PART I Text 1
J.P As many as 180 students participated in a flash mob at Jl. HR Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, to raise awareness about environmental issue, on Sunday.
During the flash mob, titled “One Man, One Tumbler”, the students taught the onlookers about the need to reduce the usage of plastic bottles by using tumblers.
The participants, a mix of high school and college students, danced, as part of a series of shows called “Eco Ways for the Future” (Ecoture) that promote environmental awareness.
“Ecoture aims to show how important it is to protect the environment. It also wants to provide information about recyclable products that are of value,” said Kartika Nindya, Ecoture’s coordinator, on Sunday, as quoted by kompas.com
“At the end of today’s ceremonies, we will create petition to show the commitment for young people to become environmental heroes,” Nindya said.
Ecoture previously held a giveaway of 2000 plants on March 25, during car-free day at Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta.
1. What is the text about? A. Plastic bottles B. Recyclable products C. A students’ flash mob D. Students’ ceremony
E. Awareness of Environmental issues
2. What did the students do in the flash mob? A. They raised awareness of the onlookers. B. They encouraged the use of tumblers. C. They reduced the use of plastic bottles.
D. They asked high school students to participate. E. They taught the onlookers about recycleable products
3. “....the need to reduce the usage of plastic bottles by using tumblers.” (paragraph 2) The underline word can be best replaced by
A. Ban B. Eliminate C. Remove D. Shorten E. Minimize
Text 2
Thailand: Forty-two passangers were injured and two were missing after two boats carrying Thai and foreign tourists collided in the popular island beach party, police said Sunday.
Provinical police officer Adipong Tapee said of the 42 travelers injured, 39 were hopitalized including four Britons, four Australians and four Singaporeans. Also among them were Irish, Norwegian, Malaysian, and Thai tourists, he said.
The boats collided and overtuned before midnight Saturday, throwing the passangers into the rough sea water just off the island, the website of the Nation newspaper said. –AP
4. What is the news about?
A. A fullmoon party on a tourist boat B. A beach party in Pha-Ngan island C. The missing tourists in Thailand D. A collision between two boats E. An accident on a speedboat
5. We know from the text that
A. The boat carried forty two passangers B. Forty two passangers were badly injured C. The two missing passangers were westerners D. The passangers were mostly foreign tourists
E. The boats collided on the way back to Pha-Ngan island
6. “...of the 42 travellers injured...” (paragraph 3) The word ‘travellers means people who are
A. Having fun B. Joining a trip C. Going together D. Touring on the boat E. Visiting western area
Text 3
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Niagara Falls, one of the most famous North American natural wonders, has long been a popular tourist destination. Today tourists flock to see the two falls that actually constitute Niagara Falls: the 173-foot high Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the Niagara River in the Canadian province of Ontario and the 182-foot-high American Falls on the U.S. side of the river in the state of New York. Approximately 85 percent of the water that goes over the falls actually goes over Horseshoe Falls, with the rest going over American Falls.
Most visitors come between April and October, and it is quite a popular activity to take a steamboat onto the river and right up to the base of the falls for a close-up view. It is also possible to get a spectacular view of the falls from the strategic locations along the Niagara River, such as Prospect Point or Table Rock, or from one of the four observation towers which have heights up to 500 feet.
7. The passage implies that tourist prefer to____ a. Visit Niagara Falls during warmer weather b. Take a ride over the falls
c. Come to Niagara Falls for a winter vacation d. Destroy the natural beauty
e. See the falls from a great distance 8. What is the best title for the text above?
a. Niagara Falls b. Two Rivers of Niagara
c. Visitors to Niagara Falls d. The Owner of Niagara Falls
e. The Border of The USA and Canada
9. The word “pristine” is closest meaning to____
a. Pure and natural b. highly developed c. well-regulated
d. Overused e. cool design
10. According to the passage, why was Niagara Park created? a. To force Canada to open Queen Victoria Park
b. To make tourists stay longer at Niagara Falls c. To encourage tourists to visit Niagara Falls d. To show off the natural beauty of Niagara Falls e. To protect the area around Niagara Falls
11. What is the major point that the author is making in this passage?
c. Niagara Falls has had an interesting history
d. It has been necessary to protect Niagara Falls from many tourists who go there e. Niagara Falls has been renovated to attract more tourists
Text 4
Neymar da Silva Santos Junior born 5 February 1992, commonly known as Neymar, is a Brazillian footballer who plays for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Brazillian national team , as a forward or winger.
At the age of 19 , Neymar JR won the 2011 south American footballer of the year award, after coming third in 2010. He followed this up by winning it again in 2012. In 2012 Neymar received nomination for the FIFA Ballon d’or , where he came the 10th , and the FIGA Puskas Award, which he won. He is known for his acceleration , speed , dribbling , finshing , and ability with both feet . His playing style has earned him critical acclaim , with fans , media and former players drawing comparison to former Brazil player pale, who has Called Neymar “ an excellent player ’’.
Neymar joind Santos in 2003 and , After through the ranks, he was promoted to their first team squad. He made his debut for santos iin 2009, and was voted the best Young player of the 2009 Campeonato Paulista, and also being top score in the 2010 Copa De Brazil with 11 goals. He finished the 2010 season with 42 goals in 60 games as his club achieved double. Neymar was again voted the best player of the year in 2011 as his side retained the state title and santos also winning the2011 Copa Libertadores in which neymar scored 6 goals in 13 appearances. He also played a key role in securing a continental double for his team, Santo’s first since 1963.he received the Bronze ball in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, with Santos making it into to the final , where they were defeated 4-0 by by Barcelona.
12. What happened to Neymar in 2011
a. He made his first debut b. He moved to FC Barcelona
c. He received the FIFA Puskas award d. He scored 6 goals in 13 appearances e. He helped brazil to win their 11th title 13. The main idea of paragraph three is
14. “.. who has called Neymar ‘’ an excellent playser’’ (paragraph 2) The underlined word is closest in meaning to
a. Confident b. Fantastic c. Magnificent d. Skillful e. Generous
The following text is for questions number 53 and 54
Dear Custumer Relation Department.
My flight from IAD to LAX on the 27th was somewhat of a disappointment. My overhead light was inoperable. The majority of the flight was at night with a full passenger load, and there was no place to move. I was counting on that flight time to finish my end-of-the month report due the next morning. As it turned out, without that simple little thing - the overhead light - i had to spend two and half hours at home that evening finishing the report.
I fly the Bhineka Airlines as my primary airline, and this type of thing is not common. I am very well taken care of by the management and staff of unfortunate situation right with me. The overhead light was over seat 5A. Please fix the issue before another passenger is negatively effected. I look forward to your rectifying this situation.
Respectfully,
Ruby Iwan
15. What is the letter about?
(A) To help the airline improve the service. (B) To complain strongly about the bad service. (C) To report his travel to the customer relation office. (D) To get a seat in the night flight.
(E) To cancel his flight with IAD.
16. What is the particular concern in Ruby's letter?
(A) The transfer form IAD to LAX.
(B) The writer's disappointment with the service. (C) The writer's failure to finish the report. (D) The flight schedule at night.
(E) The overhead light over seat 5A.
Text 6
Once upon a time the king held a great feast and invited all her suitors. They all sat in row, ranged according to their rank – kings and princess and dukes and earls and counts and baron and knights. When the princess came in, as the passed by them, she had something spiteful to say to each one.
The first was too fat: “he’s as around as atub”, she said. The next was too tall: “what a maypole!” she said. The next was too short: “what a dumpling!” she said. The fourth was too pale, and she caled him ‘wallface’. The fifth wa too red, so she called him ‘coxcomb’.
The sixth was not straight enough so she said he was like a green stick that had been laid to dr over a baker’s oven. She had some joke to crack about every one. but she laughed most of all at a good king who was there.
Look at him, she said: ‘hisbeard is like an old mop; he shall be called grislybeard.’ So the king got the nickname of grisly – beard.
But the old king was very angry when saw how hi daughter behaved and how badly she treated all his guests. He vowed that, willing or unwilling, she would marry the first man that came to the door.
Two days ltter a travelling fiddler came by the castle. He began to play under the window and beged for money and when the king and princess, he begged for a gft.
The king said, ‘you have sung so well that i will give you my daughter to take as your wife.’
The princess begged and prayed, but the king said, ‘i have sworn to give you to the first man who came to the door, and i will keep my word.’
Words and tears were no avail, the person was sent for, and she was married to the fiddler.
17. The king was upset to her daughter because A. She behaved strangely.
B. She treated the guests badly. C. She didn’t not follow his order. D. She wanted to leave castle. E. She didn’t care for her conduct
18. How did the fifth guest look like? A. Fat c). Tall e). Short B. Red d). Pale
19. What moral value can we learn from the story? A. We should not be jealous.
E. We should not be dishonest.
20. what does the second paragraph mainly tell about? A. The party was held to find the princess’s future husband. B. The king decided who would become her daughter’s husband. C. All the suitor’s had excllent performance.
D. The princess treated the king’s guests badly. E. The feast was held only for noble people.
Text 7
Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10.35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite
direction. The driver of th ecar might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.
The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car, should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity card, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.
21. The text mainly reports that there was/were A. a car accident
B. careless drivers C. a small Japanese car D. victims of an accident
E. the function of an identity card
22. What was the cause of the collision?
A. The truck came from the opposite directions B. The car carried more than five people C. The truck driver didn’t use his lights D. The truck driver didn’t see the car E. The car tried to overtake the bus
23. “If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have been easy to identify the names of the victims.” .(The last sentence). The sentence above means… A. the victims’ names were not known
B. the victims were easy to be identified C. the passengers brought their identity card
D. The police had no difficulity in identifying the victims
E. It was easy for the police to identify the victims of the accident
A. The police B. The victims C. The reporter D. The truck driver E. The bus passengers
Let’s Make the City Clean and Fresh
A clean and fresh city will surely make the inhabitants healthy. Every morning especially in dry season, all roads must be watered with clean water and swept by the workers of regional government under the mayor’s instruction.
To protect people from heavy pollution caused by cars, trucks, and motorcycles, enough trees must be planted along the roads. Every building or house in the city must be surrounded by short and small trees which bear colorful flowers.
Bad and improper habits which cause disadvantages, such as smoking and throwing rubbish anywhere should be stopped at once.
The city mayor will have to think over the way to educate people, so they realize how important cleanliness and health are. More public lavatories are badly needed.
It will be wise if the city mayor decides a certain amount of fine to be paid by those who break the government regulation on cleanliness matter. For example, a man who urinates not at a lavatory, smokes not at a smoking room, or throws rubbish at the road should be fined. Besides dirtying the environment with cigarettes’ butts, smoking also cause pollution and bad lung diseases to other people.
So, bad habits and impolite attitude should be immediately stopped, otherwise the city will be dirty, unhealthy, badly polluted, and will never attract foreign and domestic tourists as well.
25. What is the text about, except...
a. How to make our environment healthy.
b. What should the citizen do to clean and fresh the city
c. The disadvantages which caused by improper habits for environment. d. How to protect people from heavy flood.
e. The various bad habits of dirtying the environment.
26. The writer suggests that the city inhabitants ... to protect people from pollution caused by cars.
a. Plant trees b. Stop smoking
27. What is the difference between paragraph two and four? a. Both paragraphs talk about the condition of a city.
b. Both paragraphs tell how to protect people from pollution.
c. It is necessary to fine people who break the government regulations.
d. The idea stated in paragraph four is contrary to that stated in paragraph two.
e. Paragraph two talks about protecting people from pollution and paragraph four talks about what the city mayor should do.
28. Which of the following helps clean the air from dust? a. Throwing rubbish anywhere
b. Smoking only in a smoking area c. Urinate at someone’s fence d. Cutting trees along the road sides e. Watering roads especially in dry season
29. “A clean and fresh city will surely make the inhabitants healthy.” (paragraph 1) What does the underlined word mean?
a. Buildings b. Families c. Citizens
d. Houses
e. Places
The National Final Examination
Despite criticism over the National Final examination policy, school across the nation still plan to hold the examination this month. The National Final Examination itself has caused a great deal of controversy because it is used as a single criterion for students graduate from schools. As a prerequisite of graduation, students must cram for math, economics, Bahasa Indonesia, and English. In addition, they must have scores above 4,25 for those subjects and have average scores above 5,5 for all other subject. For some reasons, I personally think that National Final Examination must be ended.
Firstly, the National Final Examination will only, encourage schools to give tasks, which develop student’s ability to answer typical examination questions. It will only benefit student who are good at exams rather than student who comprehend the subjects better. By doing this, it will not easy to meet the objective of learning, that is to develop student’s cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
role to decide which students pass and which students are not because they know much better about the learning process of their students.
Thirdly, I personally believe that the National Final Examination can only be used for evaluating the education system and determine its weakness. The National Final Examination will not be fair for students in remote areas because they do not have the same level of education quality as schools in the city.
From the fact above, it is obvious that the National Final Examination is the wrong fit for the National Education System. The success of student’s learning cannot be determined solely by one test called the National Final Examination. Therefore, the government should drop the National Final Examination.
30. The National Final Examination must be ended because …
A. it will give students more task
B. it will not be fair for students in remote areas C. students know much better about their learning D. it makes students comprehend the subject
E. teacher are not responsible for the final examination
31. The writer wrote the text in order to … A. criticize the National Final Examination
B. describe the issue of the National Final Examination C. explain how and why the National Final Examination
D. persuade the readers to agree with the writer that the National Final Examination is not effective
E. explain the readers about the advantages and disadvantages of the National Final Examination
32. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the text?
A. There are no critics over the policy of the National Final Examination.
B. It will be easier to measure student’s psychomotor if our government does the National Final Examination.
C. We can consider our students as good students if they can get high scores in the National Final Examination.
D. The government finally decides to drop the National Final Examination because of its disadvantages.
E. There is a number of scores criterion that has been determined to decide which students pass the National Final Examination and which ones do not.
33. The last paragraph is called … A. Reiteration
D. Re-orientation E. Recommendation
34. The success of student’s learning cannot be determined solely by one test called the National Final Examination. (Paragraph 5)
What does the underlined word mean? A. Totally
B. Only C. Enough D. Ability E. Easily
Text 10
A Popular method of treating exposure to very cold weather and frostbite is to slowly rewarm the fingers or toes or to rub them with snow.The best treatment, ..(35).. is not slow rewarning but ..(36).. Putting the fingers or toes in a warm bat ..(37).. a heating path,or using a hot water bottle are all good ways to ..(38).. frostbite. Hot drinks to warm the body from within are helpful. One must be careful about burning the skin, however ... (39)..the affected parts are ..(40).. The temperature of any heat applied not be greater than 43o C (110 o F).
35.
a. Because b. While c. However d. Since e. Although 36.
a. Garadual b. Long c. Sleady d. Extensive e. Rapid 37.
a. Applicant b. Application c. Apply d. Applied e. Applying 38.
c. Treat d. Conquer e. Endure 39.
a. while b. due to c. in order that d. since
e. but 40.
a. Anesthetized b. Anesthetist c. Anesthesia d. Anesthesia e. Anesthetizing
PART II
1. Practice on Writing
Arrange the following paragraphs into the correct order and become a good text in the form of DESCRIPTION. Put the paragraphs in the table provided based on their structure!
NEW YORK
1
New York City is unusual among cities because of its high residential density, its extraordinarily diverse population, its hundreds of tall office and apartment buildings, its thriving central business district, its extensive public transportation system, and its more that 400 distinct neighborhoods. In 2000 the population of the city of New York was 8,008,278; the population of the metropolitan region was 21,199,865.
2
New York has a temperate climate with annual precipitation of 1,200 mm (47 in) per year. The temperature ranges between 410C (1060 F) and -240 C (-110 F), but the Atlantic Ocean tends to moderate weather extremes in the city. It is about the same latitude as Naples, Italy. Although the Dutch founded the city in 1624 and called it Fort Amsterdam and then New Amsterdam, the English captured the settlement in 1664 and renamed it New York, after the Duke of York, who later became James II of England.
3 New York (city) is the largest city in the United States, the home of the United Nations, and the center of global finance, communications, and business.
the city developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic rivers mingle with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound
The correct order is ….
2. Change the worlds in the following bracket by using the suitable Tenses
a. My daughter [take] a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went on her last vocation
b. X : Last Year,I didn’t have to pay for my brother,s tuition,s fee
Y : That,s great I heard He [receive ]a scholarship from a foreign university
3. Change the following sentences into Passive Voice
a. Have You informed about the exact number of victims of the airplane crash ? b. Hadi : What emergency measure does the government usually take to save people
from the explotion of a volcano ?
Andy : People [urge ] to leave their houses and evacuate to a much safer area
4. Change into Conditional Clauses and reverse
a. He didn’t hand his application, so He wasn’t allowed to join the interview test If He…He…
b. If the company’s personal department had mailed the letter earlier, I wouldn’t have been too late for the interview.
