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1. Tulis terlebih dahulu nama dan nomor peserta anda pada lembar jawaban yang telah disediakan 2. Kerjakan dengan tertib dan tenang dan dilarang bekerja-sama dalam mengerjakan soal
3. Tanyakan kepada Pengawas bilamana ada hal yang tidak dimengerti 4. Kalau sudah berdo’a, kami percaya anda bekerja dengan jujur.
Instructions
A. Choose the right answer by crossing A, B, C, D, or E on the available answer sheet.
Text 1 The Golden Eggs
Long time ago, a remote village in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters. One day, a farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help, otherwise his family would die of starvation.
Few days, an old man with grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said, “I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and I hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.”
A week later to his utmost surprise, the farmer found an egg in his yard. This was not ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.
Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patience and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach.
Though, he regretted very much for his foolishness, it’s already too late.
1. What happened to the farmer’s livestock?
A. they were slaughtered B. they were stolen C.they were eaten by the wild animal D. they were killed by flood E. they were given away
2. “One day, a farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help, otherwise his family would die of starvation.”
The closest meaning of “starvation” is …. [[[
A. hunger B. variation C. conservation
D. starship E. stare
3. Which of the statement described the farmer’s downfall? A. he lost his patience and slaughtered his goose
B. an old man gave him a goose C. he did not believe the old man
D. a week later to his utmost surprise he found a golden egg E. he prayed for God’s help
4. What would happen if the farmer didn’t pray to God? A. The flood would bring him into the river
B. His family would die for hunger
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C. His family would not live any longer D. He would not have any expensive things E. The farmer would lose his entire livestock
Text 2
My Rush Time as a Journalist
I usually woke up at eight o'clock a.m. and went to the Press Center to check the daily schedule of briefings and press conferences. It was usually held by the United Nation officials or disaster mitigation team.
It was challenging to visit different refugee camps to find such stories, human interest stories. After that I went back to the Press Center to cover the press conferences of the day.
It was heart breaking when I saw these survivors fight for food and secondhand clothing. Unfortunately as they said, the food and clothing were limited and inadequate. Emerging to glaring, fool noon, it was time to go back to Press Center to write stories and race against time. I was always fearing that the internet would come crushing down.
After everything was done, only then I remembered to eat. Most times, I only ate once a day because I always had to rush and again it was difficult to find food. I had to travel quite far. I needed to spend a 30 to 45 minutes by car just to find fresh food.
5. What did the writer usually do at eight? A. to cover the press conference
B. to visit different refugee camps C. to check the daily schedule
D. to write stories and race against time E. to find some food
6. What is the structure of the text above?
A. descriptive B. narrative C. report
D. recount E. news item
7. How many times did the writer have some food a day?
A. three times a day B four times a day. C. had no time to have some food D. two times a day E. one time a day
8. The following phrases are true, except………..
A. It was heart breaking when I saw these survivors fight for food and secondhand clothing B. Fortunately as they said, the food and clothing were limited and inadequate
C. Emerging to glaring, fool noon, time to go back to Press Center to write stories and race against time
D. I was always fearing that the internet would come crushing down.
E. After that I went back to the Press Center to cover the press conferences of the day.[
Text 3
Malaysian Women Suggested to Carry Condoms
Malaysian Deputy Health Ministry urged every woman to carry a condom to protect against HIV, a news report said.“This is not to debate them but to protect them. Women are the first ones to get exploited by their partners (whom are infected by HIV-positive)” Abdul Latiff Ahmad was quoted as saying by Sunday Star Newspaper. “But this just a suggestion, it’s up to them”.
Abdul Latiff made remark to coincide with the International Aids Memorial day, which was celebrated openly for the first time in Malaysia, in bid to reduce stigma for HIV-victim. In the past the event was held behind closed door.
Last year, 745 Malaysian women were identified as HIV-positive and 193 were diagnosed with AIDS, he said in the report. Officials have said nearly 81000 Malaysian have been infected with HIV, less then 10 percent are woman, but the number is steadily rising.
Malaysian Aids Council president, Adeebah Kamarulzaman, was quoted as saying besides sex workers, many women who contract HIV are housewives, were infected unknowingly by their husbands. “It’s not that people don’t know that condoms can protect them. But there are some men who don’t care to take precaution, even though they know they have HIV” she said.
(Source The Jakarta Post, June 01, 2008)
9. The text above can be classified into the …….
A. explanation B. hortatory exposition C. recount
10. Who is the most probably infected HIV as quoted by AIDS’s council?
A. infant B. housewives C. sex workers
D. male E. husbands
11. How many women are positively infected with HIV
A. 18000 B. 81.000 C. more than 745
D. 745 E. 193
12. How were the housewives contracted with HIV?
A. by changing their partners B. unrealized by their husbands C. by the use of drugs D. no information quoted E. by the use of syringes
Text 4
When Christopher Columbus and other explorers came to the New World, they saw animals that they had never seen before. In the forests there were turkeys. On the Great Plains there were buffalo. They saw some plants that were strange, also. They had never seen tobacco. The tomato and potato were new to them, as were corn and pumpkins. When the settlers came, they brought animals and plants that the Indians had never seen: hogs, chickens, cattle, and horses. Dogs were common in both the Old World and the New World.
13. The Indians had never seen……as the settlers had.
A. turkeys B. chickens C. buffalo
D. tobacco E. pumpkins
14. The settlers had never seen as they were now to them.
A. cattle B. hogs C. chickens
D. dogs E. potatoes
15. When all the animals had given up hope of finding someone whose head would fit the crown… The bold underlined word has the closest meaning to……
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A.expect B.slope
[ C. curious
D. except E.dispute
16. The young boy ________ I was looking for was announced on the newspaper
A. who B. whose C. which
D. of which E. whom
Text 5
Why does oil not mix well with water? We know that water mixes well with water. If you add hot water to cold water, you soon have lukewarm water. Alcohol, too, mixes well with water. Alcohol and water are quite similar. Water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen, whereas alcohol is composed of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon. Why do oil and water not mix well? The reason is that they are not similar. The molecules of water, that is, the tiny pieces of water that include oxygen and hydrogen, are very small, whereas the molecules of oil are, by comparison, enormous and very different in their composition.
17. Water molecules include ….
A. oxygen and hydrogen B. oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon C. tiny pieces of water D. small oxygen E. both hot and cold molecules.
18. The molecules of alcohol …. A. are similar to oil.
B. contain only oxygen, hydrogen C. contain oxygen, hydrogen and carbon D. mix well with water
E. are enormous.
B. water has big molecules
C. they are similar in composition
D. they are both composed of oxygen and hydrogen. E. their molecules are very different.
20. A molecule of water is……
A. contains very big pieces of water B. bigger than a molecule of oil C. a very small piece of water
D. composed of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon E. similar to a molecule of oil.
21. As the viruses are very tiny, so they can only be seen by the use of microscope. The bold underlined word has the closest meaning to …
A. administer B. visible C. manageable
D. care with E. touchable
22. The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the corruption. They create the situations in which people have opportunities to do corruptions.
The bold underlined word has the closest meaning to …
A. opposites C. chances E. fortunes
B. opponents D. expertise
23. She is going … by her brother
A. to accompany B. to accompanied C. be accompanied
D. are accompanied E. to be accompanied
24. The creditors would pay money back with an interest if they borrowed money from the bank. From the sentence above, we can conclude that the creditors …
A. The creditors don’t borrow money from the bank B. The creditors borrowed money from the bank C. The creditors paid money back with an interest D. The creditors will borrow money from the bank E. The creditors didn’t borrow money from the bank
25. If he had had enough money, he would have bought a new house From the sentence above, we can conclude that …
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A. He didn’t have enough money B. He has enough money
C. He doesn’t have enough money D. He had not enough money E. He will buy a new house
26. Police : Before you take a testimony, you should have been … by the judge. Alice : Is it important?
Police : Sure! Because in the matter of law, your testimony will be approved legally Alice : Ok, Sir. I’ll meet the judge tomorrow.
A. swear B. swore C. swore
D. sworn E. to swear
27. Police : You should have … the demonstrators enter the presidential gate The staff : I have tried to stop them but they forced and broke the gate
A. forbid B. forbids C. forbidding
D. forbade E. forbidden
28. Andy : I wish I could play the piano like you.
Dee : I'm sure you could if you tried. You’d better take some lessons.
The bold and underlined sentence is used to express …
A. ability B. offer C. impossibility
D. possibility E. advise
29. Jane : Where were you yesterday? Andy : I visited my uncle?
Andy: he got an accident last night
Jane : I’m very sorry to hear that. I hope he’ll get better soon The bold and underlined sentence is used to express …
A. sympathy B. appointment C. agreement
D. condolences E. regret
30. The new students should register to the university by on-line to save time and efficiency The bold and underlined sentence is used to express …
A. generate B. region C. enroll
D. recite E. administer
B. Complete the following sentences with appropriate words or phrases!
Doctor : “Hello, dr. Dralle’s speaking.”
Ricky : “Hello, doctor Dralle. This is Ricky. I get a terrible headache at this moment. Could I see you at your office soon?”
Doctor : “Certainly, you could. I’ll wait for you.”
1. Who are involved in the dialogues?
2. What expression is the main talk of the dialogue?
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. Jill : What is your opinion about his argument? Jean : Yes, it sounds good and reasonable
Jill : Alright, we can take his argument
3. The bold and underlined part is used to express ….
Jack : Emh, the food is bare and the waiter serves unfriendly
Bill : I think so, I will not come for lunch here anymore
Jack : As I’ve said, I like to have lunch at Warung Tegal.
4. The bold and underlined sentence is used to express ….
Sumenep regency is located in Madura Island which is separated from Java Island by Madura Staits. Sumenep is one of other famous cities in Madura Island. It’s capital city is Sumenep town. It is the biggest original income region because gas and oil source was found in this regency.
Karapan sapi is a competition of cow race which carry wooden carriages. The length of the race circuit is usually 100 meter. In Sumenep, Karapan Sapi (cow race) is held every year in August and September. This competition is very amusement. Many people gather for watching this competition.
The people of Sumenep are very nice, because of the culture influences of Javanese and Sumenep Royal Palace.
In this regency we can visit some tourism objects; one of them is Lombang Beach. Lombang beach is a beach with sand white to spread out. We can find shrimp spruce-fir trees along the beach. It is the only beach in Indonesia where shrimp spruce-fir trees grow well. It is an ancient tree. Except that, we can find a unique habit. It is karapan sapi (cow race).
The cooked food in Sumenep regency is very tasteful; one of them is Soto Sumenep or Soto Sabreng. Soto Sabreng was served with a packed of rice and a boil cassava. In this soto we can find meat of cow, taiga, sharp-spice peanut, and a piguant gland sauce.
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1. What is the writer aimed at by writing the text above? 2. How are the people of Sumenep?
