini berlaku unt uk Tes AcEPT Part 1 List ening
Comprehension (NOM OR 1 - 10). M udah - mudahan
t ips saya ini dapat bermanfaat bagi t eman - t eman
semua. Tips yang lain akan saya bahas dilain kesempat an. Salam Sukses
Vocabulary 2,83 poin x 30 butir
TIPS FOR VOCABULARY - CLOZE TEST (AcEPT UGM )
Vocabulary cloze t est s are common on all exams. They
usually require you t o choose t he correct choice out
of four possibilit ies.
1. Read t he t ext t hrough t rying t o underst anding t he general meaning.
2. Look at each missing w ord gap and t ry t o imagine
t he correct should be.
3. Decide w hich part of speech (adject ive, noun,
gerund, et c.) needs t o be used t o fill each gap.
4. Read t he t ext again, t rying t o fill gap as you come t o
it by imagining w hat t he correct answer should be.
5. Read t he t ext anot her t ime, t his t ime choose t he
correct answ er from t he four (somet imes t hree) answ ers given.
6. If you are unsure of any given answ er, t ry reading
t he sent ence w it h each of t he four possibilit ies.
(usually t w o relat ively false answ ers are given) When
st uck bet w een t w o answ ers, go w it h t he one t hat
sounds right .
Soal No 1 (8 may) 1-15
A. For quest ions 1 – 15, choose t he w ord or phrase in A, B, C, or D w hich best complet es each blank space in
t he t ext .
Text 1
The shark has senses specially (1)_____ t he animal's
life underw at er. Smell is a shark's most acut e sense.
Approximat ely 70 percent of t he shark's brain is used
for smelling funct ions. Experiment s have show n t hat
sharks can det ect prey (2)_____ by smell, and t he hungrier t he shark, t he less st imulant needed t o elicit
a react ion.
Sharks are sensit ive t o light and can det ect cert ain
object s even in murky w at er. Some have a mirror-like layer under t he ret ina t hat reflect s incoming light and
increases t he (3)_____ light available t o t he eye.
Sharks can also sense elect ric and magnet ic fields.
Sensory pores locat ed on t he shark's head can det ect
a prey's bioelect ric field (4)_____ if t he prey is buried in sand. A shark can also det ect t he Eart h's magnet ic
field. Open-ocean sharks may use t his informat ion t o
(5)_____ and orient t hemselves.
1. A. appoint ed by C. figured out
B. invent ed for D. designed for
2. A. t imidly C. solely
B. hardly D. disorderly
3. A. prominence of C. odor of
B. disposal of D. amount of
4. A. even C. how ever
B. as D. even t hough
5. A. sink C. craw l
B. navigat e D. Thrust
Kunci Jaw aban Soal No 1 Soal No 2
t ext
When he was 21 years old, Thomas Edison (1)_____
his first pat ent . It w as for an elect ric vot e count er
(2)_____ in t he Unit ed St at es House of
Represent at ives. The machine w orked perfect ly, but
t he congressmen (3)_____ it . They did not w ant vot e count ing t o be done quickly.
This experience (4)_____ t he young invent or a lesson.
He decided t o follow a simple rule: “ First , be sure a
t hing (5)_____ or needed, t hen go ahead.”
1. A. t ake out
B. t ook out
C. w as t aken out
D. had t aken out
2. A. used t o be
B. used
C. had used
D. t o be used
3. A. not buy
B. w ould not buy C. had not buy
D. w as not bought
4. A. w ere t eaching B. has t aught
C. t aught
D. w as t aught
5. A. is w ant ed
B. w ant s it
C. w ant ed
D. had w ant ed
Jaw aban Soal No 2 1.D
2.D 3.B 4.C 5.A
Soal No 3
Text
The shark has senses specially (1)_____ t he animal's
life underwat er. Smell is a shark's most acut e sense.
for smelling funct ions. Experiment s have show n t hat
sharks can det ect prey (2)_____ by smell, and t he
hungrier t he shark, t he less st imulant needed t o elicit
a react ion.
Sharks are sensit ive t o light and can det ect cert ain
object s even in murky w at er. Some have a mirror-like
layer under t he ret ina t hat reflect s incoming light and
increases t he (3)_____ light available t o t he eye. Sharks can also sense elect ric and magnet ic fields.
Sensory pores locat ed on t he shark's head can det ect
a prey's bioelect ric field (4)_____ if t he prey is buried
in sand. A shark can also det ect t he Eart h's magnet ic
field. Open-ocean sharks may use t his informat ion t o (5)_____ and orient t hemselves.
1. A. appoint ed by
B. invent ed for
C. figured out D. designed for
2. A. t imidly
B. hardly C. solely
D. Disorderly
3. A. prominence of B. disposal of
C. odor of
D. amount of
4. A. even
B. as
C. how ever
D. even t hough
5. A.sink
B. navigat e
C. craw l
D. Thrust
Jaw aban Soal No 3: 1.D
2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B
Soal No 4 (27 januari)
1. To _____ someone means t o save him or her
from danger.
A. Praise
B. injure C. rescue
D. announce
2. The commit t ee _____ choosing you as president . A. w ound up
B. but t oned dow n
C. w iped out
3. D. sat in
The new spaper says, “ A t w o-year-old-girl _____
t oday when st ruck by bus.
A. kicked t he bucket
B. was eradicat ed
C. was killed D. depart ed
4. Phrasal cont ext _____ his fingernails.
A. t ailored B. reduced
C. remodeled
D. manicured
Jaw aban Soal No 4: 1. C
2. A 3. B 4. C
Soal No 5
Aft er t he capt ure of Troy, Ulysses set out for his__
(1)__ many miles aw ay. But so many st range __(2)__ happened t o him on his journey t hat
t en__(3)__passed before he reached It haca.
1. A. neighbourhood
B. cont inent
C. homeland D. st reet
2. A. sight s
B. t hings
C. place D. people
B. t imes
C. roads
D. cit ies
4. For t he last five years at various hospit al in t he
count ry __________ has been pract icing medicine.
A. now
B. t hat C. before
D. a midw ife
Jaw aban Soal No 5 1. C
2. B 3. A 4. No
Soal No 6
1. Tom insist ed upon a fair share of part ership’s
profit s
a. Spare
b. Division
c. M erit d. Help
2. The president held a brief press conference
a. Document ed b. Long
c. Pleasant
d. short
Grammar 2,125 poin x 40 butir
Soal No 1 (10 may)
Cause of t he rain!
M ike w as a boy of eight . His home w as not ___(1)___
school. So he oft en w alked t here and back every day.
___(2)___ school, he passed a playground. There w as
much w at er in it w hen it rained. One day, w hen M ike
came home, he w as all wet . His mot her became
___(3)___ and said, " ___(4)___ in t he wat er on your
w ay." The next day M ike came back very w et again. His mot her became ___(5)___. She t hought M ike w as
___(6)___ his fat her because he w as ___(7)___ his
son. " I'll t ell your fat her if you come home w et again,"
sad t he mot her. " ___(8)___ he'll come back from London next Tuesday. He'll punish you, I t hink." Tw o
days ___(9)___, it w as raining hard w hen M ike got
home. But t his t ime his clot hes w ere dry. His mot her
became happy and said, " You're a good boy t oday.
You didn't play in t he w at er." " No," M ike said angrily. " There were so many st rong boys in t he w at er w hen I
got t here t his aft ernoon. There ___(10)___ for me at
all! "
1.
A. far from
B. t oo far aw ay
C. from near
D. far away t o
2.
A. In middle
B. go t o C. By t he way
D. on his w ay t o
3. A. glad
B. angry
C. happy
D. sad
4.
A. Not t o swim
B. don't play
C. don't fall
D. keep aw ay
5.
A. w orried about
B. even angrily C. even surprised
D. even angrier
A. list ening t o
B. afraid of
C. t he son of
D. t old by
7.
A. a good fat her of
B. alw ays kind t o C. st rict w it h
D. int erest ed in
8.
A. If B. usually
C. may be
D. t omorrow
9. A. lat er
B. ago
C. early
D. aft er
10.
A. was no w at er
B. w ere some rooms C. w ere t oo many boys
D. w asn't any room
Kunci Jaw aban Soal No 1. Soal No 2
A. Sent ence Complet ion
Choose t he w ord or phrase in A, B, C, or D w hich best complet es each of t he follow ing sent ences.
1. Tradit ionally, __________in New England on
Thanksgiving Day.
(A) when served is sw eet cider (B) w hen sw eet cider is served
(C) is served sw eet cider
(D) sw eet cider is served
2. Lillian D. Wald, public healt h nurse and
__________, w as born in Cincinnat i Ohio, in 1867.
(A) reforming societ y
(B) social reformer (C) w ho reformed societ y
(D) her social reform
3. In 1964__________of Henry Ossaw a Tanner's
paint ings was show n at t he Smit hsonian Inst it ut ion. (A) w as a major collect ion
(B) t hat a major collect ion
(C) a collect ion w as major
(D) a major collect ion
4. __________irrit at ing effect on humans, t he use of
phenol as a general ant isept ic has been largely
discont inued.
(A) It s (B) Where it s
(C) Since it s
(D) Because of it s
5. In order t o remain in exist ence,__________must produce somet hing consumers consider useful or
desirable.
(A) a profit -making organizat ion
(B) a profit -making organizat ion w hich (C) t herefore a profit -making organizat ion
(D) w hichever a profit -making organizat ion
Jaw aban Soal No 2
1.D
2.B
3.D
4.D 5.A
Soal No 3
Choose t he word or phrase in A, B, C, or D t hat best
collocat es (combines) w it h each of t he underlined w ords or phrases in t he follow ing sent ences.
1. In medieval days, ent ire communit ies unit ed t o
build churches t hat w ould not only glorify religion but
t hat w ould also be a credit ... t heir cit ies. A. for
B. on
C. t o
D. In
2. Account ing informat ion can be classified ... t w o
cat egories: financial account ing and managerial
A. t o
B. int o
C. by
D. On
3. Amelia Earhart w as great ly int erest ed ... t he
development of commercial aviat ion and t ook an
act ive role in opening t he field t o women. A. in
B. at
C. w it h
D. About
4. Since independence, African government s have
t ried t o diversify t heir export s so t heir income does
not depend ... just one it em.
A. in
B. w it h C. at
D. On
5. Physical ant hropologist s oft en rely ... rigorous medical scient ific met hods for t heir research, in
addit ion t o more general observat ional met hods.
A. above
B. under C. on
D. Wit h
Jaw aban Soal No 3: 1.A
2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C
Soal No 4 (22 februari)
1. Quest ion Excerpt From Subject Verb Agreement
Test One of my dogs ___ old.
A. is B. Are
2. M at hemat ics ____ my favourit e subject .
A. is
B. Are
3. Some of t he st udent s in my class _____ angry
t hat t hey did not pass.
A. w as
B. Were
4. There ____ t he president .
A. goes
B. Go
5. The boy w it h his friends ____ chocolat e at t he supermarket .
A. buys
B. Buy
6. The t eacher's clot hes ____ out of fashion. A. was
B. Were
7. M cDonalds ____ an example of a fine American
fast food rest aurant .
A. is B. Are
8. Indians ____ a lot of junk food.
A. eat s
B. Eat
9. The Unit ed St at es _____ bordered by Canada and
M exico.
A. is
B. Are
10. There ____ lot s of money under t he sofa.
A. is
B. Are
Jaw aban Soal No 4
Soal No 5 (11 februari)
1. Caffeine is primarily consumed in coffee and t ea,
______
also found in cocoa, cola, and ot her soft drinks.
A. but
B. but it
C. but it is
D. it is
Jaw aban Soal No 5:
Composing 2,125 poin x 40 butir
Soal 1
(JUM LED SENTENCE) 34-40
1. Thorough chew ing cut s food int o small pieces t hat
are more easily at t acked by t he saliva, w hich moist ens
t he food so it can be sw allow ed easily.
cut and chopped by t he t eet h.
3. From t he mout h t he food is sw allow ed int o t he
t ubelike esophagus, or gullet .
4. The saliva also cont ains t he enzyme amylase, w hich changes some st arches int o simple sugars .
5. The t ongue helps mix t he food part icles w it h a
digest ive juice called saliva, w hich is secret ed by
glands in t he mout h.
A. 2-3-1-4-5
B. 2-5-4-3-1
C. 2-5-1-4-3
D. 2-3-5-1-4
Jaw aban Soal No1 : Soal 2
(JUM LED SENTENCE) 34-40
1. He comes from Yogyakart a.
2. His st udy program is M anagement .
3. His complet e name is Bang Acept .
4. He st udies at Gadjah M ada Universit y.
A. 2 - 4 - 1 - 3
B. 3 - 1 - 4 - 2
C. 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
D. 1 - 3 - 2 - 4
TIPS:
Langkah 1: Perhat ikan 4 kalimat di at as yg disusun
secara acak (bkn susunan yg benar).
Langkah 2: Perhat ikan hubungan ant ara kalimat yg
sat u dgn yg lainnya (kalimat manakah yg hrs diurut kan
pert ama, kedua, ket iga dan ke empat ).
Langkah 3: Jika anda t dk dpt mengurut kan secara
langsung dari 4 kalimat t sb, anda bs melihat kalimat 1
(pert ama) dan kalimat lain manakah yg merupakan
kelanjut an dari kalimat 1 at au sebelum kalimat 1.
M isalnya: Kalimat pert ama merupakan kelanjut an dari
kalimat ket iga at au kalimat ket iga hrs dit empat kan
sebelum kalimat pert ama. Sehingga dpt kit a
simpulkan bahw a kalimat ke 3 dan 1 merupakan urut an logis.
Langkah 4: Perhat ikan pada pilihan (A,B,C dan D),
apakah ada pilhan urut an 3 - 1? Jika pilihan lain t dk
ada urut an 3 - 1
Jika ada pilihan lain yg mengurut kan 3 - 1, maka anda
dapat menganalisa lg kalimat manakah yg merupakan
kelanjut an dr kalimat 1. At au kalimat manakah yg hrs
diurut kan paling akhir.
Jaw aban Soal No 2 : B. (3 - 1 - 4 - 2) Soal No 3 (4 april)
1) These small land percent age are consist ing of
Bunaken, M anado Tua, M ant ehage and Siladen
islands.
(2) The park is a represent at ive of Indonesia t ropical w at er ecosyst em.
(3) Est ablished in 1991, t he park covers t he area of
890,65 kM 2,
(4) The Bunaken nat ional Park is a marine park in t he nort h of Sulawesi.
(5) 97 % of w hich is marine habit at w hile t he 3 %
ot hers are consist ing of islands.
The right order is .... A. 4-3-5-2-1 c. 4-2-3-5 -1
B. 4-5-3-1-2 d. 4-1-5-3-2
C. 4-2-3-5-1
Jaw aban Soal No 3 : C. 4-2-3-5-1
Soal No 4 (4 april)
A. In t his sect ion of t he t est , you are required t o
demonst rat e your abilit y t o paraphrase sent ences and
t o recognize language t hat is not appropriat e for
st andard writ t en English. There are five part s t o t his sect ion, w it h special direct ion for each part .
A. Numbers 1 – 10 cont ain complet e and correct sent ences. For each number, you are required t o
choose t he most appropriat e paraphrased sent ence
closest in meaning t o t he original one.
1. There are probably more t han 10 billion t rees
A. M ore t han 10 billion people cult ivat ed coffee
in plant at ion around t he w orld
B. M ay be more t han 10 billion t rees are
cult ivat ed on t he coffee plant at ions in t he w orld.
C. M ore t han 10 billion coffee t rees in t he
w orld are plant ed under supervision.
D. Cult ivat ing more t han 10 billion t rees on t he coffee plant at ion is probably not an easy
t hing t o do.
2. Some 20 years aft er t he end of World War I,
lingering disput es erupt ed in an even larger and bloodier conflict —World War II.
A. 20 years since t he end of World War I, a
volcano erupt ed and became an even larger
and bloodier disast er like t he World War II.
B. New disput es erupt ed in an even larger and bloodier conflict during World War I alt hough
t he World War II also broke for 20 years.
C. M any 20-year conflict s may cause lingering
disput es t hat will erupt in an even larger and bloodier w ar such as World War I.
D. Around 20 years aft er World War I ended, t he
remaining conflict became an even more
massive and w orse w ar, namely World War II.
3. Represent at ive democracy w as pract iced in
t he count ries in Europe, w here t he great
number of cit izens made it impossible for all of t hem t o meet in one place.
(A) Because t he great number of cit izens
made it impossible for all of t hem t o gat her in
a single area, t hen Represent at ive democracy
is neit her a pract ical nor best choice for count ries in Europe.
(B) Because t he great number of cit izens
made it impossible for all of t hem t o meet in
one place, Represent at ive democracy w as
only suit able for t he count ries in Europe. (C) Because t he large number of people in t he
count ries made it impossible for t he ent ire of
t hem t o gat her in an area, Represent at ive
democracy w as adopt ed in t he count ries in Europe.
(D) Represent at ive democracy w as pract ical
for t he European count ries because t he great
number of cit izens made it possible for all of
t hem t o meet in one place.
Jaw aban Soal No 4
1.B
2.D
3.C
Soal No 5 (4 april)
B. Numbers 11 – 20 cont ain incorrect sent ences. The
incorrect part of t he sent ence has been ident ified for
you. You are required t o find t he correct opt ion t o
replace t he underlined part .
4. Warner Brot hers became know s for it s t ight ly
budget ed, t echnically compet ent ent ert ainment films.
A. w as know ing B. know n
C. t o know ing
D. had know n
5. A vaccine is a subst ance administ ered t o humans or animals prot ect t hem from serious diseases.
A. t o prot ect
B. prot ect s C. Prot ect ed
D. w hich prot ect ing
6. The size of Tyrannosaurus’ forelimbs have puzzling
paleont ologist s, w ho have t ried t o det ermine t heir
use for such a pow erful animal. A. puzzle
B. had been puzzling
C. has puzzled
D. Puzzled
Jaw aban Soal No 5
4.B
5.A 6.C
Soal No 6 ()
C. Numbers 21 – 30, Choose t he most appropriat e and
correct sent ence.
A. The first scient ist t o recognize and use t he pow er of
t he lever w as Archimedes.
B. The first scient ist t o recognized and used t he power
of t he lever w as Archimedes.
C. The first scient ist recognized and used t he pow er of
t he lever w ere Archimedes.
D. The first scient ist recognizes and uses t he pow er of
t he lever w as Archimedes.
8.
A. The most used syst em commonly of w rit ing by and
for blind persons is Braille called.
B. The most commonly used syst em of w rit ing by and for persons blind is called Braille.
C. The most used syst em commonly of is w rit ing by
and for persons blind is called Braille.
D. The most commonly used syst em of w rit ing by and
for blind persons is called Braille.
9.
A. Alt hough cholera is usually not life-t hreat ening, t he
sympt oms produces it can ext remely uncomfort able.
B. Alt hough cholera is usually not life-t hreat ening, t he
sympt oms it produces can be ext reme
uncomfort able.
C. Alt hough cholera is usually not life-t hreat ening, t he
sympt oms it produces can be ext remely
uncomfort able.
D. Alt hough cholera is usually not life-t hreat ening, t he sympt oms produces it can be ext remely
uncomfort able.
Jaw aban Soal No 6:
7.D 8.C
9.B
Soal No 7 ()
E. Numbers 37 – 40 cont ain jumbled sent ences. You are required t o ident ify t he correct order t o form a
good paragraph.
13. 1. Thorough chew ing cut s food int o small pieces
t hat are more easily at t acked by t he saliva, w hich
moist ens t he food so it can be swallow ed easily.
2. Digest ion begins in t he mout h, w here t he food is
cut and chopped by t he t eet h.
3. From t he mout h t he food is sw allow ed int o t he
t ubelike esophagus, or gullet .
4. The saliva also cont ains t he enzyme amylase, w hich changes some st arches int o simple sugars .
5. The t ongue helps mix t he food part icles w it h a
digest ive juice called saliva, w hich is secret ed by
glands in t he mout h. A. 2-3-1-4-5 C. 2-5-1-4-3
B. 2-5-4-3-1 D. 2-3-5-1-4
14. 1. As it lays t he eggs, it may or may not fert ilize
t hem wit h sperm from it s sperm sac.
2. The female eggs develop int o fert ile queens, st erile
w orkers, or soldiers.
3. M ost of t he ant s in a colony are w orkers.
4. A queen ant digs a hole w here it lays it s eggs and
w ait s unt il t he first ant s emerge.
5. Fert ilized eggs result in females, w hile unfert ilized
eggs produce males.
A. 4-1-5-2-3 C. 4-5-2-3-1
B. 4-3-5-2-1 D. 4-2-1-5-3
15. 1. The exercise w hich involve physical effort such
as w alking, swimming, bicycling, and jogging is know n
as act ive exercise.
2. It includes many physical t herapy t echniques.
3. Physical t raining of t he human body t o improve t he
w ay it funct ions is know n as exercise.
4. On t he ot her hand, t he exercise w hich involves a machine or t he act ion of ot her people is called passive
exercise.
5. The exercise can be cat egorized as eit her act ive or
passive.
A. 3-2-1-4-5 C. 3-1-4-2-5 B. 3-5-2-4-1 D. 3-5-1-4-2
Jaw aban Soal No 7:
13.A
14.D 15.B
Soal no 8 (7 januari)
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You w ill be given 4 sent ences - A, B, C and D. Once you read all four sent ences, it is up t o you t o rearrange
In order t o provide you w it h a simple st art ing point ,
solve t he quest ion below. The direct ions for solving it
are simple.
The sent ences given in each quest ion, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each
sent ence is labelled w it h a let t er. Choose t he most
logical order of sent ences from among t he given
choices t o const ruct a coherent paragraph.
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A. On M onday t he secret ary of st at e is due t o hold a
day of meet ings w it h high-level polit ical, milit ary
and business figures t o furt her a “ st rat egic
dialogue” aimed at furt her expansion of US t rade
in India.
B. US secret ary of st at e Hillary Clint on arrived in
India on Sunday for st rat egic t alks aimed at
bolst ering bilat eral t ies and securing firmer
support for t he w ar in Afghanist an.
C. Clint on arrived by plane in Delhi before noon,
according t o a report er t ravelling w it h her, ahead
of expect ed t alks w it h Prime M inist er M anmohan
Singh and President Prat ibha Pat el in t he evening.
1. BAC
2. BCA 3. CBA
4. CAB
A. For example, w hen t he early homo-sapiens left
t heir homes in search for food, t hey w ould risk deat h and injury from dangerous animals.
B. Throughout human hist ory, t he universe has
present ed an innumerable amount of dangers t o
explorers.
C. Today, many advent ure ent husiast s seek t o find t he t hrills and adrenaline rush w hich t heir
ancest ors had experienced in t he w ild.
D. The t radit ion of humans going out t o experience
t he dangers of unknow n nat ure st ill exist s.
1) ABCD
2) ABDC
3) BADC 4) DABC
5) CBAD
Jaw aban No 7 Soal No 8 (10 januari)
Arrange t hese sent ences int o a good paragraph!
1. These violent st orms are oft en a hundred miles in
diamet er, and t heir wind can reach velocit ies of
sevent y-five miles per hour or more.
2. The energy t hat is released by a hurricane in one
day exceeds t he t ot al energy consumed by t he humankind t hrough out t he w orld in one year
3. Hurricanes exert t remendous power
4. Furt hermore, t he st rong w ind and heavy rain fall
t hat accompany t hem can complet ely dest roy a small t ow n in a couple of hours.
5. They can also be called cyclones.
a. 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5
b. 3 – 5 – 1 – 4 – 2 c. 3 – 5 – 1 – 2 – 4
d. 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
Jaw aban Soal No 8 : Soal No 9
A. On M onday t he secret ary of st at e is due t o hold a day of meet ings w it h high-level polit ical, milit ary
and business figures t o furt her a “ st rat egic
dialogue” aimed at furt her expansion of US t rade in India.
B. US secret ary of st at e Hillary Clint on arrived in India on Sunday for st rat egic t alks aimed at
bolst ering bilat eral t ies and securing firmer support for t he w ar in Afghanist an.
C. Clint on arrived by plane in Delhi before noon, according t o a report er t ravelling w it h her, ahead
of expect ed t alks w it h Prime M inist er M anmohan
Singh and President Prat ibha Pat el in t he evening.
1. BAC
2. BCA 3. CBA
4. CAB
Jaw aban Soal No 9
1) That energy t hat is released by hurricane in one day exceeds t he t ot al energy consumed by
human kind t hroughout t he world
2) These violent st orms are oft en a hundred miles in
diamet er, and t heir w inds can reach velocit ies of
75 miles per hour or more
3) Hurricanes, w hich are also called cyclones, exert
t ermendous pow er
4) Furt hermore, t he st rong winds and heavy rainfall
t hat accompany t hem complet ely dest roy small t ow n in a couple of hours
Jaw aban Soal No 10 Soal No 11
Numbers 31 – 36 cont ain jumbled sent ences. One of
t he sent ences has been underlined. You are required
t o choose t he next sent ence w hich logically follow s t he underlined one.
10. 1. If an object held near t he surface of t he eart h is
released, it w ill fall and accelerat e, or pick up speed, as it descends.
2. The w eight of an object is equal t o t he mass of t he
object mult iplied by t he accelerat ion due t o gravit y.
3. The force of gravit y on an object is also called t he object 's w eight .
4. This accelerat ion is caused by gravit y, t he force of
at t ract ion bet w een t he object and t he eart h.
5. This force depends on t he object 's mass, or t he
amount of mat t er in t he object .
A. 2 B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
11. 1. Int ernet is composed of many int erconnect ed comput er net w orks.
2.Inst ead, an individual who has Int ernet access can
communicat e direct ly w it h anyone else on t he
Int ernet , post informat ion for general consumpt ion or
ret rieve informat ion.
3. Each net w ork may link t ens, hundreds, or even
t housands of comput ers, enabling t hem t o share
informat ion and processing pow er.
4. The Int ernet has made it possible for people all over t he w orld t o communicat e w it h one anot her
effect ively and inexpensively.
5. Unlike t radit ional broadcast ing media, such as radio
and t elevision, t he Int ernet does not have a
cent ralized dist ribut ion syst em.
A. 2 B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
12. 1. Pregnancy st art s when a male’s sperm fert ilizes
a female’s ovum, and t he fert ilized ovum implant s in
t he lining of t he ut erus.
2. By t he 12t h w eek of pregnancy many of t hese
sympt oms have subsided, but ot hers appear.
3. Some women also experience cravings for unusual
subst ances such as ice, clay, or cornst arch; t his
condit ion, called pica, can indicat e a diet ary deficiency
in iron or ot her nut rient s.
4. Ot her sympt oms include breast t enderness and
sw elling, fat igue, nausea or sensit ivit y t o smells,
increased frequency of urinat ion, mood swings, and
w eight gain.
5. Because pregnancy changes a w oman’s normal hormone pat t erns, one of t he first signs of pregnancy
is a missed menst rual period.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4 D. 5
Jaw aban Soal No 10 10.B
11.D 12.A
Soal No 1 (27 may)
The planet M ars has alw ays capt ured t he human
imaginat ion. There is it s redness. We know now t hat t he color comes from chemical react ions t hat long ago
locked up M ars's oxygen in reddish minerals on it s
surface, causing t he " rust ing" of t he planet . To t he
ancient people, t he red color meant only one t hing: blood. From t he earliest t imes, M ars has been
associat ed w it h bloodshed. Even t he ast ronomical
symbol for M ars, a circle w it h an arrow point ing at 2
o'clock, is supposed t o represent a shield and a
spears.
As ast ronomers used t elescopes, M ars myt hology
grew . It w as t he It alian ast ronomer Giovanni
Schiaparelli w ho, in 1877, produced t he most last ing
bit of M art ian folklore. He saw w hat he t ook t o be
long, t hin, unnat urally st raight lines on t he M art ian surface. He called t hem canali, a w ord t hat can
t ranslat e int o English eit her as " channels" or " canals."
Unfort unat ely, t he lat t er t ranslat ion w as used, and
t he canals of M ars w ere born. Of course, if t here were canals, t here had t o be canal builders, so once more
M ars w as peopled w it h all manner of int elligent life
forms!
In 1965 M ariner 4 sent back first close-up pict ures of t he M art ian surface. Not only w ere t here no canals,
but M ariner 4 and t he spacecraft t hat follow ed
revealed a planet t hat w as a crat ered, lifeless desert .
We have subsequent ly learned t hat M ars is home t o Olympus M ons, t he largest volcano in t he ent ire solar
syst em, and t o a canyon syst em st ret ching for almost
3,000 miles around t he M art ian equat or. The
at mosphere is ext remely t hin (equivalent t o t hat at
130,000 feet above Eart h) and made up almost ent irely of carbon dioxide. The surface is cold, almost
never get t ing above freezing even at t he summert ime
equat or.
Perhaps t he great est surprise w ere t he phot ographs
from M ariner 9 in 1971 and 1972 t hat showed channels on t he surface. Now t hese were not
Schiaparelli's canali t here's, no w ay t hese channels
could be seen by even t he most powerful eart hbound
t elescope. They are unmist akable w at er courses, however. There is no w at er in t hem now , but t hey
t race out t he pat h of w at er t hat flow ed in t he past .
They are like t he dry river of t he American West ,
t hrough which w at er from rain flows, but w hich are
dry most of t he t ime. Wat er once ran on t he surface
of M ars.
New explorat ions on M ars by t he spacecraft
Pat hfinder, due t o arrive on t he planet 's surface in 1997, are planned t o give scient ist s more informat ion
about possible past life on M ars. One of Pat hfinder's
missions w ill be t o lay t he foundat ion for fut ure
effort s t o find fossil remains of living t hings. The landing sit e for t he M ars Pat hfinder is going t o be t he
mout h of a flood channel called Ares Vallis.
1. It can be inferred from t he passage t hat myt hs
about M ars
(A) are widely believed t oday
(B) have been dispelled by current space explorat ion
(C) are based on scient ific fact s
(D) depict it as a lifeless planet
2. Which of t he follow ing have NOT been a source of
informat ion about M ars?
(A) Spacecraft
(B) Telescopes (C) Conject ure
(D) Ast ronaut s
3. The phrase "t he lat t er" in line 21 refers t o
(A) canals (B) canali
(C) channels
(D) unusual st raight lines
4. Where in t he passage does t he aut hor give
informat ion about t he t opography of M ars?
(A) Lines 2-6
(B) Lines 26-32
(C) Lines 38-46 (D) Lines 58-62
5. The w ord "pow erful" in line 46 is closest in meaning
t o
(A) expensive
(B) dominant
(C) influent ial
(D) st rong
6. According t o t he passage, t he redness of M ars is a
(A) a chemical react ion on t he planet surface
(B) t he old age of t he planet
(C) t he reflect ion of t he Sun
(D) an abundance of oxygen in t he planet 's at mosphere
7. Why do scient ist s t hink t hat t he channels of M ars
w ere w at erw ays?
(A) Bones have been found t here.
(B) They st ill have a lit t le w at er in t hem.
(C) They resemble a similar syst em on Eart h.
(D) They are st raight and narrow .
8. According t o t he passage, Pat hfinder's mission t o
M ars includes
(A) preparing for fut ure fossil-finding expedit ions
(B) placing specialized equipment on t he planet 's
surface
(C) checking for flood damage
(D) bringing back fossils for furt her st udy
Kunci Jaw aban Soal No 1. Soal No 2 (10 may)
The Big Bang Theory
M ost ast ronomers believe t he Universe began in a Big
Bang about 14 billion years ago. At t hat t ime, t he
ent ire Universe w as inside a bubble t hat w as t housands of t imes smaller t han a pinhead. It w as
hot t er and denser t han anyt hing w e can imagine.
Then it suddenly exploded. The Universe t hat w e
know w as born. Time, space and mat t er all began wit h t he Big Bang. In a fract ion of a second, t he Universe
grew from smaller t han a single at om t o bigger t han a
galaxy. And it kept on grow ing at a fant ast ic rat e. It is
st ill expanding t oday.
As t he Universe expanded and cooled, energy
changed int o part icles of mat t er and ant imat t er.
These t w o opposit e t ypes of part icles largely dest royed each ot her. But some mat t er survived.
M ore st able part icles called prot ons and neut rons
st art ed t o form w hen t he Universe was one second
old.
Over t he next t hree minut es, t he t emperat ure
dropped below 1 billion degrees Celsius. It w as now
cool enough for t he prot ons and neut rons t o come
t oget her, forming hydrogen and helium nuclei.
Aft er 300 000 years, t he Universe had cooled t o about
3000 degrees. At omic nuclei could finally capt ure
elect rons t o form at oms. The Universe filled w it h
clouds of hydrogen and helium gas.
1. Evidence indicat es t hat galaxies are
A. st at ionary
B. moving aw ay from each ot her
C. moving t ow ards each ot her D. alw ays changing direct ion
2. The Big Bang t heory
A. is now an accept ed fact
B. st at es t hat galaxies make a loud sound w hen t hey collide
C. st at es t hat t he universe began w it h an event
D. does not yet have evidence t o support it
3. If a st ar is moving t oward you,
A. it s w avelengt hs become compressed
B. it s w avelengt hs get longer
C. it s w avelengt hs do not change D. it s w avelengt hs cannot be accurat ely
M easured
4. If a st ar is moving away from you, A. it s w avelengt hs become compressed
B. it s w avelengt hs get longer
C. it s w avelengt hs do not change
D. it s w avelengt hs cannot be accurat ely
measured
Kunci jaw aban soal No 2 Soal No 3
The planet M ars has always capt ured t he human
imaginat ion. There is it s redness. We know now t hat
t he color comes from chemical react ions t hat long ago locked up M ars's oxygen in reddish minerals on it s
surface, causing t he " rust ing" of t he planet . To t he
ancient people, t he red color meant only one t hing:
blood. From t he earliest t imes, M ars has been
o'clock, is supposed t o represent a shield and a
spears.
As ast ronomers used t elescopes, M ars myt hology
grew . It w as t he It alian ast ronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli w ho, in 1877, produced t he most last ing
bit of M art ian folklore. He saw w hat he t ook t o be
long, t hin, unnat urally st raight lines on t he M art ian
surface. He called t hem canali, a w ord t hat can t ranslat e int o English eit her as " channels" or " canals."
Unfort unat ely, t he lat t er t ranslat ion w as used, and
t he canals of M ars w ere born. Of course, if t here were
canals, t here had t o be canal builders, so once more
M ars w as peopled w it h all manner of int elligent life forms!
In 1965 M ariner 4 sent back first close-up pict ures of
t he M art ian surface. Not only w ere t here no canals,
but M ariner 4 and t he spacecraft t hat follow ed
revealed a planet t hat w as a crat ered, lifeless desert . We have subsequent ly learned t hat M ars is home t o
Olympus M ons, t he largest volcano in t he ent ire solar
syst em, and t o a canyon syst em st ret ching for almost
3,000 miles around t he M art ian equat or. The at mosphere is ext remely t hin (equivalent t o t hat at
130,000 feet above Eart h) and made up almost
ent irely of carbon dioxide. The surface is cold, almost
never get t ing above freezing even at t he summert ime equat or.
Perhaps t he great est surprise w ere t he phot ographs
from M ariner 9 in 1971 and 1972 t hat showed
channels on t he surface. Now t hese were not Schiaparelli's canali t here's, no w ay t hese channels
could be seen by even t he most powerful eart hbound
t elescope. They are unmist akable w at er courses,
however. There is no w at er in t hem now , but t hey
t race out t he pat h of w at er t hat flow ed in t he past . They are like t he dry river of t he American West ,
t hrough which w at er from rain flows, but w hich are
dry most of t he t ime. Wat er once ran on t he surface
of M ars.
New explorat ions on M ars by t he spacecraft Pat hfinder, due t o arrive on t he planet 's surface in
1997, are planned t o give scient ist s more informat ion
about possible past life on M ars. One of Pat hfinder's
missions w ill be t o lay t he foundat ion for fut ure effort s t o find fossil remains of living t hings. The
landing sit e for t he M ars Pat hfinder is going t o be t he
mout h of a flood channel called Ares Vallis.
1. It can be inferred from t he passage t hat myt hs
about M ars
(A) are widely believed t oday
(B) have been dispelled by current space explorat ion (C) are based on scient ific fact s
(D) depict it as a lifeless planet
2. Which of t he follow ing have NOT been a source of informat ion about M ars?
(A) Spacecraft
(B) Telescopes
(C) Conject ure
(D) Ast ronaut s
3. The phrase "t he lat t er" in line 21 refers t o
(A) canals
(B) canali
(C) channels
(D) unusual st raight lines
4. Where in t he passage does t he aut hor give
informat ion about t he t opography of M ars?
(A) Lines 2-6 (B) Lines 26-32
(C) Lines 38-46
(D) Lines 58-62
5. The w ord "pow erful" in line 46 is closest in meaning
t o
(A) expensive
(B) dominant (C) influent ial
(D) st rong
6. According t o t he passage, t he redness of M ars is a
result of
(A) a chemical react ion on t he planet surface
(B) t he old age of t he planet
(C) t he reflect ion of t he Sun
(D) an abundance of oxygen in t he planet 's
at mosphere
7. Why do scient ist s t hink t hat t he channels of M ars
w ere w at erw ays?
(A) Bones have been found t here. (B) They st ill have a lit t le w at er in t hem.
(C) They resemble a similar syst em on Eart h.
8. According t o t he passage, Pat hfinder's mission t o
M ars includes
(A) preparing for fut ure fossil-finding expedit ions
(B) placing specialized equipment on t he planet 's surface
(C) checking for flood damage
(D) bringing back fossils for furt her st udy
Jaw aban Soal No 3 1.B
2.D 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.D
Soal No 4 (22 februari)
Reading Comprehension Text 1
A market er can narelysat isfit everyone in amarket . Not everyone likes t he same soft drink aut o mobile,
college, and movie. Therefore, market ers st art s w it h
market segment at ion. They ident ify and profile
dist inct groups of buyers w ho might prefer or require varying product s and market ing mixers .M arket
segment s can be ident ified by examining
demographics psychographics and behavioral among
buyers. The firm decides w hich segment s present s t he great est opport unit y t hose w hose needs t he firm can
meet in a superior fashion for each chosen t arget
market , t he firm develops a market offering. The
offering is exemple, values developes his car for t he
t arget market of buyers for w hom safest a cost umers can buy.
Tradit ionally, a “ market ” w as a physical plan w here
buyers and sellers gat hered t o exchange goods. How
market ers view t he sellers as t he indust ry and
communicat ions ( ads, direct mail, email massages ) t o
t he market : in ret urn t hey recive money and
informat ion ( at t it udes< sales dat a).
A global indust ry is one in w hich t he st rat egic
posit ions of comput it ors in major geographic or
nat ional market s are fundament ally affect ed by t heir
overall global posit ion. Global firms bot h large and
small plan, operat e and coourdinat e t heir act ivit ies
and exchanges on a w orld w ide basic.
Today w e can dist inguish bet w een a market plan and a market space. The shopping in st ore ; market space
is digit al, E-commerce business t ransact ions
condect ed one live has many advant ages for bot h
consumers and business, including, convelence, savings, select ion, personalit ion, and informat ion for
example, on line shopping is so convergent t hat 30
percent , of t he order generat ed by t he web sit e of REI,
a recreat ional keeping it s st ores oft en lat e or hiring
cost umers service represent at ives. However cost umers for low er prices and is
t hrederingint ermediars such as t ravel agent s,
st ockbokers, insurance agent s, and t radit ional het ailer
.To succed in t he on line market space market ers w ill
need t o naergonize and nedefine t hemselves
Quest ion :
1. What is t he aut hor primanly concerned w it h ?
2. The w ord t hey in line % refers t o . . . .
3. It can be inferned from t he t ext t hat t he purpose of
t he market segment at ion is . . . .
4. The w ord “ psycographie” in line 10 might include
t he follow ing it ems, except . . . . .
5. Which of t he follow ing is t rue ?
6. The pronoun “ one” in line 33 refers t o . . . . .
7. The w ord “ sparing” in line 55 is closet in meaning t o . . . . .
8. The aut hor gives an example of on line shopping in
t he t ext t o show . . . .
9. Where in t he t ext does t he aut hor ment ion gives
t he modern definit ion on t he market . . .
10. Where is t he t ext does t he aut hor ment ion t he benefit of on-line t ransact ion ?
Ga ada jaw aban
Soal no 5 (16 januari)
The pioneers of t he t eaching of science imagined t hat
it s int roduct ion int o educat ion w ould remove t he
convent ionalit y, art ificialit y, and backw ard
lookingness w hich w ere charact erist ic; of classical
st udies, but t hey w ere gravely disappoint ed. So, t oo, in 5 t heir t ime had t he humanist s t hought t hat t he
st udy of t he classical aut hors in t he original w ould
banish at once t he dull pedant ry and superst it ion of
mediaeval scholast icism.
The professional schoolmast er w as a mat ch for bot h
of t hem, and has almost managed t o make t he
underst anding of chemical react ions as dull 10 and as dogmat ic an affair as t he reading of Virgil's Aeneid.
The chief claim for t he use of science in educat ion is
t hat it t eaches a child somet hing about t he act ual
universe in w hich he is living, in making him
acquaint ed w it h t he result s of scient ific 15 discovery, and at t he same t ime t eaches him how t o t hink
logically and induct ively by st udying scient ific met hod.
A cert ain limit ed success has been reached in t he first
of t hese aims, but pract ically none at all in t he second.
Those privileged members of t he communit y w ho
have been t hrough a secondary or public school 20
educat ion may be expect ed t o know somet hing about t he element ary physics and chemist ry of a hundred
years ago, but t hey probably know hardly more t han
any bright boy can pick up from an int erest in wireless
or scient ific hobbies out of school hours. As t o t he learning of scient ific met hod, t he w hole t hing is
palpably 25 a farce. Act ually, for t he convenience of
t eachers and t he requirement s of t he examinat ion
syst em, it is necessary t hat t he pupils not only do not learn scient ific met hod but learn precisely
t he reverse, t hat is, t o believe exact ly w hat t hey are
t old and t o reproduce it w hen asked, whet her it
seems nonsense t o t hem or 30 not .
The w ay in w hich educat ed people respond t o such quackeries as spirit ualism or ast rology, not t o say
more dangerous ones such as racial t heories or
currency myt hs, show s t hat fift y years of educat ion in
t he met hod of science in Brit ain or Germany has
produced no visible effect w hat ever.
The only way of learning t he 35 met hod of science is
t he long and bit t er way of personal experience, and,
unt il t he educat ional or social syst ems are alt ered
t o make t his possible, t he best w e can expect is t he product ion of a minorit y of people w ho are able t o
acquire some of t he t echniques of science and a st ill
smaller minorit y w ho are able t o use and 40 develop
t hem.
1. The aut hor implies t hat t he 'professional
schoolmast er' (line 7) has
A. no int erest in t eaching science
B. t hw art ed at t empt s t o enliven educat ion
C. aided t rue learning D. support ed t he humanist s
E. been a pioneer in bot h science and humanit ies.
2. The aut hor’s at t it ude t o secondary and public school educat ion in t he sciences is
A. ambivalent
B. neut ral
C. support ive D. sat irical
E. cont empt uous
3. The w ord ‘palpably’ (line 24) most nearly means A. empirically
B. obviously
C. t ent at ively
D. markedly
E. ridiculously
4. The aut hor blames all of t he follow ing for t he
failure t o impart scient ific met hod t hrough t he
educat ion syst em except
A. poor t eaching B. examinat ion met hods
C. lack of direct experience
D. t he social and educat ion syst ems
E. lack of int erest on t he part of st udent s
5. If t he aut hor w ere t o st udy current educat ion in
science t o see how t hings have changed since he
int erest ed in t he answ er t o which of t he follow ing
quest ions?
A. Do st udent s know more about t he w orld about
t hem?
B. Do st udent s spend more t ime in laborat ories?
C. Can st udent s apply t heir know ledge logically?
D. Have t ext books improved?
E. Do t hey respect t heir t eachers?
6. Ast rology (line 31) is ment ioned as an example of
A. a science t hat needs t o be bet t er underst ood
B. a belief which no educat ed people hold
C. somet hing unsupport able t o t hose w ho have absorbed t he met hods of science
D. t he gravest danger t o societ y
E. an acknow ledged failure of science
7. All of t he follow ing can be inferred from t he t ext except
A. at t he t ime of w rit ing, not all children received a
secondary school educat ion
B. t he aut hor finds chemical react ions int erest ing C. science t eaching has impart ed some know ledge of
fact s t o some children
D. t he aut hor believes t hat many t eachers are
aut horit arian
E. it is relat ively easy t o learn scient ific met hod.
Jaw aban Soal No 5
